Thanks to you too for elaborating on it . It was a quick comment by an economy teacher while talking about Chinas rising importance in the world , so I can understand if he might have been a bit off in something not related to his field . <| sep |> Am I having a stroke right now ? <| sep |> Appears that the position First Naval Lord was created during the Napoleonic wars to differentiate between working Lords and landbased Lords who just signed paperwork . Title was changed to First Sea Lord in 1904 . I ' m a big geek about the Admiralty during the Napoleonic wars due to the AubreyMaturin novels of Patrick O ' Brian . <| sep |> not be so hard on himself ? Heh . Heheeh huh ehhehe . Huhuhuh ehehehheheh uhuhuhuh . Huehuehuehue .