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Board of Admiralty Political Lords Commissioners  • First Lord of the Admiralty  • Civil Lord of the Admiralty  • Fourth Civil Lord (1918 – 1919) Naval Lords Commissioners  • First Naval Lord (– 1904) • First Sea Lord (1904 – 1917) • First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff (1917 –)  • Second Naval Lord (– 1869, 1872 – 1904) • Second Sea Lord (1904 – 1917) • Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel (1917 –)  • Third Naval Lord (– 1869) • Third Lord and Controller (1869 – 1872) • Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy (1882 – 1904) • Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy (1904 – 1912) • Third Sea Lord (1912 – 1917) • Third Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Matériel (1917 – 1918) • Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy (1918 –)  • Junior Naval Lord (– 1904) • Fourth Sea Lord (1907 – 1917) • Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport (1917 –)  • Fifth Sea Lord (1917) • Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Service (1917 – 1918)  • Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1917 –)  • Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (1917 –)  • Deputy First Sea Lord (1917 – 1919) Civil Lords Commissioners  • Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty (1882 – 1885, 1912 – 1919)  • Third Civil Lord (1918 – 1919)  • Controller (1917 – 1918) Secretaries to the Board  • First Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (– 1869) • Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (1869 – 1904) • Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (1904 –)  • Additional Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (1917 – 1918)  • Second Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (– 1869) • Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (1869 – 1877, 1880 –)  • Naval Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (1872 – 1882)

The Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Service was a member of the Board of Admiralty between 1917 and 1918.

History

The position was created by Order-in-Council of 10 January, 1917,^[1] after much wrangling between the Admiralty and the Air Board.

The additional title has been seen given as "Director of Air Services",^[2] "Chief of Naval Air Services",^[3] "Chief of Naval Air Service",^[4][5] The complete title as given in the Order-in-Council of 23 October, 1917, reads "Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Service."^[6]

Fifth Sea Lords

Dates of appointment given:

• Commodore, First Class Godfrey M. Paine, 11 January, 1917.^[7]

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