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Below is a list of First and Principal Naval Aides-de-Camp, an office established by
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First and Principal Naval Aides-de-Camp

*1830-1846: Lord Amelius Beauclerk *1846-1866: Sir William Parker, Bt. *1866-1873: The Earl of Lauderdale *1873-1878: Sir James Hope *1878-1879: Hon. Sir Henry Keppel *1879-1886: Sir Astley Key *1886-1895: Sir Geoffrey Hornby *1895-1897: Sir Algernon Lyons *1897-1899: Sir Nowell Salmon *1899-1901: Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt. *1901-1902: Sir James Erskine *1902-1903: Sir Edward Seymour *1903-1904: Sir Henry Stephenson *1904-1911:
Sir John Fisher John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, (25 January 1841 – 10 July 1920), commonly known as Jacky or Jackie Fisher, was a British Admiral of the Fleet. With more than sixty years in the Royal Navy, his efforts to reform the service helped t ...
*1911-1913: Sir Lewis Beaumont *1913-1914: Sir Edmund Poë *1914-1917: Sir George Callaghan *1917-1919: Sir Henry Jackson *1919-1922: Sir Stanley Colville *1922-1924: Sir Charles Madden, Bt. *1924-1925: Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe *1925-1926: Sir Montague Browning *1926-1928: Sir Arthur Leveson *1928-1929: Sir Richard Phillimore *1929-1930: Sir William Goodenough *1930: Sir Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair *1930-1931: Sir Walter Cowan, Bt. *1931-1932: Sir Hubert Brand *1932-1934: Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, Bt. *1934-1936: Sir John Kelly *1936-1938: The Earl of Cork and Orrery *1938-1939: Sir Roger Backhouse *1939-1941: Hon. Sir Reginald Drax *1941-1943: Sir Dudley Pound *1943-1945: Sir Percy Noble *1945-1946: The Lord Tovey *1946-1948: The Lord Fraser of North Cape *1948-1949: Sir Henry Moore *1949-1952: Sir Arthur Power *1952-1953: Sir Rhoderick McGrigor *1953-1954: Sir John Edelsten *1954-1958: Hon. Sir Guy Russell *1958-1959: Sir Guy Grantham *1959-1960: Sir William Davis *1960-1962: Sir Caspar John *1962-1965: Sir Wilfrid Woods *1965-1968: Sir Desmond Dreyer *1968-1970: Sir John Frewen *1970-1972: Sir Horace Law *1972-1974: Sir Michael Pollock Since 1972, the office has been united with that of
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Flag ''aide-de-camp''

Flag ''aide-de-camp'' is the designation given to the next most senior naval '' aide-de-camp'' after the First and Principal Naval ADC. Between 1972 and 2012, the Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command invariably held this appointment (from 1994 to 2012 the post of Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command, and with it the office of Flag ''aide-de-camp'', was united with the job of
Second Sea Lord The Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (formerly Second Sea Lord) is deputy to the First Sea Lord and the second highest-ranking officer to currently serve in the Royal Navy and is responsible for personnel and naval shore establish ...
). In October 2012 the post of Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command was abolished and the current status of the appointment of Flag ''aide-de-camp'' is unclear. The 2017 Navy Directory does not list any such person among the aides-de-camp.Navy List 2017
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