First Sea Lord

The First Sea Lord' or before 1904 Senior Naval Lord was the professional head of the Royal Navy on the Board of Admiralty. In 1917 the position was combined with Chief of Staff.

Sir George Cockburn 1828–1830 Sir Thomas Hardy 1830–1834 The Hon. George Heneage Dundas 1834 Charles Adam 1834 Sir George Cockburn 1834–1835 Sir Charles Adam 1835–1841 Sir George Cockburn 1841–1846 Sir William Parker, Bt 1846 Sir Charles Adam 1846–1847 James Whitley Deans Dundas 1847–1852 The Hon. Maurice Fitzhardinge Berkeley 1852 Hyde Parker 1852–1854 The Hon. Maurice Fitzhardinge Berkeley 1854–1857 The Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas 1857–1858 William Fanshawe Martin 1858–1859 The Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas 1859–1861 The Hon. Sir Frederick Grey 1861–1866 Sir Alexander Milne 1866–1868 Sir Sydney Dacres 1868–1872 Sir Alexander Milne 1872–1876 Sir Hastings Yelverton 1876–1877 George Wellesley 1877–1879 Sir Astley Cooper Key 1879–1885 Sir Arthur Acland Hood 1885–1886 Lord John Hay 1886 Sir Arthur Acland Hood 1886–1889 Sir R. Vesey Hamilton 1889–1891 Sir Anthony Hoskins 1891–1893 Sir Frederick Richards 1893–1899 Lord Walter Kerr 1899–1904 Sir Jackie Fisher 1904–1910 Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson 1910–1911 Sir Francis Bridgeman 1911–1912 Prince Louis of Battenberg 1912–1914 The Lord Fisher 1914–1915 Sir Henry Jackson 1915–1916 Sir John Jellicoe 1916–1917 Sir Rosslyn Wemyss 1917–1919 The Earl Beatty 1919–1927 Sir Charles Madden, Bt 1927–1930 Sir Frederick Field 1930–1933 The Lord Chatfield 1933–1938 Sir Roger Backhouse 1938–1939 Sir Dudley Pound 1939–1943 The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope 1943–1946 Sir John Cunningham 1946–1948 The Lord Fraser of North Cape 1948–1951 Sir Rhoderick McGrigor 1951–1955 The Earl Mountbatten of Burma 1955–1959 Sir Charles Lambe 1959–1960 Sir Caspar John 1960–1963 Sir David Luce 1963–1964