Lord High Admiral

Lord High Admiral can refer to:

  • Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom (formerly of England, then Great Britain)
  • Lord High Admiral of Scotland
  • Lord High Admiral of the Wash
  • Lord High Admiral of Sweden

Famous quotes containing the words lord, high and/or admiral:

    “What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must travel, and turmoil, or there is no existence.”
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    “I remember once dreaming of pushing a canoe up the rivers of Maine, and that, when I had got so high that the channels were dry, I kept on through the ravines and gorges, nearly as well as before, by pushing a little harder, and now it seemed to me that my dream was partially realized.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.”
    —Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778)