First Lord of the Admiralty - position, meaning the chairmanship of the committee of lords of the Admiralty . It should be noted that since 1806 it was occupied only by civilians who are professional politicians, and thus it is analogous to the minister of naval forces of other states.
| Date of appointment | First lord |
|---|---|
| from 1709 | Edward Russell, Earl of Orford |
| from 1710 | sir john lik |
| from 1712 | Thomas Wentworth, Earl Strafford |
| October 14, 1714 [1] | Edward Russell, Earl of Orford |
| April 16, 1717 | James, Earl of Berkeley |
| August 2, 1727 | George Bing, Viscount Torrington |
| June 21, 1733 | sir charles wager |
| March 19, 1742 | Daniel Finch, Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham |
| December 27, 1744 | John Russell, Duke of Bedford |
| February 26, 1748 | John Montague , 1st Earl of Halifax |
| June 22, 1751 | George, Lord Anson |
| November 17, 1756 | Richard Granville-Temple, 2nd Earl of Temple |
| April 6, 1757 | Daniel Finch, Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham |
| September 26, 1757 | George, Lord Anson |
| June 17, 1762 | George Montague Dunk , 2nd Earl of Halifax |
| January 1, 1763 | George Granville |
| April 20, 1763 | John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich |
| September 16, 1763 | John Percival, Earl of Egmont |
| September 15, 1766 | Sir Charles Saunders |
| December 11, 1766 | sir edward hawk (later lord hawk) |
| January 12, 1771 | John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich |
| April 1, 1782 | Admiral Augustus Keppel (later Viscount Keppel) |
| January 30, 1783 | Richard, Viscount (later Earl) Howe |
| April 10, 1783 | August, Viscount Keppel |
| December 31, 1783 | Richard, Viscount Howe |
| July 16, 1788 | John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham |
| December 19, 1794 | Spencer, George, 2nd Earl Spencer |
| February 19, 1801 | John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent |
| May 15, 1804 | Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville |
| May 2, 1805 | Charles Middleton, Lord Barham |
| February 16, 1806 | Charles Gray (later Earl Gray) |
| September 29, 1806 | Thomas granville |
| April 6, 1807 | Henry Phips , Baron (later Earl) Mulgrave |
| July 3, 1810 | Charles Philipp York |
| March 25, 1812 | Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville |
| May 2, 1827 | William Henry, Duke Clarence (later King William IV ), as High Lord Admiral |
| September 19, 1828 | Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville |
| November 25, 1830 | Sir James Robert George Graham, Baronet |
| June 11, 1834 | George Eden , Baron (later Earl) Oakland |
| December 23, 1834 | Thomas Philip, Comte de Gray |
| April 25, 1835 | George Eden, Baron Auckland |
| September 19, 1835 | Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kinimenound, Earl of Minto |
| September 8, 1841 | Thomas Hamilton, Earl Haddington |
| January 13, 1846 | Edward Low, Earl of Ellenborough |
| July 24, 1846 | George, Earl of Auckland |
| January 18, 1849 | Sir Francis Thornhill Baring (later Lord Northbrook) |
| February 28, 1852 | Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland |
| January 5, 1853 | Sir James Robert George Graham, Baronet |
| February 24, 1855 | Sir Charles Wood , Baronet (later Viscount Halifax) |
| February 26, 1858 | Sir John Somerset Pakington, Baronet (later Lord Hampton) |
| from June 1859 | Edward Adolphus Seymour, Duke of Somerset |
| July 6, 1866 | Sir John Somerset Packington, Baronet |
| March 8, 1867 | Henry Thomas Lowley Corrie |
| December 9, 1868 | Hugh Kulling Erdley Childers |
| March 9, 1871 | George Joachim Goshen (later Viscount Goshen) |
| February 21, 1874 | George Ward Hunt |
| August 7, 1877 (approx.) | William Henry Smith |
| April 28, 1880 | Thomas George, Earl of Northbrook |
| June 24, 1885 | Lord George Francis Hamilton |
| February 6, 1886 (approx.) | George Frederick Samuel, Marquis of Ripon |
| July 26, 1886 | Lord George Francis Hamilton |
| August 18, 1892 | John Poyntz, Earl Spencer |
| June 25, 1895 | George Joachim Goshen |
| November 12, 1900 | William Waldgrave, Earl of Selbourne |
| March 4, 1905 | Frederic Archibald Vaughan, Count Kavdor |
| from December 1905 | Edva Marjoribanks, Baron Tvidmut |
| from April 1908 | Reginald McKenna |
| from October 1911 | Winston Churchill |
| since May 1915 | Arthur James Balfour (later Earl Balfour) |
| from December 1916 | Sir Edward Henry Carson (later Baron Carson) |
| since July 1917 | Sir Eric Gidds |
| from October 1919 | Walter Hume Long (later Viscount Long) |
| from February 1921 | Arthur Hamilton, Baron (later Viscount) Lee Farham |
| from October 1922 | Leopold Stennett Emery |
| from January 1924 | Frederick Testiger , Viscount Chelmsford |
| from November 1924 | William Clive Bridgeman (later Viscount Bridgeman Lee) |
| from June 1929 | Albert V. Alexander |
| from August 1931 | Sir Austin Chamberlain |
| from November 1931 | Sir Bolton Meredith Airs Monzel |
| Years in office | First lord |
|---|---|
| 1936-1937 | Choir, Samuel , 1st Viscount Templewood |
| 1937-1938 | Alfred Duff Cooper , 1st Viscount Norwich |
| 1938-1939 | James Richard Stanhope, 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Earl of Stanhope |
| 1939-1940 | Winston Churchill |
| 1940-1945 | Albert V. Alexander |
| 1945 | Bernard Bracken, 2nd Viscount Bracken |
| 1945-1946 | Albert V. Alexander |
| 1946-1951 | George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall |
| 1951 | Frank Packenham, 7th Earl of Longford |
| 1951-1956 | James Thomas, 1st Viscount Silsennin |
| 1956-1957 | Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St. Marylbone |
| 1957-1959 | George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk |
| 1959-1963 | Peter Carrington, 6th Baron Carrington |
| 1963-1964 | George Jellico, 2nd Earl of Jellico |
Literature
See also
British Admiralty
Notes
- ↑ Clowes, William Laird. The Royal Navy: Volume 3. The London Navy , Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1898. p. 2