List of Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty

The office of Lord High Admiral had been created in about 1400 to oversee the Royal Navy. It was one of the Great Offices of State. The office could be exercised by an individual (as was invariably the case until 1628), by the Crown directly (as was the case between 1684 and 1689), or by a Board of Commissioners. After the serving Lord High Admiral, the Duke of York, had been disqualified from the office as a Roman Catholic following the Test Act of 1673, the Board of Commissioners consisted of between twelve and sixteen Privy Councillors, who served without salaries. In 1679 this was changed, and the number of Commissioners was reduced to seven, who were to receive salaries and need not be members of the Privy Council. This remained the case (although the number of Commissioners varied) until the Admiralty became part of the Ministry of Defence in 1964, with the exception of the years 1702 to 1709 and 1827 to 1828, when an individual Lord High Admiral was appointed. During these periods the Council of the Lord High Admiral effectively performed the duties of the Board of Commissioners. The Lords Commissioners could be serving naval officers, called Naval Lords, or Civil Lords. From 1805 the Naval Lords were assigned specific duties; see First Sea Lord, Second Sea Lord, Third Sea Lord, etc.

List of persons executing the office of the Admiralty (incomplete before the Restoration, 1660):

1841 to 1861

25 June 1841: Commission.
- Earl of Minto, First Lord
- Sir Charles Adam, First Naval Lord
- Sir Edward Thomas Troubridge, 2nd Baronet, Second Naval Lord
- Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, Third Naval Lord
- Lord Dalmeny, Civil Lord
- James Whitley Deans Dundas, Fourth Naval Lord
8 September 1841: Commission.
- Earl of Haddington, First Lord
- Sir George Cockburn, First Naval Lord
- Sir William Hall Gage, Second Naval Lord
- Sir George Francis Seymour, Third Naval Lord
- The Hon. William Gordon, Fourth Naval Lord
- The Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry Corry, Civil Lord
22 May 1844: Commission.
- Earl of Haddington, First Lord
- Sir George Cockburn, First Naval Lord
- Sir William Hall Gage, Second Naval Lord
- William Bowles, Third Naval Lord
- The Hon. William Gordon, Fourth Naval Lord
- The Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry Corry, Civil Lord
12 February 1845: Commission.
- Earl of Haddington, First Lord
- Sir George Cockburn, First Naval Lord
- Sir William Hall Gage, Second Naval Lord
- William Bowles, Third Naval Lord
- The Hon. William Gordon, Fourth Naval Lord
- The Hon. Henry Fitzroy
13 January 1846: Commission.
- Earl of Ellenborough, First Lord
- Sir George Cockburn, First Naval Lord
- Sir William Hall Gage, Second Naval Lord
- William Bowles, Third Naval Lord
- The Hon. William Gordon, Fourth Naval Lord
- The Hon. Henry Fitzroy
17 February 1846: Commission.
- Earl of Ellenborough, First Lord
- Sir George Cockburn, First Naval Lord
- Sir William Hall Gage, Second Naval Lord
- William Bowles, Third Naval Lord
- The Hon. Henry Fitzroy
- The Hon. Henry John Rous, Fourth Naval Lord
13 July 1846: Commission.
- Earl of Auckland, First Lord
- Sir William Parker, First Naval Lord
- James Whitley Deans Dundas, Second Naval Lord
- The Hon. Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Third Naval Lord
- Lord John Hay, Fourth Naval Lord
- The Hon. William Francis Cowper, Civil Lord
24 July 1846: Commission.
- Earl of Auckland, First Lord
- Sir Charles Adam, First Naval Lord
- James Whitley Deans Dundas, Second Naval Lord
- The Hon. Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Third Naval Lord
- Lord John Hay, Fourth Naval Lord
- The Hon. William Francis Cowper, Civil Lord
20 July 1847: Commission.
- Earl of Auckland, First Lord
- James Whitley Deans Dundas, First Naval Lord
- Henry Prescott, Second Naval Lord
- The Hon. Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Third Naval Lord
- Lord John Hay, Fourth Naval Lord
- The Hon. William Francis Cowper, Civil Lord
23 December 1847: Commission.
- Earl of Auckland, First Lord
- James Whitley Deans Dundas, First Naval Lord
- The Hon. Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Second Naval Lord
- Lord John Hay, Third Naval Lord
- The Hon. William Francis Cowper, Civil Lord
- Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord
18 January 1849: Commission.
- Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, First Lord
- James Whitley Deans Dundas, First Naval Lord
- The Hon. Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Second Naval Lord
- Lord John Hay, Third Naval Lord
- The Hon. William Francis Cowper, Civil Lord
- Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord
9 February 1850: Commission.
- Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, First Lord
- James Whitley Deans Dundas, First Naval Lord
- The Hon. Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Second Naval Lord
- Houston Stewart, Third Naval Lord
- Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord
- The Hon. William Francis Cowper, Civil Lord
13 February 1852: Commission.
- Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, First Lord
- The Hon. Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, First Naval Lord
- Houston Stewart, Second Naval Lord
- Sir James Stirling, Third Naval Lord
- The Hon. William Francis Cowper, Civil Lord
2 March 1852: Commission.
- Duke of Northumberland, First Lord
- Hyde Parker, First Naval Lord
- Phipps Hornby, Second Naval Lord
- Sir Thomas Herbert, Third Naval Lord
- The Hon. Arthur Duncombe, Fourth Naval Lord
- Alexander Milne, Fifth Naval Lord
5 January 1853: Commission.
- Sir James Robert George Graham, First Lord
- Hyde Parker, First Naval Lord
- The Hon. Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Second Naval Lord
- The Hon. Richard Saunders Dundas, Third Naval Lord
- Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord
- The Hon. William Francis Cowper, Civil Lord
3 June 1854: Commission.
- Sir James Robert George Graham, First Lord
- The Hon. Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, First Naval Lord
- The Hon. Richard Saunders Dundas, Second Naval Lord
- Peter Richards, Third Naval Lord
- Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord
- The Hon. William Francis Cowper, Civil Lord
8 March 1855: Commission.
- Sir Charles Wood, First Lord
- The Hon. Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, First Naval Lord
- Henry Eden, Second Naval Lord
- Peter Richards, Third Naval Lord
- Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord
14 March 1855: Commission.
- Sir Charles Wood, First Lord
- The Hon. Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, First Naval Lord
- Henry Eden, Second Naval Lord
- Peter Richards, Third Naval Lord
- Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord
- Sir Robert Peel, Civil Lord
2 April 1857: Commission.
- Sir Charles Wood, First Lord
- The Hon. Sir Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, First Naval Lord
- The Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, Second Naval Lord
- Henry Eden, Third Naval Lord
- Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord
- Sir Robert Peel, Civil Lord
30 May 1857: Commission.
- Sir Charles Wood, First Lord
- The Hon. Sir Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, First Naval Lord
- The Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, Second Naval Lord
- Henry Eden, Third Naval Lord
- Alexander Milne, Fourth Naval Lord
- Thomas George Baring, Civil Lord
24 November 1857: Commission.
- Sir Charles Wood, First Lord
- The Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, First Naval Lord
- Henry Eden, Second Naval Lord
- Alexander Milne, Third Naval Lord
- The Hon. Frederick Thomas Pelham, Fourth Naval Lord
- Thomas George Baring, Civil Lord
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Source: Office-Holders in Modern Britain IV: Admiralty Officials 1660-1870, online at http://www.british-history.ac.uk Lords of the Admiralty | Royal Navy

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