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This is a list of Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty (incomplete before the Restoration, 1660).

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty were the members of The Board of Admiralty, which exercised the office of Lord High Admiral when it was not vested in a single person. The commissioners were a mixture of politicians without naval experience and professional naval officers, the proportion of naval officers generally increasing over time. In 1940, the Secretary of the Admiralty, a civil servant, became a member of the Board. The Lord High Admiral, and thus the Board of Admiralty, ceased to have operational command of the Royal Navy when the three service ministries were merged into the Ministry of Defence in 1964, when the office of Lord High Admiral reverted to the Crown.

1628 to 1641


1641 to 1661


From the appointment of Warwick until 1660, appointments during this period were made by Parliament or a part thereof.

  • 12 February 1649: Commission (by the House of Commons) _ Dean Francis Popham Colonel Robert Blake

1661 to 1681


1681 to 1701


1701 to 1721


1721 to 1741


1741 to 1761


1761 to 1782


1782 to 1801


1801 to 1822


1822 to 1841


1841 to 1861


1861 to 1882


1882 to 1901


1901 to 1921


1921 to 1941


1941 to 1964


21st Century


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