First Lord of the Admiralty

The Admiralty was first put in commission in 1628. It was always in commission from 1709 to 1964, except for a brief period in 1827-28.
Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
The Lord Weston later 
The Earl of Portland	1628 	1635 	 	
The Earl of Lindsey 	1635 	1636 	 	
William Juxon, Bishop of Lincoln 	1636 	1638 	 	
The Earl of Northumberland 	1642 	1643 	 	
The Lord Cottington 	1643 	1646 	 	
Prince Rupert of the Rhine 	9 July 1673 	14 May 1679 	 	
Sir Henry Capell 	14 May 1679 	19 February 1681 	 	
Daniel Finch later Lord Finch later The Earl of Nottingham	19 February 1681 	19 May 1684 	Tory 	
Arthur Herbert later The Earl of Torrington	8 March 1689 	20 January 1690 	Whig 	
The Earl of Pembroke 	20 January 1690 	10 March 1692 	Tory 	
The Lord Cornwallis 	10 March 1692 	15 April 1693 	 	
The Viscount Falkland 	15 April 1693 	2 May 1694 	Whig 	
Edward Russell laterThe Earl of Orford 	2 May 1694 	31 May 1699 	Whig 	
The Earl of Bridgewater 	31 May 1699 	19 March 1701 	Whig 	
The Earl of Pembroke 	4 April 1701 	26 January 1702 	Tory 	
The Earl of Orford 	8 November 1709 	4 October 1710 	Whig 	
Sir John Leake 	4 October 1710 	30 September 1713	 	senior member of the commission, but refused title of First Lord
The Earl of Strafford 	30 September 1713	September 1714 	 	
The Earl of Orford 	14 October 1714 	16 April 1717 	Whig 	
The Earl of Berkeley 	16 April 1717 	2 August 1727 	Whig 	
The Viscount Torrington 	2 August 1727 	21 June 1733 	Whig 	
Sir Charles Wager 	21 June 1733 	19 March 1742 	Whig 	
The Earl of Winchilsea 	19 March 1742 	27 December 1744 	Whig 	
The Duke of Bedford 	27 December 1744 	26 February 1748 	Whig 	
The Earl of Sandwich 	26 February 1748 	22 June 1751 	Whig 	
The Lord Anson 	22 June 1751 	17 November 1756 	Whig 	
The Earl Temple 	17 November 1756 	6 April 1757 	Whig 	
The Earl of Winchilsea 	6 April 1757 	2 July 1757 	Whig 	
The Lord Anson 	2 July 1757 	17 June 1762 	Whig 	
The Earl of Halifax 	17 June 1762 	18 October 1762 	Whig 	
George Grenville 	18 October 1762 	20 April 1763 	Whig 	
The Earl of Sandwich 	20 April 1763 	16 September 1763	Whig 	
The Earl of Egmont 	16 September 1763	15 September 1766	Whig 	
Sir Charles Saunders 	15 September 1766	11 December 1766 	 	
Sir Edward Hawke 	11 December 1766 	12 January 1771 	 	
The Earl of Sandwich 	12 January 1771 	27 March 1782 	Tory 	
Augustus Keppel laterThe Viscount Keppel	1 April 1782 	30 January 1783 	Whig 	
The Viscount Howe 	30 January 1783 	10 April 1783 	 	
The Viscount Keppel 	10 April 1783 	31 December 1783 	Whig 	
The Viscount Howe 	31 December 1783 	16 July 1788 	 	
The Earl of Chatham 	16 July 1788 	19 December 1794 	Tory 	
The Earl Spencer 	19 December 1794 	19 February 1801 	Portland Whig 	
The Earl of St. Vincent 	19 February 1801 	15 May 1804 	Tory 	
The Viscount Melville 	15 May 1804 	2 May 1805 	Tory 	
The Lord Barham 	2 May 1805 	10 February 1806 	Tory 	
Charles Grey laterViscount Howick 	10 February 1806 	29 Septembr 1806 	Whig 	
Thomas Grenville 	29 September 1806	31 March 1807 	Whig 	
The Lord Mulgrave 	6 April 1807 	4 May 1810 	Tory 	
Charles Philip Yorke 	4 May 1810 	25 March 1812 	Tory 	
The Viscount Melville 	25 March 1812 	8 April 1827 	Tory 	
The Viscount Melville 	19 September 1828	22 November 1830 	Tory 	
Sir James Graham, Bt. 	22 November 1830 	11 June 1834 	Whig 	
The Lord Auckland 	11 June 1834 	14 November 1834 	Whig 	
The Earl de Grey 	15 December 1834 	8 April 1835 	Conservative 	
The Lord Auckland 	25 April 1835 	19 September 1835	Whig 	
The Earl of Minto 	19 September 1835	30 August 1841 	Whig 	
The Earl of Haddington 	8 September 1841 	13 January 1846 	Conservative 	
The Earl of Ellenborough 	13 January 1846 	13 July 1846 	Conservative 	
The Earl of Auckland 	13 July 1846 	18 January 1849 	Whig 	
Sir Francis Baring, Bt. 	18 January 1849 	27 February 1852 	Whig 	
The Duke of Northumberland 	27 February 1852 	23 December 1852 	Conservative 	
Sir James Graham, Bt. 	5 January 1853 	8 March 1855 	Peelite 	
Sir Charles Wood, Bt. 	8 March 1855 	21 February 1858 	Whig 	
Sir John Pakington, Bt. 	8 March 1858 	11 June 1859 	Conservative 	
The Duke of Somerset 	27 June 1859 	26 June 1866 	Liberal 	
Sir John Pakington, Bt. 	12 July 1866 	8 March 1867 	Conservative 	
Henry Lowry-Corry 	8 March 1867 	1 December 1868 	Conservative 	
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers 	9 December 1868 	24 March 1871 	Liberal 	
George Joachim Goschen 	24 March 1871 	17 February 1874 	Liberal 	
George Ward Hunt 	21 February 1874 	14 August 1877 	Conservative 	
William Henry Smith 	14 August 1877 	21 April 1880 	Conservative 	
The Earl of Northbrook 	28 April 1880 	9 June 1885 	Liberal 	
Lord George Hamilton 	24 June 1885 	28 January 1886 	Conservative 	
The Marquess of Ripon 	9 February 1886 	20 July 1886 	Liberal 	
Lord George Hamilton 	9 August 1886 	11 August 1892 	Conservative 	
The Earl Spencer 	19 August 1892 	21 June 1895 	Liberal 	
George Joachim Goschen 	29 June 1895 	12 November 1900 	Liberal Unionist	
The Earl of Selborne 	12 November 1900 	27 March 1905 	Liberal Unionist	
The Earl Cawdor 	27 March 1905 	4 December 1905 	Conservative 	
The Lord Tweedmouth 	10 December 1905 	12 April 1908 	Liberal 	
Reginald McKenna 	12 April 1908 	23 October 1911 	Liberal 	
Winston Churchill 	23 October 1911 	25 May 1915 	Liberal 	
Arthur Balfour 	25 May 1915 	5 December 1916 	Unionist 	
Sir Edward Carson 	10 December 1916 	17 July 1917 	Unionist 	
Sir Eric Campbell Geddes 	17 July 1917 	10 January 1919 	Unionist 	
Walter Hume Long 	10 January 1919 	13 February 1921 	Unionist 	
The Lord Lee of Fareham 	13 February 1921 	19 October 1922 	Unionist 	
Leo Amery 	24 October 1922 	22 January 1924 	Conservative 	
The Viscount Chelmsford 	22 January 1924 	3 November 1924 	Labour 	
William Clive Bridgeman 	6 November 1924 	4 June 1929 	Conservative 	
Albert Victor Alexander 	7 June 1929 	24 August 1931 	Labour 	
Sir Austen Chamberlain 	25 August 1931 	5 November 1931 	Conservative 	
Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell 	5 November 1931 	5 June 1936 	Conservative 	
Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt. 	5 June 1936 	28 May 1937 	Conservative 	
Duff Cooper 	28 May 1937 	27 October 1938 	Conservative 	
The Earl Stanhope 	27 October 1938 	3 September 1939 	Conservative 	
Winston Churchill 	3 September 1939 	10 May 1940 	Conservative 	
Albert Victor Alexander 	11 May 1940 	23 May 1945 	Labour 	
Brendan Bracken 	25 May 1945 	26 July 1945 	Conservative 	
Albert Victor Alexander 	3 August 1945 	4 October 1946 	Labour 	
The Viscount Hall 	4 October 1946 	24 May 1951 	Labour 	
Lord Pakenham 	24 May 1951 	13 October 1951 	Labour 	
James Thomas 	13 October 1951 	2 September 1956 	Conservative 	
The Viscount Hailsham 	2 September 1956 	16 January 1957 	Conservative 	
The Earl of Selkirk 	16 January 1957 	16 October 1959 	Conservative 	
The Lord Carrington 	16 October 1959 	22 October 1963 	Conservative 	
The Earl Jellicoe 	22 October 1963 	1 April 1964 	Conservative 	
The office was abolished after 1964.