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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
Ministry of Defence {{unsourced, date=February 2021 A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is an often-used name for the part of a government responsible for matters of defence, found in states ...
in 1964, when the office of Lord High Admiral reverted to the Crown.


1628 to 1641

*20 September 1628: Commission. ** Richard Weston, 1st Baron Weston ( Lord High Treasurer), First Lord ** Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (
Lord Great Chamberlain The Lord Great Chamberlain of England is the sixth of the Great Officers of State (United Kingdom), Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the Lord Privy Seal, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal and above the Lord High Constable of England, Lord Hi ...
) ** 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 ( Comptroller of the Household) **
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 (
Lord Great Chamberlain The Lord Great Chamberlain of England is the sixth of the Great Officers of State (United Kingdom), Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the Lord Privy Seal, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal and above the Lord High Constable of England, Lord Hi ...
), First Lord **''others'' *16 March 1636: Commission ** William Juxon ( Lord High Treasurer), First Lord **''others'' *13 April 1638: Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, 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 ** Dudley North, 3rd Baron North **William Earle ** Philip Stapleton **John Evelyn, Jr. ** Christopher Wray, MP **John Rolle **Giles Grene **D. Hollis ** John Selden, 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 Council of State *3 December 1653: **General Robert Blake **General George Monck **Major-General John Desborow **Vice-Admiral William Penn **Colonel Philip Jones **Colonel John Clerk **John Stone **Major William Burton **Vincent Gooking **Lieutenant-Colonel Kelsey *November 1655: During the Protectorate (CSPD, IX, 10) **John Lambert **William Sydenham **John Desborough **Philipp Jones **Thomas Kelsey **Edward Salmon **Edward Montague **General George Monck **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 cavalr ...
** The Earl of Shaftesbury (''
ex officio An ''ex officio'' member is a member of a body (notably a board, committee, council) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office. The term ''ex officio'' is Latin, meaning literally 'from the office', and the sense intended is 'by right ...
'' as Lord Chancellor) ** The Viscount Osborne (''ex officio'' as Lord High Treasurer) ** The Earl of Anglesey (''ex officio'' as
Lord Privy Seal The Lord Privy Seal (or, more formally, the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal) is the fifth of the Great Officers of State (United Kingdom), Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord President of the Council and abov ...
) ** 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
Secretary of State for the Northern Department The Secretary of State for the Northern Department was a position in the Cabinet of the government of Great Britain up to 1782, when the Northern Department became the Foreign Office. History Before the Act of Union, 1707, the Secretary of St ...
) ** Edward Seymour (''ex officio'' as Treasurer of the Navy) *31 October 1674: 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 cavalr ...
** The Lord Finch (''ex officio'' as Lord Keeper) ** The Earl of Danby (''ex officio'' as Lord High Treasurer) ** The Earl of Anglesey (''ex officio'' as
Lord Privy Seal The Lord Privy Seal (or, more formally, the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal) is the fifth of the Great Officers of State (United Kingdom), Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord President of the Council and abov ...
) ** 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
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 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
Secretary of State for the Northern Department The Secretary of State for the Northern Department was a position in the Cabinet of the government of Great Britain up to 1782, when the Northern Department became the Foreign Office. History Before the Act of Union, 1707, the Secretary of St ...
) ** Edward Seymour (''ex officio'' as Treasurer of the Navy) *26 September 1677: 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 cavalr ...
** The Lord Finch (''ex officio'' as Lord Chancellor) ** The Earl of Danby (''ex officio'' as Lord High Treasurer) ** The Earl of Anglesey (''ex officio'' as
Lord Privy Seal The Lord Privy Seal (or, more formally, the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal) is the fifth of the Great Officers of State (United Kingdom), Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord President of the Council and abov ...
) ** 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
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 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
Secretary of State for the Northern Department The Secretary of State for the Northern Department was a position in the Cabinet of the government of Great Britain up to 1782, when the Northern Department became the Foreign Office. History Before the Act of Union, 1707, the Secretary of St ...
) **
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 **
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 ** 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 **
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 ** 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 William III or William the Third may refer to: Kings * William III of Sicily (c. 1186–c. 1198) * William III of England and Ireland or William III of Orange or William II of Scotland (1650–1702) * William III of the Netherlands and Luxembourg ...
*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 **
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, Senior Naval Lord ** The Viscount Falkland ** Robert Austen *16 November 1691: Commission. ** The Earl of Pembroke, First Lord ** Sir John Lowther, Bt **
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, 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 **
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, 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 Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke (1650 – 24 January 1709) was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain, h ...
, 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 Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke (1650 – 24 January 1709) was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain, h ...
, 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 ...
** 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 Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke (1650 – 24 January 1709) was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain, h ...
, 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 ...
** 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 Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke (1650 – 24 January 1709) was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain, h ...
, Senior Naval Lord ** Sir David Mitchell, Naval Lord *28 October 1699: Commission. ** The Earl of Bridgewater, First Lord ** The Lord Haversham **
Sir George Rooke Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke (1650 – 24 January 1709) was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain, h ...
, 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 Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke (1650 – 24 January 1709) was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain, h ...
, Senior Naval Lord ** Sir David Mitchell, Naval Lord ** George Churchill, Naval Lord *26 January 1702: Earl of Pembroke, Lord High Admiral *20 May 1702:
Prince George Prince George may refer to: People British princes * George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (1449-1478), middle brother of Edward IV and Richard III. * Prince George Augustus, later George II of Great Britain (1683–1760) * Prince George Will ...
, Lord High Admiral **Council of the Lord High Admiral, 22 May 1702: ***
Sir George Rooke Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke (1650 – 24 January 1709) was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain, h ...
Senior Member *** Sir David Mitchell *** George Churchill *** Richard Hill **Council of the Lord High Admiral, 29 March 1703: ***
Sir George Rooke Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke (1650 – 24 January 1709) was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain, h ...
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 Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke (1650 – 24 January 1709) was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain, h ...
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 Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke (1650 – 24 January 1709) was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain, h ...
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 Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745; known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole) was a British statesman and Whig politician who, as First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Leade ...
**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 Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745; known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole) was a British statesman and Whig politician who, as First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Leade ...
*** Sir Stafford Fairborne *28 June 1707:
Prince George Prince George may refer to: People British princes * George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (1449-1478), middle brother of Edward IV and Richard III. * Prince George Augustus, later George II of Great Britain (1683–1760) * Prince George Will ...
, 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 Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745; known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole) was a British statesman and Whig politician who, as First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Leade ...
*** 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 Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake (4 July 1656 – 21 August 1720) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Texel during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. He then ...
**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 Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake (4 July 1656 – 21 August 1720) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Texel during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. He then ...
*** 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 Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake (4 July 1656 – 21 August 1720) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Texel during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. He then ...
, 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 Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake (4 July 1656 – 21 August 1720) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Texel during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. He then ...
, Naval Lord (not called "First 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 ...
, Senior Naval Lord ** George Dodington ** Paul Methuen ** Sir William Drake, Bt ** John Aislabie *20 December 1710: Commission. **
Sir John Leake Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake (4 July 1656 – 21 August 1720) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Texel during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. He then ...
, 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 ...
, 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 Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake (4 July 1656 – 21 August 1720) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Texel during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. He then ...
, 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 ** 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 ...
*19 January 1714: Commission. ** The Earl of Strafford, First Lord **
Sir John Leake Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake (4 July 1656 – 21 August 1720) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Texel during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. He then ...
, 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 ...
*9 April 1714: Commission. ** The Earl of Strafford, First Lord **
Sir John Leake Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake (4 July 1656 – 21 August 1720) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Texel during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. He then ...
, Senior Naval Lord ** Sir William Drake, Bt ** 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 ...
** Sir George Beaumont, Bt *14 October 1714: Commission. ** The Earl of Orford, First 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 ...
, 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 **
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 ** John Cockburn ** William Richard Chetwynd *19 March 1718: Commission. ** The Earl of Berkeley, First 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 ...
, 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 **
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 **
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 **
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 ** 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 **
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 ** 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 **
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 ** 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 **
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 ** Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Bt **
Viscount Malpas 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 judicial ...
** Sir William Yonge *19 May 1729: Commission. ** The Viscount Torrington, First Lord ** John Cockburn ** Sir John Norris, Senior 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 ** Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Bt ** Sir William Yonge ** Lord Archibald Hamilton, Naval Lord *13 May 1730: Commission. ** The Viscount Torrington, First Lord ** John Cockburn **
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 ...
, 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 **
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 ...
, Senior Naval Lord ** Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Bt ** Lord Archibald Hamilton, Naval Lord ** Sir Thomas Frankland, Bt ** Thomas Winnington ** Thomas Clutterbuck *21 June 1733: Commission. **
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 ...
, 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. **
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 ...
, 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. **
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 ...
, First Lord ** Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Bt ** Sir Thomas Frankland, Bt ** Thomas Clutterbuck ** Lord Harry Powlett, Senior Naval Lord ** John Campbell ** Lord Vere Beauclerk, Naval Lord


1741 to 1761

*5 May 1741: Commission. **
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 ...
, First Lord ** Sir Thomas Frankland, Bt ** Lord Harry Powlett, Senior Naval Lord ** John Campbell ** Lord Vere Beauclerk, Naval Lord **
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** 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 John Phillipson (28 April 1698 – 27 November 1756) was a British Navy administrator and commissioner who also sat for over 20 years as a Member of Parliament. He was born in Harwich, Essex, the son of John Phillipson, agent for the packet boats. ...
*27 December 1744: Commission. ** The Duke of Bedford, First Lord ** The Earl of Sandwich ** Lord Archibald Hamilton, Senior Naval Lord ** Lord Vere Beauclerk, Naval Lord ** The Lord Baltimore ** George Anson, Naval Lord ** George Grenville *25 April 1745: Commission. ** The Duke of Bedford, First Lord ** The Earl of Sandwich ** Lord Archibald Hamilton, Senior Naval Lord ** Lord Vere Beauclerk, Naval Lord ** George Anson, Naval Lord ** George Grenville ** The Hon. Henry Legge *25 February 1746: Commission. ** The Duke of Bedford, First Lord ** The Earl of Sandwich ** Lord Vere Beauclerk, Senior Naval Lord ** George Anson, Naval Lord ** George Grenville ** The Hon. Henry Legge ** Viscount Barrington *27 June 1746: Commission. ** Duke of Bedford, First Lord ** Earl of Sandwich ** Lord Vere Beauclerk, Senior Naval Lord ** George Anson, Naval Lord ** George Grenville ** The Viscount Barrington ** Viscount Duncannon *23 June 1747: Commission. ** The Duke of Bedford, First Lord ** The Earl of Sandwich ** Lord Vere Beauclerk, Senior Naval Lord ** George Anson, Naval Lord ** Viscount Barrington ** Viscount Duncannon ** Welbore Ellis *26 February 1748: Commission. ** The Earl of Sandwich, First Lord ** Lord Vere Beauclerk, Senior Naval Lord ** The Lord Anson, Naval Lord ** The Viscount Barrington ** Viscount Duncannon ** Welbore Ellis ** The Hon. John Stanhope *24 December 1748: Commission. ** Earl of Sandwich, First Lord ** Lord Vere Beauclerk, 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 Barrington ** 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, 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 **
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 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 **
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 ** 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 **
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 *18 October 1762: Commission. ** The Hon. George Grenville, 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 *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 ** 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 ** Charles Townshend ** 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 ** Charles Townshend ** 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 ...
, First Lord ** Charles Townshend ** John Buller ** The Viscount Palmerston ** Sir George Yonge, Bt ** Sir Peircy Brett, Senior Naval Lord ** Charles Jenkinson *8 March 1768: 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 ...
, First Lord ** Charles Townshend ** John Buller ** The Viscount Palmerston ** Sir George Yonge, Bt ** Sir Peircy Brett, Senior Naval Lord ** Lord Charles Spencer *28 February 1770: 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 ...
, First Lord ** John Buller ** The Viscount Palmerston ** Lord Charles Spencer ** The Viscount Lisburne ** Francis Holburne, Senior Naval Lord ** The Hon. Charles James Fox *12 January 1771: Commission. ** The Earl of Sandwich, First Lord ** John Buller ** The Viscount Palmerston ** Lord Charles Spencer ** The Viscount Lisburne ** Francis Holburne, Senior Naval Lord ** The Hon. Charles James Fox *2 February 1771: Commission. ** The Earl of Sandwich, First Lord ** John Buller ** The Viscount Palmerston ** Lord Charles Spencer ** The Viscount Lisburne ** The Hon. Charles James Fox ** The Hon. Augustus John Hervey, First Naval Lord *6 May 1772: Commission. ** The Earl of Sandwich, First Lord ** John Buller ** The Viscount Palmerston ** Lord Charles Spencer ** The Viscount Lisburne ** The Hon. Augustus John Hervey, First Naval Lord ** Thomas Bradshaw *30 December 1774: Commission. ** The Earl of Sandwich, First Lord ** John Buller ** The Viscount Palmerston ** Lord Charles Spencer ** The Viscount Lisburne ** The Hon. Augustus John Hervey, First Naval Lord ** Henry Penton *12 April 1775: Commission. ** The Earl of Sandwich, First Lord ** John Buller ** The Viscount Palmerston ** Lord Charles Spencer ** The Viscount Lisburne ** Henry Penton ** Sir Hugh Palliser, First Naval Lord *15 December 1777: Commission. ** The Earl of Sandwich, First Lord ** John Buller ** Lord Charles Spencer ** The Earl of Lisburne ** Henry Penton ** Sir Hugh Palliser, First Naval Lord ** The Lord Mulgrave *23 April 1779: Commission. ** The Earl of Sandwich, First Lord ** John Buller ** Lord Charles Spencer ** The Earl of Lisburne ** Henry Penton ** The Lord Mulgrave ** Robert Man, First Naval Lord *16 July 1779: Commission. ** The Earl of Sandwich, First Lord ** John Buller ** The Earl of Lisburne ** Henry Penton ** The Lord Mulgrave ** Robert Man, First Naval Lord ** Bamber Gascoyne *22 September 1780: Commission. ** The Earl of Sandwich, First Lord ** The Earl of Lisburne ** Henry Penton ** The Lord Mulgrave ** Bamber Gascoyne ** The Hon. Charles Francis Greville ** George Darby, First Naval Lord


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 *30 January 1783: Commission. ** The Viscount Howe, First Lord ** Hugh Pigot, First Naval Lord ** Charles Brett ** Richard Hopkins ** The Hon. John Jeffreys Pratt ** John Aubrey ** 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 **
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*2 April 1784: Commission. ** The Viscount Howe, First Lord ** Charles Brett ** Richard Hopkins ** The Hon. John Jeffreys Pratt ** The Hon. John Leveson-Gower, First Naval Lord ** Lord Apsley ** The Hon. Charles George Perceval *16 July 1788: Commission. ** The Earl of Chatham, First Lord ** Richard Hopkins ** Viscount Bayham ** The Hon. John Leveson-Gower, First Naval Lord ** Lord Apsley ** The Lord Arden ** The Lord Hood, Naval Lord *12 August 1789: Commission. ** The Earl of Chatham, First Lord ** Richard Hopkins ** The Lord Arden ** The Lord Hood, First Naval Lord ** Sir Francis Samuel Drake, Naval Lord ** Viscount Belgrave ** The Hon. John Thomas Townshend *19 January 1790: Commission. ** The Earl of Chatham, First Lord ** Richard Hopkins ** The Lord Arden ** The Lord Hood, First Naval Lord ** Viscount Belgrave ** The Hon. John Thomas Townshend ** Alan Gardner, Naval Lord *27 June 1791: Commission. ** The Earl of Chatham, First Lord ** The Lord Arden ** The Lord Hood, First Naval Lord ** The Hon. John Thomas Townshend ** Alan Gardner, Naval Lord ** John Smyth ** Charles Small Pybus *26 April 1793: Commission. ** The Earl of Chatham, First Lord ** The Lord Arden ** The Lord Hood, First Naval Lord ** Alan Gardner, Naval Lord ** John Smyth ** Charles Small Pybus ** Philip Affleck, Naval Lord *12 May 1794: Commission. ** The Earl of Chatham, First Lord ** The Lord Arden ** The Lord Hood, First Naval Lord ** Alan Gardner, Naval Lord ** Charles Small Pybus ** Philip Affleck, Naval Lord ** Sir Charles Middleton, Bt, Naval Lord *19 December 1794: Commission. ** The Earl Spencer, First Lord ** The Lord Arden ** The Lord Hood, First Naval Lord ** Sir Alan Gardner, Bt, Naval Lord ** Charles Small Pybus ** Philip Affleck, Naval Lord ** Sir Charles Middleton, Bt, Naval Lord *7 March 1795: Commission ** The Earl Spencer, First Lord ** The Lord Arden ** Charles Small Pybus ** Sir Charles Middleton, Bt, First Naval Lord ** Lord Hugh Seymour ** Philip Stephens ** James Gambier, Naval Lord *20 November 1795: Commission ** The Earl Spencer, First Lord ** The Lord Arden ** Charles Small Pybus ** Lord Hugh Seymour ** Sir Philip Stephens, Bt ** James Gambier, First Naval Lord **
William Young William, Will, Bill or Billy Young may refer to: Arts and entertainment * William Young (composer) (died 1662), English composer and viola da gambist * William Young (architect) (1843–1900), Scottish architect, designer of Glasgow City Chambers ...
, Naval Lord *25 July 1797: Commission ** The Earl Spencer, First Lord ** The Lord Arden ** Lord Hugh Seymour ** Sir Philip Stephens, Bt ** James Gambier, First Naval Lord **
William Young William, Will, Bill or Billy Young may refer to: Arts and entertainment * William Young (composer) (died 1662), English composer and viola da gambist * William Young (architect) (1843–1900), Scottish architect, designer of Glasgow City Chambers ...
, 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 William, Will, Bill or Billy Young may refer to: Arts and entertainment * William Young (composer) (died 1662), English composer and viola da gambist * William Young (architect) (1843–1900), Scottish architect, designer of Glasgow City Chambers ...
, 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 William, Will, Bill or Billy Young may refer to: Arts and entertainment * William Young (composer) (died 1662), English composer and viola da gambist * William Young (architect) (1843–1900), Scottish architect, designer of Glasgow City Chambers ...
, 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 **
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 ** Sir Evan Nepean, Bt *2 May 1805: Commission. ** The Lord Barham, First Lord ** Sir Philip Stephens, Bt ** James Gambier, First 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 ** 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 ** 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 ** Robert Plumer Ward ** The Viscount Palmerston ** James Buller **
William Domett Admiral Sir William Domett, GCB (1752 – 19 May 1828) was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy who saw extensive service during the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Throughout his career, Domett was under t ...
, Naval Lord *30 March 1809: Commission. ** The Lord Mulgrave, First Lord ** Sir Richard Bickerton, Bt, First Naval Lord ** Robert Plumer Ward ** The Viscount Palmerston ** James Buller **
William Domett Admiral Sir William Domett, GCB (1752 – 19 May 1828) was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy who saw extensive service during the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Throughout his career, Domett was under t ...
, Naval Lord ** Robert Moorsom, Naval Lord *24 November 1809: Commission. ** The Lord Mulgrave, First Lord ** Sir Richard Bickerton, Bt, First Naval Lord ** Robert Plumer Ward ** James Buller **
William Domett Admiral Sir William Domett, GCB (1752 – 19 May 1828) was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy who saw extensive service during the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Throughout his career, Domett was under t ...
, 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 ** Robert Plumer Ward ** James Buller **
William Domett Admiral Sir William Domett, GCB (1752 – 19 May 1828) was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy who saw extensive service during the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Throughout his career, Domett was under t ...
, 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 ...
*3 July 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 ** Robert Plumer Ward ** James Buller **
William Domett Admiral Sir William Domett, GCB (1752 – 19 May 1828) was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy who saw extensive service during the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Throughout his career, Domett was under t ...
, Naval Lord ** Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, Naval Lord ** The Hon. Frederick John Robinson *17 June 1811: 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 Admiral Sir William Domett, GCB (1752 – 19 May 1828) was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy who saw extensive service during the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Throughout his career, Domett was under t ...
, 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 Admiral Sir William Domett, GCB (1752 – 19 May 1828) was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy who saw extensive service during the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Throughout his career, Domett was under t ...
, 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 Admiral Sir William Domett, GCB (1752 – 19 May 1828) was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy who saw extensive service during the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Throughout his career, Domett was under t ...
, 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 Admiral Sir William Domett, GCB (1752 – 19 May 1828) was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy who saw extensive service during the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Throughout his career, Domett was under t ...
, 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 **
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 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 **
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 **
Barrington Pope Blachford Barrington may refer to: People * Barrington (name) * Barrington baronets, holders of a title in the baronetage of England * Viscount Barrington, a title in the peerage of Ireland Places Australia * Barrington, New South Wales * Barringt ...
*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 **
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 ...
*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 ***
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 ...
*** 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 ***
Earl of Brecknock Marquess Camden is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1812 for the politician John Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden. The Pratt family descends from Sir John Pratt, Lord Chief Justice from 1718 to 1725. His third son from his ...
**Council of the Lord High Admiral, 12 March 1828: *** Sir George Cockburn Senior Member *** Sir George Clerk, Bt, Civil Lord ***
Earl of Brecknock Marquess Camden is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1812 for the politician John Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden. The Pratt family descends from Sir John Pratt, Lord Chief Justice from 1718 to 1725. His third son from his ...
*** 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 **
Earl of Brecknock Marquess Camden is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1812 for the politician John Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden. The Pratt family descends from Sir John Pratt, Lord Chief Justice from 1718 to 1725. His third son from his ...
*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 **
Viscount Castlereagh 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 judicial ...
, Civil Lord *31 July 1830: Commission. ** The Viscount Melville, First Lord ** Sir George Cockburn, First Naval Lord ** The Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, Naval Lord **
Viscount Castlereagh 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 judicial ...
, 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 **
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 *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 **
Lord Ashley Earl of Shaftesbury is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1672 for Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley, a prominent politician in the Cabal then dominating the policies of King Charles II. He had already succeeded his f ...
, Civil Lord ** Maurice FitzGerald, Civil Lord *25 April 1835: Commission. ** The Earl of Auckland, First Lord ** Charles Adam, 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 ** 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 **
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 ** 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 **
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 **
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 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 **
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 **
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 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 **
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 ** 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 Sir George Seymour was an English knight. Born in Chelmsford on 11 June. Life He was a younger son of John Seymour and Elizabeth Darrell. He was High Sheriff of Wiltshire This is a list of the Sheriffs and (after 1 April 1974) High She ...
, 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 **
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 ** 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. **
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 ** Houston Stewart, Third Naval Lord ** Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord ** The Hon. William Francis Cowper, Civil Lord *13 February 1852: 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 ** 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 **
Peter Richards Peter Charles Richards (born 10 March 1978) is a former English rugby union player. A versatile player, he has played in three positions: scrum half (his preferred role), fly-half and centre. Richards retired in the summer of 2010 because of ...
, 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 **
Peter Richards Peter Charles Richards (born 10 March 1978) is a former English rugby union player. A versatile player, he has played in three positions: scrum half (his preferred role), fly-half and centre. Richards retired in the summer of 2010 because of ...
, 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 **
Peter Richards Peter Charles Richards (born 10 March 1978) is a former English rugby union player. A versatile player, he has played in three positions: scrum half (his preferred role), fly-half and centre. Richards retired in the summer of 2010 because of ...
, Third Naval Lord ** Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord ** Sir Robert Peel, 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 ** Sir Robert Peel, 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 **
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 *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 A marquess (; french: marquis ), es, marqués, pt, marquês. is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman wi ...
, 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 **
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 **
Henry Fenwick Henry Fenwick (1820 – 16 April 1868) was a British Liberal Party politician. He first stood for election to the House of Commons in December 1852, when he was unsuccessful at a by-election for the City of Durham. He was elected as a member of ...
, 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 **
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 ** 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 **
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 ** 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 **Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, The Hon. Frederick Arthur Stanley, Civil Lord *18 December 1868: Commission. ** Hugh Childers, First Lord ** Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres, First Naval Lord **Robert Spencer Robinson, Sir Robert Spencer Robinson, Third Lord ** Lord John Hay, Junior Naval Lord **Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, George Otto Trevelyan, Civil Lord *12 July 1870: Commission. ** Hugh Childers, First Lord ** Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres, First Naval Lord **Robert Spencer Robinson, Sir Robert Spencer Robinson, Third Lord ** Lord John Hay, Junior Naval Lord **Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown, The Earl of Camperdown, Civil Lord *9 February 1871: Commission ** Hugh Childers, First Lord ** Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres, First Naval Lord **Robert Hall (Royal Navy officer), Robert Hall, Third Lord ** Lord John Hay, Junior Naval Lord **Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown, The Earl of Camperdown, Civil Lord *9 March 1871: Commission **George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, George Goschen, First Lord ** Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres, First Naval Lord **Robert Hall (Royal Navy officer), Robert Hall, Third Lord ** Lord John Hay, Junior Naval Lord **Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown, The Earl of Camperdown, Civil Lord *28 June 1871: Commission **George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, George Goschen, First Lord ** Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres, First Naval Lord **Robert Hall (Royal Navy officer), Robert Hall, Third Lord **John Tarleton (Royal Navy officer), John Walter Tarleton, Junior Naval Lord **Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown, The Earl of Camperdown, Civil Lord *4 May 1872: Commission **George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, George Goschen, First Lord ** Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres, First Naval Lord **John Tarleton (Royal Navy officer), John Walter Tarleton, Second Naval Lord **Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester, Frederick Seymour, Junior Naval Lord **Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown, The Earl of Camperdown, Civil Lord *27 November 1872: Commission **George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, George Goschen, First Lord ** Sir Alexander Milne, First Naval Lord **John Tarleton (Royal Navy officer), John Walter Tarleton, Second Naval Lord **Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester, Frederick Seymour, Junior Naval Lord **Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown, The Earl of Camperdown, Civil Lord *4 March 1874: Commission **George Ward Hunt, First Lord ** Sir Alexander Milne, First Naval Lord **John Tarleton (Royal Navy officer), John Walter Tarleton, Second Naval Lord **Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam, Lord Gillford, Junior Naval Lord **Sir Massey Lopes, 3rd Baronet, 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 **Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam, Lord Gillford, Junior Naval Lord **Sir Massey Lopes, 3rd Baronet, Sir Massey Lopes, Civil Lord *7 September 1876: Commission **George Ward Hunt, First Lord **Hastings Yelverton, Sir Hastings Yelverton, First Naval Lord **Geoffrey Hornby, Second Naval Lord **Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam, Lord Gillford, Junior Naval Lord **Sir Massey Lopes, 3rd Baronet, Sir Massey Lopes, Civil Lord *11 January 1877: Commission **George Ward Hunt, First Lord **Hastings Yelverton, Sir Hastings Yelverton, First Naval Lord **Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon, Arthur Acland Hood, Second Naval Lord **Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam, Lord Gillford, Junior Naval Lord **Sir Massey Lopes, 3rd Baronet, Sir Massey Lopes, Civil Lord *14 August 1877: Commission **William Henry Smith (1825–1891), William Henry Smith, First Lord **Hastings Yelverton, Sir Hastings Yelverton, First Naval Lord **Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon, Arthur Acland Hood, Second Naval Lord **Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam, Lord Gillford, Junior Naval Lord **Sir Massey Lopes, 3rd Baronet, Sir Massey Lopes, Civil Lord *5 November 1877: Commission **William Henry Smith (1825–1891), William Henry Smith, First Lord **George Wellesley, First Naval Lord **Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon, Arthur Acland Hood, Second Naval Lord **Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam, Lord Gillford, Junior Naval Lord **Sir Massey Lopes, 3rd Baronet, Sir Massey Lopes, Civil Lord *12 August 1879: Commission **William Henry Smith (1825–1891), William Henry Smith, First Lord **Astley Cooper Key, Sir Astley Cooper Key, First Naval Lord **Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon, Arthur Acland Hood, Second Naval Lord **Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam, Lord Gillford, Junior Naval Lord **Sir Massey Lopes, 3rd Baronet, Sir Massey Lopes, Civil Lord *4 December 1879: Commission **William Henry Smith (1825–1891), William Henry Smith, First Lord **Astley Cooper Key, Sir Astley Cooper Key, First Naval Lord **Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam, The Earl of Clanwilliam, Second Naval Lord **John Edmund Commerell, Sir John Commerell, Junior Naval Lord **Sir Massey Lopes, 3rd Baronet, Sir Massey Lopes, Civil Lord *12 May 1880: Commission **Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, The Earl of Northbrook, First Lord **Astley Cooper Key, Sir Astley Cooper Key, First Naval Lord ** Lord John Hay, Second Naval Lord **Anthony Hoskins, Junior Naval Lord **Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey, Thomas Brassey, Civil Lord *12 April 1882: Commission **Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, The Earl of Northbrook, First Lord **Astley Cooper Key, Sir Astley Cooper Key, First Naval Lord ** Lord John Hay, Second Naval Lord **Thomas Brandreth (Royal Navy officer), Thomas Brandreth, Third Lord **Anthony Hoskins, Junior Naval Lord *22 July 1882: Commission **Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, The Earl of Northbrook, First Lord **Astley Cooper Key, Sir Astley Cooper Key, First Naval Lord ** Lord John Hay, Second Naval Lord **Thomas Brandreth (Royal Navy officer), Thomas Brandreth, Third Lord **Frederick Richards, Sir Frederick William Richards, Junior Naval Lord **Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey, Sir Thomas Brassey, Civil Lord **George Wightwick Rendel, Civil Lord


1882 to 1901

*3 March 1883: Commission **Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, The Earl of Northbrook, First Lord **Astley Cooper Key, Sir Astley Cooper Key, First Naval Lord **Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester, The Lord Alcester, Second Naval Lord **Thomas Brandreth (Royal Navy officer), Thomas Brandreth, Third Lord **Frederick Richards, Sir Frederick William Richards, Junior Naval Lord **Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey, Sir Thomas Brassey, Civil Lord **George Wightwick Rendel, Civil Lord *24 November 1884: Commission **Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, The Earl of Northbrook, First Lord **Astley Cooper Key, Sir Astley Cooper Key, First Naval Lord **Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester, The Lord Alcester, Second Naval Lord **Thomas Brandreth (Royal Navy officer), Thomas Brandreth, Third Lord **Frederick Richards, Sir Frederick William Richards, Junior Naval Lord **William Sproston Caine, Civil Lord **George Wightwick Rendel, Civil Lord *25 May 1885: Commission **Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, The Earl of Northbrook, First Lord **Astley Cooper Key, Sir Astley Cooper Key, First Naval Lord **Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester, The Lord Alcester, Second Naval Lord **William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, Sir William Hewett, Junior Naval Lord **Thomas Brandreth (Royal Navy officer), Thomas Brandreth, Third Lord **William Sproston Caine, Civil Lord **George Wightwick Rendel, Civil Lord *1 July 1885: Commission **Lord George Hamilton, First Lord **Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon, Arthur Acland Hood, First Naval Lord **Anthony Hoskins, Sir Anthony Hoskins, Second Naval Lord **Thomas Brandreth (Royal Navy officer), Thomas Brandreth, Third Lord **William Codrington (Royal Navy officer), William Codrington, Junior Naval Lord **Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (politician), Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Civil Lord *15 February 1886: Commission **George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, The Marquess of Ripon, First Lord ** Lord John Hay, First Naval Lord **Anthony Hoskins, Sir Anthony Hoskins, Second Naval Lord **William Graham (Royal Navy officer), William Graham, Third Lord **James Erskine (Royal Navy officer), James Elphinstone Erskine, Junior Naval Lord **Robert Duff (politician, born 1835), Robert William Duff, Civil Lord *9 August 1886: Commission **Lord George Hamilton, First Lord **Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon, Sir Arthur Acland Hood, First Naval Lord **Anthony Hoskins, Sir Anthony Hoskins, Second Naval Lord **William Graham (Royal Navy officer), William Graham, Third Lord **Lord Charles Beresford, Junior Naval Lord **Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (politician), Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Civil Lord *30 January 1888: Commission **Lord George Hamilton, First Lord **Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon, Sir Arthur Acland Hood, First Naval Lord **Anthony Hoskins, Sir Anthony Hoskins, Second Naval Lord **William Graham (Royal Navy officer), William Graham, Third Lord **Charles Frederick Hotham, Junior Naval Lord **Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (politician), Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Civil Lord *30 July 1888: Commission **Lord George Hamilton, First Lord **Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon, Sir Arthur Acland Hood, First Naval Lord **Anthony Hoskins, Sir Anthony Hoskins, Second Naval Lord **John Hopkins (Royal Navy officer), John Ommanney Hopkins, Third Lord **Charles Frederick Hotham, Junior Naval Lord **Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (politician), Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Civil Lord *24 October 1889: Commission **Lord George Hamilton, First Lord **Richard Vesey Hamilton, Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton, First Naval Lord **Henry Fairfax (Royal Navy officer), Henry Fairfax, Second Naval Lord **John Hopkins (Royal Navy officer), John Ommanney Hopkins, Third Lord **Charles Frederick Hotham, Junior Naval Lord **Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (politician), Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Civil Lord *16 December 1889: Commission **Lord George Hamilton, First Lord **Richard Vesey Hamilton, Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton, First Naval Lord **Henry Fairfax (Royal Navy officer), Henry Fairfax, Second Naval Lord **John Hopkins (Royal Navy officer), John Ommanney Hopkins, Third Lord **Frederick Bedford, Junior Naval Lord **Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (politician), Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Civil Lord *28 September 1891: Commission **Lord George Hamilton, First Lord **Anthony Hoskins, Sir Anthony Hoskins, First Naval Lord **Henry Fairfax (Royal Navy officer), Henry Fairfax, Second Naval Lord **John Hopkins (Royal Navy officer), John Ommanney Hopkins, Third Lord **Frederick Bedford, Junior Naval Lord **Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (politician), Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Civil Lord *1 February 1892: Commission **Lord George Hamilton, First Lord **Anthony Hoskins, Sir Anthony Hoskins, First Naval Lord **Henry Fairfax (Royal Navy officer), Henry Fairfax, Second Naval Lord **John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, John Arbuthnot Fisher, Third Lord **Frederick Bedford, Junior Naval Lord **Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (politician), Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Civil Lord *25 August 1892: Commission **John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, The Earl Spencer, First Lord **Anthony Hoskins, Sir Anthony Hoskins, First Naval Lord **Frederick Richards, Sir Frederick William Richards, Second Naval Lord **John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, John Arbuthnot Fisher, Third Lord **Lord Walter Kerr, Junior Naval Lord **Edmund Robertson, 1st Baron Lochee, Edmund Robertson, Civil Lord *1 November 1893: Commission **John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, The Earl Spencer, First Lord **Frederick Richards, Sir Frederick William Richards, First Naval Lord **Lord Walter Kerr, Second Naval Lord **John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, John Arbuthnot Fisher, Third Lord **Gerard Noel (Royal Navy officer), Gerard Henry Uchtred Noel, Junior Naval Lord **Edmund Robertson, 1st Baron Lochee, Edmund Robertson, Civil Lord *6 May 1895: Commission **John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, The Earl Spencer, First Lord **Frederick Richards, Sir Frederick William Richards, First Naval Lord **Frederick Bedford, Sir Frederick Bedford, Second Naval Lord **John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, John Arbuthnot Fisher, Third Lord **Gerard Noel (Royal Navy officer), Gerard Henry Uchtred Noel, Junior Naval Lord **Edmund Robertson, 1st Baron Lochee, Edmund Robertson, Civil Lord *6 July 1895: Commission **George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, George Goschen, First Lord **Frederick Richards, Sir Frederick William Richards, First Naval Lord **Frederick Bedford, Sir Frederick Bedford, Second Naval Lord **John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, John Arbuthnot Fisher, Third Lord **Gerard Noel (Royal Navy officer), Gerard Henry Uchtred Noel, Junior Naval Lord **Austen Chamberlain, Civil Lord *August 1897 **George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, George Goschen, First Lord **Frederick Richards, Sir Frederick William Richards, First Naval Lord **Frederick Bedford, Sir Frederick Bedford, Second Naval Lord **Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Lord **Gerard Noel (Royal Navy officer), Gerard Henry Uchtred Noel, Junior Naval Lord **Austen Chamberlain, Civil Lord *1898 **George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, George Goschen, First Lord **Frederick Richards, Sir Frederick William Richards, First Naval Lord **Frederick Bedford, Sir Frederick Bedford, Second Naval Lord **Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Lord **Arthur Moore (Royal Navy officer), Arthur William Moore, Junior Naval Lord **Austen Chamberlain, Civil Lord *May 1899 **George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, George Goschen, First Lord **Frederick Richards, Sir Frederick William Richards, First Naval Lord **Lord Walter Kerr, Second Naval Lord **Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Lord **Arthur Moore (Royal Navy officer), Arthur William Moore, Junior Naval Lord **Austen Chamberlain, Civil Lord *August 1899 **George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, George Goschen, First Lord **Lord Walter Kerr, First Naval Lord **Archibald Lucius Douglas, Second Naval Lord **Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Lord **Arthur Moore (Royal Navy officer), Arthur William Moore, Junior Naval Lord **Austen Chamberlain, Civil Lord *12 November 1900 **William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne, The Earl of Selborne, First Lord **Lord Walter Kerr, First Naval Lord **Archibald Lucius Douglas, Second Naval Lord **Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Lord **Arthur Moore (Royal Navy officer), Arthur William Moore, Junior Naval Lord **E. G. Pretyman, Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord *1901 **William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne, The Earl of Selborne, First Lord **Lord Walter Kerr, First Naval Lord **Archibald Lucius Douglas, Second Naval Lord **Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Lord **John Durnford, Junior Naval Lord **E. G. Pretyman, Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord


1901 to 1921

*June 1902 **William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne, The Earl of Selborne, First Lord **Lord Walter Kerr, First Naval Lord **John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Sir John A. Fisher, Second Naval Lord **Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Lord **John Durnford, Junior Naval Lord **E. G. Pretyman, Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord *13 October 1903: Commission **William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne, The Earl of Selborne, First Lord **Lord Walter Kerr, First Naval Lord **Charles Carter Drury, Sir Charles Carter Drury, Second Naval Lord **William May (Royal Navy officer), William Henry May, Third Lord **John Durnford, Junior Naval Lord **Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham, Arthur Lee, Civil Lord *1 December 1903: Commission **William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne, The Earl of Selborne, First Lord **Lord Walter Kerr, First Naval Lord **Charles Carter Drury, Sir Charles Carter Drury, Second Naval Lord **William May (Royal Navy officer), William Henry May, Third Lord **Frederick Inglefield, Junior Naval Lord **Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham, Arthur Lee, Civil Lord *21 October 1904 **William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne, The Earl of Selborne, First Lord **John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Sir John A. Fisher, First Sea Lord **Charles Carter Drury, Sir Charles Carter Drury, Second Sea Lord **William May (Royal Navy officer), William Henry May, Third Sea Lord **Frederick Inglefield, Fourth Sea Lord **Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham, Arthur Lee, Civil Lord *February 1905 **William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne, The Earl of Selborne, First Lord **John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Sir John A. Fisher, First Sea Lord **Charles Carter Drury, Sir Charles Carter Drury, Second Sea Lord **Henry Bradwardine Jackson, Third Sea Lord **Frederick Inglefield, Fourth Sea Lord **Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham, Arthur Lee, Civil Lord *27 March 1905 **Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor, The Earl Cawdor, First Lord **John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Sir John A. Fisher, First Sea Lord **Charles Carter Drury, Sir Charles Carter Drury, Second Sea Lord **Henry Bradwardine Jackson, Third Sea Lord **Frederick Inglefield, Fourth Sea Lord **Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham, Arthur Lee, Civil Lord *22 December 1905: Commission **Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth, The Lord Tweedmouth, First Lord **John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Sir John A. Fisher, First Sea Lord **Charles Carter Drury, Sir Charles Carter Drury, Second Sea Lord **Henry Bradwardine Jackson, Third Sea Lord **Frederick Inglefield, Fourth Sea Lord **George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, George Lambert, Civil Lord *20 March 1907: Commission **Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth, The Lord Tweedmouth, First Lord **John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Sir John A. Fisher, First Sea Lord **William May (Royal Navy officer), Sir William Henry May, Second Sea Lord **Henry Bradwardine Jackson, Third Sea Lord **Alfred Winsloe, Fourth Sea Lord **George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, George Lambert, Civil Lord *16 April 1908: Commission **Reginald McKenna, First Lord **John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Sir John A. Fisher, First Sea Lord **William May (Royal Navy officer), Sir William Henry May, Second Sea Lord **Henry Bradwardine Jackson, Third Sea Lord **Alfred Winsloe, Fourth Sea Lord **George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, George Lambert, Civil Lord *16 October 1908: Commission **Reginald McKenna, First Lord **John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Sir John A. Fisher, First Sea Lord **William May (Royal Navy officer), Sir William Henry May, Second Sea Lord **John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Sir John Jellicoe, Third Sea Lord **Alfred Winsloe, Fourth Sea Lord **George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, George Lambert, Civil Lord *25 March 1909: Commission **Reginald McKenna, First Lord **John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Sir John A. Fisher, First Sea Lord **Francis Bridgeman (admiral), Sir Francis Bridgeman, Second Sea Lord **John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Sir John Jellicoe, Third Sea Lord **Alfred Winsloe, Fourth Sea Lord **George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, George Lambert, Civil Lord *25 January 1910: Commission **Reginald McKenna, First Lord **Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, First Sea Lord **Francis Bridgeman (admiral), Sir Francis Bridgeman, Second Sea Lord **John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Sir John Jellicoe, Third Sea Lord **Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet, Charles Madden, Fourth Sea Lord **George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, George Lambert, Civil Lord *20 December 1910: Commission **Reginald McKenna, First Lord **Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, First Sea Lord **Francis Bridgeman (admiral), Sir Francis Bridgeman, Second Sea Lord **Charles Briggs (Royal Navy officer), Charles John Briggs, Third Sea Lord **Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet, Charles Madden, Fourth Sea Lord **George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, George Lambert, Civil Lord *25 March 1911: Commission **Reginald McKenna, First Lord **Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, First Sea Lord **George Egerton (Royal Navy officer), Sir George Le Clerc Egerton, Second Sea Lord **Charles Briggs (Royal Navy officer), Charles John Briggs, Third Sea Lord **Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet, Charles Madden, Fourth Sea Lord **George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, George Lambert, Civil Lord *24 October 1911: Commission **Winston Churchill, First Lord **Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, First Sea Lord **George Egerton (Royal Navy officer), Sir George Le Clerc Egerton, Second Sea Lord **Charles Briggs (Royal Navy officer), Charles John Briggs, Third Sea Lord **Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet, Charles Madden, Fourth Sea Lord **George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, George Lambert, Civil Lord *5 December 1911: Commission **Winston Churchill, First Lord **Francis Bridgeman (admiral), Sir Francis Bridgeman, First Sea Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, Prince Louis of Battenberg, Second Sea Lord **Charles Briggs (Royal Navy officer), Charles John Briggs, Third Sea Lord **William Christopher Pakenham, Fourth Sea Lord **George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, George Lambert, Civil Lord *18 January 1912: Commission **Winston Churchill, First Lord **Francis Bridgeman (admiral), Sir Francis Bridgeman, First Sea Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, Prince Louis of Battenberg, Second Sea Lord **Charles Briggs (Royal Navy officer), Charles John Briggs, Third Sea Lord **William Christopher Pakenham, Fourth Sea Lord **George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, George Lambert, Civil Lord **Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough, Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *29 May 1912: Commission **Winston Churchill, First Lord **Francis Bridgeman (admiral), Sir Francis Bridgeman, First Sea Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, Prince Louis of Battenberg, Second Sea Lord **Gordon Moore (Royal Navy officer), Gordon Moore, Third Sea Lord **William Christopher Pakenham, Fourth Sea Lord **George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, George Lambert, Civil Lord **Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough, Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *9 December 1912: Commission **Winston Churchill, First Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, Prince Louis of Battenberg, First Sea Lord **John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Sir John Jellicoe, Second Sea Lord **Gordon Moore (Royal Navy officer), Gordon Moore, Third Sea Lord **William Christopher Pakenham, Fourth Sea Lord **George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, George Lambert, Civil Lord **Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough, Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *1 December 1913: Commission **Winston Churchill, First Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, Prince Louis of Battenberg, First Sea Lord **John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Sir John Jellicoe, Second Sea Lord **Gordon Moore (Royal Navy officer), Gordon Moore, Third Sea Lord **Cecil Lambert, Fourth Sea Lord **George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, George Lambert, Civil Lord **Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough, Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *30 July 1914: Commission **Winston Churchill, First Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, Prince Louis of Battenberg, First Sea Lord **Frederick Hamilton (Royal Navy officer), Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton, Second Sea Lord **Gordon Moore (Royal Navy officer), Gordon Moore, Third Sea Lord **Cecil Lambert, Fourth Sea Lord **George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, George Lambert, Civil Lord **Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough, Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *September 1914 **Winston Churchill, First Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, Prince Louis of Battenberg, First Sea Lord **Frederick Hamilton (Royal Navy officer), Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton, Second Sea Lord **Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, Third Sea Lord **Cecil Lambert, Fourth Sea Lord **George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, George Lambert, Civil Lord **Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough, Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *30 October 1914: Commission **Winston Churchill, First Lord **John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, The Lord Fisher, First Sea Lord **Frederick Hamilton (Royal Navy officer), Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton, Second Sea Lord **Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, Third Sea Lord **Cecil Lambert, Fourth Sea Lord **George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, George Lambert, Civil Lord **Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough, Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *28 May 1915: Commission **Arthur Balfour, First Lord **Henry Bradwardine Jackson, Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson, First Sea Lord **Frederick Hamilton (Royal Navy officer), Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton, Second Sea Lord **Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, Third Sea Lord **Cecil Lambert, Fourth Sea Lord **Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough, Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *3 June 1915: Commission **Arthur Balfour, First Lord **Henry Bradwardine Jackson, Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson, First Sea Lord **Frederick Hamilton (Royal Navy officer), Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton, Second Sea Lord **Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, Third Sea Lord **Cecil Lambert, Fourth Sea Lord **Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, The Duke of Devonshire, Civil Lord **Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough, Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *1 July 1916: Commission **Arthur Balfour, First Lord **Henry Bradwardine Jackson, Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson, First Sea Lord **Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe, Sir Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe, Second Sea Lord **Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, Third Sea Lord **Cecil Lambert, Fourth Sea Lord **Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, The Duke of Devonshire, Civil Lord **Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough, Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *31 August 1916: Commission **Arthur Balfour, First Lord **Henry Bradwardine Jackson, Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson, First Sea Lord **Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe, Sir Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe, Second Sea Lord **Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, Third Sea Lord **Cecil Lambert, Fourth Sea Lord **Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord **Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough, Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *4 December 1916: Commission **Arthur Balfour, First Lord **John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Sir John Jellicoe, First Sea Lord **Cecil Burney, Sir Cecil Burney, Second Sea Lord **Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, Third Sea Lord **Lionel Halsey, Fourth Sea Lord **Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord **Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough, Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *11 December 1916: Commission **Edward Carson, Sir Edward Carson, First Lord **John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Sir John Jellicoe, First Sea Lord **Cecil Burney, Sir Cecil Burney, Second Sea Lord **Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, Third Sea Lord **Lionel Halsey, Fourth Sea Lord **E. G. Pretyman, Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord **Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough, Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *11 January 1917: Commission **Edward Carson, Sir Edward Carson, First Lord **John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Sir John Jellicoe, First Sea Lord **Cecil Burney, Sir Cecil Burney, Second Sea Lord **Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, Third Sea Lord **Lionel Halsey, Fourth Sea Lord **Godfrey Paine, Fifth Sea Lord **E. G. Pretyman, Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord **Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough, Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *31 May 1917: Commission **Edward Carson, Sir Edward Carson, First Lord **John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Sir John Jellicoe, First Sea Lord **Cecil Burney, Sir Cecil Burney, Second Sea Lord **Lionel Halsey, Third Sea Lord **Hugh Tothill, Fourth Sea Lord **Godfrey Paine, Fifth Sea Lord **Henry Oliver, Sir Henry Oliver, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Alexander Duff (Royal Navy officer), Alexander Ludovic Duff, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **E. G. Pretyman, Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord **Eric Campbell Geddes, Sir Eric Geddes, Admiralty Controller **Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough, Sir Francis Hopwood, Civil Lord *6 September 1917: Commission **Eric Campbell Geddes, Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord **John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Sir John Jellicoe, First Sea Lord **Rosslyn Erskine-Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss, Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, Second Sea Lord **Lionel Halsey, Third Sea Lord **Hugh Tothill, Fourth Sea Lord **Godfrey Paine, Fifth Sea Lord **Henry Oliver, Sir Henry Oliver, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Alexander Duff (Royal Navy officer), Alexander Ludovic Duff, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **E. G. Pretyman, Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord **Alan Garrett Anderson, Sir Alan Anderson, Civil Lord *27 September 1917: Commission **Eric Campbell Geddes, Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord **John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Sir John Jellicoe, First Sea Lord **Rosslyn Erskine-Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss, Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, Deputy First Sea Lord **Herbert Heath, Sir Herbert Heath, Second Sea Lord **Lionel Halsey, Third Sea Lord **Hugh Tothill, Fourth Sea Lord **Godfrey Paine, Fifth Sea Lord **Henry Oliver, Sir Henry Oliver, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Alexander Duff (Royal Navy officer), Alexander Ludovic Duff, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **E. G. Pretyman, Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord **Alan Garrett Anderson, Sir Alan Anderson, Admiralty Controller *10 January 1918: Commission **Eric Campbell Geddes, Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord **Rosslyn Erskine-Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss, Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord **George Price Webley Hope, Deputy First Sea Lord **Herbert Heath, Sir Herbert Heath, Second Sea Lord **Lionel Halsey, Third Sea Lord **Hugh Tothill, Fourth Sea Lord **Sydney Fremantle, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Alexander Duff (Royal Navy officer), Sir Alexander Duff, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **E. G. Pretyman, Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord **Alan Garrett Anderson, Sir Alan Anderson, Admiralty Controller **Arthur Francis Pease, Civil Lord *7 June 1918: Commission **Eric Campbell Geddes, Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord **Rosslyn Erskine-Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss, Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord **George Price Webley Hope, Deputy First Sea Lord **Herbert Heath, Sir Herbert Heath, Second Sea Lord **Charles de Bartolomé, Third Sea Lord **Hugh Tothill, Fourth Sea Lord **Sydney Fremantle, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Alexander Duff (Royal Navy officer), Sir Alexander Duff, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **E. G. Pretyman, Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord **Alan Garrett Anderson, Sir Alan Anderson, Admiralty Controller **Arthur Francis Pease, Civil Lord **Robert Stevenson Horne, 1st Viscount Horne, Sir Robert Horne, Civil Lord *24 December 1918: Commission **Eric Campbell Geddes, Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord **Rosslyn Erskine-Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss, Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord **George Price Webley Hope, Deputy First Sea Lord **Herbert Heath, Sir Herbert Heath, Second Sea Lord **Charles de Bartolomé, Third Sea Lord **Hugh Tothill, Fourth Sea Lord **Sydney Fremantle, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Alexander Duff (Royal Navy officer), Sir Alexander Duff, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **E. G. Pretyman, Ernest George Pretyman, Civil Lord **Arthur Francis Pease, Civil Lord **Robert Stevenson Horne, 1st Viscount Horne, Sir Robert Horne, Civil Lord **Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord *16 January 1919: Commission **Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long, Walter Long, First Lord **Rosslyn Erskine-Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss, Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord **George Price Webley Hope, Deputy First Sea Lord **Herbert Heath, Sir Herbert Heath, Second Sea Lord **Charles de Bartolomé, Third Sea Lord **Hugh Tothill, Sir Hugh Tothill, Fourth Sea Lord **Sydney Fremantle, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Alexander Duff (Royal Navy officer), Sir Alexander Duff, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Arthur Francis Pease, Civil Lord *30 January 1919: Commission **Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long, Walter Long, First Lord **Rosslyn Erskine-Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss, Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord **George Price Webley Hope, Deputy First Sea Lord **Herbert Heath, Sir Herbert Heath, Second Sea Lord **Charles de Bartolomé, Third Sea Lord **Hugh Tothill, Sir Hugh Tothill, Fourth Sea Lord **Sydney Fremantle, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Alexander Duff (Royal Navy officer), Sir Alexander Duff, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord **Arthur Francis Pease, Civil Lord *1 May 1919: Commission **Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long, Walter Long, First Lord **Rosslyn Erskine-Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss, Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord **George Price Webley Hope, Deputy First Sea Lord **Montague Browning, Sir Montague Browning, Second Sea Lord **Charles de Bartolomé, Third Sea Lord **Hugh Tothill, Sir Hugh Tothill, Fourth Sea Lord **James Fergusson (Royal Navy officer), James Andrew Fergusson, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Alexander Duff (Royal Navy officer), Sir Alexander Duff, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord *2 July 1919: Commission **Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long, Walter Long, First Lord **Rosslyn Erskine-Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss, Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord **George Price Webley Hope, Deputy First Sea Lord **Montague Browning, Sir Montague Browning, Second Sea Lord **William Nicholson (Royal Navy officer), Sir William Nicholson, Third Sea Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, Fourth Sea Lord **James Fergusson (Royal Navy officer), James Andrew Fergusson, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Alexander Duff (Royal Navy officer), Sir Alexander Duff, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord *4 August 1919: Commission **Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long, Walter Long, First Lord **Rosslyn Erskine-Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss, Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord **Montague Browning, Sir Montague Browning, Second Sea Lord **William Nicholson (Royal Navy officer), Sir William Nicholson, Third Sea Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, Fourth Sea Lord **Osmond de Beauvoir Brock, Sir Osmond Brock, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **James Fergusson (Royal Navy officer), James Andrew Fergusson, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord *1 November 1919: Commission **Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long, Walter Long, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Montague Browning, Sir Montague Browning, Second Sea Lord **William Nicholson (Royal Navy officer), Sir William Nicholson, Third Sea Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, Fourth Sea Lord **Osmond de Beauvoir Brock, Sir Osmond Brock, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **James Fergusson (Royal Navy officer), James Andrew Fergusson, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord *15 March 1920: Commission **Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long, Walter Long, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Montague Browning, Sir Montague Browning, Second Sea Lord **William Nicholson (Royal Navy officer), Sir William Nicholson, Third Sea Lord **Algernon Boyle, The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord **Osmond de Beauvoir Brock, Sir Osmond Brock, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord *15 April 1920: Commission **Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long, Walter Long, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Montague Browning, Sir Montague Browning, Second Sea Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Third Sea Lord **Algernon Boyle, The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord **Osmond de Beauvoir Brock, Sir Osmond Brock, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord *30 September 1920: Commission **Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long, Walter Long, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Henry Oliver, Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Third Sea Lord **Algernon Boyle, The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord **Osmond de Beauvoir Brock, Sir Osmond Brock, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, The Earl of Lytton, Civil Lord *4 November 1920: Commission **Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long, Walter Long, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Henry Oliver, Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Third Sea Lord **Algernon Boyle, The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord **Osmond de Beauvoir Brock, Sir Osmond Brock, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow, The Earl of Onslow, Civil Lord *18 February 1921: Commission **Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham, The Lord Lee of Fareham, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Henry Oliver, Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Third Sea Lord **Algernon Boyle, The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord **Osmond de Beauvoir Brock, Sir Osmond Brock, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow, The Earl of Onslow, Civil Lord *1 November 1921: Commission **Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham, The Lord Lee of Fareham, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Henry Oliver, Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Third Sea Lord **Algernon Boyle, The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord **Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, Bolton Eyres-Monsell, Civil Lord


1921 to 1941

*31 October 1922: Commission **Leo Amery, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Henry Oliver, Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Third Sea Lord **Algernon Boyle, The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord **Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, Bolton Eyres-Monsell, Civil Lord *2 November 1922: Commission **Leo Amery, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Henry Oliver, Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Third Sea Lord **Algernon Boyle, The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord **Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, The Marquess of Linlithgow, Civil Lord *1 December 1922: Commission **Leo Amery, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Henry Oliver, Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Third Sea Lord **Algernon Boyle, The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord **Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Cyril Fuller, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, The Marquess of Linlithgow, Civil Lord *15 May 1923: Commission **Leo Amery, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Henry Oliver, Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **Cyril Fuller, Third Sea Lord **Algernon Boyle, The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord **Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Arthur Waistell, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, The Marquess of Linlithgow, Civil Lord *28 January 1924: Commission **Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, The Viscount Chelmsford, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Henry Oliver, Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **Cyril Fuller, Third Sea Lord **Algernon Boyle, The Hon. Algernon Boyle, Fourth Sea Lord **Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Arthur Waistell, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Frank Hodges (trade unionist), Frank Hodges, Civil Lord *1 April 1924: Commission **Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, The Viscount Chelmsford, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Henry Oliver, Sir Henry Oliver, Second Sea Lord **Cyril Fuller, Third Sea Lord **John Donald Kelly, Fourth Sea Lord **Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Arthur Waistell, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Frank Hodges (trade unionist), Frank Hodges, Civil Lord *15 August 1924: Commission **Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, The Viscount Chelmsford, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 3rd Baronet, Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt, Second Sea Lord **Cyril Fuller, Third Sea Lord **John Donald Kelly, Fourth Sea Lord **Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Arthur Waistell, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Frank Hodges (trade unionist), Frank Hodges, Civil Lord *7 November 1924: Commission **William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 3rd Baronet, Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt, Second Sea Lord **Cyril Fuller, Third Sea Lord **John Donald Kelly, Fourth Sea Lord **Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Frederic Charles Dreyer, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff *18 November 1924: Commission **William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 3rd Baronet, Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt, Second Sea Lord **Cyril Fuller, Third Sea Lord **John Donald Kelly, Fourth Sea Lord **Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Frederic Charles Dreyer, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *22 April 1925: Commission **William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Hubert Brand, Sir Hubert Brand, Second Sea Lord **Cyril Fuller, Third Sea Lord **John Donald Kelly, Fourth Sea Lord **Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Frederic Charles Dreyer, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *30 April 1925: Commission **William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Hubert Brand, Sir Hubert Brand, Second Sea Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, Third Sea Lord **John Donald Kelly, Fourth Sea Lord **Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, Sir Roger Keyes, Bt, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Frederic Charles Dreyer, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *15 May 1925: Commission **William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Hubert Brand, Sir Hubert Brand, Second Sea Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, Third Sea Lord **John Donald Kelly, Fourth Sea Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Sir Frederick Field, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Frederic Charles Dreyer, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *21 April 1927: Commission **William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **Hubert Brand, Sir Hubert Brand, Second Sea Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, Third Sea Lord **John Donald Kelly, Fourth Sea Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Sir Frederick Field, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Dudley Pound, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *30 April 1927: Commission **William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord **David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, The Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord **William Wordsworth Fisher, Second Sea Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, Third Sea Lord **John Donald Kelly, Fourth Sea Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Sir Frederick Field, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Dudley Pound, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *30 July 1927: Commission **William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord **Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet, Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord **Hubert Brand, Sir Hubert Brand, Second Sea Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, Third Sea Lord **William Wordsworth Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Sir Frederick Field, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Dudley Pound, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *15 August 1927: Commission **William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord **Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet, Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord **Michael Hodges (Royal Navy officer), Sir Michael Hodges, Second Sea Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, Third Sea Lord **William Wordsworth Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Sir Frederick Field, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Dudley Pound, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *2 April 1928: Commission **William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord **Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet, Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord **Michael Hodges (Royal Navy officer), Sir Michael Hodges, Second Sea Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, Third Sea Lord **Vernon Haggard, Fourth Sea Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Sir Frederick Field, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Dudley Pound, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *1 May 1928: Commission **William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord **Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet, Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord **Michael Hodges (Royal Navy officer), Sir Michael Hodges, Second Sea Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, Third Sea Lord **Vernon Haggard, Fourth Sea Lord **William Wordsworth Fisher, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Dudley Pound, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *1 November 1928: Commission **William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord **Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet, Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord **Michael Hodges (Royal Navy officer), Sir Michael Hodges, Second Sea Lord **Roger Backhouse, Third Sea Lord **Vernon Haggard, Fourth Sea Lord **William Wordsworth Fisher, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Dudley Pound, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *22 April 1929: Commission **William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord **Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet, Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord **Michael Hodges (Royal Navy officer), Sir Michael Hodges, Second Sea Lord **Roger Backhouse, Third Sea Lord **Vernon Haggard, Fourth Sea Lord **William Wordsworth Fisher, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, Civil Lord *10 June 1929: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet, Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord **Michael Hodges (Royal Navy officer), Sir Michael Hodges, Second Sea Lord **Roger Backhouse, Third Sea Lord **Vernon Haggard, Fourth Sea Lord **William Wordsworth Fisher, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, George Henry Hall, Civil Lord *21 April 1930: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet, Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord **Michael Hodges (Royal Navy officer), Sir Michael Hodges, Second Sea Lord **Roger Backhouse, Third Sea Lord **Lionel Preston, Fourth Sea Lord **William Wordsworth Fisher, Sir William Wordsworth Fisher, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Charles Ammon, 1st Baron Ammon, Charles Ammon, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, George Henry Hall, Civil Lord *26 May 1930: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet, Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord **Cyril Fuller, Sir Cyril Fuller, Second Sea Lord **Roger Backhouse, Third Sea Lord **Lionel Preston, Fourth Sea Lord **William Wordsworth Fisher, Sir William Wordsworth Fisher, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Charles Ammon, 1st Baron Ammon, Charles Ammon, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, George Henry Hall, Civil Lord *30 June 1930: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet, Sir Charles Madden, Bt, First Sea Lord **Cyril Fuller, Sir Cyril Fuller, Second Sea Lord **Roger Backhouse, Third Sea Lord **Lionel Preston, Fourth Sea Lord **Frederic Dreyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Charles Ammon, 1st Baron Ammon, Charles Ammon, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, George Henry Hall, Civil Lord *30 July 1930: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Sir Frederick Field, First Sea Lord **Cyril Fuller, Sir Cyril Fuller, Second Sea Lord **Roger Backhouse, Third Sea Lord **Lionel Preston, Fourth Sea Lord **Frederic Dreyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Charles Ammon, 1st Baron Ammon, Charles Ammon, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, George Henry Hall, Civil Lord *27 August 1931: Commission **Austen Chamberlain, Sir Austen Chamberlain, First Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Sir Frederick Field, First Sea Lord **Cyril Fuller, Sir Cyril Fuller, Second Sea Lord **Roger Backhouse, Third Sea Lord **Lionel Preston, Fourth Sea Lord **Frederic Dreyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff *7 September 1931: Commission **Austen Chamberlain, Sir Austen Chamberlain, First Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Sir Frederick Field, First Sea Lord **Cyril Fuller, Sir Cyril Fuller, Second Sea Lord **Roger Backhouse, Third Sea Lord **Lionel Preston, Fourth Sea Lord **Frederic Dreyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty *9 November 1931: Commission **Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Sir Frederick Field, First Sea Lord **Cyril Fuller, Sir Cyril Fuller, Second Sea Lord **Roger Backhouse, Third Sea Lord **Lionel Preston, Fourth Sea Lord **Frederic Dreyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty *11 November 1931: Commission **Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Sir Frederick Field, First Sea Lord **Cyril Fuller, Sir Cyril Fuller, Second Sea Lord **Roger Backhouse, Third Sea Lord **Lionel Preston, Fourth Sea Lord **Frederic Dreyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (politician, born 1894), Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Euan Wallace, Civil Lord *1 March 1932: Commission **Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Sir Frederick Field, First Sea Lord **Cyril Fuller, Sir Cyril Fuller, Second Sea Lord **Charles Forbes (Royal Navy officer), Charles Forbes, Third Sea Lord **Lionel Preston, Fourth Sea Lord **Frederic Dreyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (politician, born 1894), Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Euan Wallace, Civil Lord *31 August 1932: Commission **Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Sir Frederick Field, First Sea Lord **Dudley Pound, Second Sea Lord **Charles Forbes (Royal Navy officer), Charles Forbes, Third Sea Lord **Lionel Preston, Fourth Sea Lord **Frederic Dreyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (politician, born 1894), Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Euan Wallace, Civil Lord *20 September 1932: Commission **Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Sir Frederick Field, First Sea Lord **Dudley Pound, Second Sea Lord **Charles Forbes (Royal Navy officer), Charles Forbes, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Blake (Royal Navy officer), Geoffrey Blake, Fourth Sea Lord **Frederic Dreyer, Sir Frederic Dreyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (politician, born 1894), Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Euan Wallace, Civil Lord *9 January 1933: Commission **Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord **Frederick Laurence Field, Sir Frederick Field, First Sea Lord **Dudley Pound, Second Sea Lord **Charles Forbes (Royal Navy officer), Charles Forbes, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Blake (Royal Navy officer), Geoffrey Blake, Fourth Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Charles Little, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (politician, born 1894), Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Euan Wallace, Civil Lord *21 January 1933: Commission **Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, First Sea Lord **Dudley Pound, Second Sea Lord **Charles Forbes (Royal Navy officer), Charles Forbes, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Blake (Royal Navy officer), Geoffrey Blake, Fourth Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Charles Little, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (politician, born 1894), Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Euan Wallace, Civil Lord *23 April 1934: Commission **Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, First Sea Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, Second Sea Lord **Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Blake (Royal Navy officer), Geoffrey Blake, Fourth Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Charles Little, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (politician, born 1894), Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Euan Wallace, Civil Lord *15 February 1935: Commission **Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, First Sea Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, Second Sea Lord **Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord **Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble, Percy Noble, Fourth Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Charles Little, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (politician, born 1894), Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Euan Wallace, Civil Lord *24 June 1935: Commission **Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, First Sea Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, Second Sea Lord **Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord **Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble, Percy Noble, Fourth Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Charles Little, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Kenneth Lindsay, Civil Lord *30 September 1935: Commission **Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, First Sea Lord **Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Second Sea Lord **Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord **Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble, Percy Noble, Fourth Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Kenneth Lindsay, Civil Lord *29 October 1935: Commission **Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, First Sea Lord **Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Second Sea Lord **Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord **Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble, Percy Noble, Fourth Sea Lord **William Milbourne James, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Kenneth Lindsay, Civil Lord *3 December 1935: Commission **Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, The Viscount Monsell, First Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, First Sea Lord **Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Second Sea Lord **Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord **Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble, Percy Noble, Fourth Sea Lord **William Milbourne James, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (politician, born 1894), Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Kenneth Lindsay, Civil Lord *6 June 1936: Commission **Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood, Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt, First Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, First Sea Lord **Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Second Sea Lord **Reginald Henderson, Sir Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord **Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble, Percy Noble, Fourth Sea Lord **William Milbourne James, Sir William Milbourne James, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (politician, born 1894), Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Kenneth Lindsay, Civil Lord *2 October 1936: Commission **Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood, Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt, First Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, Sir Ernle Chatfield, First Sea Lord **Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Second Sea Lord **Reginald Henderson, Sir Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord **Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble, Sir Percy Noble, Fourth Sea Lord **William Milbourne James, Sir William Milbourne James, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **John H. D. Cunningham, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (politician, born 1894), Lord Stanley, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Kenneth Lindsay, Civil Lord *1 October 1937: Commission **Duff Cooper, First Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, The Lord Chatfield, First Sea Lord **Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Second Sea Lord **Reginald Henderson, Sir Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **William Milbourne James, Sir William Milbourne James, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **John H. D. Cunningham, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **John Jestyn Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin, John Jestyn Llewellin, Civil Lord *19 July 1938: Commission **Duff Cooper, First Lord **Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, The Lord Chatfield, First Sea Lord **Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Second Sea Lord **Reginald Henderson, Sir Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **Alexander Ramsay (Royal Navy officer), The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord **William Milbourne James, Sir William Milbourne James, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **John Jestyn Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin, John Jestyn Llewellin, Civil Lord *7 September 1938: Commission **Duff Cooper, First Lord **Roger Backhouse, Sir Roger Backhouse, First Sea Lord **Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Second Sea Lord **Reginald Henderson, Sir Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **Alexander Ramsay (Royal Navy officer), The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord **William Milbourne James, Sir William Milbourne James, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **John Jestyn Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin, John Jestyn Llewellin, Civil Lord *30 September 1938: Commission **Duff Cooper, First Lord **Roger Backhouse, Sir Roger Backhouse, First Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord **Reginald Henderson, Sir Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **Alexander Ramsay (Royal Navy officer), The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord **William Milbourne James, Sir William Milbourne James, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **John Jestyn Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin, John Jestyn Llewellin, Civil Lord *27 October 1938: Commission **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, First Lord **Roger Backhouse, Sir Roger Backhouse, First Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord **Reginald Henderson, Sir Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **Alexander Ramsay (Royal Navy officer), The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord **William Milbourne James, Sir William Milbourne James, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **John Jestyn Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin, John Jestyn Llewellin, Civil Lord *14 November 1938: Commission **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, First Lord **Roger Backhouse, Sir Roger Backhouse, First Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord **Reginald Henderson, Sir Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **Alexander Ramsay (Royal Navy officer), The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord **Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Andrew Cunningham, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **John Jestyn Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin, John Jestyn Llewellin, Civil Lord *1 March 1939: Commission **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, First Lord **Roger Backhouse, Sir Roger Backhouse, First Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **Alexander Ramsay (Royal Navy officer), The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord **Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Andrew Cunningham, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **John Jestyn Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin, John Jestyn Llewellin, Civil Lord *1 June 1939: Commission **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, First Lord **Roger Backhouse, Sir Roger Backhouse, First Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **Alexander Ramsay (Royal Navy officer), The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord **Thomas Phillips (Naval officer), Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **John Jestyn Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin, John Jestyn Llewellin, Civil Lord *12 June 1939: Commission **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **Alexander Ramsay (Royal Navy officer), The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord **Thomas Phillips (Naval officer), Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **John Jestyn Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin, John Jestyn Llewellin, Civil Lord *15 July 1939: Commission **James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, The Earl Stanhope, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **Alexander Ramsay (Royal Navy officer), The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord **Thomas Phillips (Naval officer), Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord *3 September 1939: Commission **Winston Churchill, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **Alexander Ramsay (Royal Navy officer), The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Fifth Sea Lord **Thomas Phillips (Naval officer), Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Harold Burrough, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord *21 November 1939: Commission **Winston Churchill, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **Guy Royle, Fifth Sea Lord **Thomas Phillips (Naval officer), Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Harold Burrough, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord *1 February 1940: Commission **Winston Churchill, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **Guy Royle, Fifth Sea Lord **Thomas Phillips (Naval officer), Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Harold Burrough, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs *4 April 1940: Commission **Winston Churchill, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **Guy Royle, Fifth Sea Lord **Thomas Phillips (Naval officer), Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Harold Burrough, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs *8 April 1940: Commission **Winston Churchill, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **Guy Royle, Fifth Sea Lord **Thomas Phillips (Naval officer), Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Harold Burrough, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Blake (Royal Navy officer), Sir Geoffrey Blake, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs *12 May 1940: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **Guy Royle, Fifth Sea Lord **Thomas Phillips (Naval officer), Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Harold Burrough, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Blake (Royal Navy officer), Sir Geoffrey Blake, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs *27 May 1940: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **Guy Royle, Fifth Sea Lord **Thomas Phillips (Naval officer), Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Harold Burrough, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Blake (Royal Navy officer), Sir Geoffrey Blake, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) **Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs *25 July 1940: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **Guy Royle, Fifth Sea Lord **Thomas Phillips (Naval officer), Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Henry Moore (admiral), Henry Moore, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) **Geoffrey Blake (Royal Navy officer), Sir Geoffrey Blake, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) **Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs *2 December 1940: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **Guy Royle, Fifth Sea Lord **Thomas Phillips (Naval officer), Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Henry Moore (admiral), Henry Moore, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) **Henry Harwood, Sir Henry Harwood, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) **Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs *5 December 1940: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **Geoffrey Arbuthnot, Fourth Sea Lord **Guy Royle, Fifth Sea Lord **Thomas Phillips (Naval officer), Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Henry Moore (admiral), Henry Moore, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) **Henry Harwood, Sir Henry Harwood, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) **Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *1 April 1941: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Fourth Sea Lord **Guy Royle, Sir Guy Royle, Fifth Sea Lord **Thomas Phillips (Naval officer), Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Henry Moore (admiral), Henry Moore, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) **Henry Harwood, Sir Henry Harwood, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) **Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *14 April 1941: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Little (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Little, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Fourth Sea Lord **Lumley Lyster, Arthur Lyster, Fifth Sea Lord **Thomas Phillips (Naval officer), Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Henry Moore (admiral), Henry Moore, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) **Henry Harwood, Sir Henry Harwood, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) **Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *1 June 1941: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Fourth Sea Lord **Lumley Lyster, Arthur Lyster, Fifth Sea Lord **Thomas Phillips (Naval officer), Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Henry Moore (admiral), Henry Moore, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) **Henry Harwood, Sir Henry Harwood, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) **Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *22 September 1941: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **William Whitworth, Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Sir Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Sir John Cunningham, Fourth Sea Lord **Lumley Lyster, Arthur Lyster, Fifth Sea Lord **Thomas Phillips (Naval officer), Sir Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Henry Moore (admiral), Henry Moore, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) **Henry Harwood, Sir Henry Harwood, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) **Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) **Rhoderick McGrigor, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *21 October 1941: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **William Whitworth, Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Sir Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Sir John Cunningham, Fourth Sea Lord **Lumley Lyster, Arthur Lyster, Fifth Sea Lord **Thomas Phillips (Naval officer), Sir Tom Phillips, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **Henry Moore (admiral), Henry Moore, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) **Edward King (naval officer), Edward Leigh Stuart King, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) **Henry Harwood, Sir Henry Harwood, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) **Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) **Rhoderick McGrigor, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty


1941 to 1964

*9 February 1942: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **William Whitworth, Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Sir Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Sir John Cunningham, Fourth Sea Lord **Lumley Lyster, Arthur Lyster, Fifth Sea Lord **Henry Moore (admiral), Henry Moore, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Edward King (naval officer), Edward Leigh Stuart King, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) **Henry Harwood, Sir Henry Harwood, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) **Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) **Rhoderick McGrigor, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, George Henry Hall, Civil Lord **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *5 March 1942: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **William Whitworth, Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Sir Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Sir John Cunningham, Fourth Sea Lord **Lumley Lyster, Arthur Lyster, Fifth Sea Lord **Henry Moore (admiral), Henry Moore, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Edward King (naval officer), Edward Leigh Stuart King, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) **Henry Harwood, Sir Henry Harwood, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) **Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) **Rhoderick McGrigor, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, George Henry Hall, Civil Lord **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Richard Pilkington (1908–1976), Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *8 April 1942: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **William Whitworth, Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Sir Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Sir John Cunningham, Fourth Sea Lord **Lumley Lyster, Arthur Lyster, Fifth Sea Lord **Henry Moore (admiral), Henry Moore, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Edward King (naval officer), Edward Leigh Stuart King, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) **Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) **Rhoderick McGrigor, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, George Henry Hall, Civil Lord **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Richard Pilkington (1908–1976), Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *22 May 1942: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **William Whitworth, Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord **Frederic Wake-Walker, Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Sir John Cunningham, Fourth Sea Lord **Lumley Lyster, Arthur Lyster, Fifth Sea Lord **Henry Moore (admiral), Henry Moore, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Edward King (naval officer), Edward Leigh Stuart King, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) **Arthur Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home) **Rhoderick McGrigor, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, George Henry Hall, Civil Lord **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Richard Pilkington (1908–1976), Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *28 May 1942: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **William Whitworth, Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord **Frederic Wake-Walker, Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Sir John Cunningham, Fourth Sea Lord **Lumley Lyster, Arthur Lyster, Fifth Sea Lord **Henry Moore (admiral), Henry Moore, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Edward King (naval officer), Edward Leigh Stuart King, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade) **Rhoderick McGrigor, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, George Henry Hall, Civil Lord **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Richard Pilkington (1908–1976), Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *7 December 1942: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord **William Whitworth, Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord **Frederic Wake-Walker, Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Sir John Cunningham, Fourth Sea Lord **Henry Moore (admiral), Sir Henry Moore, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **John Edelsten, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (U-Boat Warfare and Trade) **Rhoderick McGrigor, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, George Henry Hall, Civil Lord **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Richard Pilkington (1908–1976), Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *14 January 1943: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord **William Whitworth, Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord **Frederic Wake-Walker, Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Sir John Cunningham, Fourth Sea Lord **Denis Boyd, Fifth Sea Lord **Henry Moore (admiral), Sir Henry Moore, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **John Edelsten, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (U-Boat Warfare and Trade) **Rhoderick McGrigor, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, George Henry Hall, Civil Lord **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Richard Pilkington (1908–1976), Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *8 March 1943: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord **William Whitworth, Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord **Frederic Wake-Walker, Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Sir John Cunningham, Fourth Sea Lord **Denis Boyd, Fifth Sea Lord **Henry Moore (admiral), 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 Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, George Henry Hall, Civil Lord **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Richard Pilkington (1908–1976), Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *8 May 1943: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord **William Whitworth, Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord **Frederic Wake-Walker, Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **Frank Pegram, Fourth Sea Lord **Denis Boyd, Fifth Sea Lord **Henry Moore (admiral), 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 Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, George Henry Hall, Civil Lord **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Richard Pilkington (1908–1976), Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *7 June 1943: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord **William Whitworth, Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord **Frederic Wake-Walker, Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **Frank Pegram, Fourth Sea Lord **Denis Boyd, Fifth Sea Lord **Edward Syfret, 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 Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, George Henry Hall, Civil Lord **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Richard Pilkington (1908–1976), Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *28 September 1943: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Dudley Pound, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord **William Whitworth, Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord **Frederic Wake-Walker, Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **Frank Pegram, Fourth Sea Lord **Denis Boyd, Fifth Sea Lord **Edward Syfret, 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) **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Richard Pilkington (1908–1976), Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord **James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, James Thomas, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *15 October 1943: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Sir Andrew Cunningham, Bt, First Sea Lord **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord **William Whitworth, Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord **Frederic Wake-Walker, Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **Frank Pegram, Fourth Sea Lord **Denis Boyd, Fifth Sea Lord **Edward Syfret, 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) **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Richard Pilkington (1908–1976), Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord **James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, James Thomas, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *8 March 1944: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Sir Andrew Cunningham, Bt, First Sea Lord **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord **Algernon Willis, Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord **Frederic Wake-Walker, Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **Frank Pegram, Fourth Sea Lord **Denis Boyd, Fifth Sea Lord **Edward Syfret, 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) **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Richard Pilkington (1908–1976), Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord **James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, James Thomas, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *20 March 1944: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Sir Andrew Cunningham, Bt, First Sea Lord **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord **Algernon Willis, Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord **Frederic Wake-Walker, Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **Arthur Palliser, Fourth Sea Lord **Denis Boyd, Fifth Sea Lord **Edward Syfret, 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) **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Richard Pilkington (1908–1976), Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord **James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, James Thomas, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *11 December 1944: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Sir Andrew Cunningham, Bt, First Sea Lord **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord **Algernon Willis, Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord **Frederic Wake-Walker, Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **Arthur Palliser, Fourth Sea Lord **Denis Boyd, Fifth Sea Lord **Edward Syfret, Sir Edward Syfret, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Wilfrid Patterson, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Richard Pilkington (1908–1976), Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord **James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, James Thomas, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *3 March 1945: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Sir Andrew Cunningham, Bt, First Sea Lord **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord **Algernon Willis, Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord **Frederic Wake-Walker, Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **Arthur Palliser, Sir Arthur Palliser, Fourth Sea Lord **Denis Boyd, Fifth Sea Lord **Edward Syfret, Sir Edward Syfret, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Richard Pilkington (1908–1976), Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord **James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, James Thomas, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *1 May 1945: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Sir Andrew Cunningham, Bt, First Sea Lord **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord **Algernon Willis, Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord **Frederic Wake-Walker, Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **Arthur Palliser, Sir Arthur Palliser, Fourth Sea Lord **Thomas Hope Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord **Edward Syfret, Sir Edward Syfret, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Richard Pilkington (1908–1976), Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord **James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, James Thomas, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *29 May 1945: Commission **Brendan Bracken, 1st Viscount Bracken, Brendan Bracken, First Lord **Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Sir Andrew Cunningham, Bt, First Sea Lord **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord **Algernon Willis, Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord **Frederic Wake-Walker, Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **Arthur Palliser, Sir Arthur Palliser, Fourth Sea Lord **Thomas Hope Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord **Edward Syfret, Sir Edward Syfret, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield, The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Richard Pilkington (1908–1976), Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord **James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, James Thomas, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *4 August 1945: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Sir Andrew Cunningham, Bt, First Sea Lord **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord **Algernon Willis, Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord **Frederic Wake-Walker, Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **Arthur Palliser, Sir Arthur Palliser, Fourth Sea Lord **Thomas Hope Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord **Edward Syfret, Sir Edward Syfret, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *5 October 1945: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, The Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope, First Sea Lord **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord **Algernon Willis, Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord **Frederic Wake-Walker, Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord **Arthur Palliser, Sir Arthur Palliser, Fourth Sea Lord **Thomas Hope Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord **Rhoderick McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *4 December 1945: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, The Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope, First Sea Lord **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord **Algernon Willis, Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord **Charles Daniel (Royal Navy officer), Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord **Arthur Palliser, Sir Arthur Palliser, Fourth Sea Lord **Thomas Hope Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord **Rhoderick McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *21 January 1946: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, The Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope, First Sea Lord **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord **Algernon Willis, Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord **Charles Daniel (Royal Navy officer), Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord **Douglas Fisher (Royal Navy officer), Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord **Thomas Hope Troubridge, Sir Thomas Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord **Rhoderick McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet, Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repai rs **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *1 February 1946: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, First Sea Lord **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord **Algernon Willis, Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord **Charles Daniel (Royal Navy officer), Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord **Douglas Fisher (Royal Navy officer), Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord **Thomas Hope Troubridge, Sir Thomas Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord **Rhoderick McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *27 February 1946: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, First Sea Lord **Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord **Arthur Power, Sir Arthur Power, Second Sea Lord **Charles Daniel (Royal Navy officer), Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord **Douglas Fisher (Royal Navy officer), Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord **Thomas Hope Troubridge, Sir Thomas Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord **Rhoderick McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *15 April 1946: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, First Sea Lord **Arthur Power, Sir Arthur Power, Second Sea Lord **Charles Daniel (Royal Navy officer), Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord **Douglas Fisher (Royal Navy officer), Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord **Thomas Hope Troubridge, Sir Thomas Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord **Rhoderick McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Robert Don Oliver, Robert Oliver, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *10 June 1946: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Sir John Cunningham, First Sea Lord **Arthur Power, Sir Arthur Power, Second Sea Lord **Charles Daniel (Royal Navy officer), Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord **Douglas Fisher (Royal Navy officer), Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord **Thomas Hope Troubridge, Sir Thomas Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord **Rhoderick McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Robert Don Oliver, Robert Oliver, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *23 September 1946: Commission **A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, A. V. Alexander, First Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Sir John Cunningham, First Sea Lord **Arthur Power, Sir Arthur Power, Second Sea Lord **Charles Daniel (Royal Navy officer), Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord **Douglas Fisher (Royal Navy officer), Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord **Philip Vian, Sir Philip Vian, Fifth Sea Lord **Rhoderick McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Robert Don Oliver, Robert Oliver, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *7 October 1946: Commission **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, George Henry Hall, First Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Sir John Cunningham, First Sea Lord **Arthur Power, Sir Arthur Power, Second Sea Lord **Charles Daniel (Royal Navy officer), Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord **Douglas Fisher (Royal Navy officer), Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord **Philip Vian, Sir Philip Vian, Fifth Sea Lord **Rhoderick McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Robert Don Oliver, Robert Oliver, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **Henry Vaughan Markham, Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *8 January 1947: Commission **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, The Viscount Hall, First Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Sir John Cunningham, First Sea Lord **Arthur Power, Sir Arthur Power, Second Sea Lord **Charles Daniel (Royal Navy officer), Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord **Douglas Fisher (Royal Navy officer), Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord **Philip Vian, Sir Philip Vian, Fifth Sea Lord **Rhoderick McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Robert Don Oliver, Robert Oliver, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *25 April 1947: Commission **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, The Viscount Hall, First Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Sir John Cunningham, First Sea Lord **Arthur Power, Sir Arthur Power, Second Sea Lord **Charles Daniel (Royal Navy officer), Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord **Douglas Fisher (Royal Navy officer), Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord **Philip Vian, Sir Philip Vian, Fifth Sea Lord **Rhoderick McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Oliver, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *14 October 1947: Commission **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, The Viscount Hall, First Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Sir John Cunningham, First Sea Lord **Arthur Power, Sir Arthur Power, Second Sea Lord **Charles Daniel (Royal Navy officer), Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord **Douglas Fisher (Royal Navy officer), Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord **Philip Vian, Sir Philip Vian, Fifth Sea Lord **John Edelsten, Sir John Edelsten, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Oliver, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *8 March 1948: Commission **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, The Viscount Hall, First Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Sir John Cunningham, First Sea Lord **Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt, Sir Cecil Harcourt, Second Sea Lord **Charles Daniel (Royal Navy officer), Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord **Douglas Fisher (Royal Navy officer), Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord **Philip Vian, Sir Philip Vian, Fifth Sea Lord **John Edelsten, Sir John Edelsten, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Oliver, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *30 March 1948: Commission **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, The Viscount Hall, First Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Sir John Cunningham, First Sea Lord **Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt, Sir Cecil Harcourt, Second Sea Lord **Charles Daniel (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Daniel, Third Sea Lord **Herbert Annesley Packer, Fourth Sea Lord **Philip Vian, Sir Philip Vian, Fifth Sea Lord **John Edelsten, Sir John Edelsten, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Oliver, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *16 August 1948: Commission **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, The Viscount Hall, First Lord **John H. D. Cunningham, Sir John Cunningham, First Sea Lord **Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt, Sir Cecil Harcourt, Second Sea Lord **Charles Daniel (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Daniel, Third Sea Lord **Herbert Annesley Packer, Fourth Sea Lord **Philip Vian, Sir Philip Vian, Fifth Sea Lord **John Edelsten, Sir John Edelsten, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Ralph Edwards (Royal Navy officer), Ralph Edwards, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *29 September 1948: Commission **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, The Viscount Hall, First Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, The Lord Fraser of North Cape, First Sea Lord **Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt, Sir Cecil Harcourt, Second Sea Lord **Charles Daniel (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Daniel, Third Sea Lord **Herbert Annesley Packer, Fourth Sea Lord **George Creasy, Fifth Sea Lord **John Edelsten, Sir John Edelsten, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Ralph Edwards (Royal Navy officer), Ralph Edwards, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *4 June 1949: Commission **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, The Viscount Hall, First Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, The Lord Fraser of North Cape, First Sea Lord **Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt, Sir Cecil Harcourt, Second Sea Lord **Michael Denny, Third Sea Lord **Herbert Annesley Packer, Fourth Sea Lord **George Creasy, Sir George Creasy, Fifth Sea Lord **John Edelsten, Sir John Edelsten, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Ralph Edwards (Royal Navy officer), Ralph Edwards, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *21 October 1949: Commission **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, The Viscount Hall, First Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, The Lord Fraser of North Cape, First Sea Lord **Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt, Sir Cecil Harcourt, Second Sea Lord **Michael Denny, Third Sea Lord **Herbert Annesley Packer, Fourth Sea Lord **Maurice Mansergh, Fifth Sea Lord **John Edelsten, Sir John Edelsten, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Ralph Edwards (Royal Navy officer), Ralph Edwards, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *30 November 1949: Commission **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, The Viscount Hall, First Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, The Lord Fraser of North Cape, First Sea Lord **Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt, Sir Cecil Harcourt, Second Sea Lord **Michael Denny, Third Sea Lord **Herbert Annesley Packer, Fourth Sea Lord **Maurice Mansergh, Fifth Sea Lord **George Creasy, Sir George Creasy, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Ralph Edwards (Royal Navy officer), Ralph Edwards, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **John Dugdale (Labour politician), John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *3 March 1950: Commission **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, The Viscount Hall, First Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, The Lord Fraser of North Cape, First Sea Lord **Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt, Sir Cecil Harcourt, Second Sea Lord **Michael Denny, Third Sea Lord **Herbert Annesley Packer, Fourth Sea Lord **Maurice Mansergh, Fifth Sea Lord **George Creasy, Sir George Creasy, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Ralph Edwards (Royal Navy officer), Ralph Edwards, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **James Callaghan, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *21 July 1950: Commission **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, The Viscount Hall, First Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, The Lord Fraser of North Cape, First Sea Lord **Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt, Sir Cecil Harcourt, Second Sea Lord **Michael Denny, Sir Michael Denny, Third Sea Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Fourth Sea Lord **Maurice Mansergh, Fifth Sea Lord **George Creasy, Sir George Creasy, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Ralph Edwards (Royal Navy officer), Ralph Edwards, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **James Callaghan, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent ·Secretary of the Admiralty *25 September 1950: Commission **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, The Viscount Hall, First Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, The Lord Fraser of North Cape, First Sea Lord **Alexander Madden, Second Sea Lord **Michael Denny, Sir Michael Denny, Third Sea Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Fourth Sea Lord **Maurice Mansergh, Fifth Sea Lord **George Creasy, Sir George Creasy, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Ralph Edwards (Royal Navy officer), Ralph Edwards, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **James Callaghan, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *11 December 1950: Commission **George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall, The Viscount Hall, First Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, The Lord Fraser of North Cape, First Sea Lord **Alexander Madden, Second Sea Lord **Michael Denny, Sir Michael Denny, Third Sea Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Fourth Sea Lord **Maurice Mansergh, Fifth Sea Lord **George Creasy, Sir George Creasy, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Edward Evans-Lombe, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **James Callaghan, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *30 May 1951: Commission **Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, The Lord Pakenham, First Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, The Lord Fraser of North Cape, First Sea Lord **Alexander Madden, Second Sea Lord **Michael Denny, Sir Michael Denny, Third Sea Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Fourth Sea Lord **Maurice Mansergh, Fifth Sea Lord **George Creasy, Sir George Creasy, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Edward Evans-Lombe, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **James Callaghan, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *4 October 1951: Commission **Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, The Lord Pakenham, First Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, The Lord Fraser of North Cape, First Sea Lord **Alexander Madden, Second Sea Lord **Michael Denny, Sir Michael Denny, Third Sea Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Fourth Sea Lord **Edmund Anstice, Fifth Sea Lord **Guy Grantham, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Edward Evans-Lombe, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **James Callaghan, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *5 November 1951: Commission **James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, James Thomas, First Lord **Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, The Lord Fraser of North Cape, First Sea Lord **Alexander Madden, Second Sea Lord **Michael Denny, Sir Michael Denny, Third Sea Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Fourth Sea Lord **Edmund Anstice, Fifth Sea Lord **Guy Grantham, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Edward Evans-Lombe, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Allan Noble, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Walter Edwards (UK politician), Walter Edwards, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *20 December 1951: Commission **James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, James Thomas, First Lord **Rhoderick McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, First Sea Lord **Alexander Madden, Second Sea Lord **Michael Denny, Sir Michael Denny, Third Sea Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Fourth Sea Lord **Edmund Anstice, Fifth Sea Lord **Guy Grantham, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Edward Evans-Lombe, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Allan Noble, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Simon Wingfield Digby, Civil Loof **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *8 February 1952: Commission **James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, James Thomas, First Lord **Rhoderick McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, First Sea Lord **Alexander Madden, Second Sea Lord **Michael Denny, Sir Michael Denny, Third Sea Lord **Sydney Raw, Fourth Sea Lord **Edmund Anstice, Fifth Sea Lord **Guy Grantham, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Edward Evans-Lombe, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Allan Noble, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Simon Wingfield Digby, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *6 January 1953: Commission **James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, James Thomas, First Lord **Rhoderick McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, First Sea Lord **Alexander Madden, Second Sea Lord **Michael Denny, Sir Michael Denny, Third Sea Lord **Sydney Raw, Fourth Sea Lord **Edmund Anstice, Fifth Sea Lord **Guy Grantham, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Barnard, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Allan Noble, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Simon Wingfield Digby, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *7 April 1953: Commission **James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, James Thomas, First Lord **Rhoderick McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, First Sea Lord **Alexander Madden, Second Sea Lord **Ralph Edwards (Royal Navy officer), Ralph Edwards, Third Sea Lord **Sydney Raw, Fourth Sea Lord **Edmund Anstice, Fifth Sea Lord **Guy Grantham, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Barnard, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Allan Noble, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Simon Wingfield Digby, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *1 September 1953: Commission **James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, James Thomas, First Lord **Rhoderick McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, First Sea Lord **Guy Russell, Sir Guy Russell, Second Sea Lord **Ralph Edwards (Royal Navy officer), Ralph Edwards, Third Sea Lord **Sydney Raw, Fourth Sea Lord **Edmund Anstice, Sir Edmund Anstice, Fifth Sea Lord **Guy Grantham, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Barnard, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Allan Noble, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary of the Admiralty **Simon Wingfield Digby, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *5 April 1954: Commission **James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, James Thomas, First Lord **Rhoderick McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, First Sea Lord **Guy Russell, Sir Guy Russell, Second Sea Lord **Ralph Edwards (Royal Navy officer), Ralph Edwards, Third Sea Lord **Frederick Parham, Fourth Sea Lord **Edmund Anstice, Sir Edmund Anstice, Fifth Sea Lord **Guy Grantham, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Barnard, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Allan Noble, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Simon Wingfield Digby, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *12 April 1954: Commission **James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, James Thomas, First Lord **Rhoderick McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, First Sea Lord **Guy Russell, Sir Guy Russell, Second Sea Lord **Ralph Edwards (Royal Navy officer), Ralph Edwards, Third Sea Lord **Frederick Parham, Fourth Sea Lord **Edmund Anstice, Sir Edmund Anstice, Fifth Sea Lord **William Davis (Royal Navy officer), William Wellclose Davis, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Geoffrey Barnard, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Allan Noble, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Simon Wingfield Digby, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *18 April 1955: Commission **James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, James Thomas, First Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, First Sea Lord **Guy Russell, Sir Guy Russell, Second Sea Lord **Ralph Edwards (Royal Navy officer), Ralph Edwards, Third Sea Lord **Frederick Parham, Fourth Sea Lord **Alexander Bingley, Fifth Sea Lord **William Davis (Royal Navy officer), William Wellclose Davis, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Eric Clifford, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Allan Noble, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Simon Wingfield Digby, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *12 September 1955: Commission **James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, James Thomas, First Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, First Sea Lord **Guy Russell, Sir Guy Russell, Second Sea Lord **Ralph Edwards (Royal Navy officer), Ralph Edwards, Third Sea Lord **Dymock Watson, Robert Dymock Watson, Fourth Sea Lord **Alexander Bingley, Fifth Sea Lord **William Davis (Royal Navy officer), William Wellclose Davis, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Eric Clifford, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Allan Noble, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Simon Wingfield Digby, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *22 December 1955: Commission **James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, James Thomas, First Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, First Sea Lord **Charles Lambe, Sir Charles Lambe, Second Sea Lord **Ralph Edwards (Royal Navy officer), Ralph Edwards, Third Sea Lord **Dymock Watson, Robert Dymock Watson, Fourth Sea Lord **Alexander Bingley, Fifth Sea Lord **William Davis (Royal Navy officer), William Wellclose Davis, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Eric Clifford, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley, George Ward, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Simon Wingfield Digby, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *19 October 1956: Commission **Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham, The Viscount Hailsham, First Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, First Sea Lord **Charles Lambe, Sir Charles Lambe, Second Sea Lord **Peter Reid (Royal Navy officer), John Peter Lorne Reid, Third Sea Lord **Dymock Watson, Robert Dymock Watson, Fourth Sea Lord **Alexander Bingley, Fifth Sea Lord **William Davis (Royal Navy officer), Sir William Wellclose Davis, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Eric Clifford, Sir Eric Clifford, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley, George Ward, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Simon Wingfield Digby, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *14 October 1957: Commission **George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk, The Earl of Selkirk, First Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, First Sea Lord **Deric Holland-Martin, Second Sea Lord **Peter Reid (Royal Navy officer), Sir John Peter Lorne Reid, Third Sea Lord **Dymock Watson, Robert Dymock Watson, Fourth Sea Lord **Caspar John, Sir Caspar John, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Alexander Bingley, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Christopher Soames, Baron Soames, Christopher Soames, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Tam Galbraith, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *17 January 1958: Commission **George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk, The Earl of Selkirk, First Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, First Sea Lord **Deric Holland-Martin, Second Sea Lord **Peter Reid (Royal Navy officer), Sir John Peter Lorne Reid, Third Sea Lord **Gordon Hubback, Sir Gordon Hubback, Fourth Sea Lord **Caspar John, Sir Caspar John, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Manley Laurence Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Robert Allan, Baron Allan of Kilmahew, Robert Allan, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty **Tam Galbraith, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *20 January 1959: Commission **George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk, The Earl of Selkirk, First Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, First Sea Lord **Deric Holland-Martin, Second Sea Lord **Peter Reid (Royal Navy officer), Sir John Peter Lorne Reid, Third Sea Lord **Nicholas Copeman, Fourth Sea Lord **Caspar John, Sir Caspar John, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Manley Laurence Power, Sir Manley Power, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Ian Orr-Ewing, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary of the Admiralty **Tam Galbraith, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty *17 February 1959: Commission **George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk, The Earl of Selkirk, First Lord **Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, First Sea Lord **Deric Holland-Martin, Second Sea Lord **Peter Reid (Royal Navy officer), Sir John Peter Lorne Reid, Third Sea Lord **Nicholas Copeman, Fourth Sea Lord **Caspar John, Sir Caspar John, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Laurence Durlacher, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Ian Orr-Ewing, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary of the Admiralty **Tam Galbraith, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *19 October 1959: Commission **Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, The Lord Carrington, First Lord **Charles Lambe, Sir Charles Lambe, First Sea Lord **Deric Holland-Martin, Second Sea Lord **Peter Reid (Royal Navy officer), Sir John Peter Lorne Reid, Third Sea Lord **Nicholas Copeman, Fourth Sea Lord **Caspar John, Sir Caspar John, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Laurence Durlacher, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Ian Orr-Ewing, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *9 December 1959: Commission **Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, The Lord Carrington, First Lord **Charles Lambe, Sir Charles Lambe, First Sea Lord **Sir St John Tyrwhitt, 2nd Baronet, Sir St John Tyrwhitt, Bt, Second Sea Lord **Peter Reid (Royal Navy officer), Sir John Peter Lorne Reid, Third Sea Lord **Nicholas Copeman, Fourth Sea Lord **Caspar John, Sir Caspar John, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Laurence Durlacher, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Ian Orr-Ewing, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *23 May 1960: Commission **Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, The Lord Carrington, First Lord **Caspar John, Sir Caspar John, First Sea Lord **Sir St John Tyrwhitt, 2nd Baronet, Sir St John Tyrwhitt, Bt, Second Sea Lord **Peter Reid (Royal Navy officer), Sir John Peter Lorne Reid, Third Sea Lord **Nicholas Copeman, Fourth Sea Lord **Walter Couchman, Sir Walter Couchman, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Laurence Durlacher, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Ian Orr-Ewing, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *10 January 1961: Commission **Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, The Lord Carrington, First Lord **Caspar John, Sir Caspar John, First Sea Lord **Sir St John Tyrwhitt, 2nd Baronet, Sir St John Tyrwhitt, Bt, Second Sea Lord **Peter Reid (Royal Navy officer), Sir John Peter Lorne Reid, Third Sea Lord **Michael Villiers, John Michael Villiers, Fourth Sea Lord **Varyl Begg, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Laurence Durlacher, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Ian Orr-Ewing, Civil Lord **John Gerald Lang, Sir John Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *1 April 1961: Commission **Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, The Lord Carrington, First Lord **Caspar John, Sir Caspar John, First Sea Lord **Sir St John Tyrwhitt, 2nd Baronet, Sir St John Tyrwhitt, Bt, Second Sea Lord **Peter Reid (Royal Navy officer), Sir John Peter Lorne Reid, Third Sea Lord **Michael Villiers, John Michael Villiers, Fourth Sea Lord **Varyl Begg, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Laurence Durlacher, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Ian Orr-Ewing, Civil Lord **Clifford Jarrett, Sir Clifford Jarrett, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *28 September 1961: Commission **Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, The Lord Carrington, First Lord **Caspar John, Sir Caspar John, First Sea Lord **Royston WSir Royston Wright, Second Sea Lord **Peter Reid (Royal Navy officer), Sir John Peter Lorne Reid, Third Sea Lord **Michael Villiers, John Michael Villiers, Fourth Sea Lord **Varyl Begg, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Laurence Durlacher, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Ian Orr-Ewing, Civil Lord **Clifford Jarrett, Sir Clifford Jarrett, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *1 November 1961: Commission **Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, The Lord Carrington, First Lord **Caspar John, Sir Caspar John, First Sea Lord **Royston WSir Royston Wright, Second Sea Lord **Michael Le Fanu, Third Sea Lord **Michael Villiers, John Michael Villiers, Fourth Sea Lord **Varyl Begg, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Laurence Durlacher, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Ian Orr-Ewing, Civil Lord **Clifford Jarrett, Sir Clifford Jarrett, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *3 January 1962: Commission **Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, The Lord Carrington, First Lord **Caspar John, Sir Caspar John, First Sea Lord **Royston WSir Royston Wright, Second Sea Lord **Michael Le Fanu, Third Sea Lord **Michael Villiers, John Michael Villiers, Fourth Sea Lord **Varyl Begg, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Peter Gretton (Royal Navy officer), Peter Gretton, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Ian Orr-Ewing, Civil Lord **Clifford Jarrett, Sir Clifford Jarrett, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *30 January 1963: Commission **Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, The Lord Carrington, First Lord **Caspar John, Sir Caspar John, First Sea Lord **Royston WSir Royston Wright, Second Sea Lord **Michael Le Fanu, Third Sea Lord **Michael Villiers, Sir John Michael Villiers, Fourth Sea Lord **Varyl Begg, Sir Varyl Begg, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Frank Hopkins (Royal Navy officer), Frank Hopkins, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Ian Orr-Ewing, Civil Lord **Clifford Jarrett, Sir Clifford Jarrett, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *15 February 1963: Commission **Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, The Lord Carrington, First Lord **Caspar John, Sir Caspar John, First Sea Lord **Royston WSir Royston Wright, Second Sea Lord **Michael Le Fanu, Third Sea Lord **Michael Villiers, Sir John Michael Villiers, Fourth Sea Lord **John Frewen, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Frank Hopkins (Royal Navy officer), Frank Hopkins, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **Ian Orr-Ewing, Civil Lord **Clifford Jarrett, Sir Clifford Jarrett, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *10 May 1963: Commission **Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, The Lord Carrington, First Lord **Caspar John, Sir Caspar John, First Sea Lord **Royston WSir Royston Wright, Second Sea Lord **Michael Le Fanu, Third Sea Lord **Michael Villiers, Sir John Michael Villiers, Fourth Sea Lord **John Frewen, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Frank Hopkins (Royal Navy officer), Frank Hopkins, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **John Albert Hay, Civil Lord **Clifford Jarrett, Sir Clifford Jarrett, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *7 August 1963: Commission **Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, The Lord Carrington, First Lord **David Luce, Sir David Luce, First Sea Lord **Royston WSir Royston Wright, Second Sea Lord **Michael Le Fanu, Third Sea Lord **Michael Villiers, Sir John Michael Villiers, Fourth Sea Lord **John Frewen, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Frank Hopkins (Royal Navy officer), Frank Hopkins, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **John Albert Hay, Civil Lord **Clifford Jarrett, Sir Clifford Jarrett, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *21 October 1963: Commission **George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, The Earl Jellicoe, First Lord **David Luce, Sir David Luce, First Sea Lord **Royston WSir Royston Wright, Second Sea Lord **Michael Le Fanu, Third Sea Lord **Michael Villiers, Sir John Michael Villiers, Fourth Sea Lord **John Frewen, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Frank Hopkins (Royal Navy officer), Frank Hopkins, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **John Albert Hay, Civil Lord **Clifford Jarrett, Sir Clifford Jarrett, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *17 February 1964: Commission **George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, The Earl Jellicoe, First Lord **David Luce, Sir David Luce, First Sea Lord **Royston WSir Royston Wright, Second Sea Lord **Michael Le Fanu, Third Sea Lord **Raymond Hawkins, Fourth Sea Lord **John Frewen, Vice Chief of Naval Staff **Frank Hopkins (Royal Navy officer), Frank Hopkins, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff **John Albert Hay, Civil Lord **Arthur Lucius Michael Cary, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty *1 April 1964: Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Lord High Admiral ( Board of Admiralty abolished)


21st Century

*10 June 2011: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Lord High Admiral (given title on his 90th Birthday).


References


Sources

*. * * *The '' London Gazette '' {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty Lords of the Admiralty, Defence ministers of the United Kingdom, Admiralty, List of Lords Commissioners of the Lists of Royal Navy personnel, Lord Commissiones es:Primer Lord del Almirantazgo sv:Amiralitetslord