The First Lord of the Admiralty was a British government position in charge of the Admiralty . The post evolved from that of Lord High Admiral and existed in its own right from 1709 until 1964 when it was subsumed into the position of Secretary of State for Defence .
Lords High Admiral and First Lords of the Admiralty, 1628-1709 Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1628 - 1635 Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey(First Lord of the Admiralty) 1635 - 1636 William Juxon , Bishop of Lincoln (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1636 - 1638 Algernon Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland (Lord High Admiral to 1642, then First Lord of the Admiralty) 1638 - 1643 Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington 1643 - 1646 none 1646-1660 James Stuart, Duke of York and Albany (Lord High Admiral) 1660 - 1673 King Charles II (Lord High Admiral) 1673 Prince Rupert of the Palatinate, 1st Duke of Cumberland (Lord High Admiral) 1673 - 1679 Sir Henry Capell (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1679 - 1681 Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1681 - 1684 King Charles II (Lord High Admiral) 1684 - 1685 King James II (Lord High Admiral) 1685 - 1688 King William III (Lord High Admiral) 1689 Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington (Lord High Admiral to 1689, then First Lord of the Admiralty) 1689 - 1690 Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1690 - 1692 Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1692 - 1693 Anthony Carey, 5th Viscount Falkland (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1693 - 1694 Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1694 - 1699 John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgwater (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1699 - 1701 Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke (Lord High Admiral) 1701 - 1702 Prince George of Denmark (Lord High Admiral) 1702 - 1708 Queen Anne (Lord High Admiral) 1708 Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke (Lord High Admiral) 1708 - 1709
First Lords of the Admiralty, 1709-1964 Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford 1709 - 1710 Sir John Leake 1710 - 1712 Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1712 - 1714 Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford 1714 - 1717 James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley 1717 - 1727 George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington 1727 - 1733 Sir Charles Wager 1733 - 1742 Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea 1742 - 1744 John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford 1744 - 1748 John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich 1748 - 1751 George Anson, 1st Baron Anson 1751 - 1756 Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple 1756 - 1757 Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea 1757 George Anson, 1st Baron Anson 1757 - 1762 George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax 1762 George Grenville 1762 -1763 John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich 1763 John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont 1763 - 1766 Sir Charles Saunders 1766 Sir Edward Hawke 1766 - 1771 John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich 1771 - 1782 Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel 1782 - 1783 Richard Howe, 4th Viscount Howe 1783 Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel 1783 Richard Howe, 4th Viscount Howe 1783 - 1788 John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham 1788 - 1794 George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer 1794 - 1801 John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent 1801 - 1804 Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville 1804 - 1805 Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham 1805 - 1806 Charles Grey, Viscount Howick 1806 Thomas Grenville 1806 - 1807 Henry Phipps, 3rd Baron Mulgrave 1807 - 1810 Charles Philip Yorke 1810 - 1812 Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville 1812 - 1827 HRH The Duke of Clarence (Lord High Admiral) 1827 - 1828 Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville 1828 - 1830 Sir James Graham 1830 - 1834 George Eden, 2nd Baron Auckland 1834 Thomas Robinson, 2nd Earl de Grey 1834 - 1835 George Eden, 2nd Baron Auckland 1835 Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto 1835 - 1841 Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington 1841 - 1846 Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough 1846 George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland 1846 - 1849 Sir Francis Thornhill Baring 1849 - 1852 Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland 1852 Sir James Graham 1852 - 1855 Sir Charles Wood 1855 - 1858 Sir John Pakington 1858 - 1859 Edward Adolphus Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset 1859 - 1866 Sir John Pakington 1866 - 1867 Henry Thomas Lowry Corry 1867 - 1868 Hugh Childers 1868 - 1871 George Joachim Goschen 1871 - 1874 George Ward Hunt 1874 - 1877 William Henry Smith 1877 - 1880 Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook 1880 - 1885 Lord George Hamilton 1885 - 1886 George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon 1886 Lord George Hamilton 1886 - 1892 John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer 1892 - 1895 George Joachim Goschen 1895 - 1900 William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne 1900 - 1905 Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor 1905 Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth 1905 - 1908 Reginald McKenna 1908 - 1911 Winston Churchill 1911 - 1915 Arthur Balfour 1915 - 1916 Sir Edward Carson 1916 - 1917 Sir Eric Geddes 1917 - 1919 Walter Hume Long 1919 - 1921 Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st Baron Lee of Fareham 1921 - 1922 Leo Amery 1922 - 1924 Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford 1924 William Clive Bridgeman 1924 - 1929 A. V. Alexander 1929 - 1931 Sir Austen Chamberlain 1931 Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell (Viscount Monsell from 1935 ) 1931 - 1936 Sir Samuel Hoare 1936 - 1937 Alfred Duff Cooper 1937 - 1938 James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope 1938 - 1939 Winston Churchill 1939 - 1940 A. V. Alexander 1940 - 1945 Brendan Bracken 1945 A. V. Alexander 1945 - 1946 George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall 1946 - 1951 Francis Aungier Pakenham, 1st Baron Pakenham 1951 James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennan (1955) 1951 - 1956 Quintin McGarel Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham 1956 - 1957 George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk 1957 - 1959 Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington , 1959 -1963 George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe 1963-1964
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The Admiralty was the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. In 1964 the functions of the Admiralty were transferred to a new Admiralty Board, which is a committee of the tri-service Defence Council of the United Kingdom and part of the Ministry of Defence. Admiralty House: This is a moderately proportioned mansion to the south of the Ripley Building, which was built in the late 18th century as the residence of the First Lord of the Admiralty , and served that purpose until 1964.
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