Archibald Carter at the Admiralty Board, 1939

Archibald Carter at the Admiralty Board, 1939

After the Round Table Conference, Carter served in the India Office before being appointed Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty between 1936-40. As the senior most civil servant responsible for the Royal Navy, Carter answered directly to the First Lord of the Admiralty, who from 3rd September 1939 was Winston Churchill. Sitting to Churchill’s left here, Carter almost manages to avoid the lens entirely.

Illustrated London News, 25th November 1939 (reproduced with permission of the British Library)