The position of Lord High Admiral of the Wash is an ancient hereditary naval office of England.
The post was granted to the le Strange family after the Norman Conquest.
However, the post was never formally abolished, and remains a hereditary dignity that now has no responsibilities or privileges of any kind.
The present Lord High Admiral of the Wash, Michael le Strange Meakin, lives in Hunstanton, Norfolk, and inherited the Admiralty through his mother's line.
The Lord High Admiral is depicted in The Crown as one of many "unnecessary" and redundant offices that should be dissolved (by Blair).