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Admiralty House (London) Information (188 words) |
 | Admiralty House in London was designed by Samuel Pepys Cockerell in the 1770s. |
| Admiralty House is part of a complex of former Admiralty buildings and is sometimes confused with the more visible Ripley Building (also known as the Old Admiralty) or the Admiralty Extension. |
| Admiralty House itself is a fairly small three storey building of yellow brick. |
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Admiralty (3211 words) |
| The admiralty court being in this respect a court in which foreigners of all nations may become suitors, an appeal may be had from its decision to a committee of the lords of the privy council, who hear and determine according to the established laws of nations. |
| The court of admiralty is at present (1873), and pending the erection of the new law courts, held in Westminster. |
| Till the present reign the offices of counsel of the admiralty and judge-advocate of the fleet were separate and distinct, the latter being a sinecure appointment, with a salary of 182 pounds 10s. |
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