Second Sea Lord
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The Second Sea Lord was a Lord Commissioner of the Board of Admiralty responsible for the personnel of the Royal Navy. He was in charge of manning the ships, and training and educating the men.
Dates of appointment given in all instances:
- Rear-Admiral Arthur W. A. Hood, 15 January, 1877.[1]
- Rear-Admiral Richard James Meade, Fourth Earl of Clanwilliam, 6 December, 1879.[2]
- Vice-Admiral Lord John Hay, 13 May, 1880.[3]
- Admiral Lord Alcester, 6 March, 1883.[4]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony H. Hoskins, 2 July, 1885.[5]
- Admiral Sir Richard V. Hamilton, 31 December, 1888.[6]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Fairfax, 26 October, 1889.[7]
- Admiral Sir Frederick W. Richards, 23 May, 1892.[8]
- Vice-Admiral Lord Walter Kerr, 1 November, 1893.[9]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick G. D. Bedford, 27 May, 1895.[10]
- Vice-Admiral Lord Walter Kerr, 1 May, 1899.[11]
- Vice-Admiral Archibald L. Douglas, 14 August, 1899.[12]
- Admiral Sir John A. Fisher, 13 May, 1902.[13]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Charles C. Drury, 31 July, 1903.[14]
Second Sea Lords, 1904–1924
- Admiral Sir William H. May, 20 March, 1907.[15]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Francis C. B. Bridgeman 25 March, 1909.[16]
- Vice-Admiral Sir George Le C. Egerton, 25 March, 1911.[17]
- Vice-Admiral H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battenberg, 5 December, 1911.[18]
- Vice-Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe, 9 December, 1912.[19]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick T. Hamilton, 31 July, 1914.[20]
- Vice-Admiral (Acting) The Honourable Sir Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe, 30 June, 1916.[21]
- Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, 4 December, 1916.[22]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Rosslyn E. Wemyss, 6 September, 1917.[23]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Herbert L. Heath, 27 September, 1917.[24]
- Admiral Sir Montague E. Browning, 31 March, 1919.[25]
- Admiral Sir Henry F. Oliver, 30 September, 1920.[26]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart., 15 August, 1924.[27]
- Vice-Admiral The Honourable Sir Hubert G. Brand, 22 April, 1925.[28]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Michael H. Hodges, 16 August, 1927.[29]
Footnotes
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. [Naval Staff.] p. 119.
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- ↑ Naval Staff. p. 125.
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