First Lord of the Admiralty

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 Royal Navy who was the government's senior adviser on all naval affairs and responsible for the direction and control of Admiralty as well as general administration of the Naval Service of the United Kingdom, that encompassed 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.

Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty
Seal of HM Government
Department of the Admiralty
Member ofBoard of Admiralty
Reports toPrime Minister
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerPrime Minister
Subject to formal approval by the Queen-in-Council
Term lengthNot fixed (typically 3–7 years)
Inaugural holderRichard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland
Formation1628–1964
Final holderGeorge Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe

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 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.

Responsibilities and duties

Between 1800 and 1912 included:[11]

List of First Lords of the Admiralty

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

First Lord of the Admiralty of England
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Ref
Richard Weston
1st Earl of Portland

(1577–1634/35) [Note 1]
1628 1635 [12]
Robert Bertie
1st Earl of Lindsey

(1582–1642)
1635 1636 [13]
William Juxon
Bishop of London
(1582–1663)
1636 1638 [14]
Algernon Percy
10th Earl of Northumberland

(1602–1668) [Note 2]
1642 1643 [14]
Francis Cottington
1st Baron Cottington

(c. 1579–1652)
1643 1646 [14]
Sir Henry Capell
MP for Tewkesbury
(1638–1696)
1679 1681 [15]
Daniel Finch
2nd Earl of Nottingham

(1647–1730)
1681 1684 [16]
Arthur Herbert
1st Earl of Torrington

(c. 1648–1716) [Note 3]
1689 1690 [17]
Thomas Herbert
8th Earl of Pembroke

(c. 1656–1733)
1690 1692 [18]
Charles Cornwallis
3rd Baron Cornwallis

(1655–1698)
1692 1693 [19]
Anthony Cary
5th Viscount Falkland

(1656–1694)
1693 1694 [20]
Edward Russell
1st Earl of Orford

(1653–1727)
1694 1699 [21]
John Egerton
3rd Earl of Bridgewater

(1646–1701)
1699 1701 [22]
Thomas Herbert
8th Earl of Pembroke

(c. 1656–1733)
1701 1702 [23]

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

First Lord of the Admiralty
Portrait 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
(ToryWhig)
Anne

(1702–1714)
[24]
Admiral of the Fleet
Sir John Leake

MP for Rochester
(1656–1720)
1710 1712 Oxford–Bolingbroke [25]
Lieutenant-General The Right Honourable
Thomas Wentworth
1st Earl of Strafford
KG PC DL
1712 1714 [26]
George I

(1714–1727)
Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable
Edward Russell
1st Earl of Orford
PC

(1653–1727)
1714 1716 Townshend I [27]
Vice-Admiral The Right Honourable
James Berkeley
3rd Earl of Berkeley
KG PC

(1679–1736)
1717 1727 Stanhope–Sunderland I [28]
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 [29]
Walpole
Admiral The Right Honourable
Sir Charles Wager

MP for Westminster
(1666–1743) [Note 4]
1733 1741 [30]
The Right Honourable
Daniel Finch
8th Earl of Winchilsea
PC

(1689–1769)
1741 1744 [31]
Carteret
His Grace
John Russell
4th Duke of Bedford
PC FRS

(1710–1771)
1744 1748 Broad Bottom
(I & II)
[32]
The Right Honourable
John Montagu
4th Earl of Sandwich
PC FRS

(1718–1792)
1748 1751 [33]
The Right Honourable
George Anson
1st Baron Anson
PC FRS

(1697–1762)
1751 1756 [34]
Newcastle I
The Right Honourable
Richard Grenville-Temple
2nd Earl Temple
PC

(1711–1779)
1756 1757 Pitt–Devonshire [35]
The Right Honourable
Daniel Finch
8th Earl of Winchilsea
KG PC

(1689–1769)
1757 1757 1757 Caretaker [31]
Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable
George Anson
1st Baron Anson
PC FRS

(1697–1762)
1757 1762 Pitt–Newcastle [36]
George III

(1760–1820)
[Note 5]
The Right Honourable
George Montague-Dunk
2nd Earl of Halifax
PC
(1716–1771)
1762 1762 Bute
(ToryWhig)
[37]
The Right Honourable
George Grenville

MP for Buckingham
(1712–1770)
1762 1763 [38]
The Right Honourable
John Montagu
4th Earl of Sandwich
PC FRS

(1718–1792)
1763 1763 Grenville [38]
The Right Honourable
John Perceval
2nd Earl of Egmont
PC FRS

(1711–1770)
1763 1766 [38]
Rockingham I
Chatham
(WhigTory)
Vice-Admiral The Right Honourable
Sir Charles Saunders
KB
MP for Hedon
(c. 1715–1775)
1766 1766 [39]
Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable
Sir Edward Hawke
KB

MP for Portsmouth
(1705–1781)
1766 1771 [40]
Grafton
North
The Right Honourable
John Montagu
4th Earl of Sandwich
PC FRS

(1718–1792)
1771 1782 [41]
Admiral The Right Honourable
Augustus Keppel
1st Viscount Keppel
PC

(1725–1786)
1782 1783 Rockingham II [42]
Shelburne
(WhigTory)
Admiral The Right Honourable
Richard Howe
5th Viscount Howe
PC

(1726–1799)
1783 1783 [43]
Admiral The Right Honourable
Augustus Keppel
1st Viscount Keppel
PC

(1725–1786)
1783 1783 Fox–North [44]
Admiral The Right Honourable
Richard Howe
5th Viscount Howe
PC

(1726–1799)
1783 1788 Pitt I [45]
The Right Honourable
John Pitt
2nd Earl of Chatham
KG PC

(1756–1835)
1788 1794 [46]
The Right Honourable
George Spencer
2nd Earl Spencer
KG PC DL FRS FSA

(1758–1834)
1794 1801 [47]

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

First Lord of the Admiralty
Portrait 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]
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
The Right Honourable
Charles Grey
Viscount Howick

MP for Northumberland
(1764–1845)
1806 1806 Whig All the Talents
(WhigTory)
The Right Honourable
Thomas Grenville

MP for Buckingham
(1755–1846)
1806 1807 Whig
The Right Honourable
Henry Phipps
3rd Baron Mulgrave
PC

(1755–1831)
1807 1810 Tory Portland II
Perceval
The Right Honourable
Charles Philip Yorke

MP for St Germans
(1764–1834)
1810 1812 Tory
The Right Honourable
Robert Dundas
2nd Viscount Melville
KT PC FRS

(1771–1851)
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
(CanningiteWhig)
Goderich
The Right Honourable
Robert Dundas
2nd Viscount Melville
KT PC FRS

(1771–1851)
1828 1830 Tory WellingtonPeel
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
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
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
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
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
(PeeliteWhig)
Palmerston I
The Right Honourable
Sir Charles Wood
Bt GCB

MP for Halifax
(1800–1885)
1855 1858 Whig
The Right Honourable
Sir John Pakington
Bt FRS

MP for Droitwich
(1799–1880)
1858 1859 Conservative DerbyDisraeli II
His Grace
Edward Seymour
12th Duke of Somerset
KG PC

(1804–1885)
1859 1866 Liberal Palmerston II
Russell II
The Right Honourable
Sir John Pakington
Bt GCB FRS

MP for Droitwich
(1799–1880)
1866 1867 Conservative DerbyDisraeli III
The Right Honourable
Henry Lowry-Corry

MP for Tyrone
(1803–1873)
1867 1868 Conservative
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
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
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
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
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
(IIII)
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
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
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
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
Elizabeth II

(1952–present)
Eden
The Right Honourable
Quintin Hogg
2nd Viscount Hailsham
PC QC

(1907–2001)
1956 1957 Conservative
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
The Right Honourable
George Jellicoe
2nd Earl Jellicoe
DSO MC PC

(1918–2007)
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.[48]

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. The Prince of Wales served as Prince Regent from 5 February 1811.
  6. The Prince of Wales served as Prince Regent from 5 February 1811.
  7. As Lord High Admiral .
  8. MP for Cumberland until 1832; MP for East Cumberland from 1832
  9. MP for Oswestry
  10. MP for Evesham until 1935; thereafter created Viscount Monsell.
  11. MP for Hereford until 1955; thereafter created Viscount Cilcennin.

Boards, departments and offices under the First Lord

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,[49] although some of the public, including Prime Minister Disraeli (who later referred to Smith as "Pinafore Smith"), identified Porter with him.[50] 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.[51]

gollark: Which is also blank.
gollark: The disk drive... has a disk, fascinating.
gollark: Nope, it's otherwise blank.
gollark: The monitor and computer are advanced.
gollark: The other chest is empty.

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