HC Deb 15 April 1887 vol 313 c998
COMMANDER BETHELL (York, E. R., Holderness)

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether a naval officer on half-pay has the right to resign his commission?

THE FIRST LORD (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON) (Middlesex, Ealing)

It is, and always has been, held by the Admiralty that a naval officer, when on half-pay, has not the right to resign his commission.