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The '''First Lord of the Admiralty''' was the civilian head of the [[Royal Navy]] - a member of the government of the day and responsible to parliament for the fleet. | The '''First Lord of the Admiralty''' was the civilian head of the [[Royal Navy]] - a member of the government of the day and responsible to parliament for the fleet. | ||
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The First Lord of the Admiralty was the civilian head of the Royal Navy - a member of the government of the day and responsible to parliament for the fleet.
First Lords of the Admiralty, 1886–1929
- George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon 1886
- Lord George Francis Hamilton 1886–1892
- John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer 1892–1895
- George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen 1895–1900
- William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne 1900–1905
- Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor 1905
- Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth 1905–1908
- Reginald McKenna 1908–1911
- Winston Churchill 1911–1915
- Sir Arthur Balfour 1915–1916
- Sir Edward Carson 1916–1917
- Sir Eric Geddes 1917–1919
- Walter Hume Long 1919–1921
- Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st Baron Lee of Fareham 1921–1922
- Leo Amery 1922–1924
- Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford 1924
- William Clive Bridgeman 1924–1929