The Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Supplies was formerly one of the Naval Lords and members of the Board of Admiralty which controlled the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. Flag of the Board of Admiralty The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty were the members of the Board of Admiralty, which exercised command over the Royal Navy. ... Old Admiralty House, Whitehall, London, Thomas Ripley, architect, 1723-26, was not admired by his contemporaries and earned him some scathing couplets from Alexander Pope The Admiralty was historically the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ... This article is about the navy of the United Kingdom. ...

The Fourth Sea Lord as Chief of Naval Supplies was responsible for supplying the navy, and his responsibilities included transport, victualling (supplying food), and medical services.

The post was abolished as a result of various reorganisations of the navy since 1945. Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...

The modern equivalent of the Chief of Naval Supplies, is titled the Naval Member for Logistics, who is responsible for the logistical support and the supply chain of the navy.

Fourth Sea Lords 1904–1964

• Frederick Inglefield 1904–1907
• Alfred Winsloe 1907–1910
• Charles Madden 1910–1911
• William Christopher Pakenham 1911–1913
• Cecil Lambert 1913–1916
• Lionel Halsey 1916–1917
• Sir Hugh Tothill 1917–1919
• Sir Ernle Chatfield 1919–1920
• The Hon. Algernon Boyle 1920–1924
• John Donald Kelly 1924–1927
• William Wordsworth Fisher 1927–1928
• Vernon Haggard 1928–1930
• Lionel Preston 1930–1932
• Geoffrey Blake 1932–1935
• Sir Percy Noble 1935–1937
• Sir Geoffrey Arbuthnot 1937–1941
• Sir John Cunningham 1941–1943
• Frank Pegram 1943–1944
• Sir Arthur Palliser 1944–1946
• Sir Douglas Fisher 1946–1948
• Herbert Packer 1948–1950
• The Earl Mountbatten 1950–1952
• Sydney Raw 1952–1954
• Frederick Parham 1954–1955
• Robert Dymock Watson 1955–1958
• Sir Arthur Hubback 1958–1959
• Nicholas Copeman 1959–1961
• Sir John Michael Villiers 1961–1964
• Raymond Hawkins 1964

Sir Charles Madden when he was Vice Admiral. ... Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey GCMG GCVO KCIE CB ADC (26 February 1872–26 October 1949) was a British Royal Navy officer and courtier. ... Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, PC (1873-1967) was a British naval officer. ... William Wordsworth Fisher (26 March 1875—24 June 1937) was a British admiral and captain of the battleship HMS at the Battle of Jutland. ... For other persons of the same name, see Geoffrey Blake. ... Sir Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble (1880-1955) was a British Naval Officer who rose to the rank of Admiral and was the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy’s Western Approaches Command for two crucial years during the Second World War. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Admiral Sir John Henry Dacres Cunningham, GCB, MVO (13 April 1885 – 13 December 1962) was the Royal Navy British First Sea Lord from 1946 to 1948. ... Sir Herbert (Bertie) Annesley Packer (Cressage in Shropshire, October 9, 1894 - Cape Town, September 1962) was an officer in the British Royal Navy and ended his career as an admiral and Commander in Chief South Atlantic. ... Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC (25 June 1900–27 August 1979) was a British admiral and statesman and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ...

See also

• First Sea Lord
• Second Sea Lord
• Third Sea Lord
• Fifth Sea Lord