First Lord of the Admiralty

Political head of the Royal Navy (1628–1964)

Not to be confused with First Sea Lord, Lord High Admiral, Admiral of the Fleet (United Kingdom), or Admiral (United Kingdom).

First Lord of the Admiralty

Royal Arms of HM Government

Department of the Admiralty
Status| Abolished
Member of| Board of Admiralty
Cabinet
Reports to| Prime Minister
Nominator| Prime Minister
Appointer| Prime Minister
Subject to formal approval by the King-in-Council
Term length| Not fixed
typically 3–7 years
Formation| 1628
First holder| Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland
Final holder| George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe
Abolished| 1964
Superseded by| Secretary of State for Defence

First Lord of the Admiralty,[1] or formally the Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty,[2] was the title of 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 Naval Service the post holder was simultaneously the pre-eminent member of 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

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In 1628, during the reign of Charles I, George Villiers, 1st 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 Glorious Revolution, during the reign of William and Mary, Parliament passed the Admiralty Act 1690 (2 Will. & Mar. Sess. 2. c. 2), 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 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 40), two lords in committee could legalise 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 George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, whose father, Admiral of the Fleet John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, had served as First Sea Lord nearly 50 years earlier. The functions of the Lords Commissioners were then transferred to an Admiralty Board, which forms part of the tri-service Defence Council of the United Kingdom.

Principal political leaders of the English/British Armed Forces:  | Royal Navy | British Army | Royal Air Force | Co-ordination

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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

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### First Lords of the Admiralty of England (1628–1701)

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First Lord of the Admiralty  | Term of office

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| Richard Weston
1st Earl of Portland[Note 1][11] | 1628  | 1635
| Robert Bertie
1st Earl of Lindsey[12] | 1635  | 1636
| William Juxon
Bishop of London
(1582–1663)[13] | 1636  | 1638
| Algernon Percy
10th Earl of Northumberland[Note 2][13] | 1642  | 1643
| Francis Cottington
1st Baron Cottington[13] | 1643  | 1646
| Prince Rupert of the Rhine[14] | 1673  | 1679
| Sir Henry Capell
MP for Tewkesbury[15] | 1679  | 1681
| Daniel Finch
2nd Earl of Nottingham[16] | 1681  | 1684
| Arthur Herbert
1st Earl of Torrington[Note 3][17] | 1689  | 1690
| Thomas Herbert
8th Earl of Pembroke[18] | 1690  | 1692
| Charles Cornwallis
3rd Baron Cornwallis[19] | 1692  | 1693
| Anthony Cary
5th Viscount Falkland[20] | 1693  | 1694
| Edward Russell
1st Earl of Orford[21] | 1694  | 1699
| John Egerton
3rd Earl of Bridgewater[22] | 1699  | 1701
| Thomas Herbert
8th Earl of Pembroke[23] | 1701  | 1702

### Senior Members of the Lord High Admiral's Council (1702–1709)

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Senior Member  | Term of office

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| Sir George Rooke[24] | 1702  | 1705
| Sir David Mitchell[24] | 1705  | 1708
| David Wemyss
4th Earl of Wemyss[24] | 1708  | 1709

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

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First Lord of the Admiralty  | Term of office  | Ministry  | Monarch

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| Edward Russell
1st Earl of Orford[25] | 1709  | 1710  | Godolphin–Marlborough
(Tory–Whig) | Anne

| Admiral of the Fleet
John Leake
MP for Rochester[26] | 1710  | 1712  | Oxford–Bolingbroke
| Thomas Wentworth
1st Earl of Strafford[27] | 1712  | 1714
George I

| Edward Russell
1st Earl of Orford[28] | 1714  | 1716  | Townshend
| James Berkeley
3rd Earl of Berkeley[29] | 1717  | 1727  | Stanhope–Sunderland I
Stanhope–Sunderland II
Walpole–Townshend
George II

| George Byng
1st Viscount Torrington[30] | 1727  | 1733
Walpole
| Charles Wager
MP for Westminster[Note 4][31] | 1733  | 1741
| Daniel Finch
8th Earl of Winchilsea[32] | 1741  | 1744
Carteret
| John Russell
4th Duke of Bedford[33] | 1744  | 1748  | Broad Bottom
(I & II)
| John Montagu
4th Earl of Sandwich[34] | 1748  | 1751
| George Anson
1st Baron Anson[35] | 1751  | 1756
Newcastle I
| Richard Grenville-Temple
2nd Earl Temple[36] | 1756  | 1757  | Pitt–Devonshire
| Daniel Finch
8th Earl of Winchilsea[32] | 1757  | 1757  | 1757 Caretaker
| George Anson
1st Baron Anson[37] | 1757  | 1762  | Pitt–Newcastle
George III

| George Montague-Dunk
2nd Earl of Halifax[38] | 1762  | 1762  | Bute
(Tory–Whig)
| George Grenville
MP for Buckingham[39] | 1762  | 1763
| John Montagu
4th Earl of Sandwich[39] | 1763  | 1763  | Grenville
| John Perceval
2nd Earl of Egmont[39] | 1763  | 1766
Rockingham I
Chatham
(Whig–Tory)
| Charles Saunders
MP for Hedon[40] | 1766  | 1766
| Edward Hawke
MP for Portsmouth[41] | 1766  | 1771
Grafton
North
| John Montagu
4th Earl of Sandwich[42] | 1771  | 1782
| Augustus Keppel
1st Viscount Keppel[43] | 1782  | 1783  | Rockingham II
Shelburne
(Whig–Tory)
| Richard Howe
5th Viscount Howe[44] | 1783  | 1783
| Augustus Keppel
1st Viscount Keppel[45] | 1783  | 1783  | Fox–North
| Richard Howe
5th Viscount Howe[46] | 1783  | 1788  | Pitt I
| John Pitt
2nd Earl of Chatham[47] | 1788  | 1794
| George Spencer
2nd Earl Spencer[48] | 1794  | 1801

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

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First Lord of the Admiralty  | Term of office  | Party  | Ministry  | Monarch
(Reign)

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|  | John Jervis
1st Earl of St Vincent | 1801  | 1804  | Whig | Pitt I | George III

Addington
|  | Henry Dundas
1st Viscount Melville | 1804  | 1805  | Tory | Pitt II
|  | Charles Middleton
1st Baron Barham | 1805  | 1806  | Tory
|  | Charles Grey
Viscount Howick
MP for Northumberland | 1806  | 1806  | Whig | All the Talents
(Whig–Tory)
|  | Thomas Grenville
MP for Buckingham | 1806  | 1807  | Whig
|  | Henry Phipps
3rd Baron Mulgrave | 1807  | 1810  | Tory | Portland II
Perceval
|  | Charles Philip Yorke
MP for St Germans | 1810  | 1812  | Tory
|  | Robert Dundas
2nd Viscount Melville | 1812  | 1827  | Tory | Liverpool
George IV

|  | Prince William Henry
Duke of Clarence
Lord High Admiral[Note 5] | 1827 | 1828 | —  | Canning
(Canningite–Whig)
Goderich
|  | Robert Dundas
2nd Viscount Melville | 1828  | 1830  | Tory | Wellington–Peel
William IV

|  | James Graham
MP for East Cumberland[Note 6] | 1830  | 1834  | Whig | Grey
|  | George Eden
2nd Baron Auckland | 1834  | 1834  | Whig
Melbourne I
Wellington Caretaker
|  | Thomas Robinson
2nd Earl de Grey | 1834  | 1835  | Conservative | Peel I
|  | George Eden
2nd Baron Auckland | 1835  | 1835  | Whig | Melbourne II
|  | Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound
2nd Earl of Minto | 1835  | 1841  | Whig
Victoria

|  | Thomas Hamilton
9th Earl of Haddington | 1841  | 1846  | Conservative | Peel II
|  | Edward Law
1st Earl of Ellenborough | 1846  | 1846  | Conservative
|  | George Eden
1st Earl of Auckland | 1846  | 1849  | Whig | Russell I
|  | Francis Baring
MP for Portsmouth | 1849  | 1852  | Whig
|  | Algernon Percy
4th Duke of Northumberland | 1852  | 1852  | Conservative | Who? Who?
|  | James Graham
MP for Carlisle | 1852  | 1855  | Peelite | Aberdeen
(Peelite–Whig)
Palmerston I
|  | Charles Wood
Bt GCB
MP for Halifax | 1855  | 1858  | Whig
|  | John Pakington
MP for Droitwich | 1858  | 1859  | Conservative | Derby–Disraeli II
|  | His Grace
Edward Seymour
12th Duke of Somerset | 1859  | 1866  | Liberal | Palmerston II
Russell II
|  | John Pakington
MP for Droitwich | 1866  | 1867  | Conservative | Derby–Disraeli III
|  | Henry Lowry-Corry
MP for Tyrone | 1867  | 1868  | Conservative
|  | Hugh Childers
MP for Pontefract | 1868  | 1871  | Liberal | Gladstone I
|  | George Goschen
MP for City of London | 1871  | 1874  | Liberal
|  | George Ward Hunt
MP for Northamptonshire North | 1874  | 1877  | Conservative | Disraeli II
|  | William Henry Smith
MP for Westminster | 1877  | 1880  | Conservative
|  | Thomas Baring
1st Earl of Northbrook | 1880  | 1885  | Liberal | Gladstone II
|  | Lord George Hamilton
MP for Ealing | 1885  | 1886  | Conservative | Salisbury I
|  | George Robinson
1st Marquess of Ripon | 1886  | 1886  | Liberal | Gladstone III
|  | Lord George Hamilton
MP for Ealing | 1886  | 1892  | Conservative | Salisbury II
|  | John Spencer
5th Earl Spencer | 1892  | 1895  | Liberal | Gladstone IV
Rosebery
|  | George Goschen
MP for St George Hanover Square | 1895  | 1900  | Conservative | Salisbury
(III & IV)
(Con.–Lib.U.)
|  | William Palmer
2nd Earl of Selborne | 1900  | 1905  | Liberal Unionist
Edward VII

Balfour
|  | Frederick Campbell
3rd Earl Cawdor | 1905  | 1905  | Conservative
|  | Edward Marjoribanks
2nd Lord Tweedmouth | 1905  | 1908  | Liberal | Campbell-Bannerman
|  | Reginald McKenna
MP for North Monmouthshire | 1908  | 1911  | Liberal | Asquith
(I–III)
George V

|  | Winston Churchill
MP for Dundee | 1911  | 1915  | Liberal
|  | Arthur Balfour
MP for City of London | 1915  | 1916  | Conservative | Asquith Coalition
(Lib.–Con.–et al.)
|  | Edward Carson
MP for Dublin University | 1916  | 1917  | Conservative | Lloyd George
(I & II)
|  | Eric Geddes
MP for Cambridge | 1917  | 1919  | Conservative
|  | Walter Long
MP for Westminster St George's | 1919  | 1921  | Conservative
|  | Arthur Lee
1st Baron Lee of Fareham | 1921  | 1922  | Conservative
|  | Leo Amery
MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook | 1922  | 1924  | Conservative | Law
Baldwin I
|  | Frederic Thesiger
1st Viscount Chelmsford | 1924  | 1924  | Independent | MacDonald I
|  | William Clive Bridgeman[Note 7] | 1924  | 1929  | Conservative | Baldwin II
|  | A. V. Alexander
MP for Sheffield Hillsborough | 1929  | 1931  | Labour
(Co-op) | MacDonald II
|  | Austen Chamberlain
MP for Birmingham West | 1931  | 1931  | Conservative | National I
(N.Lab.–Con.–et al.)
|  | Bolton Eyres-Monsell
1st Viscount Monsell[Note 8] | 1931  | 1936  | Conservative | National II
National III
(Con.–N.Lab.–et al.)
Edward VIII

|  | Samuel Hoare
MP for Chelsea | 1936  | 1937  | Conservative
George VI

|  | Duff Cooper
MP for Westminster St George's | 1937  | 1938  | Conservative | National IV
|  | James Stanhope
7th Earl Stanhope | 1938  | 1939  | Conservative
|  | Winston Churchill
MP for Epping | 1939  | 1940  | Conservative | Chamberlain War
|  | A. V. Alexander
MP for Sheffield Hillsborough | 1940  | 1945  | Labour
(Co-op) | Churchill War
(All parties)
|  | Brendan Bracken
MP for Paddington North | 1945  | 1945  | Conservative | Churchill Caretaker
(Con.–N.Lib.)
|  | A. V. Alexander
MP for Sheffield Hillsborough | 1945  | 1946  | Labour
(Co-op) | Attlee
(I & II)
|  | George Hall
1st Viscount Hall | 1946  | 1951  | Labour
|  | Frank Pakenham
1st Baron Pakenham | 1951  | 1951  | Labour
|  | James Thomas
1st Viscount Cilcennin[Note 9] | 1951  | 1956  | Conservative | Churchill III
Elizabeth II

Eden
|  | Quintin Hogg
2nd Viscount Hailsham | 1956  | 1957  | Conservative
|  | George Douglas-Hamilton
10th Earl of Selkirk | 1957  | 1959  | Conservative | Macmillan
(I & II)
|  | Peter Carington
6th Baron Carrington | 1959  | 1963  | Conservative
|  | George Jellicoe
2nd Earl Jellicoe | 1963  | 1964  | 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.[49]

Notes:

1. ^ Baron Weston from 1628, created Earl of Portland in 1633.
2. ^ Lord High Admiral 1638–1642.
3. ^ Lord High Admiral 1689.
4. ^ MP for Portsmouth until 1734; MP for Westminster from 1734.
5. ^ As Lord High Admiral .
6. ^ MP for Cumberland until 1832; MP for East Cumberland from 1832
7. ^ MP for Oswestry
8. ^ MP for Evesham until 1935; thereafter created Viscount Monsell.
9. ^ MP for Hereford until 1955; thereafter created Viscount Cilcennin.

## Boards, departments and offices under the First Lord

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* 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

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W. H. Smith portrayed in a Punch cartoon from 13 October 1877 when First Lord, saying: "I think I'll now go below." In H.M.S. 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. 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,[50] although some of the public, including Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (who later referred to Smith as "Pinafore Smith"), identified Porter with him.[51] 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.[52]

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### Attribution

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* This article contains some text from: Vesey, Richard Sir, Admiral, (1896), Naval Administration: The Constitution, Character, and Functions of the Board of Admiralty, and of the Civil Departments it Directs, George Bell and Sons, London.

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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
* 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

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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
* e

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
* Admiralty buildings

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
* Combined Operations Division
* Communications Division
* Convoy Section
* Directorate of Defence Plans (Navy)
* 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)
* Operations Division (Mining)
* Plans Division
* Plans Division (Q)
* Press Division
* Signal Division
* Signal Section
* Standardisation Division
* 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 Area Cash Offices
* 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 Labour Department
* Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment
* Admiralty Materials Laboratory
* Admiralty Mine Design Department
* Admiralty Mining Establishment
* Admiralty Naval Aircraft Materials Laboratory
* Admiralty Record Office
* Admiralty Regional Offices
* Admiralty Research Laboratory
* Admiralty Signal Establishment
* Admiralty Signals and Radar Establishment
* Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment
* Admiralty Surveying Service
* Admiralty Torpedo Experimental Establishment
* Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment
* Admiralty Underwater Weapons Launching Establishment
* Architectural and Engineering Works Department
* Air Equipment and Naval Photography Department
* Air Department
* Air Materiel Department
* Air Personnel Department
* Amphibious Warfare Headquarters
* Armament Supply Department
* Board of Invention and Research
* Board of Longitude
* Boom Defence Department
* Boom Defence and Marine Salvage Department
* Britannia Royal Naval College
* Chemical Board
* Chemical Department
* Civil Catering Department
* Civil Engineer in Chiefs Department
* Coastguard and Reserves Branch
* Combined Operations Headquarters
* Commissioner for Property and Income-tax for the Naval Department
* Compass Department
* Contract and Purchase Department
* Council of Naval Education
* Dental Examining Board
* Department of Radio Equipment
* Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy
* Department of Aeronautical and Engineering Research
* Department of Miscellaneous Weapons Development
* Department of Naval Assistant (Foreign) to Second Sea Lord
* Department of Naval Education
* Operational Research
* Department of Personal Services and Officer Appointments
* Department of Physical Research
* Department of Physical Training & Sports
* Department of Radio Equipment
* Department of Research Programmes and Planning
* Department of Superintendent of de-magnetisation
* Department of the Admiral of the Training Service
* Department of the Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance
* Department of the Chief of Naval Information
* Department of the Chief Scientist
* Department of the Civil Engineer-in-Chief
* Department of the Comptroller of Steam Machinery
* Department of the Comptroller of Victualling and Transport Services
* Department of the Controller of the Navy
* Department of the Controller-General of Merchant Shipbuilding
* Department of the Controller for Navy Pay
* Department of the Deputy Controller for Auxiliary Shipbuilding
* Department of the Deputy Controller for Dockyards and Shipbuilding
* Department of the Director Contract-Built Ships
* Department of the Director-General Aircraft
* Department of the Director-General of Manpower
* Department of the Director-General, Supply and Secretariat Branch
* Department of the Director of Aircraft Maintenance and Repair
* Department of the Director of Contract Labour
* Department of the Director of Dockyards
* Department of the Director of Electrical Engineering
* Department of the Director of Manning
* Department of the Director of Merchant Shipbuilding
* Department of the Director of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs
* Department of the Director of Merchant Ship Repairs
* Department of the Director of Naval Construction
* Department of the Director of Naval Equipment
* Department of the Director of Naval Recruiting
* Department of the Director of Naval Weather Service
* Department of the Director of Personal Services
* Department of the Director of Physical Training and Sports
* 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 Director of Unexploded Bombs
* Department of the Director of Warship Production
* Department of the Director of Welfare and Service Conditions
* Department of the Director of Wreck Dispersal
* Department of the Flag Officer Sea Training
* Department of the Engineer in Chief
* Department of the Paymaster Director-General
* Department of the Inspector of Anti-Aircraft Weapons
* Department of the Inspector of Dockyard Expense Accounts
* 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
* Dockyard Expense Accounts Department
* Dockyard Schools
* Electrical Engineering Department
* Engineer Branch
* Engineering Department
* Experimental Department
* Fire Control Group
* Greenwich Hospital Department
* Inspector of Telegraphs
* Inspector of Repairs
* Joint Warfare Establishment
* Medical Consultative Board
* Medical Examining Board
* Historical Section
* Hydrographic Department
* Marine Department
* Marine Pay Department
* Materials and Priority Department
* Medical Consultative Board
* Medical Department
* Medical Examining Board
* Movements Department
* Nautical Almanac Office
* Naval Artillery and Torpedo Department
* Naval Engineering College
* Naval Equipment Department
* Naval Historical Branch
* Naval Construction Department
* Naval Intelligence Department
* Naval Medical Service
* Naval Law Division
* Naval Manpower Department
* Naval Mobilisation Department
* Naval Ordnance Department
* Naval Ordnance Inspection Department
* Naval Ordnance Stores Department
* Naval Personnel Services and Officer Appointments Department
* Naval Publicity Department
* Naval Regional Offices
* Naval Reserve Department
* Naval Security Department
* Naval Stores Department
* Naval Training Department
* Naval Works Department
* Navy, Army and Air Force Institute
* Navy and Army Canteen Board
* Navy Works Department
* Navigation Department
* Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope
* Office of the Admiral Commanding Coast Guard and Reserves
* Office of the Admiral Commanding, Reserves
* Office of the Admiralty Chemist
* Office of the Adviser on the Naval Construction to the Board of Admiralty
* Office of the Assistant Controller
* Office of the Assistant Controller Research and Development
* Office of the Clerk of the Journals
* Office of the Chief Polaris Executive
* Office of the Deputy Controller of Navy
* Office of the Deputy Controller Production
* Office of Extra Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord
* Office of the Inspector Gun Mountings
* Office of the Keeper of Records
* Office of the Senior Psychologist (Naval)
* Office of the Senior Psychologist of the Navy
* Office of the Translator of French and Spanish Languages
* Office of the Vice Controller Air
* Office of the Vice Controller of the Navy
* Organisation and Methods Department
* Packet Service
* Regional Organisation for Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs
* 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 Aircraft Workshops
* Royal Naval Air Service
* Royal Naval Air Stations
* Royal Naval Armaments Depot
* Royal Naval Auxiliary Service
* Royal Naval Cordite Factories
* 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, Keyham
* Royal Naval College, Osborne
* Royal Naval Engineering College
* Royal Naval Film Corporation
* Royal Naval Hospital
* Royal Naval Medical Depot
* Royal Naval Minewatching Service
* Royal Naval Mine Depot
* Royal Naval Patrol Service
* Royal Naval Scientific Service
* Royal Naval Sick Quarters
* Royal Naval Torpedo Depot
* Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
* Royal Naval War College
* Royal Naval War College, Portsmouth
* Royal Navy Dockyard
* Royal Navy Medical Service
* Royal Navy Shore Signal Service
* Royal Observatory, Greenwich
* Royal School of Naval Architecture
* Salvage Department
* School of Mathematics and Naval Construction
* Scientific Research and Experiment Department
* Sea Transport Branch
* Sea Transport Department
* Sea Transport Division
* Ship Department
* Ship Design Department
* Signal Department
* Signal School
* Sixpenny Office
* Statistics Department
* Steam Department
* Superintendent of De-magnetisation
* Torpedo Experimental Establishment
* Transport Department
* Undersurface Warfare Department
* Victualling Department
* Volunteer Boys and Cadet Corps
* Weapons Department
* Weapons Department (Naval)
* Women's Royal Naval Service
* Wireless Telegraphy Board

Direction/Command 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

Naval formations after 1707|

* 1st Fleet
* 2nd Fleet
* 3rd Fleet
* Commander-in-Chief, Africa
* Atlantic Fleet
* Commodore, 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
* Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland
* Cork Station
* Coast of Scotland
* Commander-in-Chief, China
* Commander-in-Chief, Dover
* Flag Officer, East Africa
* East Indies Station
* East Indies and China Station
* Eastern Fleet
* Far East 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
* Mediterranean Fleet
* Medway
* Newfoundland Station
* New Zealand Division
* New Zealand Naval Forces
* 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
* 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, South Atlantic
* South East Coast of America Station
* Commander-in-Chief, Thames and Medway
* West Africa Squadron
* Flag Officer, West Africa
* Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches

Naval formations before 1707|

* Lisbon Station
* West Indies Station
* Western Squadron
* Thames, Medway and Nore
* Commander-in-Chief, Thames
* Narrow Seas
* Downs Station

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 Central Copying Branch
* Admiralty Central Registry Branch
* Admiralty Record Office
* Admiralty Library
* 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
* Contract and Purchase Department
* Department of the Director of Contract Labour
* Department of the Surveyor of Buildings
* Department of the Director of Works
* Greenwich Hospital Department
* Works Loan Department

Legal|

* Admiralty 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 Marshall High Court of the Admiralty
* Office of the Admiralty Advocate
* Office of the Admiralty Proctor
* 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 Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet
* Office of the Receiver of Droits High Court of Admiralty
* Office of the Registrar High Court of 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
* Office of the Counsel to the Admiralty
* Court of Admiralty for the Cinque Ports
* King's Bench Division (Admiralty)
* Queens's Bench Division (Admiralty)
* Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division
* Vice Admiralty courts
* Colonial Courts of Admiralty

* v
* t
* e

His Majesty's Naval Service

Leadership|

* Secretary of State for Defence
* Minister of State for the Armed Forces
* First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff
* Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
* Fleet Commander
* Commander, Allied Maritime Command
* Commandant General Royal Marines
* Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces
* Warrant Officer to the Royal Navy
* Corps Regimental Sergeant Major

Components|

| Royal Navy|

* Surface fleet
* Fleet Air Arm
* Submarine Service
* Royal Navy Medical Service
* Nursing Service (QARNNS)
* Chaplaincy Service
* Navy Police
* Naval Careers Service

|

Royal Marines|

* UK Commando Force
* Royal Marines Band Service
* Royal Marines Reserve
* Royal Marines Police

Royal Naval Reserve|

* HMS Calliope
* HMS Cambria
* HMS Ceres
* HMS Dalriada
* HMS Eaglet
* HMS Ferret
* HMS Flying Fox
* HMS Forward
* HMS Hibernia
* HMS King Alfred
* HMS President
* HMS Scotia
* HMS Sherwood
* HMS Vivid
* HMS Wildfire

Special forces|

* Special Boat Service

History
and future|

* Admiralty in the 16th century
* Admiralty in the 17th century
* Admiralty in the 18th century
* Customs and traditions
* Historic forces and commands
* Future of the Royal Navy
* History of the Royal Navy (before 1707) (after 1707)
* History of the Royal Marines
* National Maritime Museum
* National Museum of the Royal Navy
* Naval Historical Branch

Operating forces|

* Fleet Commander
* Commander United Kingdom Strike Force
* Commander Operations
* Surface Flotilla
* Submarine Flotilla
* UK Commando Force

Fleet|

* List of active Royal Navy ships
* Royal Fleet Auxiliary
* Standing Royal Navy deployments
* List of fleets and major commands of the Royal Navy

Ships|

* Aircraft carriers
* Escort carriers
* Seaplane carriers
* Amphibious warfare ships
* Battlecruisers
* Battleships
* Pre-dreadnought battleships
* Bomb vessels
* Corvette and sloop
* Cruisers
* Destroyers
* Fireships
* Frigates
* Gun-brigs
* Gunboat and gunvessels
* Hospital ships
* Ironclads
* Mine countermeasure vessels
* Monitors
* Ironclads
* Patrol vessels
* Royal yachts
* Ships of the line
* Submarines
* Support ships
* Survey vessels
* Royal Marines Boats
* Historic ships names

Administration|

* Defence Council
* Admiralty Board
* Navy Board
* Navy Command

Senior officers|

* Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Aviation, Amphibious Capability & Carriers)
* Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Capability)
* Director People & Training
* Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Policy)
* Director Naval Support
* Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training
* Chaplain of the Fleet
* Director General Ships
* Commandant General Royal Marines
* Commander Operations
* Commander United Kingdom Strike Force
* Commander Littoral Strike Group
* Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group
* Commodore, Naval Staff
* Commodore RFA and Deputy Director Royal Navy Afloat Support
* Commander Maritime Reserves
* Naval Secretary
* Rear-Admiral, Fleet Air Arm
* Commodore Submarine Flotilla
* Commodore Surface Flotilla
* Serving senior officers
* Serving senior Royal Marines officers

Personnel
and training|

* Admiralty Interview Board
* Britannia Royal Naval College
* Commando Training Centre Royal Marines
* Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
* HMS Raleigh
* HMS Sultan
* Royal Corps of Naval Constructors
* University Royal Naval Unit

Equipment|

* Uniforms of the Royal Navy
* Uniforms of the Royal Marines
* Officer rank insignia
* Ratings rank insignia
* Cutlasses

Former
leadership|

* First Lord of the Admiralty
* Chief of the Admiralty War Staff
* Admirals of the Fleet
* Commander-in-Chief Fleet
* Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command
* Deputy First Sea Lord
* Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff
* Third Sea Lord
* Fourth Sea Lord
* Fifth Sea Lord
* Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
* Judge Advocate of the Fleet

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