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The
First Sea Lord is the professional head of the
Royal Navy and the whole
Naval Service. He also holds the title of
Chief of Naval Staff and is known by the abbreviations
1SL/CNS. His
flagship (currently ) is accounted the flagship of the whole Royal Navy. The current First Sea Lord is Admiral
Sir Jonathon Band (appointed
7 February 2006).==History==
Between
1795 and
1827 the head of the Royal Navy was known as the
Admiral of the Fleet. This office later became a rank.
Prior to
1809 naval officers had occasionally served as
First Lord of the Admiralty, or president of the
Board of Admiralty. However, between 1809 and
1828 the office was invariably held by a civilian politician.
The title of First Sea Lord was first given to the senior
Naval Lord on the Board of Admiralty in
1828. The First Sea Lord was a member of the
Chiefs of Staff Committee and in rotation with the representatives of the other services (the
Chief of the Imperial General Staff and
Chief of the Air Staff) would serve as the chairman of that committee and head of all British armed forces (from 1956 the post was known as the
Chief of the Defence Staff).
The title was retained when the Board of Admiralty was abolished in
1964 and its functions integrated into the
Ministry of Defence.
First Naval Lords, 1828–1904
Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet 1828–1830
Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet 1830–1834
The Hon. George Heneage Dundas 1834
Charles Adam 1834
Sir George Cockburn 1834–1835
Sir Charles Adam 1835–1841
Sir George Cockburn 1841–1846
Sir William Parker, Bt 1846
Sir Charles Adam 1846–1847
James Whitley Deans Dundas 1847–1852
The Hon. Maurice Fitzhardinge Berkeley 1852
Hyde Parker 1852–1854
The Hon. Maurice Fitzhardinge Berkeley 1854–1857
The Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas 1857–1858
William Fanshawe Martin 1858–1859
The Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas 1859–1861
The Hon. Sir Frederick Grey 1861–1866
Sir Alexander Milne 1866–1868
Sir Sydney Dacres 1868–1872
Sir Alexander Milne 1872–1876
Sir Hastings Yelverton 1876–1877
George Wellesley 1877–1879
Sir Astley Cooper Key 1879–1885
Sir Arthur Acland Hood 1885–1886
Lord John Hay 1886
Sir Arthur Acland Hood 1886–1889
Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton 1889–1891
Sir Anthony Hoskins 1891–1893
Sir Frederick Richards 1893–1899
Lord Walter Kerr 1899–1904
First Sea Lords, 1904–1964
Sir John Arbuthnot Fisher 1904–1910
Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson 1910–1911
Sir Francis Bridgeman 1911–1912
Prince Louis of Battenberg 1912–1914
The Lord Fisher 1914–1915
Sir Henry Jackson 1915–1916
Sir John Jellicoe 1916–1917
Sir Rosslyn Wemyss 1917–1919
The Earl Beatty 1919–1927
Sir Charles Madden, Bt 1927–1930
Sir Frederick Field 1930–1933
The Lord Chatfield 1933–1938
Sir Roger Backhouse 1938–1939
Sir Dudley Pound 1939–1943
The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope 1943–1946
Sir John Cunningham 1946–1948
The Lord Fraser of North Cape 1948–1951
Sir Rhoderick McGrigor 1951–1955
The Earl Mountbatten of Burma 1955–1959
Sir Charles Lambe 1959–1960
Sir Caspar John 1960–1963
Sir David Luce 1963–1964
First Sea Lords, 1964–present
Sir David Luce 1964–1966
Sir Varyl Begg 1966–1968
Sir Michael Le Fanu 1968–1970
Sir Peter Hill-Norton 1970–1971
Sir Michael Pollock 1971–1974
Sir Edward Ashmore 1974–1977
Sir Terence Lewin 1977–1979
Sir Henry Leach 1979–1982
Sir John Fieldhouse 1982–1985
Sir William Staveley 1985–1989
Sir Julian Oswald 1989–1993
Sir Benjamin Bathurst 1993–1995
Sir Jock Slater 1995–1998
Sir Michael Boyce 1998–2001
Sir Nigel Essenhigh 2001–2002
Sir Alan West 2002–2006
Sir Jonathon Band 2006–presentFurther Information
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