Lord High Admiral

Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party	Notes
The Earl of Dorsetfrom 1416, the Duke of Exeter 	1413 	1426 	 	
The Duke of Bedford 	1426 	1435 	 	
The Duke of Exeter 	1435 	1447 	 	
The Duke of Suffolk 	1447 	1450 	 	
The Duke of Exeter 	1450 	1461 	 	
The Earl of Kent 	1462 	1462 	 	
The Duke of Gloucester 	1462 	1470 	 	
The Earl of Warwick 	1470 	1471 	 	
The Duke of Gloucester 	1471 	1483 	 	
The Duke of Norfolk 	1483 	1485 	 	
The Earl of Oxford 	1485 	1513 	 	
Sir Edward Howard 	1513 	1513 	 	
Lord Howardfrom 1514, known as Earl of Surrey; from 1524, the Duke of Norfolk	1513 	1525 	 	
The Duke of Richmond 	1525 	1536 	 	
Sir William Fitzwilliamfrom 1537, the Earl of Southampton 	1536 	1540 	 	
Lord Russell 	1540 	1542 	 	
The Earl of Hertford 	1542 	1543 	 	
The Viscount Lisle 	1543 	1547 	 	
The Lord Seymour of Sudeley 	1547 	1549 	 	
The Earl of Warwick 	1549 	1550 	 	
The Lord Clinton 	1550 	1554 	 	
The Lord Howard of Effingham 	1554 	1558 	 	
The Lord Clintonfrom 1572, the Earl of Lincoln 	1558 	1585 	 	
The Lord Howard of Effinghamfrom 1597, the Earl of Nottingham 	1585 	1619 	 	
The Marquess of Buckinghamfrom 1623, the Duke of Buckingham 	1619 	1628 	 	
in commission 	1628 	1638 	 	
The Earl of Northumberland 	1638 	1642 	 	
in commission 	1642 	1646 	 	
The Duke of York 	1660 	1673 	 	
in commission 	1673 	May 1684 	 	
Charles II 	May 1684 	February 1685 	 	
James II 	February 1685 	December 1688 	 	
Sir Arthur Herbert 	February 1689 	March 1689 	 	
in commission 	March 1689 	26 January 1702 	 	
The Earl of Pembroke 	26 January 1702 	20 May 1702 	Tory 	
HRH Prince George of Denmark 	20 May 1702 	28 October 1708 	 	
The Earl of Pembroke 	29 November 1708 	8 November 1709 	Tory 	
in commission 	8 November 1709 	2 May 1827 	 	
HRH The Duke of Clarence 	2 May 1827 	19 September 1828	Tory 	
in commission 	19 September 1828	1 April 1964 	 	
Elizabeth II 	1 April 1964 	10 June 2011 	 	
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh 	10 June 2011