First Lord of the Admiralty

Rt Hon Daniel Finch 16801684
Rt Hon Edward Russell 16941699
Rt Hon Edward Russell, Earl of Orford 17091710
Rt Hon Edward Russell, Earl of Orford 17141717
Rt Hon Daniel Finch, Earl of Winchilsea 17421744
Rt Hon Richard Grenville, Earl Temple 17561757
Rt Hon Sir Daniel Finch, Earl of Winchilsea 17571757
Rt Hon George Grenville 18 October 1762April 1763
Rt Hon John Perceval, Baron Lovel and Holland September 1763August 1766
Rt Hon Augustus Keppel 17821783
Rt Hon Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel 17831783
Rt Hon George John Spencer, Earl Spencer December 1794February 1801
Rt Hon Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville 1804May 1805
Charles Grey, Viscount Howick January 1806September 1806
Rt Hon Henry Phipps, Baron Mulgrave 18071810
Rt Hon Robert Saunders-Dundas, Viscount Melville March 1812May 1827
Rt Hon Robert Saunders-Dundas, Viscount Melville September 1828November 1830
Rt Hon Sir James Robert George Graham, bt 25 November 183011 June 1834
Rt Hon Thomas Hamilton, Earl of Haddington September 1841January 1846
Rt Hon Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, bt 18 January 184928 February 1852
Rt Hon Sir James Robert George Graham, bt 5 January 18538 March 1855
Rt Hon Sir Charles Wood, bt 13 March 18558 March 1858
Rt Hon Sir John Somerset Pakington, bt 8 March 185828 June 1859
Rt Hon Edward Adolphus Seymour, Duke of Somerset 27 June 185926 June 1866
Frederick William Grey June 1861July 1866
Thomas George Baring 30 April 186616 July 1866
Rt Hon Sir John Somerset Pakington, bt 13 July 18668 March 1867
Rt Hon Henry Thomas Lowry Corry 8 March 186718 December 1868
Rt Hon Hugh Culling Eardley Childers December 1868March 1871
Rt Hon George Joachim Goschen 9 March 18714 March 1874
George Ward Hunt 4 March 187429 July 1877
Rt Hon William Henry Smith 14 August 187712 May 1880
Thomas George Baring, Earl Northbrook 18801885
Rt Hon George Francis Hamilton 24 June 188528 January 1886
Rt Hon Sir George Frederick Samuel Robinson, Marquess of Ripon 18861892
Rt Hon George Francis Hamilton 9 August 188611 August 1892
Rt Hon Sir John Poyntz Spencer, Earl Spencer 1892June 1895
Rt Hon George Joachim Goschen 29 June 189512 November 1900
Rt Hon William Waldegrave Palmer, Earl of Selborne 19001905
Rt Hon Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell, Earl Cawdor 19051905
Rt Hon Edward Marjoribanks, Baron Tweedmouth 10 December 190512 April 1908
Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 24 October 191125 May 1915
Rt Hon Arthur James Balfour 25 May 191510 December 1916
Rt Hon Sir Edward Henry Carson 6 December 1916December 1917
Sir Eric Campbell Geddes 1917
Rt Hon Walter Hume Long 19191921
David Beatty, Earl Beatty 19191927
Rt Hon Sir Arthur Hamilton Lee, Baron Lee of Fareham 18 February 192131 October 1922
Rt Hon Frederic John Napier Thesiger, Viscount Chelmsford 19241924
Rt Hon William Clive Bridgeman 22 January 19241929
Albert Victor Alexander 7 June 192924 August 1931
Rt Hon Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain 24 August 19315 November 1931
Rt Hon Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, bt June 193628 May 1937
Rt Hon Sir Alfred Duff Cooper 19371938
Rt Hon Sir James Richard Stanhope, Earl Stanhope 19381939
Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill September 193911 May 1940
Rt Hon Albert Victor Alexander 11 May 194025 May 1945
Rt Hon Brendan Rendall Bracken 19451945
Rt Hon Albert Victor Alexander 3 August 19454 October 1946
Rt Hon George Henry Hall October 1946May 1951
Rt Hon Francis Aungier Pakenham, Baron Pakenham 19511951
Rt Hon James Lewis Purdon Thomas 19511956
Rt Hon Quintin McGarel Hogg, Viscount Hailsham 19 October 195614 January 1957
Rt Hon George Nigel Douglas-Hamilton, Earl of Selkirk January 1957October 1959
Rt Hon Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, Baron Carrington 14 October 195920 October 1963