Office of Commander‑in‑Chief of the Forces

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The Office of Commander-in-Chief of the Forces was the senior British Army command position that historically oversaw the administration and operational control of the army before its powers were transferred to more modern governing bodies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army position ⓘ
military office ⓘ
abolished 1904 ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British Army ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
differentFrom Chief of the Imperial General Staff ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver British Army officers ⓘ
British Army units ⓘ
hasCharacteristic centralised command authority ⓘ
combined administrative and operational powers ⓘ
pre-modern military governance structure ⓘ
hasRole head of British Army administration ⓘ
head of British Army operational control ⓘ
overall commander of the British Army ⓘ
historicalPeriod Georgian era ⓘ
Stuart period ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
inception 17th century ⓘ
circa 1660s ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
notableOfficeHolder Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Lord Roberts ⓘ
Viscount Wolseley ⓘ
partOf British Army command structure ⓘ
reasonForAbolition modernisation of British military command ⓘ
transfer of powers to collective bodies such as the Army Council ⓘ
replacedBy Army Board of the Defence Council ⓘ
Army Council ⓘ
Chief of the General Staff ⓘ
reportsTo Secretary of State for War ⓘ
monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
responsibleFor army deployment ⓘ
army discipline ⓘ
army organisation ⓘ
army training policy ⓘ
saidToBeSameAs Commander-in-Chief of the Forces ⓘ
linked to: Commander-in-Chief
significantEvent Cardwell Reforms ⓘ
Childers Reforms ⓘ
Haldane Reforms ⓘ
formalisation after the Restoration of the monarchy in England ⓘ
increasing professionalisation of the British Army in the 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ
subordinateTo British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

War Office ⓘ
usedBy British Army ⓘ

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Army Council → formedFrom → Office of Commander‑in‑Chief of the Forces ⓘ
British Army Council → replaced → Commander‑in‑Chief of the Forces (as sole authority) ⓘ
linked to: Office of Commander‑in‑Chief of the Forces