This is a list of Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty (incomplete before the Restoration, 1660). The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty were the members of The Board of Admiralty, which exercised the office of Lord High Admiral when it was not vested in a single person. The commissioners were a mixture of politicians without naval experience and professional naval officers, the proportion of naval officers generally increasing over time. In 1940, the Secretary of the Admiralty, a civil servant, became a member of the Board. The Lord High Admiral, and thus the Board of Admiralty, ceased to have operational command of the Royal Navy when the three service ministries were merged into the

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in 1964, when the office of Lord High Admiral reverted to the

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1628 to 1641

*20 September 1628: Commission. ** Richard Weston, 1st Baron Weston (

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), First Lord ** Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (

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) ** Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset (Lord Chamberlain to the Queen) **

Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington (c. 15791652) was the English lord treasurer and ambassador and leader of the pro-Spanish, pro-Roman Catholic faction in the court of Charles I. Early life He was the fourth son of Philip Cottington of ...

( Chancellor of the Exchequer) ** Sir Henry Vane (

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) **

Sir John Coke Sir John Coke (5 March 1563 – 8 September 1644) was an English civil servant and naval administrator, described by one commentator as "the Samuel Pepys of his day". He was MP for various constituencies in the House of Commons between 1621 and ...

( Secretary of State) ** Sir Francis Windebank ( Secretary of State) *10 April 1635: Commission. ** Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (

), First Lord **''others'' *16 March 1636: Commission ** William Juxon (

), First Lord **''others'' *13 April 1638:

Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy, KG, JP (29 September 160213 October 1668) was an English aristocrat, and supporter of the Parliamentary cause in the First English Civil War. The Percies had been the leading fam ...

, Lord High Admiral

1641 to 1661

From the appointment of Warwick until 1660, appointments during this period were made by Parliament or a part thereof. *7 December 1643: Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, Lord High Admiral *15 April 1645: Commission (by the Committee of Both Houses). **

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, KB, PC (; 11 January 1591 – 14 September 1646) was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the 17th century. With the start of the Civil War in 1642, he became the first Captain ...

** Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick **

William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (28 June 158214 April 1662) was an English nobleman and politician, known also for his involvement in several companies for setting up overseas colonies. Early life He was born at the family home of ...

** Dudley North, 3rd Baron North **William Earle ** Philip Stapleton **John Evelyn, Jr. ** Christopher Wray, MP **John Rolle **Giles Grene **D. Hollis **

John Selden John Selden (16 December 1584 – 30 November 1654) was an English jurist, a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law. He was known as a polymath; John Milton hailed Selden in 1644 as "the chief of learne ...

, MP **F. Rouse ** Thomas Eden, MP **T. Lisle ** Bulstrode Whitelocke, MP *28 April 1645: Commission (by the House of Commons) ** Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick **Alexander Bence **Squire Bence **H. Pelham *12 February 1649: Commission (by the House of Commons) **_ Dean **Francis Popham **Colonel Robert Blake *23 February 1649: Powers transferred to the

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*3 December 1653: **General Robert Blake **General

George Monck George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle JP KG PC (6 December 1608 – 3 January 1670) was an English soldier, who fought on both sides during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. A prominent military figure under the Commonwealth, his support was cru ...

**Major-General John Desborow **Vice-Admiral

William Penn William Penn ( – ) was an English writer and religious thinker belonging to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, a North American colony of England. He was an early advocate of democracy an ...

**Colonel Philip Jones **Colonel John Clerk **John Stone **Major William Burton **Vincent Gooking **Lieutenant-Colonel Kelsey *November 1655: During

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(CSPD, IX, 10) **John Lambert **William Sydenham **John Desborough **Philipp Jones **Thomas Kelsey **Edward Salmon **Edward Montague **General

**General Robert Blake **John Clerke **Governor Edward Hopkins

1661 to 1681

*29 January 1661: The Duke of York and Albany, Lord High Admiral *9 July 1673: Commission. **

Prince Rupert Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, (17 December 1619 (O.S.) / 27 December (N.S.) – 29 November 1682 (O.S.)) was an English army officer, admiral, scientist and colonial governor. He first came to prominence as a Royalist cava ...

** The Earl of Shaftesbury ('' ex officio'' as

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) ** The Viscount Osborne (''ex officio'' as

) ** The Earl of Anglesey (''ex officio'' as Lord Privy Seal) ** The Duke of Buckingham ** The Duke of Monmouth ** The Duke of Lauderdale ** The Duke of Ormonde ** The Earl of Arlington (''ex officio'' as

Secretary of State for the Southern Department The Secretary of State for the Southern Department was a position in the cabinet of the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain up to 1782, when the Southern Department became the Home Office. History Before 1782, the responsibilities of ...

) ** Sir George Carteret, Bt (''ex officio'' as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household) ** The Hon. Henry Coventry (''ex officio'' as

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) ** Edward Seymour (''ex officio'' as Treasurer of the Navy) *31 October 1674: Commission. **

** The Lord Finch (''ex officio'' as Lord Keeper) ** The Earl of Danby (''ex officio'' as

) ** The Earl of Anglesey (''ex officio'' as Lord Privy Seal) ** The Duke of Buckingham ** The Duke of Monmouth ** The Duke of Lauderdale ** The Duke of Ormonde ** The Earl of Arlington ** Sir George Carteret, Bt (''ex officio'' as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household) ** The Hon. Henry Coventry (''ex officio'' as

) **

Sir Joseph Williamson Sir Joseph Williamson, PRS (25 July 1633 – 3 October 1701) was an English civil servant, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1665 and 1701 and in the Irish House of Commons between 1692 and ...

(''ex officio'' as

) ** Edward Seymour (''ex officio'' as Treasurer of the Navy) *26 September 1677: Commission. **

** The Lord Finch (''ex officio'' as

) ** The Earl of Danby (''ex officio'' as

) ** The Earl of Anglesey (''ex officio'' as Lord Privy Seal) ** The Duke of Monmouth ** The Duke of Lauderdale ** The Duke of Ormonde ** The Earl of Ossory ** The Earl of Arlington ** Sir George Carteret, Bt (''ex officio'' as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household) ** The Hon. Henry Coventry (''ex officio'' as

) **

(''ex officio'' as

) **

Sir John Ernle Sir John Ernle (1620 – June 1697) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1695. He was one of the longest-serving Chancellors of the Exchequer, a position he held from 2 May 1676 to 9 April ...

** Sir Thomas Chicheley ** Edward Seymour (''ex officio'' as Treasurer of the Navy) *14 May 1679: Commission. ** The Hon. Sir Henry Capell, First Lord ** The Hon. Daniel Finch ** Sir Thomas Lee, Bt ** Sir Humphrey Winch, Bt ** Sir Thomas Meres ** Edward Vaughan ** Edward Hales

1681 to 1701

*19 February 1681: Commission. ** The Hon. Daniel Finch, First Lord ** Sir Humphrey Winch, Bt ** Sir Thomas Meres ** Edward Hales ** The Viscount Brouncker ** Sir Thomas Littleton, Bt *20 January 1682: Commission. ** Lord Finch, First Lord ** Sir Humphrey Winch, Bt ** Sir Thomas Meres ** Edward Hales ** The Viscount Brouncker **

Henry Savile Henry Savile may refer to: *Henry Savile (died 1558) (1498–1558), MP for Yorkshire *Henry Savile (died 1569) (1518–1569), MP for Yorkshire and Grantham *Henry Savile (Bible translator) (1549–1622), English scholar and Member of the Parliament ...

** Sir John Chicheley, Naval Lord *22 August 1683: Commission. ** The Earl of Nottingham, First Lord ** Sir Humphrey Winch, Bt ** Sir Thomas Meres ** Edward Hales ** The Viscount Brouncker **

** Sir John Chicheley, Naval Lord ** Arthur Herbert, Naval Lord (supernumerary) *17 April 1684: Commission. ** The Earl of Nottingham, First Lord ** Sir Humphrey Winch, Bt ** Sir Thomas Meres ** Sir Edward Hales **

** Sir John Chicheley, Naval Lord ** Arthur Herbert, Naval Lord ** Lord Vaughan (supernumerary) *19 May 1684: King Charles II *6 February 1685: King

James II James II may refer to: * James II of Avesnes (died c. 1205), knight of the Fourth Crusade * James II of Majorca (died 1311), Lord of Montpellier * James II of Aragon (1267–1327), King of Sicily * James II, Count of La Marche (1370–1438), King C ...

*13 February 1689: King William III *8 March 1689: Commission. ** Arthur Herbert, First Lord and Senior Naval Lord ** The Earl of Carbery ** Sir Michael Warton ** Sir Thomas Lee, Bt ** Sir John Chicheley, Naval Lord ** Sir John Lowther, Bt ** William Sacheverell *20 January 1690: Commission. ** The Earl of Pembroke, First Lord ** The Earl of Carbery ** Sir Thomas Lee, Bt ** Sir John Lowther, Bt ** Sir John Chicheley, Senior Naval Lord *5 June 1690: Commission. ** The Earl of Pembroke, First Lord ** The Earl of Carbery ** Sir Thomas Lee, Bt ** Sir John Lowther, Bt ** Edward Russell, Senior Naval Lord **

Sir Richard Onslow, Bt Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow PC (23 June 1654 – 5 December 1717), known as Sir Richard Onslow, 2nd Baronet from 1688 until 1716, was a British Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1679 to 1715. He was ...

** Henry Priestman, Naval Lord *23 January 1691: Commission. ** The Earl of Pembroke, First Lord ** Sir Thomas Lee, Bt ** Sir John Lowther, Bt **

** Henry Priestman, Senior Naval Lord ** The Viscount Falkland ** Robert Austen *16 November 1691: Commission. ** The Earl of Pembroke, First Lord ** Sir John Lowther, Bt **

** Henry Priestman, Senior Naval Lord ** The Viscount Falkland ** Robert Austen ** Sir Robert Rich, Bt *10 March 1692: Commission. ** The Lord Cornwallis, First Lord ** Sir John Lowther, Bt **

** Henry Priestman, Senior Naval Lord ** The Viscount Falkland ** Robert Austen ** Sir Robert Rich, Bt *15 April 1693: Commission. ** The Viscount Falkland, First Lord ** Sir John Lowther, Bt ** Henry Priestman, Senior Naval Lord ** Robert Austen ** Sir Robert Rich, Bt ** Henry Killigrew, Naval Lord ** Sir Ralph Delaval, Naval Lord *2 May 1694: Commission. ** Edward Russell, First Lord and Senior Naval Lord ** Sir John Lowther, Bt ** Henry Priestman, Naval Lord ** Robert Austen ** Sir Robert Rich, Bt ** Sir George Rooke, Naval Lord **

Sir John Houblon Sir John Houblon (13 March 1632 – 10 January 1712) was the first Governor of the Bank of England from 1694 to 1697. Early life John Houblon was the third son of James Houblon, a London merchant, and his wife, Mary Du Quesne, daughter of Je ...

*24 February 1696: Commission. ** Edward Russell, First Lord and Senior Naval Lord ** Henry Priestman, Naval Lord ** Robert Austen ** Sir Robert Rich, Bt ** Sir George Rooke, Naval Lord **

** James Kendall *5 June 1697: Commission. ** The Earl of Orford, First Lord and Senior Naval Lord ** Henry Priestman, Naval Lord ** Sir Robert Rich, Bt ** Sir George Rooke, Naval Lord **

** James Kendall ** The Hon. Goodwin Wharton *31 May 1699: Commission. ** The Earl of Bridgewater, First Lord ** The Lord Haversham ** Sir Robert Rich, Bt ** Sir George Rooke, Senior Naval Lord ** Sir David Mitchell, Naval Lord *28 October 1699: Commission. ** The Earl of Bridgewater, First Lord ** The Lord Haversham ** Sir George Rooke, Senior Naval Lord ** Sir David Mitchell, Naval Lord ** George Churchill, Naval Lord

1701 to 1721

*4 April 1701: Commission. ** The Earl of Pembroke, First Lord ** The Lord Haversham ** Sir George Rooke, Senior Naval Lord ** Sir David Mitchell, Naval Lord ** George Churchill, Naval Lord *26 January 1702:

Earl of Pembroke Earl of Pembroke is a title in the Peerage of England that was first created in the 12th century by King Stephen of England. The title, which is associated with Pembroke, Pembrokeshire in West Wales, has been recreated ten times from its orig ...

, Lord High Admiral *20 May 1702:

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, Lord High Admiral **Council of the Lord High Admiral, 22 May 1702: *** Sir George Rooke Senior Member *** Sir David Mitchell *** George Churchill *** Richard Hill **Council of the Lord High Admiral, 29 March 1703: *** Sir George Rooke Senior Member *** Sir David Mitchell *** George Churchill *** Richard Hill *** The Hon. James Brydges **Council of the Lord High Admiral, 30 April 1704: *** Sir George Rooke Senior Member *** Sir David Mitchell *** George Churchill *** Richard Hill *** The Hon. James Brydges *** The Hon. Henry Paget **Council of the Lord High Admiral, 26 December 1704: *** Sir George Rooke Senior Member *** Sir David Mitchell *** George Churchill *** Richard Hill *** The Hon. James Brydges *** The Hon. Henry Paget *** Sir Cloudesley Shovell **Council of the Lord High Admiral, 11 June 1705: *** Sir David Mitchell Senior Member *** George Churchill *** Richard Hill *** The Hon. Henry Paget *** Sir Cloudesley Shovell *** Robert Walpole **Council of the Lord High Admiral, 8 February 1706: *** Sir David Mitchell Senior Member *** George Churchill *** Richard Hill *** The Hon. Henry Paget *** Sir Cloudesley Shovell *** Robert Walpole *** Sir Stafford Fairborne *28 June 1707:

, Lord High Admiral (reappointed as Lord High Admiral of Great Britain following the Union with Scotland) **Council of the Lord High Admiral, 28 June 1707 *** Sir David Mitchell Senior Member *** George Churchill *** Richard Hill *** The Hon. Henry Paget *** Sir Cloudesley Shovell *** Robert Walpole *** Sir Stafford Fairborne **Council of the Lord High Admiral, 19 April 1708: *** Earl of Wemyss Senior Member *** George Churchill *** Richard Hill *** The Hon. Henry Paget *** Sir Stafford Fairborne *** Sir John Leake **Council of the Lord High Admiral, 20 June 1708: *** Earl of Wemyss Senior Member *** George Churchill *** Richard Hill *** The Hon. Henry Paget *** Sir John Leake *** Sir James Wishart *** Robert Fairfax *28 October 1708: Queen Anne, Lord High Admiral *29 November 1708: The Earl of Pembroke, Lord High Admiral, Senior Member *8 November 1709: Commission. ** The Earl of Orford, First Lord ** Sir John Leake, Senior Naval Lord **

Sir George Byng Admiral of the Fleet George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, (27 January 1663 – 17 January 1733), of Southill Park in Bedfordshire, was a Royal Navy officer and statesman. While still a lieutenant, he delivered a letter from various captains t ...

, Naval Lord ** George Dodington ** Paul Methuen *4 October 1710: Commission. ** Sir John Leake, Naval Lord (not called "First Lord") **

, Senior Naval Lord ** George Dodington ** Paul Methuen ** Sir William Drake, Bt ** John Aislabie *20 December 1710: Commission. ** Sir John Leake, Naval Lord **

, Senior Naval Lord ** Sir William Drake, Bt ** John Aislabie ** Sir James Wishart, Naval Lord **

George Clarke George Clarke (7 May 1661 – 22 October 1736), of All Souls, Oxford, was an English architect, print collector and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1702 and 1736. Life The son of Sir William Clark ...

*30 September 1712: Commission. ** The Earl of Strafford, First Lord ** Sir John Leake, Senior Naval Lord **

, Naval Lord ** Sir William Drake, Bt ** John Aislabie ** Sir James Wishart, Naval Lord **

*19 January 1714: Commission. ** The Earl of Strafford, First Lord ** Sir John Leake, Senior Naval Lord ** Sir William Drake, Bt ** John Aislabie ** Sir James Wishart, Naval Lord **

*9 April 1714: Commission. ** The Earl of Strafford, First Lord ** Sir John Leake, Senior Naval Lord ** Sir William Drake, Bt ** Sir James Wishart, Naval Lord **

** Sir George Beaumont, Bt *14 October 1714: Commission. ** The Earl of Orford, First Lord **

, Senior Naval Lord ** George Dodington ** Sir John Jennings, Naval Lord ** Sir Charles Turner **

Abraham Stanyan Abraham Stanyan (c. 1669–1732) was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1717. He was ambassador to Austria and the Ottoman Empire. Stanyan was the eldest son of Lawrence Stanyan of Monken Hadley, Midd ...

** George Baillie *16 April 1717: Commission. ** The Earl of Berkeley, First Lord **

Matthew Aylmer Admiral of the Fleet Matthew Aylmer, 1st Baron Aylmer (ca. 1650 – 18 August 1720), of Covent Garden, Westminster, and Westcliffe, near Dover, was an Anglo-Irish Royal Navy officer and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House ...

, Senior Naval Lord **

, Naval Lord ** John Cockburn ** William Richard Chetwynd *19 March 1718: Commission. ** The Earl of Berkeley, First Lord **

, Senior Naval Lord ** Sir John Jennings, Naval Lord ** John Cockburn ** William Richard Chetwynd ** Sir John Norris, Naval Lord **

Sir Charles Wager Admiral Sir Charles Wager (24 February 1666 – 24 May 1743) was a Royal Navy officer and politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1733 to 1742. Despite heroic active service and steadfast administration and diplomatic servic ...

, Naval Lord

1721 to 1741

*30 September 1721: Commission. ** The Earl of Berkeley, First Lord ** Sir John Jennings, Senior Naval Lord ** John Cockburn ** William Richard Chetwynd ** Sir John Norris, Naval Lord **

, Naval Lord **

Daniel Pulteney Daniel Pulteney (''c.'' 1684 – 7 September 1731) was an English government official and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1731. Biography Pulteney was the son of John Pulteney (d. 1726), MP for Hastings and Commissioner of ...

*3 June 1725: Commission. ** The Earl of Berkeley, First Lord ** Sir John Jennings, Senior Naval Lord ** John Cockburn ** William Richard Chetwynd ** Sir John Norris, Naval Lord **

, Naval Lord ** Sir George Oxenden, Bt *1 June 1727: Commission. ** The Earl of Berkeley, First Lord ** John Cockburn ** William Richard Chetwynd ** Sir John Norris, Senior Naval Lord **

, Naval Lord ** Sir George Oxenden, Bt ** Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Bt *2 August 1727: Commission. ** The Viscount Torrington, First Lord ** John Cockburn ** Sir John Norris, Senior Naval Lord **

, Naval Lord ** Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Bt **

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Samuel Molyneux Samuel Molyneux FRS (16 July 1689 – 13 April 1728) was an amateur astronomer and politician who sat in the British House of Commons between 1715 and 1728 and in the Irish House of Commons from 1727 to 1728. His work with James Bradley attemp ...

*1 June 1728: Commission. ** The Viscount Torrington, First Lord ** John Cockburn ** Sir John Norris, Senior Naval Lord **

, Naval Lord ** Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Bt **

** Sir William Yonge *19 May 1729: Commission. ** The Viscount Torrington, First Lord ** John Cockburn ** Sir John Norris, Senior Naval Lord **

, Naval Lord ** Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Bt ** Sir William Yonge ** Lord Archibald Hamilton, Naval Lord *13 May 1730: Commission. ** The Viscount Torrington, First Lord ** John Cockburn **

, Senior Naval Lord ** Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Bt ** Lord Archibald Hamilton, Naval Lord ** Sir Thomas Frankland, Bt ** Thomas Winnington *15 June 1732: Commission. ** The Viscount Torrington, First Lord **

, Senior Naval Lord ** Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Bt ** Lord Archibald Hamilton, Naval Lord ** Sir Thomas Frankland, Bt ** Thomas Winnington ** Thomas Clutterbuck *21 June 1733: Commission. **

, First Lord ** Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Bt ** Lord Archibald Hamilton, Senior Naval Lord ** Sir Thomas Frankland, Bt ** Thomas Winnington ** Thomas Clutterbuck ** Lord Harry Powlett, Naval Lord *22 May 1736: Commission. **

, First Lord ** Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Bt ** Lord Archibald Hamilton, Senior Naval Lord ** Sir Thomas Frankland, Bt ** Thomas Clutterbuck ** Lord Harry Powlett, Naval Lord ** John Campbell *13 March 1738: Commission. **

, First Lord ** Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Bt ** Sir Thomas Frankland, Bt ** Thomas Clutterbuck ** Lord Harry Powlett, Senior Naval Lord ** John Campbell **

Lord Vere Beauclerk Admiral Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere (14 July 1699 – 21 October 1781), known as Lord Vere Beauclerk until 1750, was a Royal Navy officer, British peer and politician who sat in the House of Commons for 24 years from 1726 to 1750. After se ...

, Naval Lord

1741 to 1761

*5 May 1741: Commission. **

, First Lord ** Sir Thomas Frankland, Bt ** Lord Harry Powlett, Senior Naval Lord ** John Campbell **

, Naval Lord **

Lord Glenorchy Earl of Breadalbane and Holland is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1681 for Sir John Campbell, 5th Baronet, of Glenorchy, who had previously been deprived of the title Earl of Caithness. Creation Sir John, as a princi ...

** Edward Thompson *19 March 1742: Commission. ** The Earl of Winchilsea, First Lord ** John Cockburn ** Lord Archibald Hamilton, Senior Naval Lord ** The Lord Baltimore ** Philip Cavendish, Naval Lord ** George Lee ** John Trevor *13 December 1743: Commission. ** The Earl of Winchilsea, First Lord ** John Cockburn ** Lord Archibald Hamilton, Senior Naval Lord ** The Lord Baltimore ** George Lee ** Sir Charles Hardy, Naval Lord ** John Phillipson *27 December 1744: Commission. ** The Duke of Bedford, First Lord ** The Earl of Sandwich ** Lord Archibald Hamilton, Senior Naval Lord **

, Naval Lord ** The Lord Baltimore ** George Anson, Naval Lord **

George Grenville George Grenville (14 October 1712 – 13 November 1770) was a British Whig statesman who rose to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain. Grenville was born into an influential political family and first entered Parliament in 1741 as an ...

*25 April 1745: Commission. ** The Duke of Bedford, First Lord ** The Earl of Sandwich ** Lord Archibald Hamilton, Senior Naval Lord **

, Naval Lord ** George Anson, Naval Lord **

** The Hon. Henry Legge *25 February 1746: Commission. ** The Duke of Bedford, First Lord ** The Earl of Sandwich **

, Senior Naval Lord ** George Anson, Naval Lord **

** The Hon. Henry Legge **

Viscount Barrington Viscount Barrington, of Ardglass in the County of Down, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1720 for the lawyer, theologian and politician John Barrington. He was made Baron Barrington, of Newcastle in the County of Limer ...

*27 June 1746: Commission. **

Duke of Bedford Duke of Bedford (named after Bedford, England) is a title that has been created six times (for five distinct people) in the Peerage of England. The first and second creations came in 1414 and 1433 respectively, in favour of Henry IV's third s ...

, First Lord **

Earl of Sandwich Earl of Sandwich is a noble title in the Peerage of England, held since its creation by the House of Montagu. It is nominally associated with Sandwich, Kent. It was created in 1660 for the prominent naval commander Admiral Sir Edward Montagu. ...

, Senior Naval Lord ** George Anson, Naval Lord **

** The Viscount Barrington ** Viscount Duncannon *23 June 1747: Commission. ** The Duke of Bedford, First Lord ** The Earl of Sandwich **

, Senior Naval Lord ** George Anson, Naval Lord **

** Viscount Duncannon ** Welbore Ellis *26 February 1748: Commission. ** The Earl of Sandwich, First Lord **

, Senior Naval Lord ** The Lord Anson, Naval Lord ** The Viscount Barrington ** Viscount Duncannon ** Welbore Ellis ** The Hon. John Stanhope *24 December 1748: Commission. **

, First Lord **

, Senior Naval Lord ** The Viscount Barrington ** Viscount Duncannon ** Welbore Ellis ** The Hon. Thomas Villiers *18 November 1749: Commission. ** The Earl of Sandwich, First Lord ** The Lord Anson, Senior Naval Lord **

** Viscount Duncannon ** Welbore Ellis ** The Hon. Thomas Villiers ** Viscount Trentham *22 June 1751: Commission. ** The Lord Anson, First Lord ** The Viscount Barrington ** Viscount Duncannon ** Welbore Ellis ** The Hon. Thomas Villiers **

William Rowley William Rowley (c. 1585 – February 1626) was an English Jacobean dramatist, best known for works written in collaboration with more successful writers. His date of birth is estimated to have been c. 1585; he was buried on 11 February 1626 in ...

, Senior Naval Lord ** The Hon. Edward Boscawen, Naval Lord *9 April 1754: Commission. ** The Lord Anson, First Lord ** Viscount Duncannon ** Welbore Ellis ** The Hon. Thomas Villiers **

Sir William Rowley Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Rowley KB (c. 1690 – 1 January 1768) was a Royal Navy officer. He distinguished himself by his determination as commander of the vanguard at the Battle of Toulon in February 1744 during the War of the Austrian ...

, Senior Naval Lord ** The Hon. Edward Boscawen, Naval Lord ** The Hon. Charles Townshend *29 December 1755: Commission. ** The Lord Anson, First Lord ** Viscount Duncannon ** The Hon. Thomas Villiers **

, Senior Naval Lord ** The Hon. Edward Boscawen, Naval Lord ** The Viscount Bateman ** The Hon. Richard Edgcumbe *17 November 1756: Commission. ** The Earl Temple, First Lord ** The Hon. Edward Boscawen, Senior Naval Lord ** Temple West, Naval Lord ** John Pitt ** George Hay ** Thomas Orby Hunter ** Gilbert Elliot *13 December 1756: Commission. ** The Earl Temple, First Lord ** The Hon. Edward Boscawen, Senior Naval Lord ** Temple West, Naval Lord ** George Hay ** Thomas Orby Hunter ** Gilbert Elliot ** The Hon. John Forbes, Naval Lord *6 April 1757: Commission. ** The Earl of Winchilsea, First Lord **

, Senior Naval Lord ** The Hon. Edward Boscawen, Naval Lord ** Gilbert Elliot ** The Lord Carysfort ** Savage Mostyn, Naval Lord ** The Hon. Edwin Sandys *2 July 1757: Commission. ** The Lord Anson, First Lord ** The Hon. Edward Boscawen, Senior Naval Lord ** Temple West, Naval Lord ** George Hay ** Thomas Orby Hunter ** Gilbert Elliot ** The Hon. John Forbes, Naval Lord *26 September 1757: Commission. ** The Lord Anson, First Lord ** The Hon. Edward Boscawen, Senior Naval Lord ** George Hay ** Thomas Orby Hunter ** Gilbert Elliot ** The Hon. John Forbes, Naval Lord

1761 to 1782

*19 March 1761: Commission. ** The Lord Anson, First Lord ** George Hay ** Thomas Orby Hunter ** The Hon. John Forbes, Senior Naval Lord ** Hans Stanley **

Viscount Villiers A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a Title#Aristocratic titles, title used in certain European countries for a nobility, noble of varying status. In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-he ...

** Thomas Pelham *17 June 1762: Commission. ** The Earl of Halifax, First Lord ** George Hay ** Thomas Orby Hunter ** The Hon. John Forbes, Senior Naval Lord ** Hans Stanley **

** Thomas Pelham *18 October 1762: Commission. ** The Hon. George Grenville, First Lord ** George Hay ** Thomas Orby Hunter ** The Hon. John Forbes, Senior Naval Lord ** Hans Stanley **

** Thomas Pelham *1 January 1763: Commission. ** The Hon. George Grenville, First Lord ** George Hay ** Thomas Orby Hunter ** The Hon. John Forbes, Senior Naval Lord ** Hans Stanley ** The Lord Carysfort ** James Harris *20 April 1763: Commission. ** The Earl of Sandwich, First Lord ** George Hay ** Hans Stanley ** The Lord Carysfort ** The Viscount Howe, Senior Naval Lord ** The Lord Digby ** Thomas Pitt *16 September 1763: Commission. ** The Earl of Egmont, First Lord ** George Hay ** Hans Stanley ** The Lord Carysfort ** The Viscount Howe, Senior Naval Lord ** The Lord Digby ** Thomas Pitt *31 July 1765: Commission. ** The Earl of Egmont, First Lord ** Thomas Pitt ** Sir Charles Saunders, Senior Naval Lord ** The Hon. Augustus Keppel, Naval Lord **

Charles Townshend Charles Townshend (28 August 1725 – 4 September 1767) was a British politician who held various titles in the Parliament of Great Britain. His establishment of the controversial Townshend Acts is considered one of the key causes of the Am ...

** Sir William Meredith, Bt ** John Buller *21 December 1765: Commission. ** The Earl of Egmont, First Lord ** Sir Charles Saunders, Senior Naval Lord ** The Hon. Augustus Keppel, Naval Lord **

** Sir William Meredith, Bt ** John Buller ** The Hon. John Yorke *15 September 1766: Commission. ** Sir Charles Saunders, First Lord ** The Hon. Augustus Keppel, Senior Naval Lord **

** Sir William Meredith, Bt ** John Buller ** The Viscount Palmerston ** Sir George Yonge, Bt *11 December 1766: Commission. **

Sir Edward Hawke Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, KB, PC (21 February 1705 – 17 October 1781), of Scarthingwell Hall in the parish of Towton, near Tadcaster, Yorkshire, was a Royal Navy officer. As captain of the third-rate , he took part in the Battle of T ...

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** John Buller ** The Viscount Palmerston ** Sir George Yonge, Bt ** Sir Peircy Brett, Senior Naval Lord ** Charles Jenkinson *8 March 1768: Commission. **

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** John Buller ** The Viscount Palmerston ** Sir George Yonge, Bt ** Sir Peircy Brett, Senior Naval Lord ** Lord Charles Spencer *28 February 1770: Commission. **

George Darby Vice Admiral George Darby (c.1720 – 1790) was a Royal Navy officer. He commanded HMS ''Norwich'' at the capture of Martinique in 1762 during the Seven Years' War. He went on to command the Channel Fleet during the American Revolutionary ...

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1782 to 1801

*1 April 1782: Commission. ** The Hon. Augustus Keppel, First Lord ** Sir Robert Harland, Bt, First Naval Lord ** Hugh Pigot, Naval Lord ** Viscount Duncannon ** The Hon. John Townshend ** Charles Brett ** Richard Hopkins *18 July 1782: Commission. ** The Viscount Keppel, First Lord ** Sir Robert Harland, Bt, First Naval Lord ** Hugh Pigot, Naval Lord ** Charles Brett ** Richard Hopkins ** The Hon. John Jeffreys Pratt **

John Aubrey John Aubrey (12 March 1626 – 7 June 1697) was an English antiquarian, antiquary, Natural philosophy, natural philosopher and writer. He is perhaps best known as the author of the ''Brief Lives'', his collection of short biographical pieces. ...

*30 January 1783: Commission. ** The Viscount Howe, First Lord ** Hugh Pigot, First Naval Lord ** Charles Brett ** Richard Hopkins ** The Hon. John Jeffreys Pratt **

** The Hon. John Leveson-Gower, Naval Lord *10 April 1783: Commission. ** The Viscount Keppel, First Lord ** Hugh Pigot, First Naval Lord ** Viscount Duncannon ** The Hon. John Townshend ** Sir John Lindsay, Naval Lord ** William Jolliffe ** Whitshed Keene *31 December 1783: Commission. ** The Viscount Howe, First Lord ** Charles Brett ** The Hon. John Jeffreys Pratt ** The Hon. John Leveson-Gower, First Naval Lord ** Lord Apsley ** The Hon. Charles George Perceval **

John Modyford Heywood John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

Lord Hugh Seymour Vice-Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour (29 April 1759 – 11 September 1801) was a senior British Royal Navy officer of the late 18th century who was the fifth son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, and became known for being both a p ...

** Philip Stephens ** James Gambier, Naval Lord *20 November 1795: Commission ** The Earl Spencer, First Lord ** The Lord Arden ** Charles Small Pybus **

** Sir Philip Stephens, Bt ** James Gambier, First Naval Lord ** William Young, Naval Lord *25 July 1797: Commission ** The Earl Spencer, First Lord ** The Lord Arden **

** Sir Philip Stephens, Bt ** James Gambier, First Naval Lord ** William Young, Naval Lord ** Thomas Wallace *10 September 1798: Commission ** The Earl Spencer, First Lord ** The Lord Arden ** Sir Philip Stephens, Bt ** James Gambier, First Naval Lord ** William Young, Naval Lord ** Thomas Wallace ** Robert Mann, Naval Lord *10 July 1800: Commission ** The Earl Spencer, First Lord ** The Lord Arden ** Sir Philip Stephens, Bt ** James Gambier, First Naval Lord ** William Young, Naval Lord ** Robert Mann, Naval Lord ** The Hon. William Eliot

1801 to 1822

*19 February 1801: Commission. ** The Earl of St Vincent, First Lord ** Sir Philip Stephens, Bt ** The Hon. William Eliot ** Sir Thomas Troubridge, Bt, First Naval Lord ** James Adams ** John Markham, Naval Lord **

William Garthshore William Garthshore FRSE (1764–1806) was an English politician, a Member of Parliament from 1795 to 1806. Life The son of Maxwell Garthshore, he was born in London on 28 October 1764. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Ox ...

*17 January 1804: Commission. ** The Earl of St Vincent, First Lord ** Sir Philip Stephens, Bt ** Sir Thomas Troubridge, Bt, First Naval Lord ** James Adams ** John Markham, Naval Lord ** John Lemon ** Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt, Naval Lord *15 May 1804: Commission. ** The Viscount Melville, First Lord ** Sir Philip Stephens, Bt ** James Gambier, First Naval Lord ** Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt, Naval Lord ** Sir John Colpoys, Naval Lord **

Philip Patton Admiral Philip Patton (27 October 1739 – 31 December 1815) was a Royal Navy officer. Naval career Educated at Kirkcaldy's grammar school, Patton joined the Royal Navy in 1755. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Lagos in Au ...

, Naval Lord ** William Dickinson *13 September 1804: Commission. ** The Viscount Melville, First Lord ** Sir Philip Stephens, Bt ** James Gambier, First Naval Lord ** Sir John Colpoys, Naval Lord **

, Naval Lord ** William Dickinson ** Sir Evan Nepean, Bt *2 May 1805: Commission. ** The Lord Barham, First Lord ** Sir Philip Stephens, Bt ** James Gambier, First Naval Lord **

, Naval Lord ** William Dickinson ** Sir Evan Nepean, Bt ** Lord Garlies, Naval Lord *10 February 1806: Commission. ** The Hon. Charles Grey, First Lord ** Sir Philip Stephens, Bt ** John Markham, First Naval Lord ** Sir Charles Morice Pole, Bt, Naval Lord ** Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt, Naval Lord ** Lord William Russell ** The Lord Kensington *29 September 1806: Commission. ** Thomas Grenville, First Lord ** Sir Philip Stephens, Bt ** John Markham, First Naval Lord ** Sir Charles Morice Pole, Bt, Naval Lord ** Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt, Naval Lord ** Lord William Russell ** The Lord Kensington *23 October 1806: Commission. ** Thomas Grenville, First Lord ** John Markham, First Naval Lord ** Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt, Naval Lord ** Lord William Russell ** The Lord Kensington ** Thomas Fremantle, Naval Lord ** William Frankland *6 April 1807: Commission. ** The Lord Mulgrave, First Lord ** James Gambier, First Naval Lord ** Sir Richard Bickerton, Bt, Naval Lord ** William Johnstone Hope, Naval Lord **

Robert Plumer Ward Robert Ward, or from 1828 Robert Plumer Ward (19 March 1765 – 13 August 1846), was an English barrister, politician, and novelist. George Canning said that his law books were as pleasant as novels, and his novels as dull as law books. Life H ...

** The Viscount Palmerston ** James Buller *9 May 1808: Commission. ** The Lord Mulgrave, First Lord ** Sir Richard Bickerton, Bt, First Naval Lord ** William Johnstone Hope, Naval Lord **

** The Viscount Palmerston ** James Buller ** William Domett, Naval Lord *30 March 1809: Commission. ** The Lord Mulgrave, First Lord ** Sir Richard Bickerton, Bt, First Naval Lord **

** The Viscount Palmerston ** James Buller ** William Domett, Naval Lord ** Robert Moorsom, Naval Lord *24 November 1809: Commission. ** The Lord Mulgrave, First Lord ** Sir Richard Bickerton, Bt, First Naval Lord **

** James Buller ** William Domett, Naval Lord ** Robert Moorsom, Naval Lord **

Viscount Lowther A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judic ...

*4 May 1810: Commission. **

Charles Philip Yorke Charles Philip Yorke (12 March 1764 – 13 March 1834) was a British politician. He notably served as Home Secretary from 1803 to 1804. Political career He sat as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridgeshire from 1790 to 1810. He was commis ...

, First Lord ** Sir Richard Bickerton, Bt, First Naval Lord **

** James Buller ** William Domett, Naval Lord ** Robert Moorsom, Naval Lord **

*3 July 1810: Commission. **

, First Lord ** Sir Richard Bickerton, Bt, First Naval Lord **

** James Buller ** William Domett, Naval Lord ** Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, Naval Lord ** The Hon. Frederick John Robinson *17 June 1811: Commission. **

, First Lord ** Sir Richard Bickerton, Bt, First Naval Lord ** James Buller ** William Domett, Naval Lord ** Sir Joseph Sidney Yorke, Naval Lord ** The Hon. Frederick John Robinson ** Lord Walpole *25 March 1812: Commission. ** The Viscount Melville, First Lord ** William Domett, First Naval Lord ** Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, Naval Lord ** The Hon. Frederick John Robinson ** Lord Walpole ** William Dundas ** George Johnstone Hope, Naval Lord *5 October 1812: Commission. ** The Viscount Melville, First Lord ** William Domett, First Naval Lord ** Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, Naval Lord ** William Dundas ** George Johnstone Hope, Naval Lord ** Sir George Warrender, Bt ** John Osborn *18 May 1813: Commission. ** The Viscount Melville, First Lord ** William Domett, First Naval Lord ** Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, Naval Lord ** William Dundas ** Sir George Warrender, Bt ** John Osborn **

Lord Henry Paulet Lord Henry Paulet KCB (31 March 1767 – 28 January 1832) was an officer in the Royal Navy who saw service in the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Born into the British nobility as a younger son of ...

, Naval Lord *23 October 1813: Commission. ** The Viscount Melville, First Lord ** Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, First Naval Lord ** William Dundas ** George Johnstone Hope, Naval Lord ** Sir George Warrender, Bt ** John Osborn **

, Naval Lord *23 August 1814: Commission. ** The Viscount Melville, First Lord ** Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, First Naval Lord ** George Johnstone Hope, Naval Lord ** Sir George Warrender, Bt ** John Osborn **

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*24 May 1816: Commission. ** The Viscount Melville, First Lord ** Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, Naval Lord ** George Johnstone Hope, Naval Lord ** Sir George Warrender, Bt ** John Osborn ** Sir Graham Moore, First Naval Lord ** Marquess of Worcester *2 April 1818: Commission. ** The Viscount Melville, First Lord ** Sir George Warrender, Bt ** John Osborn ** Sir Graham Moore, First Naval Lord ** Marquess of Worcester ** Sir George Cockburn, Naval Lord ** The Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, Naval Lord *15 March 1819: Commission. ** The Viscount Melville, First Lord ** Sir George Warrender, Bt ** Sir John Osborn, Bt ** Sir Graham Moore, First Naval Lord ** Sir George Cockburn, Naval Lord ** The Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, Naval Lord ** Sir George Clerk, Bt *13 March 1820: Commission. ** The Viscount Melville, First Lord ** Sir William Johnstone Hope, First Naval Lord ** Sir George Warrender, Bt ** Sir John Osborn, Bt ** Sir George Cockburn, Naval Lord ** The Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, Naval Lord ** Sir George Clerk, Bt

1822 to 1841

*8 February 1822: Commission. ** The Viscount Melville, First Lord ** Sir William Johnstone Hope, First Naval Lord ** Sir John Osborn, Bt ** Sir George Cockburn, Naval Lord ** The Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, Naval Lord ** Sir George Clerk, Bt, Civil Lord **

William Robert Keith Douglas Lord William Robert Keith Douglas (1783 – 5 December 1859) was a British politician and landowner. He was the fourth son of Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet of Kelhead and younger brother of both Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensber ...

*23 March 1822: Commission. ** The Viscount Melville, First Lord ** Sir William Johnstone Hope, First Naval Lord ** Sir John Osborn, Bt ** Sir George Cockburn, Naval Lord ** Sir George Clerk, Bt, Civil Lord *16 February 1824: Commission. ** The Viscount Melville, First Lord ** Sir William Johnstone Hope, First Naval Lord ** Sir George Cockburn, Naval Lord ** Sir George Clerk, Bt, Civil Lord **

*2 May 1827: The Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, Lord High Admiral **Council of the Lord High Admiral, 2 May 1827: *** Sir William Johnstone Hope Senior Member *** Sir George Cockburn ***

*** John Evelyn Denison **Council of the Lord High Admiral, 4 February 1828: *** Sir William Johnstone Hope Senior Member *** Sir George Cockburn *** Sir George Clerk, Bt, Civil Lord ***

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**Council of the Lord High Admiral, 12 March 1828: *** Sir George Cockburn Senior Member *** Sir George Clerk, Bt, Civil Lord ***

*** Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen *19 September 1828: Commission. ** The Viscount Melville, First Lord ** Sir George Cockburn, First Naval Lord ** The Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, Naval Lord ** Sir George Clerk, Bt, Civil Lord **

*15 July 1829: Commission. ** The Viscount Melville, First Lord ** Sir George Cockburn, First Naval Lord ** The Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, Naval Lord ** Sir George Clerk, Bt, Civil Lord **

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, Civil Lord *31 July 1830: Commission. ** The Viscount Melville, First Lord ** Sir George Cockburn, First Naval Lord ** The Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, Naval Lord **

, Civil Lord ** Charles Ross, Civil Lord *25 November 1830: Commission. ** Sir James Graham, Bt, First Lord ** Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, First Naval Lord ** The Hon. George Heneage Lawrence Dundas, Second Naval Lord ** Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. George Barrington, Fourth Naval Lord *8 June 1832: Commission. ** Sir James Graham, Bt, First Lord ** Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, First Naval Lord ** The Hon. George Heneage Lawrence Dundas, Second Naval Lord ** Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. George Barrington, Fourth Naval Lord ** Henry Labouchere, Civil Lord *13 April 1833: Commission. ** Sir James Graham, Bt, First Lord ** Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, First Naval Lord ** The Hon. George Heneage Lawrence Dundas, Second Naval Lord ** Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, Third Naval Lord ** Henry Labouchere, Civil Lord ** Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, Fourth Naval Lord *11 June 1834: Commission. ** The Earl of Auckland, First Lord ** Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, First Naval Lord ** The Hon. George Heneage Lawrence Dundas, Second Naval Lord ** Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, Third Naval Lord ** Henry Labouchere, Civil Lord ** Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, Fourth Naval Lord *1 August 1834: Commission. ** The Earl of Auckland, First Lord ** The Hon. George Heneage Lawrence Dundas, First Naval Lord **

Sir William Parker Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, GCB (1 December 1781 – 13 November 1866), was a Royal Navy officer. As a captain's servant he took part in the Battle of The Glorious First of June in June 1794 during the French Revoluti ...

, Second Naval Lord ** Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, Third Naval Lord ** Henry Labouchere, Civil Lord ** Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, Fourth Naval Lord *1 November 1834: Commission. ** The Earl of Auckland, First Lord ** Charles Adam, First Naval Lord **

, Second Naval Lord ** Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, Third Naval Lord ** Henry Labouchere, Civil Lord ** Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, Fourth Naval Lord *23 December 1834: Commission. ** The Earl de Grey, First Lord ** Sir George Cockburn, First Naval Lord ** Sir John Poo Beresford, Bt, Second Naval Lord ** Sir Charles Rowley, Third Naval Lord **

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, Civil Lord ** Maurice FitzGerald, Civil Lord *25 April 1835: Commission. ** The Earl of Auckland, First Lord ** Charles Adam, First Naval Lord **

, Second Naval Lord ** The Hon. George Elliot, Third Naval Lord ** Sir Edward Troubridge, Bt, Fourth Naval Lord ** Lord Dalmeny, Civil Lord *19 September 1835: Commission. ** The Earl of Minto, First Lord **

Sir Charles Adam Admiral Sir Charles Adam (6 October 1780 – 19 September 1853) was a British naval commander and Lord of the Admiralty who served during the Napoleonic Wars. He later commanded the royal yacht, ''Royal Sovereign'', and was the Member of Parl ...

, First Naval Lord **

, Second Naval Lord ** The Hon. George Elliot, Third Naval Lord ** Sir Edward Troubridge, Bt, Fourth Naval Lord ** Lord Dalmeny, Civil Lord *22 July 1837: Commission. ** The Earl of Minto, First Lord **

, First Naval Lord **

, Second Naval Lord ** Sir Edward Troubridge, Bt, Third Naval Lord ** Lord Dalmeny, Civil Lord ** Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, Fourth Naval Lord *5 March 1839: Commission. ** The Earl of Minto, First Lord **

, First Naval Lord **

, Second Naval Lord ** Sir Edward Troubridge, Bt, Third Naval Lord ** Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, Fourth Naval Lord ** Lord Dalmeny, Civil Lord

1841 to 1861

*25 June 1841: Commission. ** The Earl of Minto, First Lord **

, First Naval Lord ** Sir Edward Troubridge, Bt, Second Naval Lord ** Sir Samuel Pechell, Third Naval Lord ** Lord Dalmeny, Civil Lord ** James Whitley Deans Dundas, Fourth Naval Lord *8 September 1841: Commission. ** The Earl of Haddington, First Lord ** Sir George Cockburn, First Naval Lord ** Sir William Hall Gage, Second Naval Lord ** Sir George Seymour, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. William Gordon, Fourth Naval Lord ** The Hon. Henry Lowry-Corry, Civil Lord *22 May 1844: Commission. ** The Earl of Haddington, First Lord ** Sir George Cockburn, First Naval Lord ** Sir William Hall Gage, Second Naval Lord ** William Bowles, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. William Gordon, Fourth Naval Lord ** The Hon. Henry Lowry-Corry, Civil Lord *12 February 1845: Commission. ** The Earl of Haddington, First Lord ** Sir George Cockburn, First Naval Lord ** Sir William Hall Gage, Second Naval Lord ** William Bowles, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. William Gordon, Fourth Naval Lord ** The Hon. Henry Fitzroy *13 January 1846: Commission. ** The Earl of Ellenborough, First Lord ** Sir George Cockburn, First Naval Lord ** Sir William Hall Gage, Second Naval Lord ** William Bowles, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. William Gordon, Fourth Naval Lord ** The Hon. Henry Fitzroy *17 February 1846: Commission. ** The Earl of Ellenborough, First Lord ** Sir George Cockburn, First Naval Lord ** Sir William Hall Gage, Second Naval Lord ** William Bowles, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. Henry Fitzroy ** The Hon. Henry John Rous, Fourth Naval Lord *13 July 1846: Commission. ** The Earl of Auckland, First Lord ** Sir William Parker, Bt, First Naval Lord ** James Whitley Deans Dundas, Second Naval Lord ** Maurice FitzHardinge Berkeley, Third Naval Lord ** Lord John Hay, Fourth Naval Lord ** The Hon. William Francis Cowper, Civil Lord *24 July 1846: Commission. ** The Earl of Auckland, First Lord **

, First Naval Lord ** James Whitley Deans Dundas, Second Naval Lord ** Maurice FitzHardinge Berkeley, Third Naval Lord ** Lord John Hay, Fourth Naval Lord ** The Hon. William Francis Cowper, Civil Lord *20 July 1847: Commission. ** The Earl of Auckland, First Lord ** James Whitley Deans Dundas, First Naval Lord ** Henry Prescott, Second Naval Lord ** Maurice FitzHardinge Berkeley, Third Naval Lord ** Lord John Hay, Fourth Naval Lord ** The Hon. William Francis Cowper, Civil Lord *23 December 1847: Commission. ** The Earl of Auckland, First Lord ** James Whitley Deans Dundas, First Naval Lord ** Maurice FitzHardinge Berkeley, Second Naval Lord ** Lord John Hay, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. William Francis Cowper, Civil Lord ** Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord *18 January 1849: Commission. **

Sir Francis Thornhill Baring Francis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook, (20 April 1796 – 6 September 1866), known as Sir Francis Baring, 3rd Baronet, from 1848 to 1866, was a British Whig politician who served in the governments of Lord Melbourne and Lord John Ru ...

, First Lord ** James Whitley Deans Dundas, First Naval Lord ** Maurice FitzHardinge Berkeley, Second Naval Lord ** Lord John Hay, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. William Francis Cowper, Civil Lord ** Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord *9 February 1850: Commission. **

, First Lord ** James Whitley Deans Dundas, First Naval Lord ** Maurice FitzHardinge Berkeley, Second Naval Lord ** Houston Stewart, Third Naval Lord ** Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord ** The Hon. William Francis Cowper, Civil Lord *13 February 1852: Commission. **

, First Lord ** Maurice FitzHardinge Berkeley, First Naval Lord ** Houston Stewart, Second Naval Lord ** Sir James Stirling, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. William Francis Cowper, Civil Lord *2 March 1852: Commission. ** The Duke of Northumberland, First Lord ** Hyde Parker, First Naval Lord ** Phipps Hornby, Second Naval Lord ** Sir Thomas Herbert, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. Arthur Duncombe, Fourth Naval Lord ** Alexander Milne, Fifth Naval Lord *5 January 1853: Commission. ** Sir James Robert George Graham, Bt, First Lord ** Hyde Parker, First Naval Lord ** Maurice FitzHardinge Berkeley, Second Naval Lord ** The Hon. Richard Saunders Dundas, Third Naval Lord ** Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord ** The Hon. William Francis Cowper, Civil Lord *3 June 1854: Commission. ** Sir James Robert George Graham, Bt, First Lord ** Maurice FitzHardinge Berkeley, First Naval Lord ** The Hon. Richard Saunders Dundas, Second Naval Lord **

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, Third Naval Lord ** Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord ** The Hon. William Francis Cowper, Civil Lord *8 March 1855: Commission. ** Sir Charles Wood, Bt, First Lord ** Maurice FitzHardinge Berkeley, First Naval Lord ** Henry Eden, Second Naval Lord **

, Third Naval Lord ** Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord *14 March 1855: Commission. ** Sir Charles Wood, Bt, First Lord ** Maurice FitzHardinge Berkeley, First Naval Lord ** Henry Eden, Second Naval Lord **

, Third Naval Lord ** Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord **

Sir Robert Peel Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850) was a British Conservative statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835 and 1841–1846) simultaneously serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer ...

, Civil Lord *2 April 1857: Commission. ** Sir Charles Wood, Bt, First Lord ** Sir Maurice FitzHardinge Berkeley, First Naval Lord ** The Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, Second Naval Lord ** Henry Eden, Third Naval Lord ** Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord **

, Civil Lord *30 May 1857: Commission. ** Sir Charles Wood, Bt, First Lord ** Sir Maurice FitzHardinge Berkeley, First Naval Lord ** The Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, Second Naval Lord ** Henry Eden, Third Naval Lord ** Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord **

Thomas George Baring Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, (22 January 182615 November 1904) was a British Liberal statesman. Gladstone appointed him Viceroy of India 1872–1876. His major accomplishments came as an energetic reformer who was dedicated to ...

, Civil Lord *24 November 1857: Commission. ** Sir Charles Wood, Bt, First Lord ** The Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, First Naval Lord ** Henry Eden, Second Naval Lord ** Alexander Milne, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. Frederick Thomas Pelham, Fourth Naval Lord **

, Civil Lord *8 March 1858: Commission ** Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bt, First Lord ** William Fanshawe Martin, First Naval Lord ** The Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, Second Naval Lord ** Alexander Milne, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. James Robert Drummond, Fourth Naval Lord ** Lord Lovaine, Civil Lord *28 January 1859: Commission ** Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bt, First Lord ** William Fanshawe Martin, First Naval Lord ** The Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, Second Naval Lord ** Alexander Milne, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. Swynfen Thomas Carnegie, Fourth Naval Lord ** Lord Lovaine, Civil Lord *11 March 1859: Commission ** Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bt, First Lord ** William Fanshawe Martin, First Naval Lord ** The Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, Second Naval Lord ** Alexander Milne, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. Swynfen Thomas Carnegie, Fourth Naval Lord ** The Hon. Frederick Lygon, Civil Lord *23 April 1859: Commission ** Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bt, First Lord ** William Fanshawe Martin, First Naval Lord ** The Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, Second Naval Lord ** Sir Henry John Leeke, Third Naval Lord ** Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord ** The Hon. Frederick Lygon, Civil Lord *28 June 1859: Commission ** The Duke of Somerset, First Lord ** The Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, First Naval Lord ** The Hon. Frederick Thomas Pelham, Second Naval Lord ** Charles Eden, Third Naval Lord ** Charles Frederick, Fourth Naval Lord ** Samuel Whitbread, Civil Lord *15 June 1861: Commission ** The Duke of Somerset, First Lord ** The Hon. Sir Frederick William Grey, First Naval Lord ** Charles Eden, Second Naval Lord ** Charles Frederick, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. James Robert Drummond, Fourth Naval Lord ** Samuel Whitbread, Civil Lord

1861 to 1882

*27 March 1863: Commission. ** The Duke of Somerset, First Lord ** The Hon. Sir Frederick William Grey, First Naval Lord ** Charles Eden, Second Naval Lord ** Charles Frederick, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. James Robert Drummond, Fourth Naval Lord ** Marquess of Hartington, Civil Lord *5 May 1863: Commission. ** The Duke of Somerset, First Lord ** The Hon. Sir Frederick William Grey, First Naval Lord ** Charles Eden, Second Naval Lord ** Charles Frederick, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. James Robert Drummond, Fourth Naval Lord ** James Stansfeld, Civil Lord *22 April 1864: Commission. ** The Duke of Somerset, First Lord ** The Hon. Sir Frederick William Grey, First Naval Lord ** Charles Eden, Second Naval Lord ** Charles Frederick, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. James Robert Drummond, Fourth Naval Lord ** Hugh Childers, Civil Lord *25 March 1865: Commission. ** The Duke of Somerset, First Lord ** The Hon. Sir Frederick William Grey, First Naval Lord ** Charles Eden, Second Naval Lord **

Edward Gennys Fanshawe Admiral Sir Edward Gennys Fanshawe, (27 November 1814 – 21 October 1906) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. He was a gifted amateur artist, with much of his work in the National Maritime Museum, Londo ...

, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. James Robert Drummond, Fourth Naval Lord ** Hugh Childers, Civil Lord *23 January 1866: Commission. ** The Duke of Somerset, First Lord ** The Hon. Sir Frederick William Grey, First Naval Lord ** Charles Eden, Second Naval Lord **

, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. James Robert Drummond, Fourth Naval Lord **

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, Civil Lord *10 April 1866: Commission. ** The Duke of Somerset, First Lord ** The Hon. Sir Frederick William Grey, First Naval Lord ** Charles Eden, Second Naval Lord **

, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. James Robert Drummond, Fourth Naval Lord ** Lord John Hay, Fifth Naval Lord *9 May 1866: Commission. ** The Duke of Somerset, First Lord ** The Hon. Sir Frederick William Grey, First Naval Lord ** Charles Eden, Second Naval Lord **

, Third Naval Lord ** The Hon. James Robert Drummond, Fourth Naval Lord ** George John Shaw-Lefevre, Civil Lord *13 July 1866: Commission. ** Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bt, First Lord ** Sir Alexander Milne, First Naval Lord ** Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres, Second Naval Lord ** George Henry Seymour, Third Naval Lord ** Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bt, Fourth Naval Lord ** Charles du Cane, Civil Lord *8 March 1867: Commission. ** The Hon. Henry Lowry-Corry, First Lord ** Sir Alexander Milne, First Naval Lord ** Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres, Second Naval Lord ** George Henry Seymour, Third Naval Lord ** Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bt, Fourth Naval Lord ** Charles du Cane, Civil Lord *3 September 1868: Commission. ** The Hon. Henry Lowry-Corry, First Lord ** Sir Alexander Milne, First Naval Lord ** Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres, Second Naval Lord ** George Henry Seymour, Third Naval Lord ** Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bt, Fourth Naval Lord ** The Hon. Frederick Arthur Stanley, Civil Lord *18 December 1868: Commission. ** Hugh Childers, First Lord ** Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres, First Naval Lord ** Sir Robert Spencer Robinson, Third Lord ** Lord John Hay, Junior Naval Lord ** George Otto Trevelyan, Civil Lord *12 July 1870: Commission. ** Hugh Childers, First Lord ** Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres, First Naval Lord ** Sir Robert Spencer Robinson, Third Lord ** Lord John Hay, Junior Naval Lord ** The Earl of Camperdown, Civil Lord *9 February 1871: Commission ** Hugh Childers, First Lord ** Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres, First Naval Lord ** Robert Hall, Third Lord ** Lord John Hay, Junior Naval Lord ** The Earl of Camperdown, Civil Lord *9 March 1871: Commission ** George Goschen, First Lord ** Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres, First Naval Lord ** Robert Hall, Third Lord ** Lord John Hay, Junior Naval Lord ** The Earl of Camperdown, Civil Lord *28 June 1871: Commission ** George Goschen, First Lord ** Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres, First Naval Lord ** Robert Hall, Third Lord ** John Walter Tarleton, Junior Naval Lord ** The Earl of Camperdown, Civil Lord *4 May 1872: Commission ** George Goschen, First Lord ** Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres, First Naval Lord ** John Walter Tarleton, Second Naval Lord ** Frederick Seymour, Junior Naval Lord ** The Earl of Camperdown, Civil Lord *27 November 1872: Commission ** George Goschen, First Lord ** Sir Alexander Milne, First Naval Lord ** John Walter Tarleton, Second Naval Lord ** Frederick Seymour, Junior Naval Lord ** The Earl of Camperdown, Civil Lord *4 March 1874: Commission ** George Ward Hunt, First Lord ** Sir Alexander Milne, First Naval Lord ** John Walter Tarleton, Second Naval Lord ** Lord Gillford, Junior Naval Lord ** Sir Massey Lopes, Civil Lord *29 December 1874: Commission ** George Ward Hunt, First Lord ** Sir Alexander Milne, First Naval Lord ** Geoffrey Hornby, Second Naval Lord ** Lord Gillford, Junior Naval Lord ** Sir Massey Lopes, Civil Lord *7 September 1876: Commission ** George Ward Hunt, First Lord ** Sir Hastings Yelverton, First Naval Lord ** Geoffrey Hornby, Second Naval Lord ** Lord Gillford, Junior Naval Lord ** Sir Massey Lopes, Civil Lord *11 January 1877: Commission ** George Ward Hunt, First Lord ** Sir Hastings Yelverton, First Naval Lord ** Arthur Acland Hood, Second Naval Lord ** Lord Gillford, Junior Naval Lord ** Sir Massey Lopes, Civil Lord *14 August 1877: Commission ** William Henry Smith, First Lord ** Sir Hastings Yelverton, First Naval Lord ** Arthur Acland Hood, Second Naval Lord ** Lord Gillford, Junior Naval Lord ** Sir Massey Lopes, Civil Lord *5 November 1877: Commission ** William Henry Smith, First Lord ** George Wellesley, First Naval Lord ** Arthur Acland Hood, Second Naval Lord ** Lord Gillford, Junior Naval Lord ** Sir Massey Lopes, Civil Lord *12 August 1879: Commission ** William Henry Smith, First Lord ** Sir Astley Cooper Key, First Naval Lord ** Arthur Acland Hood, Second Naval Lord ** Lord Gillford, Junior Naval Lord ** Sir Massey Lopes, Civil Lord *4 December 1879: Commission ** William Henry Smith, First Lord ** Sir Astley Cooper Key, First Naval Lord ** The Earl of Clanwilliam, Second Naval Lord ** Sir John Commerell, Junior Naval Lord ** Sir Massey Lopes, Civil Lord *12 May 1880: Commission ** The Earl of Northbrook, First Lord ** Sir Astley Cooper Key, First Naval Lord ** Lord John Hay, Second Naval Lord ** Anthony Hoskins, Junior Naval Lord **

Thomas Brassey Thomas Brassey (7 November 18058 December 1870) was an English civil engineering contractor and manufacturer of building materials who was responsible for building much of the world's railways in the 19th century. By 1847, he had built about on ...

, Civil Lord *12 April 1882: Commission ** The Earl of Northbrook, First Lord ** Sir Astley Cooper Key, First Naval Lord ** Lord John Hay, Second Naval Lord ** Thomas Brandreth, Third Lord ** Anthony Hoskins, Junior Naval Lord *22 July 1882: Commission ** The Earl of Northbrook, First Lord ** Sir Astley Cooper Key, First Naval Lord ** Lord John Hay, Second Naval Lord ** Thomas Brandreth, Third Lord ** Sir Frederick William Richards, Junior Naval Lord ** Sir Thomas Brassey, Civil Lord ** George Wightwick Rendel, Civil Lord

1882 to 1901

*3 March 1883: Commission ** The Earl of Northbrook, First Lord ** Sir Astley Cooper Key, First Naval Lord ** The Lord Alcester, Second Naval Lord ** Thomas Brandreth, Third Lord ** Sir Frederick William Richards, Junior Naval Lord ** Sir Thomas Brassey, Civil Lord ** George Wightwick Rendel, Civil Lord *24 November 1884: Commission ** The Earl of Northbrook, First Lord ** Sir Astley Cooper Key, First Naval Lord ** The Lord Alcester, Second Naval Lord ** Thomas Brandreth, Third Lord ** Sir Frederick William Richards, Junior Naval Lord ** William Sproston Caine, Civil Lord ** George Wightwick Rendel, Civil Lord *25 May 1885: Commission ** The Earl of Northbrook, First Lord ** Sir Astley Cooper Key, First Naval Lord ** The Lord Alcester, Second Naval Lord ** Sir William Hewett, Junior Naval Lord ** Thomas Brandreth, Third Lord ** William Sproston Caine, Civil Lord ** George Wightwick Rendel, Civil Lord *1 July 1885: Commission ** Lord George Hamilton, First Lord ** Arthur Acland Hood, First Naval Lord **

Sir Anthony Hoskins Admiral Sir Anthony Hiley Hoskins, (1 September 1828 – 21 June 1901) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, he took part in the Cape Frontier War of 1851 and then saw action at the Battle of Canton in December 1857 and the Battle of ...

, Second Naval Lord ** Thomas Brandreth, Third Lord ** William Codrington, Junior Naval Lord ** Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Civil Lord *15 February 1886: Commission ** The Marquess of Ripon, First Lord ** Lord John Hay, First Naval Lord **

, Second Naval Lord ** William Graham, Third Lord ** James Elphinstone Erskine, Junior Naval Lord **

Robert William Duff Sir Robert William Duff (8 May 1835 – 15 March 1895), known as Robert William Duff Abercromby until 1862, was a Scottish Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1861 to 1893 and was Governor of New South Wales from 189 ...

, Civil Lord *9 August 1886: Commission ** Lord George Hamilton, First Lord ** Sir Arthur Acland Hood, First Naval Lord **

, Second Naval Lord ** William Graham, Third Lord ** Lord Charles Beresford, Junior Naval Lord ** Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Civil Lord *30 January 1888: Commission ** Lord George Hamilton, First Lord ** Sir Arthur Acland Hood, First Naval Lord **

, Second Naval Lord ** William Graham, Third Lord ** Charles Frederick Hotham, Junior Naval Lord ** Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Civil Lord *30 July 1888: Commission ** Lord George Hamilton, First Lord ** Sir Arthur Acland Hood, First Naval Lord **

, Second Naval Lord ** John Ommanney Hopkins, Third Lord ** Charles Frederick Hotham, Junior Naval Lord ** Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Civil Lord *24 October 1889: Commission ** Lord George Hamilton, First Lord ** Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton, First Naval Lord ** Henry Fairfax, Second Naval Lord ** John Ommanney Hopkins, Third Lord ** Charles Frederick Hotham, Junior Naval Lord ** Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Civil Lord *16 December 1889: Commission ** Lord George Hamilton, First Lord ** Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton, First Naval Lord ** Henry Fairfax, Second Naval Lord ** John Ommanney Hopkins, Third Lord ** Frederick Bedford, Junior Naval Lord ** Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Civil Lord *28 September 1891: Commission ** Lord George Hamilton, First Lord **

, First Naval Lord ** Henry Fairfax, Second Naval Lord ** John Ommanney Hopkins, Third Lord ** Frederick Bedford, Junior Naval Lord ** Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Civil Lord *1 February 1892: Commission ** Lord George Hamilton, First Lord **

, First Naval Lord ** Henry Fairfax, Second Naval Lord ** John Arbuthnot Fisher, Third Lord ** Frederick Bedford, Junior Naval Lord ** Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Civil Lord *25 August 1892: Commission ** The Earl Spencer, First Lord **

, First Naval Lord ** Sir Frederick William Richards, Second Naval Lord ** John Arbuthnot Fisher, Third Lord **

Lord Walter Kerr Admiral of the Fleet Lord Walter Talbot Kerr, (28 September 1839 – 12 May 1927) was a Royal Navy officer. After taking part in the Crimean War and then the Indian Mutiny, he supervised the handover of Ulcinj to Montenegro to allow Monteneg ...

, Junior Naval Lord ** Edmund Robertson, Civil Lord *1 November 1893: Commission ** The Earl Spencer, First Lord ** Sir Frederick William Richards, First Naval Lord **

, Second Naval Lord ** John Arbuthnot Fisher, Third Lord ** Gerard Henry Uchtred Noel, Junior Naval Lord ** Edmund Robertson, Civil Lord *6 May 1895: Commission ** The Earl Spencer, First Lord ** Sir Frederick William Richards, First Naval Lord ** Sir Frederick Bedford, Second Naval Lord ** John Arbuthnot Fisher, Third Lord ** Gerard Henry Uchtred Noel, Junior Naval Lord ** Edmund Robertson, Civil Lord *6 July 1895: Commission ** George Goschen, First Lord ** Sir Frederick William Richards, First Naval Lord ** Sir Frederick Bedford, Second Naval Lord ** John Arbuthnot Fisher, Third Lord ** Gerard Henry Uchtred Noel, Junior Naval Lord **

Austen Chamberlain Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain (16 October 1863 – 16 March 1937) was a British statesman, son of Joseph Chamberlain and older half-brother of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer (twice) and was briefly ...

, Civil Lord *August 1897 ** George Goschen, First Lord ** Sir Frederick William Richards, First Naval Lord ** Sir Frederick Bedford, Second Naval Lord **

Arthur Knyvet Wilson Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, 3rd Baronet, (4 March 1842 – 25 May 1921) was a Royal Navy officer. He served in the Anglo-Egyptian War and then the Mahdist War being awarded the Victoria Cross during the Battle of El Teb in ...

, Third Lord ** Gerard Henry Uchtred Noel, Junior Naval Lord **

, Civil Lord *1898 ** George Goschen, First Lord ** Sir Frederick William Richards, First Naval Lord ** Sir Frederick Bedford, Second Naval Lord **

, Third Lord ** Arthur William Moore, Junior Naval Lord **

, Civil Lord *May 1899 ** George Goschen, First Lord ** Sir Frederick William Richards, First Naval Lord **

, Second Naval Lord **

, Third Lord ** Arthur William Moore, Junior Naval Lord **

, Civil Lord *August 1899 ** George Goschen, First Lord **

, First Naval Lord **

Archibald Lucius Douglas Admiral Sir Archibald Lucius Douglas, (8 February 1842 – 12 March 1913) was a Royal Navy officer of the 19th century. Naval career Douglas was born in Quebec City in pre-Confederation Canada in 1842. Educated at the Quebec High School, he jo ...

, Second Naval Lord **

, Third Lord ** Arthur William Moore, Junior Naval Lord **

, Civil Lord *12 November 1900 ** The Earl of Selborne, First Lord **

, First Naval Lord **

, Second Naval Lord **

, Third Lord ** Arthur William Moore, Junior Naval Lord ** Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord *1901 ** The Earl of Selborne, First Lord **

, First Naval Lord **

, Second Naval Lord **

, Third Lord ** John Durnford, Junior Naval Lord ** Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord

1901 to 1921

*June 1902 ** The Earl of Selborne, First Lord **

, First Naval Lord ** Sir John A. Fisher, Second Naval Lord **

, Third Lord ** John Durnford, Junior Naval Lord ** Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord *13 October 1903: Commission ** The Earl of Selborne, First Lord **

, First Naval Lord ** Sir Charles Carter Drury, Second Naval Lord ** William Henry May, Third Lord ** John Durnford, Junior Naval Lord ** Arthur Lee, Civil Lord *1 December 1903: Commission ** The Earl of Selborne, First Lord **

, First Naval Lord ** Sir Charles Carter Drury, Second Naval Lord ** William Henry May, Third Lord ** Frederick Inglefield, Junior Naval Lord ** Arthur Lee, Civil Lord *21 October 1904 ** The Earl of Selborne, First Lord ** Sir John A. Fisher, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Carter Drury, Second Sea Lord ** William Henry May, Third Sea Lord ** Frederick Inglefield, Fourth Sea Lord ** Arthur Lee, Civil Lord *February 1905 ** The Earl of Selborne, First Lord ** Sir John A. Fisher, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Carter Drury, Second Sea Lord **

Henry Bradwardine Jackson Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson, (21 January 1855 – 14 December 1929) was a Royal Navy officer. After serving in the Anglo-Zulu War he established an early reputation as a pioneer of ship-to-ship wireless technology. Later ...

, Third Sea Lord ** Frederick Inglefield, Fourth Sea Lord ** Arthur Lee, Civil Lord *27 March 1905 ** The Earl Cawdor, First Lord ** Sir John A. Fisher, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Carter Drury, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** Frederick Inglefield, Fourth Sea Lord ** Arthur Lee, Civil Lord *22 December 1905: Commission ** The Lord Tweedmouth, First Lord ** Sir John A. Fisher, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Carter Drury, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** Frederick Inglefield, Fourth Sea Lord **

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, Civil Lord *20 March 1907: Commission ** The Lord Tweedmouth, First Lord ** Sir John A. Fisher, First Sea Lord ** Sir William Henry May, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** Alfred Winsloe, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Civil Lord *16 April 1908: Commission ** Reginald McKenna, First Lord ** Sir John A. Fisher, First Sea Lord ** Sir William Henry May, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** Alfred Winsloe, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Civil Lord *16 October 1908: Commission ** Reginald McKenna, First Lord ** Sir John A. Fisher, First Sea Lord ** Sir William Henry May, Second Sea Lord ** Sir John Jellicoe, Third Sea Lord ** Alfred Winsloe, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Civil Lord *25 March 1909: Commission ** Reginald McKenna, First Lord ** Sir John A. Fisher, First Sea Lord ** Sir Francis Bridgeman, Second Sea Lord ** Sir John Jellicoe, Third Sea Lord ** Alfred Winsloe, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Civil Lord *25 January 1910: Commission ** Reginald McKenna, First Lord ** Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, First Sea Lord ** Sir Francis Bridgeman, Second Sea Lord ** Sir John Jellicoe, Third Sea Lord ** Charles Madden, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Civil Lord *20 December 1910: Commission ** Reginald McKenna, First Lord ** Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, First Sea Lord ** Sir Francis Bridgeman, Second Sea Lord ** Charles John Briggs, Third Sea Lord ** Charles Madden, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Civil Lord *25 March 1911: Commission ** Reginald McKenna, First Lord ** Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, First Sea Lord ** Sir George Le Clerc Egerton, Second Sea Lord ** Charles John Briggs, Third Sea Lord ** Charles Madden, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Civil Lord *24 October 1911: Commission ** Winston Churchill, First Lord ** Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, First Sea Lord ** Sir George Le Clerc Egerton, Second Sea Lord ** Charles John Briggs, Third Sea Lord ** Charles Madden, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Civil Lord *5 December 1911: Commission ** Winston Churchill, First Lord ** Sir Francis Bridgeman, First Sea Lord ** Prince Louis of Battenberg, Second Sea Lord ** Charles John Briggs, Third Sea Lord ** William Christopher Pakenham, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Civil Lord *18 January 1912: Commission ** Winston Churchill, First Lord ** Sir Francis Bridgeman, First Sea Lord ** Prince Louis of Battenberg, Second Sea Lord ** Charles John Briggs, Third Sea Lord ** William Christopher Pakenham, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Civil Lord ** Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *29 May 1912: Commission ** Winston Churchill, First Lord ** Sir Francis Bridgeman, First Sea Lord ** Prince Louis of Battenberg, Second Sea Lord **

Gordon Moore Gordon Earle Moore (born January 3, 1929) is an American businessman, engineer, and the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Intel Corporation. He is also the original proponent of Moore's law. As of March 2021, Moore's net worth is re ...

, Third Sea Lord ** William Christopher Pakenham, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Civil Lord ** Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *9 December 1912: Commission ** Winston Churchill, First Lord ** Prince Louis of Battenberg, First Sea Lord ** Sir John Jellicoe, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** William Christopher Pakenham, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Civil Lord ** Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *1 December 1913: Commission ** Winston Churchill, First Lord ** Prince Louis of Battenberg, First Sea Lord ** Sir John Jellicoe, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** Cecil Lambert, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Civil Lord ** Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *30 July 1914: Commission ** Winston Churchill, First Lord ** Prince Louis of Battenberg, First Sea Lord ** Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** Cecil Lambert, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Civil Lord ** Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *September 1914 ** Winston Churchill, First Lord ** Prince Louis of Battenberg, First Sea Lord ** Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton, Second Sea Lord ** Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, Third Sea Lord ** Cecil Lambert, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Civil Lord ** Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *30 October 1914: Commission ** Winston Churchill, First Lord ** The Lord Fisher, First Sea Lord ** Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton, Second Sea Lord ** Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, Third Sea Lord ** Cecil Lambert, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Civil Lord ** Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *28 May 1915: Commission **

Arthur Balfour Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, (, ; 25 July 184819 March 1930), also known as Lord Balfour, was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. As foreign secretary in the L ...

, First Lord ** Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson, First Sea Lord ** Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton, Second Sea Lord ** Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, Third Sea Lord ** Cecil Lambert, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *3 June 1915: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson, First Sea Lord ** Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton, Second Sea Lord ** Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, Third Sea Lord ** Cecil Lambert, Fourth Sea Lord ** The Duke of Devonshire, Civil Lord ** Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *1 July 1916: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson, First Sea Lord ** Sir Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe, Second Sea Lord ** Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, Third Sea Lord ** Cecil Lambert, Fourth Sea Lord ** The Duke of Devonshire, Civil Lord ** Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *31 August 1916: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson, First Sea Lord ** Sir Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe, Second Sea Lord ** Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, Third Sea Lord ** Cecil Lambert, Fourth Sea Lord ** The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord ** Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *4 December 1916: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir John Jellicoe, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cecil Burney, Second Sea Lord ** Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, Third Sea Lord **

Lionel Halsey Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, (26 February 1872 – 26 October 1949) was a Royal Navy officer and courtier. Early life and career Halsey was born in London, the fourth son of Sir Thomas Frederick Halsey, 1st Baronet. After primary education at ...

, Fourth Sea Lord ** The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord ** Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *11 December 1916: Commission ** Sir Edward Carson, First Lord ** Sir John Jellicoe, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cecil Burney, Second Sea Lord ** Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord ** Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *11 January 1917: Commission ** Sir Edward Carson, First Lord ** Sir John Jellicoe, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cecil Burney, Second Sea Lord ** Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Godfrey Paine, Fifth Sea Lord ** Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord ** Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *31 May 1917: Commission ** Sir Edward Carson, First Lord ** Sir John Jellicoe, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cecil Burney, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** Hugh Tothill, Fourth Sea Lord ** Godfrey Paine, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Henry Oliver, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Alexander Ludovic Duff, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord ** Sir Eric Geddes, Admiralty Controller ** Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *6 September 1917: Commission ** Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord ** Sir John Jellicoe, First Sea Lord ** Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** Hugh Tothill, Fourth Sea Lord ** Godfrey Paine, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Henry Oliver, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Alexander Ludovic Duff, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord ** Sir Alan Anderson, Civil Lord *27 September 1917: Commission ** Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord ** Sir John Jellicoe, First Sea Lord ** Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir Herbert Heath, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** Hugh Tothill, Fourth Sea Lord ** Godfrey Paine, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Henry Oliver, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Alexander Ludovic Duff, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord ** Sir Alan Anderson, Admiralty Controller *10 January 1918: Commission ** Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord ** Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord ** George Price Webley Hope, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir Herbert Heath, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** Hugh Tothill, Fourth Sea Lord **

Sydney Fremantle Admiral Sir Sydney Robert Fremantle, (16 November 1867 – 29 April 1958) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who served during the Victorian era and had risen to the rank of rear-admiral by the outbreak of the First World War. He played a r ...

, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Alexander Duff, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord ** Sir Alan Anderson, Admiralty Controller ** Arthur Francis Pease, Civil Lord *7 June 1918: Commission ** Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord ** Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord ** George Price Webley Hope, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir Herbert Heath, Second Sea Lord ** Charles de Bartolomé, Third Sea Lord ** Hugh Tothill, Fourth Sea Lord **

Sir Robert Horne Robert Stevenson Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan, (28 February 18713 September 1940) was a Scottish businessman, advocate and Unionist politician. He served under David Lloyd George as Minister of Labour between 1919 and 1920, as Presid ...

, Civil Lord *24 December 1918: Commission ** Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord ** Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord ** George Price Webley Hope, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir Herbert Heath, Second Sea Lord ** Charles de Bartolomé, Third Sea Lord ** Hugh Tothill, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Alexander Duff, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord ** Arthur Francis Pease, Civil Lord **

, Civil Lord ** The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord *16 January 1919: Commission ** Walter Long, First Lord ** Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord ** George Price Webley Hope, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir Herbert Heath, Second Sea Lord ** Charles de Bartolomé, Third Sea Lord ** Sir Hugh Tothill, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Alexander Duff, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** Arthur Francis Pease, Civil Lord *30 January 1919: Commission ** Walter Long, First Lord ** Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord ** George Price Webley Hope, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir Herbert Heath, Second Sea Lord ** Charles de Bartolomé, Third Sea Lord ** Sir Hugh Tothill, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Alexander Duff, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord ** Arthur Francis Pease, Civil Lord *1 May 1919: Commission ** Walter Long, First Lord ** Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord ** George Price Webley Hope, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir Montague Browning, Second Sea Lord ** Charles de Bartolomé, Third Sea Lord ** Sir Hugh Tothill, Fourth Sea Lord ** James Andrew Fergusson, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Alexander Duff, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord *2 July 1919: Commission ** Walter Long, First Lord ** Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord ** George Price Webley Hope, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir Montague Browning, Second Sea Lord **

Sir William Nicholson Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson (5 February 1872 – 16 May 1949) was a British painter of still-life, landscape and portraits. He also worked as a printmaker in techniques including woodcut, wood-engraving and lithography, as an illustrato ...

, Third Sea Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, Fourth Sea Lord ** James Andrew Fergusson, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Alexander Duff, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord *4 August 1919: Commission ** Walter Long, First Lord ** Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord ** Sir Montague Browning, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Osmond Brock, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** James Andrew Fergusson, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord *1 November 1919: Commission ** Walter Long, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Montague Browning, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Osmond Brock, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** James Andrew Fergusson, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord *15 March 1920: Commission ** Walter Long, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Montague Browning, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Osmond Brock, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord *15 April 1920: Commission ** Walter Long, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Montague Browning, Second Sea Lord **

Frederick Laurence Field Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Laurence Field, (18 April 1871 – 24 October 1945) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He served in the Boxer Rebellion as commander of a raiding party and in the First World War as commanding officer of the batt ...

, Third Sea Lord ** The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Osmond Brock, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord *30 September 1920: Commission ** Walter Long, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Osmond Brock, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord *4 November 1920: Commission ** Walter Long, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Osmond Brock, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **

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, Civil Lord *18 February 1921: Commission ** The Lord Lee of Fareham, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Osmond Brock, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **

, Civil Lord *1 November 1921: Commission ** The Lord Lee of Fareham, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **

Bolton Eyres-Monsell Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, (22 February 1881 – 21 March 1969) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Chief Whip until 1931 and then as First Lord of the Admiralty. Biography His parents were Lt. ...

, Civil Lord

1921 to 1941

*31 October 1922: Commission **

Leo Amery Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery, (22 November 1873 – 16 September 1955), also known as L. S. Amery, was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician and journalist. During his career, he was known for his interest ...

, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **

, Civil Lord *2 November 1922: Commission **

, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **

The Marquess of Linlithgow Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, (24 September 1887 – 5 January 1952) was a British Unionist politician, agriculturalist, and colonial administrator. He served as Governor-General and Viceroy of India from 1936 to 1943 ...

, Civil Lord *1 December 1922: Commission **

, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

Cyril Fuller Admiral Sir Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller, (22 May 1874 – 1 February 1942) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel from 1930 to 1932. Early life Fuller was born in the Isle of Wight on 22 May 1874, th ...

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **

, Civil Lord *15 May 1923: Commission **

, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

Arthur Waistell Admiral Sir Arthur Kipling Waistell KCB (30 March 1873 – 26 October 1953) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. Naval career Waistell joined the Royal Navy in 1892. He was a lieutenant when in May 1902 ...

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **

, Civil Lord *28 January 1924: Commission ** The Viscount Chelmsford, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** Frank Hodges, Civil Lord *1 April 1924: Commission ** The Viscount Chelmsford, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord **

John Donald Kelly Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Donald Kelly (13 July 1871 – 4 November 1936) was a Royal Navy officer. He served in the First World War as commanding officer of the cruiser HMS ''Dublin'' which came close to intercepting the German battlecrui ...

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** Frank Hodges, Civil Lord *15 August 1924: Commission ** The Viscount Chelmsford, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** Frank Hodges, Civil Lord *7 November 1924: Commission ** William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

Frederic Charles Dreyer Admiral Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer, (8 January 1878 – 11 December 1956) was an officer of the Royal Navy. A gunnery expert, he developed a fire control system for British warships, and served as flag captain to Admiral Sir John Jellicoe at ...

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff *18 November 1924: Commission ** William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *22 April 1925: Commission ** William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Hubert Brand, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *30 April 1925: Commission ** William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Hubert Brand, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *15 May 1925: Commission ** William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Hubert Brand, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Frederick Field, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *21 April 1927: Commission ** William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** Sir Hubert Brand, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Frederick Field, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

Dudley Pound Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound, (29 August 1877 – 21 October 1943) was a British senior officer of the Royal Navy. He served in the First World War as a battleship commander, taking part in the Battle of Jutland ...

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *30 April 1927: Commission ** William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord ** The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord ** William Wordsworth Fisher, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Frederick Field, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *30 July 1927: Commission ** William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord ** Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord ** Sir Hubert Brand, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, Third Sea Lord ** William Wordsworth Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Frederick Field, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *15 August 1927: Commission ** William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord ** Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord ** Sir Michael Hodges, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, Third Sea Lord ** William Wordsworth Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Frederick Field, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *2 April 1928: Commission ** William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord ** Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord ** Sir Michael Hodges, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, Third Sea Lord ** Vernon Haggard, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Frederick Field, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *1 May 1928: Commission ** William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord ** Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord ** Sir Michael Hodges, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, Third Sea Lord ** Vernon Haggard, Fourth Sea Lord ** William Wordsworth Fisher, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *1 November 1928: Commission ** William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord ** Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord ** Sir Michael Hodges, Second Sea Lord **

Roger Backhouse Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Roland Charles Backhouse, (24 November 1878 – 15 July 1939) was a Royal Navy officer. He served in the First World War as a cruiser commander and after the war became a battle squadron commander and later Co ...

, Third Sea Lord ** Vernon Haggard, Fourth Sea Lord ** William Wordsworth Fisher, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *22 April 1929: Commission ** William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord ** Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord ** Sir Michael Hodges, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** Vernon Haggard, Fourth Sea Lord ** William Wordsworth Fisher, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *10 June 1929: Commission **

A. V. Alexander Albert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, (1 May 1885 – 11 January 1965), was a British Labour and Co-operative politician. He was three times First Lord of the Admiralty, including during the Second World War, and then Mi ...

, First Lord ** Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord ** Sir Michael Hodges, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord ** Vernon Haggard, Fourth Sea Lord ** William Wordsworth Fisher, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** George Henry Hall, Civil Lord *21 April 1930: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord ** Sir Michael Hodges, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord **

Lionel Preston Admiral Sir Lionel George Preston, (27 September 1875 – 21 September 1971) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Fourth Sea Lord from 1930 to 1932. Naval career Lionel Preston was educated at Stubbington House School and joined the Ro ...

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir William Wordsworth Fisher, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

Charles Ammon Charles George Ammon, 1st Baron Ammon, PC, DL, JP (22 April 1873 – 2 April 1960) was a British Labour Party politician. Background and education The son of Charles George and Mary Ammon, he was educated at public elementary schools. He was ...

, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** George Henry Hall, Civil Lord *26 May 1930: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cyril Fuller, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir William Wordsworth Fisher, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** George Henry Hall, Civil Lord *30 June 1930: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cyril Fuller, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Frederic Dreyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** George Henry Hall, Civil Lord *30 July 1930: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir Frederick Field, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cyril Fuller, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Frederic Dreyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** George Henry Hall, Civil Lord *27 August 1931: Commission **

Sir Austen Chamberlain Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain (16 October 1863 – 16 March 1937) was a British statesman, son of Joseph Chamberlain and older half-brother of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer (twice) and was briefly ...

, First Lord ** Sir Frederick Field, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cyril Fuller, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Frederic Dreyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff *7 September 1931: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir Frederick Field, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cyril Fuller, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Frederic Dreyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl Stanhope, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty *9 November 1931: Commission ** Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord ** Sir Frederick Field, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cyril Fuller, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Frederic Dreyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** The Earl Stanhope, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty *11 November 1931: Commission ** Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord ** Sir Frederick Field, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cyril Fuller, Second Sea Lord **

, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Frederic Dreyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **

Euan Wallace David Euan Wallace, MC PC (20 April 1892 – 9 February 1941) was a British Conservative politician who was an ally of Neville Chamberlain and briefly served as Minister of Transport during World War II. Early life Wallace was born on 20 A ...

, Civil Lord *1 March 1932: Commission ** Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord ** Sir Frederick Field, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cyril Fuller, Second Sea Lord ** Charles Forbes, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Frederic Dreyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **

, Civil Lord *31 August 1932: Commission ** Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord ** Sir Frederick Field, First Sea Lord **

, Second Sea Lord ** Charles Forbes, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord ** Frederic Dreyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **

, Civil Lord *20 September 1932: Commission ** Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord ** Sir Frederick Field, First Sea Lord **

, Second Sea Lord ** Charles Forbes, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Blake, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Frederic Dreyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **

, Civil Lord *9 January 1933: Commission ** Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord ** Sir Frederick Field, First Sea Lord **

, Second Sea Lord ** Charles Forbes, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Blake, Fourth Sea Lord ** Charles Little, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **

, Civil Lord *21 January 1933: Commission ** Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, First Sea Lord **

, Civil Lord *23 April 1934: Commission ** Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, First Sea Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, Second Sea Lord ** Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Blake, Fourth Sea Lord ** Charles Little, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **

, Civil Lord *15 February 1935: Commission ** Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, First Sea Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, Second Sea Lord ** Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord ** Percy Noble, Fourth Sea Lord ** Charles Little, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **

, Civil Lord *24 June 1935: Commission ** Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, First Sea Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, Second Sea Lord ** Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord ** Percy Noble, Fourth Sea Lord ** Charles Little, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Kenneth Lindsay, Civil Lord *30 September 1935: Commission ** Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, First Sea Lord ** Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Second Sea Lord ** Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord ** Percy Noble, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Little, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Kenneth Lindsay, Civil Lord *29 October 1935: Commission ** Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, First Sea Lord ** Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Second Sea Lord ** Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord ** Percy Noble, Fourth Sea Lord ** William Milbourne James, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Kenneth Lindsay, Civil Lord *3 December 1935: Commission ** The Viscount Monsell, First Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, First Sea Lord ** Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Second Sea Lord ** Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord ** Percy Noble, Fourth Sea Lord ** William Milbourne James, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Kenneth Lindsay, Civil Lord *6 June 1936: Commission ** Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt, First Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, First Sea Lord ** Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord ** Percy Noble, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir William Milbourne James, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Kenneth Lindsay, Civil Lord *2 October 1936: Commission ** Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt, First Lord ** Sir Ernle Chatfield, First Sea Lord ** Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord ** Sir Percy Noble, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir William Milbourne James, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** John H. D. Cunningham, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Kenneth Lindsay, Civil Lord *1 October 1937: Commission **

Duff Cooper Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich, (22 February 1890 – 1 January 1954), known as Duff Cooper, was a British Conservative Party politician and diplomat who was also a military and political historian. First elected to Parliament in 192 ...

, First Lord ** The Lord Chatfield, First Sea Lord ** Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir William Milbourne James, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** John H. D. Cunningham, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **

Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare Sir Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, 1st Baronet (23 September 1893 – 8 September 1980) was a British Liberal Party politician. Life Born in Norwich, the second son of Rev. John Howard Shakespeare, secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Brit ...

, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** John Jestyn Llewellin, Civil Lord *19 July 1938: Commission **

, First Lord ** The Lord Chatfield, First Sea Lord ** Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord ** The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir William Milbourne James, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** John Jestyn Llewellin, Civil Lord *7 September 1938: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir Roger Backhouse, First Sea Lord ** Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord ** The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir William Milbourne James, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** John Jestyn Llewellin, Civil Lord *30 September 1938: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir Roger Backhouse, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord ** The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir William Milbourne James, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** John Jestyn Llewellin, Civil Lord *27 October 1938: Commission ** The Earl Stanhope, First Lord ** Sir Roger Backhouse, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord ** The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir William Milbourne James, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** John Jestyn Llewellin, Civil Lord *14 November 1938: Commission ** The Earl Stanhope, First Lord ** Sir Roger Backhouse, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord ** The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord ** Andrew Cunningham, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** John Jestyn Llewellin, Civil Lord *1 March 1939: Commission ** The Earl Stanhope, First Lord ** Sir Roger Backhouse, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord ** Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord ** The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord ** Andrew Cunningham, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** John Jestyn Llewellin, Civil Lord *1 June 1939: Commission ** The Earl Stanhope, First Lord ** Sir Roger Backhouse, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord ** Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord ** The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord ** Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** John Jestyn Llewellin, Civil Lord *12 June 1939: Commission ** The Earl Stanhope, First Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord ** Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord ** The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord ** Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** John Jestyn Llewellin, Civil Lord *15 July 1939: Commission ** The Earl Stanhope, First Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord ** Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord ** The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord ** Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord *3 September 1939: Commission ** Winston Churchill, First Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord ** Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord ** The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord ** Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Harold Burrough, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **

, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord *21 November 1939: Commission ** Winston Churchill, First Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord ** Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord ** Guy Royle, Fifth Sea Lord ** Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Harold Burrough, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **

, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord *1 February 1940: Commission ** Winston Churchill, First Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord ** Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord ** Guy Royle, Fifth Sea Lord ** Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Harold Burrough, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **

, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs *4 April 1940: Commission ** Winston Churchill, First Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord ** Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord ** Guy Royle, Fifth Sea Lord ** Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Harold Burrough, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs *8 April 1940: Commission ** Winston Churchill, First Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord ** Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord ** Guy Royle, Fifth Sea Lord ** Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Harold Burrough, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Geoffrey Blake, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) ** Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs *12 May 1940: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord ** Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord ** Guy Royle, Fifth Sea Lord ** Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Harold Burrough, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Geoffrey Blake, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) ** Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs *27 May 1940: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord ** Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord ** Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord ** Guy Royle, Fifth Sea Lord ** Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** Harold Burrough, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** Sir Geoffrey Blake, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) ** Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) ** Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs *25 July 1940: Commission **

Henry Moore Henry Spencer Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract art, abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. As well as sculpture, Mo ...

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) ** Sir Geoffrey Blake, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) ** Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) ** Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs *2 December 1940: Commission **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) ** Sir Henry Harwood, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) ** Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) ** Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs *5 December 1940: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord ** Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord ** John H. D. Cunningham, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Guy Royle, Fifth Sea Lord ** Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, First Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord ** Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord ** John H. D. Cunningham, Fourth Sea Lord ** Arthur Lyster, Fifth Sea Lord ** Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, First Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord ** William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord ** Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord ** John H. D. Cunningham, Fourth Sea Lord ** Arthur Lyster, Fifth Sea Lord ** Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, First Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord ** Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord ** Sir John Cunningham, Fourth Sea Lord ** Arthur Lyster, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) ** Sir Henry Harwood, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) ** Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) **

Rhoderick McGrigor Admiral of the Fleet Sir Rhoderick Robert McGrigor (12 April 1893 – 3 December 1959) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He fought in the First World War and saw action during the Gallipoli Campaign and then the Battle of Jutland. He also serv ...

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) ** Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *21 October 1941: Commission **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) ** Edward Leigh Stuart King, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) ** Sir Henry Harwood, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) ** Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) **

1941 to 1964

*9 February 1942: Commission **

, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** Edward Leigh Stuart King, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) ** Sir Henry Harwood, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) ** Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) ** George Henry Hall, Civil Lord ** Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *5 March 1942: Commission **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) ** George Henry Hall, Civil Lord ** Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *8 April 1942: Commission **

, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** Edward Leigh Stuart King, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) ** Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) ** George Henry Hall, Civil Lord ** The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *22 May 1942: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord ** Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord ** Sir John Cunningham, Fourth Sea Lord ** Arthur Lyster, Fifth Sea Lord **

, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** Edward Leigh Stuart King, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) ** Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) **

, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** Edward Leigh Stuart King, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) **

, First Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord ** Sir John Cunningham, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Henry Moore, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** John Edelsten, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (U-Boat Warfare and Trade) **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) ** George Henry Hall, Civil Lord ** The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs ** Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *14 January 1943: Commission **

Denis Boyd Admiral Sir Denis William Boyd, (6 March 1891 – 21 January 1965) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Fifth Sea Lord from 1943 to 1945, and as Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet from 1946 to 1949. Naval career Early career Boyd joined the ...

, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Henry Moore, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** John Edelsten, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (U-Boat Warfare and Trade) **

, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Henry Moore, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** John Edelsten, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (U-Boat Warfare and Trade) ** Wilfrid Patterson, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) ** George Henry Hall, Civil Lord ** The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *8 May 1943: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **

Frank Pegram Vice Admiral Frank Henderson 'Rammer' Pegram, CB, DSO, (25 February 1890 – 8 March 1944) was a British Royal Navy officer who played a prominent role in the Norwegian campaign during World War II who became Fourth Sea Lord and Chief o ...

, Fourth Sea Lord **

, First Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Edward Syfret, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** John Edelsten, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (U-Boat Warfare and Trade) ** Wilfrid Patterson, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) ** George Henry Hall, Civil Lord ** The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *28 September 1943: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Edward Syfret, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** John Edelsten, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (U-Boat Warfare and Trade) ** Wilfrid Patterson, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) ** The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord ** James Thomas, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *15 October 1943: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir Andrew Cunningham, Bt, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Edward Syfret, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** John Edelsten, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (U-Boat Warfare and Trade) ** Wilfrid Patterson, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) ** The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord ** James Thomas, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *8 March 1944: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir Andrew Cunningham, Bt, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **

, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Edward Syfret, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** John Edelsten, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (U-Boat Warfare and Trade) ** Wilfrid Patterson, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) ** The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord ** James Thomas, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *20 March 1944: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir Andrew Cunningham, Bt, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord ** Arthur Palliser, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Edward Syfret, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** John Edelsten, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (U-Boat Warfare and Trade) ** Wilfrid Patterson, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) ** The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord ** James Thomas, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *11 December 1944: Commission **

, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Edward Syfret, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** Wilfrid Patterson, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) ** The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord ** James Thomas, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *3 March 1945: Commission **

Thomas Hope Troubridge Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Hope Troubridge, (1 February 1895 – 29 September 1949) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Fifth Sea Lord from 1945 to 1946. Military career The son of Admiral Sir Ernest Troubridge and Edith Mary ( Duffus), Trou ...

, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Edward Syfret, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord ** James Thomas, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *29 May 1945: Commission ** Brendan Bracken, First Lord ** Sir Andrew Cunningham, Bt, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord ** Sir Arthur Palliser, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Edward Syfret, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *5 October 1945: Commission **

, First Lord ** The Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord ** Sir Arthur Palliser, Fourth Sea Lord **

, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *4 December 1945: Commission **

, First Lord ** The Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord ** Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord ** Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Thomas Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repai rs ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *1 February 1946: Commission **

, First Lord ** The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord ** Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord ** Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Thomas Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *27 February 1946: Commission **

, First Lord ** The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, First Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord ** Sir Arthur Power, Second Sea Lord ** Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord ** Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Thomas Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *15 April 1946: Commission **

, First Lord ** The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, First Sea Lord ** Sir Arthur Power, Second Sea Lord ** Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord ** Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Thomas Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** Robert Oliver, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *10 June 1946: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir John Cunningham, First Sea Lord ** Sir Arthur Power, Second Sea Lord ** Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord ** Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Thomas Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** Robert Oliver, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *23 September 1946: Commission **

, First Lord ** Sir John Cunningham, First Sea Lord ** Sir Arthur Power, Second Sea Lord ** Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord ** Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Philip Vian, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** Robert Oliver, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *7 October 1946: Commission ** George Henry Hall, First Lord ** Sir John Cunningham, First Sea Lord ** Sir Arthur Power, Second Sea Lord ** Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord ** Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Philip Vian, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** Robert Oliver, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *8 January 1947: Commission ** The Viscount Hall, First Lord ** Sir John Cunningham, First Sea Lord ** Sir Arthur Power, Second Sea Lord ** Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord ** Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Philip Vian, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** Robert Oliver, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ** John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *25 April 1947: Commission ** The Viscount Hall, First Lord ** Sir John Cunningham, First Sea Lord ** Sir Arthur Power, Second Sea Lord ** Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord ** Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Philip Vian, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** Geoffrey Oliver, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *14 October 1947: Commission ** The Viscount Hall, First Lord ** Sir John Cunningham, First Sea Lord ** Sir Arthur Power, Second Sea Lord ** Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord ** Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Philip Vian, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir John Edelsten, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** Geoffrey Oliver, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *8 March 1948: Commission ** The Viscount Hall, First Lord ** Sir John Cunningham, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cecil Harcourt, Second Sea Lord ** Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord ** Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Philip Vian, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir John Edelsten, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** Geoffrey Oliver, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *30 March 1948: Commission ** The Viscount Hall, First Lord ** Sir John Cunningham, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cecil Harcourt, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Daniel, Third Sea Lord ** Herbert Annesley Packer, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Philip Vian, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir John Edelsten, Vice Chief of Naval Staff ** Geoffrey Oliver, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *16 August 1948: Commission ** The Viscount Hall, First Lord ** Sir John Cunningham, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cecil Harcourt, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Daniel, Third Sea Lord ** Herbert Annesley Packer, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir Philip Vian, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir John Edelsten, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **

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, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *29 September 1948: Commission ** The Viscount Hall, First Lord ** The Lord Fraser of North Cape, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cecil Harcourt, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Charles Daniel, Third Sea Lord ** Herbert Annesley Packer, Fourth Sea Lord ** George Creasy, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir John Edelsten, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *4 June 1949: Commission ** The Viscount Hall, First Lord ** The Lord Fraser of North Cape, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cecil Harcourt, Second Sea Lord ** Michael Denny, Third Sea Lord ** Herbert Annesley Packer, Fourth Sea Lord ** Sir George Creasy, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir John Edelsten, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *21 October 1949: Commission ** The Viscount Hall, First Lord ** The Lord Fraser of North Cape, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cecil Harcourt, Second Sea Lord ** Michael Denny, Third Sea Lord ** Herbert Annesley Packer, Fourth Sea Lord ** Maurice Mansergh, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir John Edelsten, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *30 November 1949: Commission ** The Viscount Hall, First Lord ** The Lord Fraser of North Cape, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cecil Harcourt, Second Sea Lord ** Michael Denny, Third Sea Lord ** Herbert Annesley Packer, Fourth Sea Lord ** Maurice Mansergh, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir George Creasy, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *3 March 1950: Commission ** The Viscount Hall, First Lord ** The Lord Fraser of North Cape, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cecil Harcourt, Second Sea Lord ** Michael Denny, Third Sea Lord ** Herbert Annesley Packer, Fourth Sea Lord ** Maurice Mansergh, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir George Creasy, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** James Callaghan, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *21 July 1950: Commission ** The Viscount Hall, First Lord ** The Lord Fraser of North Cape, First Sea Lord ** Sir Cecil Harcourt, Second Sea Lord ** Sir Michael Denny, Third Sea Lord **

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, Fourth Sea Lord ** Maurice Mansergh, Fifth Sea Lord ** Sir George Creasy, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **

, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ** James Callaghan, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ** Walter Edwards, Civil Lord ** Sir John Lang, Permanent ·Secretary of the Admiralty *25 September 1950: Commission ** The Viscount Hall, First Lord ** The Lord Fraser of North Cape, First Sea Lord **

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