First Lord of the Admiralty

Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty
Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty
	Seal of HM Government
	Department of the Admiralty
Member of	Board of Admiralty
Reports to	Prime Minister
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	Prime Minister; Subject to formal approval by the Queen-in-Council
Term length	Not fixed (typically 3–7 years)
Inaugural holder	Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland
Formation	1628–1964
Final holder	George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe

The First Lord of the Admiralty,^[1] or formally the Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty,^[2] was the political head of the English and later British Royal Navy. He was the government's senior adviser on all naval affairs, responsible for the direction and control of the Admiralty, and also of general administration of the Naval Service of the Kingdom of England, Great Britain in the 18th century, and then the United Kingdom, including the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, and other services. It was one of the earliest known permanent government posts. Apart from being the political head of the Royal Navy the post holder simultaneously held the title of the President of the Board of Commissioners for Exercising the Office of Lord High Admiral (known as the Board of Admiralty). The office of First Lord of the Admiralty existed from 1628 until it was abolished when the Admiralty, Air Ministry, Ministry of Defence, and War Office were all merged to form the new Ministry of Defence in 1964. Its modern-day equivalent is the Secretary of State for Defence.

History[]

In 1628, during the reign of Charles I, the Duke of Buckingham, Lord High Admiral of England, was assassinated and the office was placed in commission, under the control of a Board of Commissioners.

The first such First Lord of the Admiralty was Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, who was appointed in 1628. The First Lord was not always a permanent member of the board until the Admiralty Department was established as an official government department in 1709^[3] with the First Lord as its head; it replaced the earlier Office of the Admiralty and Marine Affairs.^[4] During most of the 17th century and the early 18th century, it was not invariable for the Admiralty to be in commission, so there are gaps in the list of First Lords, and a small number of First Lords were for a time Lord High Admiral.

After the Revolution, in 1690, a declaratory Act was passed, during the reign of William and Mary. Parliament passed the Admiralty Act, vesting in the Commissioners the powers formerly held by the Lord High Admiral of England.^[5] and at this point became a permanent Cabinet position.

The Admiralty Commission was dissolved in 1701, but was reconstituted in 1709 on the death of Prince George of Denmark,^[3] who had been appointed Lord High Admiral. The office has been held in commission from that time onwards, however, except for a short period (1827–28) when the Duke of Clarence was Lord High Admiral. The Board of the Admiralty comprised a number of “Lords Commissioners” headed by a First Lord.^[5]

From the early 1800s the post was always held by a civilian^[6] (previously flag officers of the Royal Navy also held the post). In 1832 First Lord Sir James Graham instituted reforms and amalgamated the Board of Admiralty and the Navy Board. By the provisions of the Admiralty Act of 1832, two Lords in committee could legalize any action of the Board.^[7]

In 1868 Prime Minister, William Gladstone appointed Hugh Childers First Lord, who would introduce a new system at the Admiralty. However these changes restricted communication between the board members who were affected by these new regulations, and the sittings of the Board were discontinued altogether. This situation described was further exacerbated by the disaster of HMS Captain in 1870, a poorly-designed new vessel for the navy.

The responsibility and powers of the First Lord of the Admiralty were laid down by an Order in Council dated 14 January 1869,^[8] and a later Order (19 March 1872) made the First Lord responsible to the Sovereign and to Parliament for all the business of the Admiralty. However, by describing the Lords of the Admiralty as the "assistants" of the First Lord,^[9] and by specifically defining their duties, this had, in fact, partially disabled the collective power of the Board.

In 1931, for the first time since 1709, the First Lord was not a member of the cabinet.^[10]

In 1946, the three posts of Secretary of State for War, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Secretary of State for Air became formally subordinated to that of Minister of Defence, which had itself been created in 1940 for the co-ordination of defence and security issues.

In 1964, the office of First Lord of the Admiralty was abolished, the last holder being the second Earl Jellicoe, the son of Admiral of the Fleet the first Earl Jellicoe, and the functions of the Sea Lords were then transferred to the Admiralty Board, which forms part of the tri-service Defence Council of the United Kingdom.

Principal political leaders of the English/British Armed Forces:
	The Royal Navy	The Army	The RAF	Co-ordination
1628	First Lord of the Admiralty (1628–1964)
1794		Secretary of State for War (1794–1801)
1801		Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (1801–1854)
1854		Secretary of State for War (1854–1964)
1919			Secretary of State for Air (1919–1964)
1936				Minister for Co-ordination of Defence (1936–1940)
1940				Minister of Defence (1940–1964)
1964	Secretary of State for Defence (1964–present)

List of First Lords of the Admiralty[]

First Lords of the Admiralty of England (1628–1701)[]

First Lord of the Admiralty of England
Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Ref
Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland (1577–1634/35) ^{[Note 1]}	1628	1635	^[11]
Robert Bertie 1st Earl of Lindsey (1582–1642)	1635	1636	^[12]
William Juxon Bishop of London (1582–1663)	1636	1638	^[13]
Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland (1602–1668) ^{[Note 2]}	1642	1643	^[13]
Francis Cottington 1st Baron Cottington (c. 1579–1652)	1643	1646	^[13]
Sir Henry Capell MP for Tewkesbury (1638–1696)	1679	1681	^[14]
Daniel Finch 2nd Earl of Nottingham (1647–1730)	1681	1684	^[15]
Arthur Herbert 1st Earl of Torrington (c. 1648–1716) ^{[Note 3]}	1689	1690	^[16]
Thomas Herbert 8th Earl of Pembroke (c. 1656–1733)	1690	1692	^[17]
Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis (1655–1698)	1692	1693	^[18]
Anthony Cary 5th Viscount Falkland (1656–1694)	1693	1694	^[19]
Edward Russell 1st Earl of Orford (1653–1727)	1694	1699	^[20]
John Egerton 3rd Earl of Bridgewater (1646–1701)	1699	1701	^[21]
Thomas Herbert 8th Earl of Pembroke (c. 1656–1733)	1701	1702	^[22]

First Lords of the Admiralty of Great Britain (1709–1801)[]

First Lord of the Admiralty
Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Ministry	Monarch (Reign)	Ref
Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable Edward Russell 1st Earl of Orford PC (1653–1727)	1709	1710	Godolphin–Marlborough (Tory–Whig)	Anne (1702–1714)	^[23]
Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake MP for Rochester (1656–1720)	1710	1712	Oxford–Bolingbroke		^[24]
Lieutenant-General The Right Honourable Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl of Strafford KG PC DL	1712	1714			^[25]
	1712	1714		George I (1714–1727)	^[25]
Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable Edward Russell 1st Earl of Orford PC (1653–1727)	1714	1716	Townshend		^[26]
Vice-Admiral The Right Honourable James Berkeley 3rd Earl of Berkeley KG PC (1679–1736)	1717	1727	Stanhope–Sunderland I		^[27]
			Stanhope–Sunderland II
			Walpole–Townshend
				George II (1727–1760)
Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable George Byng 1st Viscount Torrington KB PC (1663–1733)	1727	1733			^[28]
	1727	1733	Walpole		^[28]
Admiral The Right Honourable Sir Charles Wager MP for Westminster (1666–1743) ^{[Note 4]}	1733	1741			^[29]
The Right Honourable Daniel Finch 8th Earl of Winchilsea PC (1689–1769)	1741	1744			^[30]
	1741	1744	Carteret		^[30]
His Grace John Russell 4th Duke of Bedford PC FRS (1710–1771)	1744	1748	Broad Bottom (I & II)		^[31]
The Right Honourable John Montagu 4th Earl of Sandwich PC FRS (1718–1792)	1748	1751			^[32]
The Right Honourable George Anson 1st Baron Anson PC FRS (1697–1762)	1751	1756			^[33]
	1751	1756	Newcastle I		^[33]
The Right Honourable Richard Grenville-Temple 2nd Earl Temple PC (1711–1779)	1756	1757	Pitt–Devonshire		^[34]
The Right Honourable Daniel Finch 8th Earl of Winchilsea KG PC (1689–1769)	1757	1757	1757 Caretaker		^[30]
Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable George Anson 1st Baron Anson PC FRS (1697–1762)	1757	1762	Pitt–Newcastle		^[35]
	1757	1762	Pitt–Newcastle	George III (1760–1820) ^{[Note 5]}	^[35]
The Right Honourable George Montague-Dunk 2nd Earl of Halifax PC (1716–1771)	1762	1762	Bute (Tory–Whig)		^[36]
The Right Honourable George Grenville MP for Buckingham (1712–1770)	1762	1763	Bute (Tory–Whig)		^[37]
The Right Honourable John Montagu 4th Earl of Sandwich PC FRS (1718–1792)	1763	1763	Grenville		^[37]
The Right Honourable John Perceval 2nd Earl of Egmont PC FRS (1711–1770)	1763	1766	Grenville		^[37]
			Rockingham I
			Chatham (Whig–Tory)
Vice-Admiral The Right Honourable Sir Charles Saunders KB MP for Hedon (c. 1715–1775)	1766	1766			^[38]
Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable Sir Edward Hawke KB MP for Portsmouth (1705–1781)	1766	1771			^[39]
			Grafton
			North
The Right Honourable John Montagu 4th Earl of Sandwich PC FRS (1718–1792)	1771	1782	North		^[40]
Admiral The Right Honourable Augustus Keppel 1st Viscount Keppel PC (1725–1786)	1782	1783	Rockingham II		^[41]
	1782	1783	Shelburne (Whig–Tory)		^[41]
Admiral The Right Honourable Richard Howe 5th Viscount Howe PC (1726–1799)	1783	1783	Shelburne (Whig–Tory)		^[42]
Admiral The Right Honourable Augustus Keppel 1st Viscount Keppel PC (1725–1786)	1783	1783	Fox–North		^[43]
Admiral The Right Honourable Richard Howe 5th Viscount Howe PC (1726–1799)	1783	1788	Pitt I		^[44]
The Right Honourable John Pitt 2nd Earl of Chatham KG PC (1756–1835)	1788	1794			^[45]
The Right Honourable George Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer KG PC DL FRS FSA (1758–1834)	1794	1801			^[46]

First Lords of the Admiralty of the United Kingdom (1801–1964)[]

First Lord of the Admiralty
	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party	Ministry	Monarch (Reign)
	The Right Honourable John Jervis 1st Earl of St Vincent PC (1735–1823)	1801	1804	Whig	Pitt I	George III (1760–1820) ^{[Note 6]}
		1801	1804	Whig	Addington
	The Right Honourable Henry Dundas 1st Viscount Melville PC (1742–1811)	1804	1805	Tory	Pitt II
	The Right Honourable Charles Middleton 1st Baron Barham PC (1726–1813)	1805	1806	Tory	Pitt II
	The Right Honourable Charles Grey Viscount Howick MP for Northumberland (1764–1845)	1806	1806	Whig	All the Talents (Whig–Tory)
	The Right Honourable Thomas Grenville MP for Buckingham (1755–1846)	1806	1807	Whig	All the Talents (Whig–Tory)
	The Right Honourable Henry Phipps 3rd Baron Mulgrave PC (1755–1831)	1807	1810	Tory	Portland II
		1807	1810	Tory	Perceval
	The Right Honourable Charles Philip Yorke MP for St Germans (1764–1834)	1810	1812	Tory	Perceval
	The Right Honourable Robert Dundas 2nd Viscount Melville KT PC FRS (1771–1851)	1812	1827	Tory	Liverpool
		1812	1827	Tory	Liverpool	George IV (1820–1830)
	His Royal Highness Prince William Henry The Duke of Clarence Lord High Admiral (1765–1837)^{[Note 7]}	1827	1828	—	Canning (Canningite–Whig)
		1827	1828	—	Goderich
	The Right Honourable Robert Dundas 2nd Viscount Melville KT PC FRS (1771–1851)	1828	1830	Tory	Wellington–Peel
		1828	1830	Tory	Wellington–Peel	William IV (1830–1837)
	The Right Honourable Sir James Graham Bt MP for East Cumberland (1792–1861) ^{[Note 8]}	1830	1834	Whig	Grey
	The Right Honourable George Eden 2nd Baron Auckland PC (1784–1849)	1834	1834	Whig	Grey
					Melbourne I
					Wellington Caretaker
	The Right Honourable Thomas Robinson 2nd Earl de Grey PC (1781–1859)	1834	1835	Conservative	Peel I
	The Right Honourable George Eden 2nd Baron Auckland GCB PC (1784–1849)	1835	1835	Whig	Melbourne II
	The Right Honourable Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 2nd Earl of Minto GCB PC (1782–1859)	1835	1841	Whig
		1835	1841	Whig		Victoria (1837–1901)
	The Right Honourable Thomas Hamilton 9th Earl of Haddington PC FRS (1780–1858)	1841	1846	Conservative	Peel II
	The Right Honourable Edward Law 1st Earl of Ellenborough GCB PC (1790–1871)	1846	1846	Conservative	Peel II
	The Right Honourable George Eden 1st Earl of Auckland GCB PC (1784–1849)	1846	1849	Whig	Russell I
	The Right Honourable Sir Francis Baring Bt MP for Portsmouth (1796–1866)	1849	1852	Whig	Russell I
	His Grace Algernon Percy 4th Duke of Northumberland PC (1792–1865)	1852	1852	Conservative	Who? Who?
	The Right Honourable Sir James Graham Bt GCB MP for Carlisle (1792–1861)	1852	1855	Peelite	Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig)
		1852	1855	Peelite	Palmerston I
	The Right Honourable Sir Charles Wood Bt GCB MP for Halifax (1800–1885)	1855	1858	Whig	Palmerston I
	The Right Honourable Sir John Pakington Bt FRS MP for Droitwich (1799–1880)	1858	1859	Conservative	Derby–Disraeli II
	His Grace Edward Seymour 12th Duke of Somerset KG PC (1804–1885)	1859	1866	Liberal	Palmerston II
		1859	1866	Liberal	Russell II
	The Right Honourable Sir John Pakington Bt GCB FRS MP for Droitwich (1799–1880)	1866	1867	Conservative	Derby–Disraeli III
	The Right Honourable Henry Lowry-Corry MP for Tyrone (1803–1873)	1867	1868	Conservative	Derby–Disraeli III
	The Right Honourable Hugh Childers MP for Pontefract (1827–1896)	1868	1871	Liberal	Gladstone I
	The Right Honourable George Goschen MP for City of London (1831–1907)	1871	1874	Liberal	Gladstone I
	The Right Honourable George Ward Hunt MP for Northamptonshire North (1825–1877)	1874	1877	Conservative	Disraeli II
	The Right Honourable William Henry Smith MP for Westminster (1825–1891)	1877	1880	Conservative	Disraeli II
	The Right Honourable Thomas Baring 1st Earl of Northbrook GCSI PC FRS (1826–1904)	1880	1885	Liberal	Gladstone II
	The Right Honourable Lord George Hamilton MP for Ealing (1845–1927)	1885	1886	Conservative	Salisbury I
	The Most Honourable George Robinson 1st Marquess of Ripon KF GCSI CIE VD PC (1827–1909)	1886	1886	Liberal	Gladstone III
	The Right Honourable Lord George Hamilton MP for Ealing (1845–1927)	1886	1892	Conservative	Salisbury II
	The Right Honourable John Spencer 5th Earl Spencer KG PC (1835–1910)	1892	1895	Liberal	Gladstone IV
		1892	1895	Liberal	Rosebery
	The Right Honourable George Goschen MP for St George Hanover Square (1831–1907)	1895	1900	Conservative	Salisbury (III & IV) (Con.–Lib.U.)
	The Right Honourable William Palmer 2nd Earl of Selborne PC (1859–1942)	1900	1905	Liberal Unionist
						Edward VII (1901–1910)
					Balfour
	The Right Honourable Frederick Campbell 3rd Earl Cawdor PC DL (1847–1911)	1905	1905	Conservative	Balfour
	The Right Honourable Edward Marjoribanks 2nd Lord Tweedmouth PC (1849–1909)	1905	1908	Liberal	Campbell-Bannerman
	The Right Honourable Reginald McKenna MP for North Monmouthshire (1863–1943)	1908	1911	Liberal	Asquith (I–III)
		1908	1911	Liberal		George V (1910–1936)
	The Right Honourable Winston Churchill MP for Dundee (1874–1965)	1911	1915	Liberal
	The Right Honourable Arthur Balfour FRS DL MP for City of London (1848–1930)	1915	1916	Conservative	Asquith Coalition (Lib.–Con.–et al.)
	The Right Honourable Sir Edward Carson QC MP for University of Dublin (1854–1935)	1916	1917	Conservative	Lloyd George (I & II)
	The Right Honourable Sir Eric Geddes GCB GBE MP for Cambridge (1875–1937)	1917	1919	Conservative
	The Right Honourable Walter Long FRS MP for Westminster St George's (1854–1924)	1919	1921	Conservative
	The Right Honourable Arthur Lee 1st Baron Lee of Fareham GBE KCB PC (1868–1947)	1921	1922	Conservative
	The Right Honourable Leo Amery MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook (1873–1955)	1922	1924	Conservative	Law
Baldwin I				Conservative	Law
	The Right Honourable Frederic Thesiger 1st Viscount Chelmsford GCSI GCIE GBE PC (1868–1933)	1924	1924	Independent	MacDonald I
	The Right Honourable William Clive Bridgeman JP DL (1864–1935) ^{[Note 9]}	1924	1929	Conservative	Baldwin II
	The Right Honourable A. V. Alexander MP for Sheffield Hillsborough (1885–1965)	1929	1931	Labour (Co-op)	MacDonald II
	The Right Honourable Sir Austen Chamberlain KG MP for Birmingham West (1863–1937)	1931	1931	Conservative	National I (N.Lab.–Con.–et al.)
	The Right Honourable Bolton Eyres-Monsell 1st Viscount Monsell GBE PC (1881–1969) ^{[Note 10]}	1931	1936	Conservative	National II
					National III (Con.–N.Lab.–et al.)
						Edward VIII (1936)
	The Right Honourable Sir Samuel Hoare Bt GCSI GBE CMG JP MP for Chelsea (1880–1959)	1936	1937	Conservative		Edward VIII (1936)
		1936	1937	Conservative		George VI (1936–1952)
	The Right Honourable Duff Cooper DSO MP for Westminster St George's (1890–1954)	1937	1938	Conservative	National IV
	The Right Honourable James Stanhope 7th Earl Stanhope KG DSO MC PC (1880–1967)	1938	1939	Conservative	National IV
	The Right Honourable Winston Churchill CH TD MP for Epping (1874–1965)	1939	1940	Conservative	Chamberlain War
	The Right Honourable A. V. Alexander CH MP for Sheffield Hillsborough (1885–1965)	1940	1945	Labour (Co-op)	Churchill War (All parties)
	The Right Honourable Brendan Bracken MP for Paddington North (1901–1958)	1945	1945	Conservative	Churchill Caretaker (Con.–N.Lib.)
	The Right Honourable A. V. Alexander CH MP for Sheffield Hillsborough (1885–1965)	1945	1946	Labour (Co-op)	Attlee (I & II)
	The Right Honourable George Hall 1st Viscount Hall PC (1881–1965)	1946	1951	Labour
	The Right Honourable Frank Pakenham 1st Baron Pakenham PC (1905–2001)	1951	1951	Labour
	The Right Honourable James Thomas 1st Viscount Cilcennin PC (1903–1960) ^{[Note 11]}	1951	1956	Conservative	Churchill III
					Churchill III	Elizabeth II (1952–present)
					Eden
	The Right Honourable Quintin Hogg 2nd Viscount Hailsham PC QC (1907–2001)	1956	1957	Conservative	Eden
	The Right Honourable George Douglas-Hamilton 10th Earl of Selkirk AFC AE PC QC (1906–1994)	1957	1959	Conservative	Macmillan (I & II)
	The Right Honourable Peter Carington 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC PC DL (1919–2018)	1959	1963	Conservative	Macmillan (I & II)
	The Right Honourable George Jellicoe 2nd Earl Jellicoe DSO MC PC (1918–2007)	1963	1964 (office transferred to Crown)	Conservative	Douglas-Home

From 1 April 1964 Elizabeth II assumed the title of Lord High Admiral. Ministerial responsibility for the Royal Navy was transferred to the newly created Secretary of State for Defence.^[47]

Notes

^ Baron Weston from 1628, created Earl of Portland in 1633.
^ Lord High Admiral 1638–1642.
^ Lord High Admiral 1689.
^ MP for Portsmouth until 1734; MP for Westminster from 1734.
^ The Prince of Wales served as Prince Regent from 5 February 1811.
^ The Prince of Wales served as Prince Regent from 5 February 1811.
^ As Lord High Admiral .
^ MP for Cumberland until 1832; MP for East Cumberland from 1832
^ MP for Oswestry
^ MP for Evesham until 1935; thereafter created Viscount Monsell.
^ MP for Hereford until 1955; thereafter created Viscount Cilcennin.

Boards, departments and offices under the First Lord[]

Admiralty and Marine Affairs Office, (1628–1709)
Admiralty Department, (1709–1964)
Board of Admiralty, (1628–1964)
Navy Board, (1628–1832)
Sick and Hurt Board, (1653–1806)
Transport Board, (1690–1724, 1794–1817)
Victualling Board, (1683–1832)
Office of the Civil Lord of the Admiralty
Office of the Senior Naval Lord, (1689–1771)
Office of the First Naval Lord, (1771–1904)
Office of the First Sea Lord, (1904–1917)
Office of the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, (1917–1964)
Office of the Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, (1800–1910)
Office of the Naval Secretary, (1910–1964)
Office of the Secretary to the Admiralty, (1660–1763)
Office of the First Secretary to the Admiralty, (1763–1871)
Office of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, (1871–1886)
Office of the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, (1886–1959)
Office of the Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty, (1882-1964)

Fictional First Lords[]

W. H. Smith portrayed in a Punch cartoon from 13 October 1877 when First Lord, saying: "I think I'll now go below." In Pinafore, Sir Joseph Porter similarly sings: "When the breezes blow / I generally go below".

The "Radical" First Lord, and a major character, in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), is Sir Joseph Henry Porter, KCB. W. S. Gilbert wrote to Arthur Sullivan he did not intend to portray the real-life then First Lord, the bookseller and newsagent W. H. Smith, a Conservative,^[48] although some of the public, including Prime Minister Disraeli (who later referred to Smith as "Pinafore Smith"), identified Porter with him.^[49] The counterparts shared a known lack of naval background. It has been suggested the character was drawn on Smith's actual "Radical" predecessor of 1868–71, Hugh Childers.^[50]

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^ Aldridge, David Denis (2009). Admiral Sir John Norris and the British Naval Expeditions to the Baltic Sea 1715-1727. Nordic Academic Press. p. 286. ISBN 9789185509317.
^ Stewart, William (28 September 2009). Admirals of the World: A Biographical Dictionary, 1500 to the Present. McFarland. p. 28. ISBN 9780786438099.
^ Howard, Joseph J.; Crisp, Frederick A. (1 September 1997). Visitation of England and Wales Notes: Volume 6 1906. Heritage Books. p. 172. ISBN 9780788407031.
^ Cunningham, George Godfrey (1853). A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen. A. Fullarton. p. 169. Sir Charles Wager First Lord of the Admiralty.
^ ^a ^b Sainty, J. C. "'Alphabetical list of officials: K-Z', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4, Admiralty Officials 1660-1870". british-history.ac.uk. Originally published by University of London, London, 1975, pp. 135–159. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
^ Newman, Gerald; Brown, Leslie Ellen (1997). Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 619. ISBN 9780815303961.
^ Woodward, Bernard Bolingbroke; Cates, William Leist Readwin (1872). Encyclopedia of Chronology: Historical and Biographical. Longmans, Green and Company. p. 1246. John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich First Lord of the Admiralty 1748.
^ Stewart, William (28 September 2009). Admirals of the World: A Biographical Dictionary, 1500 to the Present. McFarland. p. 9. ISBN 9780786482887.
^ Winfield, Rif (12 December 2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. p. viii Introduction. ISBN 9781783469253.
^ Watson, John Steven (1960). The Reign of George III, 1760-1815. Clarendon Press. p. 613. ISBN 9780198217138.
^ Kane, Joseph Nathan; Aiken, Charles Curry (2005). The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, and Population Data, 1950-2000. Scarecrow Press. p. 123. ISBN 9780810850361. George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax First Lord of the Admiralty 1757.
^ ^a ^b ^c Chatham.), William Pitt (1st earl of (1838). Correspondence, ed. by [W.S. Taylor and J.H. Pringle] the executors of his son John, earl of Chatham. Oxford University. p. xxi Introduction.
^ Beatson, Robert (1788). A Political Index to the Histories of Great Britain and Ireland: Or, A Complete Register of the Hereditary Honours, Public Offices, and Persons in Office, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time. G. G. J. & J. Robinson. p. 320. Sir Charles Saunders First Lord of the Admiralty 1757.
^ Watson, John Steven (1960). The Reign of George III, 1760-1815. Clarendon Press. p. 623. ISBN 9780198217138.
^ Laurens, Henry (1980). The papers of Henry Laurens. Univ of South Carolina Press. p. 56. ISBN 9780872493858.
^ Bandhauer, Andrea; Veber, Maria (2009). Migration and Cultural Contact: Germany and Australia. Sydney University Press. p. 214. ISBN 9781920898632.
^ Haydn, Joseph (1851). The Book of Dignities: Containing Lists of the Official Personages of the British Empire ... from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time ... Together with the Sovereigns and Rulers of Europe, from the Foundation of Their Respective States; the Peerage of England and Great Britain ... Longmans, Brown, Green and Longmans. p. 286. Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe First Lord of the Admiralty.
^ Bolton, Carol (3 June 2016). Letters from England: By Don Manuel Alvarez Espriella. Routledge. p. 508. ISBN 9781317242918.
^ Haydn, Joseph Timothy; Beatson, Robert (1851). Beatson's Political index modernised. The book of dignities; containing rolls of the official personages of the British empire, together with the sovereigns of Europe, the peerage of England and of Great Britain; and numerous other lists. Oxford University. p. 286.
^ Nichols, John (1835). The Gentleman's Magazine. E. Cave. p. 546. John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham First Lord of the Admiralty 1783.
^ Hawkins, Anne (17 June 2016). Letters of Seamen in the Wars with France, 1793-1815. Boydell & Brewer. p. 482. ISBN 9781843838968.
^ "No. 43288". The London Gazette. 3 April 1964. p. 2895.
^ Jacobs, Arthur (1986). Arthur Sullivan - A Victorian Musician. Oxford University Press. p. 114. ISBN 0-19-282033-8.
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[18] Lord High Admiral 1689.

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v t First Lords of the Admiralty
of England	The Earl of Portland The Earl of Lindsey William Juxon, Bishop of Lincoln The Earl of Northumberland The Lord Cottington Sir Henry Capell The Earl of Nottingham The Earl of Torrington The Earl of Pembroke The Lord Cornwallis The Viscount Falkland The Earl of Orford The Earl of Bridgewater The Earl of Pembroke
of Great Britain	The Earl of Orford Sir John Leake The Earl of Strafford The Earl of Orford The Earl of Berkeley The Viscount Torrington Sir Charles Wager The Earl of Winchilsea The Duke of Bedford The Earl of Sandwich The Lord Anson The Earl Temple The Earl of Winchilsea The Lord Anson The Earl of Halifax George Grenville The Earl of Sandwich The Earl of Egmont Sir Charles Saunders Sir Edward Hawke The Earl of Sandwich The Viscount Keppel The Viscount Howe The Viscount Keppel The Viscount Howe The Earl of Chatham The Earl Spencer
of the United Kingdom	The Earl of St Vincent The Viscount Melville The Lord Barham Viscount Howick Thomas Grenville The Lord Mulgrave Charles Philip Yorke The Viscount Melville The Duke of Clarence The Viscount Melville Sir James Graham, Bt The Lord Auckland The Earl de Grey The Lord Auckland The Earl of Minto The Earl of Haddington The Earl of Ellenborough The Earl of Auckland Sir Francis Baring, Bt The Duke of Northumberland Sir James Graham, Bt Sir Charles Wood, Bt Sir John Pakington, Bt The Duke of Somerset Sir John Pakington, Bt Henry Lowry-Corry Hugh Childers George Goschen George Ward Hunt William Henry Smith Smith The Earl of Northbrook Lord George Hamilton The Marquess of Ripon Lord George Hamilton The Earl Spencer George Goschen The Earl of Selborne The Earl Cawdor The Lord Tweedmouth Reginald McKenna Winston Churchill Arthur Balfour Sir Edward Carson Sir Eric Geddes Walter Long The Viscount Lee of Fareham Wood Anderson Leo Amery The Viscount Chelmsford The Viscount Bridgeman A. V. Alexander Sir Austen Chamberlain The Viscount Monsell Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt Duff Cooper The Earl Stanhope Winston Churchill A. V. Alexander Brendan Bracken A. V. Alexander The Viscount Hall Lord Pakenham Viscount Cilcennin The Viscount Hailsham The Earl of Selkirk The Lord Carrington The Earl Jellicoe

v t Board of Admiralty
Ministerial Lords	Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty and President of the Board (1628–1964)
Naval Lords	Senior Naval Lord (1689–1771) First Naval Lord (1771–1904) First Sea Lord (1904–1917) First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff (1917–1964) Second Naval Lord (1830–1869, 1872–1904) Second Sea Lord (1904–1917) Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel (1917–1964) Third Naval Lord (1832–1858) Controller of the Navy (1859–1869) Third Naval Lord and Controller (1869–1872) Controller of the Navy (1872–1882) Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy (1882–1904) Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy (1904–1912) Third Sea Lord (1912–1917) Controller of the Navy (1917–1918) Third Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Matériel (1918–1965) Junior Naval Lord (1868–1904) Fourth Sea Lord (1904–1917) Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport (1917–1955) Fifth Sea Lord (1917) Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Service (1917–1956)
Staff Naval Lords	Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (1917–1964) Deputy First Sea Lord (1917–1919) Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (1917–1964) Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (1941–1964) Deputy First Sea Lord (1942–1946)
Civil Lords	Civil Lord of the Admiralty (1830–1964) Accountant-General of the Navy (1832–1869) Controller of Victualling (1832–1869) Director-General of the Medical Department (1832–1869) Storekeeper-General of the Navy (1832–1869) Surveyor of the Navy (1832–1869) Controller of the Navy (1859–1869) Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty (1882–1885) Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty (1912–1917) Second Civil Lord (1918–1919) Third Civil Lord (1918–1919) Fourth Civil Lord (1918–1919)
Civil Secretaries	Secretaries to the Lords Admiral, Admiralty, Committees and Commissions (1625–1660) First Secretary to the Admiralty (1660–1763) First Secretary to the Admiralty (1763–1871) Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty (1871–1886) Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty (1886–1959) Joint-Deputy Secretary to the Admiralty (1702–1766) Second Secretary to the Admiralty (1783–1857) Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty (1869–1872) Naval Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (1872–1882) Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty (1882–1964)

v t Department of Admiralty
Direction and control of Admiralty and Naval affairs	Office of First Lord of the Admiralty and President of the Board of Admiralty Lord High Admirals Council
Boards and offices under the First Lord	Board of Admiralty Navy Board Navy Office Navy Pay Office Office of the Naval Secretary Office of the First Naval Lord Office of the First Sea Lord Office of the Senior Naval Lord Office of the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Office of the Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty Office of the Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty
Direction of Admirals Naval/Sea Lords War and Naval Staff	Office of the Senior Naval Lord Office of the First Naval Lord Office of the First Sea Lord
Secretariat and staff under the First Sea Lord	Office of the Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord Office of the Additional Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord Office of the Hydrographer of the Navy Offices of the Sea Lords Admiralty Navy War Council Admiralty War Staff Admiralty Naval Staff
Operational planning, policy strategy, tactical doctrine requirements	Admiralty Navy War Council Admiralty War Staff Admiralty Naval Staff
Divisions and sections under the War and Naval Staff	Administrative Planning Department Administrative Planning Division Air Division Anti-Submarine Division Anti-Submarine and Warfare Division Anti-U-boat Division Air Warfare Division Air Warfare and Fly Training Division Air Warfare and Training Division Communications Division Convoy Section Economic Warfare Division Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division Gunnery Division Gunnery and Torpedo Division Historical Section Local Defence Division Division Mercantile Movements Division Naval Air Division Naval Air Organisation and Training Division Naval Artillery and Torpedoes Division Navigation and Direction Division Navigation Division Minesweeping Division Mobilisation Division Naval Intelligence Division Operations Division Operations Division (Home) Operations Division (Foreign) Plans Division Plans Division (Q) Press Division Signal Division Signal Section Tactical Division Tactical and Weapons Policy Division Torpedo Division Torpedo, Anti-Submarine and Minewarfare Division Trade Division Trade and Operations Division Training and Staff Duties Division Tactical and Staff Duties Division Undersurface Warfare Division
Offices of the Sea Lords	Office of the Second Sea Lord Office of the Third Sea Lord Office of the Fourth Sea Lord Office of the Fifth Sea Lord
Admiralty civil departments and organisations under the Sea Lords	Admiralty Central Dockyard Laboratory Admiralty Central Metallurgical Laboratory Admiralty Civilian Shore Wireless Service Admiralty Compass Observatory Admiralty Constabulary Admiralty Constabulary Headquarters Admiralty Engineering Laboratory Admiralty Experimental Station Admiralty Experiment Works Admiralty Gunnery Establishment Admiralty Interview Board Admiralty Materials Laboratory Admiralty Mine Design Department Admiralty Mining Establishment Admiralty Naval Aircraft Materials Laboratory Admiralty Record Office Admiralty Research Laboratory Admiralty Signal Establishment Admiralty Signals and Radar Establishment Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment Admiralty Torpedo Experimental Establishment Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment Admiralty Underwater Weapons Launching Establishment Architectural and Engineering Works Department Air Department Armament Supply Department Board of Invention and Research Board of Longitude Britannia Royal Naval College Chemical Department Combined Operations Headquarters Compass Department Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy Department of Miscellaneous Weapons Development Department of Naval Education Department of the Comptroller of Victualling and Transport Services Department of the Director of Dockyards Department of the Director of Naval Construction Department of the Director of Naval Equipment Department of the Director of Torpedoes and Mining Department of the Director of Transports Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons Materials Department of the Flag Officer Sea Training Department of the Inspector-General of Naval Hospitals and Fleets Department of the Medical Director-General of the Navy Department of the Physician of the Navy Department of the Physician General of the Navy Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy Department of the Surveyor of Buildings Department of the Surveyor of Dockyards Directorate-General, (Naval Manpower and Training) Directorate General Training Dockyards and Fleet Maintenance Department Dockyards Branch Experimental Department Fire Control Group Greenwich Hospital Department Joint Warfare Establishment Historical Section Hydrographic Department Marine Department Marine Pay Department Medical Consultative Board Medical Department Medical Examining Board Nautical Almanac Office Naval Historical Branch Naval Construction Department Naval Intelligence Department Naval Medical Service Naval Mobilisation Department Naval Ordnance Department Naval Ordnance Stores Department Naval Reserve Department Naval Stores Department Naval Training Department Naval Works Department Navy, Army and Air Force Institute Navy and Army Canteen Board Navigation Department Office of the Admiral Commanding Coast Guard and Reserves Office of the Admiral Commanding, Reserves Office of the Admiralty Chemist Packet Service Royal Corps of Naval Constructors Royal Flying Corps Royal Marine Police Royal Marines Office Office of the Chaplain of the Fleet Royal Naval Academy Royal Naval Air Service Royal Naval Air Stations Royal Naval Armaments Depot Royal Naval Auxiliary Service Royal Naval Propellant Factory Royal Naval College Royal Naval College and the School for Naval Architecture Royal Naval College, Dartmouth Royal Naval College, Greenwich Royal Naval College, Osborne Royal Naval Engineering College Royal Naval Hospital Royal Naval Minewatching Service Royal Naval Patrol Service Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Royal Naval War College Royal Naval War College, Portsmouth Royal Navy Dockyard Royal Navy Medical Service Royal Observatory, Greenwich Royal School of Naval Architecture School of Mathematics and Naval Construction Sea Transport Branch Sea Transport Department Sea Transport Division Sixpenny Office Torpedo Experimental Establishment Transport Department Victualling Department
Distribution of the Fleet	Office of the Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty Office of the First Naval Lord Office of the First Sea Lord Admiralty Naval Staff
Military units distributed under the Admiralty	1st Fleet 2nd Fleet 3rd Fleet Africa Station Atlantic Fleet Arabian Seas and Persian Gulf Australia Station Cape of Good Hope Station Cape and West Africa Station Battle Cruiser Fleet Battle Cruiser Force Caspian Flotilla Channel Fleet Channel Squadron Coastal Forces Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland Cork Station Coast of Scotland Commander-in-Chief, China Commander-in-Chief, Dover Downs Station East Africa Station East Indies Fleet East Indies Station East Indies and China Station Eastern Fleet Far Eastern Fleet English Channel Grand Fleet Flag Officer Gibraltar Harwich Force Home Fleet Jamaica Station Leith Station Commander-in-Chief, Levant Levant and East Mediterranean Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands Lisbon Station Mediterranean Fleet Medway Newfoundland Station New Zealand Division New Zealand Naval Forces Narrow Seas Nore North America and West Indies Station Commander-in-Chief, North Sea Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands Pacific Fleet Pacific Station Admiral of Patrols Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth Portugal Queenstown Station Royal East African Navy Royal Indian Navy Flag Officer Submarines Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth Reserve Fleet Scotland and Northern Ireland Commander-in-Chief, Sheerness Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic South East Coast of America Station Commander-in-Chief, Thames Commander-in-Chief, Thames and Medway Thames, Medway and Nore West Africa Squadron Flag Officer, West Africa Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches West Indies Station Western Squadron
Direction of Naval Finance	Department of the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty
Departments under the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary	Department of the Civil Lord of the Admiralty Accountant-General's Department Comptroller of the Navy Department of the Surveyor of the Navy
Direction of Naval Administration and the Admiralty Secretariat	Department of the Permanent Secretary
Branches and offices under the Permanent Secretary	Admiralty Record Office Admiralty Secretariat Air Branch Civil Branch Legal Branch Military Branch Naval Branch Ship Branch
Civil Administration	Department of the Civil Lord of the Admiralty, Department of the Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty
Departments under the Civil Lords	Accountant-General's Department Department of the Surveyor of Buildings Greenwich Hospital Department
Legal
Legal under Judicial Department	Admiralty court High Court of Admiralty Office of the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty High Court of Justice Office of the Judge Advocate of the Fleet Office of the Admiralty Advocate Office of the Chief Naval Judge Advocate Office of the Counsel for the Affairs of the Admiralty and Navy Office of the Counsel to the Admiralty Office of the Solicitor for the Affairs of the Admiralty Office of the Solicitor to the Admiralty and Navy Office of the Solicitor to the Admiralty King's Bench Division (Admiralty) Queens's Bench Division (Admiralty) Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division Vice Admiralty courts