First sea lord
First Sea Lord (English First Sea Lord ) is in the UK today, the highest-ranking official position within the Royal Navy . The First Sea Lord is now within the British Ministry of Defense at the same time chief of staff of the Royal Navy ( Chief of Naval Staff ). The abbreviation is 1SL / CNS. The office is not to be confused with that of the First Lord of the Admiralty , which corresponds to the function of Minister of the Navy .
history
The post of First Sea Lord emerged from the post of First Naval Lord , which existed from 1828 to 1904. The position changed over the course of history, with the history of the First Sea Lord being closely linked to the history of the British Admiralty .
Originally, responsibility for running the Royal Navy lay with a single person, the Lord High Admiral . From the 18th century on, this task was mostly carried out by a committee , the Board of Admiralty . The members of this committee were called Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and were composed of admirals of the Royal Navy and civilians. The admirals on the Board of Admiralty were known as "Sea Lords". There were last five of them (see here ), whereby the First Sea Lord was responsible for the operational management of the Royal Navy. The chairmanship of the entire Board of Admiralty was led by the First Lord of the Admiralty ("First Lord of the Admiralty"), who was usually a member of the cabinet and after 1806 was always a civilian. He had political responsibility for the Royal Navy and was therefore also known as the "Minister of the Navy".
The organizational structure described within the British Admiralty existed until the second half of the 20th century. In 1964, all previous functions of the Admiralty were transferred to the United Kingdom's Department of Defense, which was newly created that year . New departments were created within the Ministry of Defense, some of which were named after previous authorities, and the name First Sea Lord for the operational head of the Royal Navy was retained after 1964.
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Cockburn , 10th Baronet | 1828-1830 |
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Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy , 1st Baronet | 1830-1834 |
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Rear Adm. George Heneage Lawrence Dundas | 1834 |
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Admiral Sir Charles Adam | 1834 |
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Cockburn , 10th Baronet | 1834-1835 |
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Admiral Sir Charles Adam | 1835-1841 |
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Cockburn , 10th Baronet | 1841-1846 |
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet | 1846 |
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Admiral Sir Charles Adam | 1846-1847 |
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Admiral Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas | 1847-1852 |
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Admiral Sir Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley | 1852 |
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Vice Admiral Hyde Parker | 1852-1854 |
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Admiral Sir Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley | 1854-1857 |
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Vice Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas | 1857-1858 |
| Admiral Sir William Fanshawe Martin, 4th Baronet | 1858-1859 | |
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Vice Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas | 1859-1861 |
| Admiral Sir Frederick William Gray | 1861-1866 | |
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alexander Milne , 1st Baronet | 1866-1868 |
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Admiral Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres | 1868-1872 |
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alexander Milne , 1st Baronet | 1872-1876 |
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Admiral Sir Hastings Yelverton | 1876-1877 |
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Admiral Sir George Wellesley | 1877-1879 |
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Admiral Sir Astley Cooper Key | 1879-1885 |
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Admiral Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon | 1885-1886 |
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Admiral of the Fleet Lord John Hay | 1886 |
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Admiral Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon | 1886-1889 |
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Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton | 1889-1891 |
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Admiral Sir Anthony Hoskins | 1891-1893 |
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Richards | 1893-1899 |
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Admiral of the Fleet Lord Walter Kerr | 1899-1904 |
First Sea Lords (1904-present)
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Fisher | 1904-1910 |
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Wilson | 1910-1911 |
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Admiral Sir Francis Charles Bridgeman | 1911-1912 |
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Admiral Prince Ludwig Alexander von Battenberg | 1912-1914 |
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Admiral of the Fleet John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher | 1914-1915 |
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Admiral Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson | 1915-1916 |
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Admiral of the Fleet John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe | 1916-1917 |
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Admiral of the Fleet Rosslyn Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss | 1917-1919 |
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Admiral of the Fleet David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty | 1919-1927 |
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet | 1927-1930 |
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Field | 1930-1933 |
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Admiral of the Fleet Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield | 1933-1938 |
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Admiral Sir Roger Backhouse | 1938-1939 |
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound | 1939-1943 |
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Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope | 1943-1946 |
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Cunningham | 1946-1948 |
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Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape | 1948-1951 |
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Rhoderick McGrigor | 1951-1955 |
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Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma | 1955-1959 |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Lambe | 1959-1960 | |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir Caspar John | 1960-1963 | |
| Admiral Sir David Luce | 1963-1966 | |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir Varyl Begg | 1966-1968 | |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir Michael Le Fanu | 1968-1970 | |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir Peter Hill-Norton | 1970-1971 | |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir Michael Pollock | 1971-1974 | |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Beckwith Ashmore | 1974-1977 | |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin | 1977-1979 | |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Leach | 1979-1982 | |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Fieldhouse | 1982-1985 | |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Staveley | 1985-1989 | |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir Julian Oswald | 1989-1993 | |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Benjamin Bathurst | 1993-1995 | |
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Admiral Sir John Cunningham Kirkwood Slater | 1995-1998 |
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Admiral Sir Michael Boyce | 1998-2001 |
| Admiral Sir Nigel Essenhigh | 2001-2002 | |
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Admiral Sir Alan West | 2002-2006 |
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Admiral Sir Jonathon Band | 2006-2009 |
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Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope | 2009-2013 |
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Admiral Sir George Zambellas | 2013-2016 |
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Admiral Sir Philip Jones | 2016-2019 |
| Admiral Tony Radakin | since 2019 |
literature
- Malcolm H. Murfett (Ed.): The First Sea Lords. From Fisher to Mountbatten. Praeger, Westport CT et al. 1995, ISBN 0-275-94231-7 .