HC Deb 28 February 1910 vol 14 cc713-4W
Earl WINTERTON

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, if he will state the total pay and emoluments, from all official resources, received by occupants of the office of First Sea Lord since the year 1895?

Mr. McKENNA

The emoluments of successive First Sea Lords since 1st April, 1895, have been as follows:—

Sir FREDERICK RICHARDS.—Salary, £1,500 per annum and a furnished official residence. Half pay, 1st April, 1895, to 28th November, 1898, £766 10s. a year (as Admiral); 29th November, 1898 to 18th August, 1899, £1,222 15s. a year (as Admiral of the Fleet).

Lord WAITER KERR.—Salary, £1,500 per annum and a furnished official residence. (House allowance of £500 was paid from 19th August, 1899 to 24th February, 1902, while the official residence was not available.) Half pay, 19th August, 1899, to 20th March, 1900, £593 2s. 6d. a year (as Vice-Admiral); 21st March, 1900 to 15th June, 1904, £766 10s. a year (as Admiral); 16th June to 19th October, 1904, £1,222 15s. a year (as Admiral of the Fleet).

Lord FISHER OF KILVERSTONE.—Salary, £1,500 per annum and a furnished official residence. (House allowance of £500 was paid from 20th October to 5th December, 1904, while the official residence was not available.) Allowance of £1 a day as Principal Aide-de-Camp; half pay, 20th October, 1904 to 3rd December, 1905, £766 10s. a year (as Admiral); 4th to 29th December, 1905, £1,222 15s. a year; 30th December, 1905, to 24th January, 1910, £2,000 a year (as Admiral of the Fleet).

Sir ARTHUR WILSON.—Salary, £1,500 per annum with a furnished official residence. Half pay, £2,000 a year.