Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
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The Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth was a senior commander of the Royal Navy
for hundreds of years. Portsmouth Command was a name given to the units, establishments, and staff operating under the post.
who records clearly establish was responsible for Portsmouth was Rear-Admiral Sir John Moore
, appointed in 1766. The Command extended along the south coast from Newhaven
in East Sussex
to Portland
in Dorset
. In 1889 the Commander-in-Chief took HMS Victory
as his Flagship
.
During World War II
the Command Headquarters was at Fort Southwick
. The post of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth was merged with that of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
in 1969 to form the post of Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command (CINCNAVHOME).
The posts of Second Sea Lord
and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command were amalgamated in 1994 following the rationalisation of the British Armed Forces
following the end of the Cold War
.
Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
for hundreds of years. Portsmouth Command was a name given to the units, establishments, and staff operating under the post.
History
An admiral commanding in Portsmouth has been attested as early as 1697, but the first Flag OfficerFlag Officer
A flag officer is a commissioned officer in a nation's armed forces senior enough to be entitled to fly a flag to mark where the officer exercises command. The term usually refers to the senior officers in an English-speaking nation's navy, specifically those who hold any of the admiral ranks; in...
who records clearly establish was responsible for Portsmouth was Rear-Admiral Sir John Moore
Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet
Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet KB was a British officer of the Royal Navy during the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years War. He eventually rose to the rank of Admiral.-Childhood:...
, appointed in 1766. The Command extended along the south coast from Newhaven
Newhaven, East Sussex
Newhaven is a town in the Lewes District of East Sussex in England. It lies at the mouth of the River Ouse, on the English Channel coast, and is a ferry port for services to France.-Origins:...
in East Sussex
East Sussex
East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...
to Portland
Isle of Portland
The Isle of Portland is a limestone tied island, long by wide, in the English Channel. Portland is south of the resort of Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England. A tombolo over which runs the A354 road connects it to Chesil Beach and the mainland. Portland and...
in Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
. In 1889 the Commander-in-Chief took HMS Victory
HMS Victory
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805....
as his Flagship
Flagship
A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, reflecting the custom of its commander, characteristically a flag officer, flying a distinguishing flag...
.
During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
the Command Headquarters was at Fort Southwick
Fort Southwick
Fort Southwick is one of the forts found on Portsdown Hill, which overlooks the naval base of Portsmouth in the county of Hampshire, England. It is the highest fort on the hill, and holds the water storage tanks for the other forts, supplying them via a brick lined aqueduct. Construction was...
. The post of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth was merged with that of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
The Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth was a senior commander of the Royal Navy for hundreds of years. Plymouth Command was a name given to the units, establishments, and staff operating under the admiral's command. In the nineteenth century the holder of the office was known as Commander-in-Chief,...
in 1969 to form the post of Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command (CINCNAVHOME).
The posts of Second Sea Lord
Second Sea Lord
The Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command , commonly just known as the Second Sea Lord , is one of the most senior admirals of the British Royal Navy , and is responsible for personnel and naval shore establishments.-History:In 1805, for the first time, specific functions were...
and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command were amalgamated in 1994 following the rationalisation of the British Armed Forces
British Armed Forces
The British Armed Forces are the armed forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Also known as Her Majesty's Armed Forces and sometimes legally the Armed Forces of the Crown, the British Armed Forces encompasses three professional uniformed services, the Royal Navy, the...
following the end of the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
.
Commanders-in-Chief
Commanders-in-Chief have included:Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
- 1757 - 1766 Admiral Sir Francis HolburneFrancis HolburneAdmiral Sir Francis Holburne was a Royal Navy officer who also served as a Member of Parliament.-Naval career:Francis entered the Navy in 1720 as a volunteer aboard , passing his examinations in 1725...
- 1766 - 1769 Admiral Sir John MooreSir John Moore, 1st BaronetSir John Moore, 1st Baronet KB was a British officer of the Royal Navy during the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years War. He eventually rose to the rank of Admiral.-Childhood:...
- 1769 - 1771 Admiral Sir Francis GearySir Francis Geary, 1st BaronetSir Francis Geary was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, and the American War of Independence, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral.-Family and early life:...
- 1771 - 1774 Admiral Thomas PyeThomas PyeSir Thomas Pye was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, and the American War of Independence...
- 1774 - 1777 Admiral Sir James DouglasSir James Douglas, 1st BaronetAdmiral Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet naval officer and Commodore of Newfoundland.-Naval career:Douglas became a captain in the Royal Navy in 1744 In 1745 commanded the HMS Mermaid at Louisbourg and in 1746 he commanded the HMS Vigilante at Louisbourg. In 1746 was appointed Commodore of...
- 1777 - 1783 Admiral Thomas PyeThomas PyeSir Thomas Pye was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, and the American War of Independence...
- 1783 - 1786 Admiral John Montagu
- 1786 - 1789 Admiral Viscount HoodSamuel Hood, 1st Viscount HoodSamuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood was a British Admiral known particularly for his service in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars...
- 1789 - 1792 Admiral Robert RoddamRobert RoddamRobert Roddam was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, and the American War of Independence...
- 1792 - 1793 Admiral Viscount HoodSamuel Hood, 1st Viscount HoodSamuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood was a British Admiral known particularly for his service in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars...
- 1793 - 1799 Admiral Sir Peter ParkerSir Peter Parker, 1st BaronetAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Peter Parker, 1st Baronet was a British naval officer.-Naval career:Peter Parker was born probably in Ireland. He became a lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1743 and captain in 1747. In 1761, he took command of HMS Buckingham and helped cover operations on Belle Île...
- 1799 - 1803 Admiral Mark MilbankeMark MilbankeAdmiral Mark Milbanke was a British naval officer and colonial governor.-Military career:Born the son of Sir Ralph Milbanke Bt, Mark Milbanke graduated from the Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth in 1740. He was made Lieutenant in 1744 and in 1746 was given command of HMS Serpent.In 1789, Milbanke...
- Mar - Jun 1803 Admiral Lord GardnerAlan Gardner, 1st Baron GardnerAdmiral Alan Gardner, 1st Baron Gardner was a British Royal Navy officer and peer of the realm. He became one of the Georgian era's most dashing frigate captains and, ultimately, a respected senior admiral.-Naval career:...
- 1803 - 1809 Admiral Sir George Montagu
- 1809 - 1812 Admiral Sir Roger CurtisRoger CurtisAdmiral Sir Roger Curtis, 1st Baronet, GCB was an officer of the British Royal Navy, who saw action in several battles during an extensive career that was punctuated by a number of highly controversial incidents...
- 1812 - 1815 Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton
- 1815 - 1818 Admiral Sir Edward ThornbroughEdward ThornbroughAdmiral Sir Edward Thornbrough, GCB was a senior, long-serving veteran officer of the British Royal Navy during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. He saw action in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, being wounded several times and...
- 1818 - 1821 Admiral Sir George CampbellGeorge Campbell (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Sir George Campbell GCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.-Naval career:...
- 1821 - 1824 Admiral Sir James Hawkins-Whitshed
- 1824 - 1827 Admiral Sir George MartinGeorge Martin (Royal Navy officer)Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Martin GCB, GCMG was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars...
- 1827 - 1830 Admiral Sir Robert Stopford
- 1830 - 1833 Admiral Sir Thomas Foley
- 1833 - 1836 Admiral Sir Thomas WilliamsThomas Williams (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Sir Thomas Williams GCB was a senior British Royal Navy officer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, who served in numerous theatres during the American Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars...
- 1836 - 1839 Admiral Sir Philip DurhamPhilip Charles DurhamAdmiral Sir Philip Charles Calderwood Henderson Durham, GCB was a Royal Navy officer whose service in the American War of Independence, French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic Wars was lengthy, distinguished and at times controversial.-Biography:Destined to be one of the luckiest men in the...
- Apr - Nov 1839 Admiral Charles Elphinstone FleemingCharles Elphinstone FleemingAdmiral Charles Elphinstone Fleeming was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He commanded a succession of smaller vessels during the early years of the wars, achieving some successes against French cruisers, merchants and privateers, before...
- 1839 - 1842 Admiral Sir Edward CodringtonEdward CodringtonAdmiral Sir Edward Codrington GCB RN was a British admiral, hero of the Battle of Trafalgar and the Battle of Navarino.-Early life and career:...
- 1842 - 1845 Admiral Sir Charles RowleySir Charles Rowley, 1st BaronetAdmiral Sir Charles Rowley GCB GCH was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.-Naval career:...
- 1845 - 1848 Admiral Sir Charles OgleSir Charles Ogle, 2nd BaronetAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet was an officer in the Royal Navy.-Naval career:Born the eldest son of Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle, 1st Baronet, Ogle joined the Royal Navy in 1787....
- 1848 - 1851 Admiral Sir Thomas CapelThomas Bladen CapelAdmiral Sir Thomas Bladen Capel GCB RN was an officer in the British Royal Navy whose distinguished service in the French Revolutionary War, the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 earned him rapid promotion and great acclaim both in and out of the Navy...
- 1851 - 1852 Admiral Sir Thomas BriggsThomas Briggs (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs GCMG was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.-Naval career:Briggs served as Captain of HMS Agincourt in the early years of the nineteenth century....
- 1852 - 1856 Admiral Sir Thomas CochraneThomas John CochraneAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas John Cochrane GCB was an English naval officer and colonial governor.-Naval career:...
- 1856 - 1859 Admiral Sir George Seymour
- 1859 - 1660 Admiral Sir William Bowles
- 1860 - 1863 Admiral Sir Henry BruceHenry William BruceAdmiral Sir Henry William Bruce KCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.-Military career:...
- 1863 - 1866 Admiral Sir Michael Seymour
- 1866 - 1869 Admiral Sir Thomas PasleySir Thomas Sabine Pasley, 2nd BaronetAdmiral Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, 2nd Baronet KCB was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the nineteenth century who never saw action but served across the globe in numerous positions...
- 1869 - 1872 Admiral Sir James Hope
- 1872 - 1875 Admiral Sir Rodney MundyRodney MundyAdmiral of the Fleet Sir George Rodney Mundy GCB was Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.-Naval career:Mundy's naval service stated as a cadet at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth in 1818...
- 1875 - 1878 Admiral Sir George Elliot
- 1878 - 1879 Admiral Sir Edward FanshaweEdward FanshaweAdmiral Sir Edward Gennys Fanshawe GCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.-Naval career:...
- 1879 - 1882 Admiral Sir Alfred RyderAlfred Phillips RyderAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Alfred Phillips Ryder KCB was a Royal Navy officer and an active member of the Church of England Purity Society.-Biography:...
- 1882 - 1886 Admiral Sir Geoffrey Hornby
- 1886 - 1888 Admiral Sir George WillesGeorge WillesAdmiral Sir George Ommanney Willes GCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.-Naval career:...
- 1888 - 1891 Admiral Sir John CommerellJohn Edmund CommerellAdmiral of the Fleet Sir John Edmund Commerell VC GCB was an English Royal Navy officer who was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
- 1891 - 1894 Admiral The Earl of ClanwilliamRichard Meade, 4th Earl of ClanwilliamAdmiral of the Fleet Richard James Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam, GCB, KCMG , styled Lord Gillford until 1879, was a British Royal Navy officer and peer.-Background:...
- 1894 - 1897 Admiral Sir Nowell SalmonNowell SalmonAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Nowell Salmon VC, GCB was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Naval career:Salmon was the son of Reverend H...
- 1897 - 1900 Admiral Sir Michael Culme-SeymourSir Michael Culme-Seymour, 3rd BaronetAdmiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 3rd Baronet was a senior Royal Navy officer. On 17 September 1880 he became 3rd Baronet, on the death of his father...
- 1900 - 1903 Admiral Sir Charles HothamCharles Frederick HothamAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Frederick Hotham, GCB GCVO was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.-Naval career:...
- 1903 - 1904 Admiral Sir John Fisher
- 1905 - 1907 Admiral Sir Archibald DouglasArchibald Lucius DouglasAdmiral Sir Archibald Lucius Douglas, GCB, GCVO was a Royal Navy officer of the 19th century.-Naval career:Douglas was born in Quebec City in pre-Confederation Canada in 1842...
- 1907 - 1908 Admiral Sir Day BosanquetDay BosanquetAdmiral Sir Day Hort Bosanquet GCVO, KCB was the Governor of South Australia from 18 February 1909 until 22 March 1914.-Naval career:Born in Alnwick in Northumberland, Bosanquet joined the Royal Navy in 1857...
- 1908 - 1910 Admiral Sir Arthur FanshaweArthur Dalrymple FanshaweAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe GCB GCVO was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.-Naval career:...
- 1910 - 1911 Admiral Sir Assheton Curzon-HoweAssheton Curzon-HoweAdmiral Sir Assheton Gore Curzon-Howe KCB CVO CMG was a British naval officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet from 1908 to 1910.-Early life:...
- 1911 - 1912 Admiral Sir Arthur MooreArthur Moore (Royal Navy officer)|-|-|-...
- 1912 - 1916 Admiral of the Fleet Sir Hedworth MeuxHedworth MeuxAdmiral of the Fleet The Hon Sir Hedworth Meux GCB KCVO , formerly The Hon Hedworth Lambton was an English naval officer famous for bringing help to the British forces in the Siege of Ladysmith....
- 1916 - 1919 Admiral Sir Stanley ColvilleStanley ColvilleAdmiral Sir Stanley Cecil James Colville GCB GCMG GCVO was a British Royal Navy officer.Colville was born in Eaton Place, London, the second son of Charles Colville, 10th Lord Colville of Culross, entitling him to the style "The Honourable". His mother, Cecile, was the daughter of Robert...
- 1919 - 1920 Admiral Sir Cecil BurneyCecil BurneyAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Cecil Burney, 1st Baronet GCB GCMG was a British Royal Navy admiral.-Early life and service before flag rank:...
- 1920 - 1923 Admiral Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe
- 1923 - 1926 Admiral Sir Sydney FremantleSydney FremantleAdmiral Sir Sydney Robert Fremantle GCB, MVO was an officer of the Royal Navy, who served during the Victorian era and had risen to the rank of rear-admiral by the outbreak of the First World War...
- 1926 - 1929 Admiral Sir Osmond BrockOsmond BrockAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Osmond de Beauvoir Brock KCB, KCMG, KCVO was a Royal Navy officer.-Naval career:Brock was the eldest son of Commander Osmond de Beauvoir Brock of Guernsey and he joined the Navy in 1882. Appointed midshipman in 1886, he passed for Lieutenant with first classes in every...
- 1929 - 1931 Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes
- 1931 - 1934 Admiral Sir Arthur WaistellArthur WaistellAdmiral Sir Arthur Kipling Waistell KCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.-Naval career:Waistell joined the Royal Navy in 1892...
- 1934 - 1936 Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Kelly
- 1936 - 1937 Admiral Sir William FisherWilliam Wordsworth FisherAdmiral Sir William Wordsworth Fisher, GCB, GCVO was a Royal Navy officer who captained a battleship at the Battle of Jutland and became Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet...
- 1937 - 1939 Admiral of the Fleet The Earl of Cork and OrreryWilliam Boyle, 12th Earl of CorkAdmiral of the Fleet William Henry Dudley Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork, 12th Earl of Orrery GCB GCVO RN was a career Royal Navy officer who had achieved the rank of full Admiral before succeeding a cousin in 1934 to the family titles, chief of which is Earl of Cork...
- 1939 - 1942 Admiral Sir William JamesWilliam Milbourne JamesAdmiral Sir William Milbourne James GCB was a British Naval commander, politician and author, perhaps most notable for his activities in the Naval Intelligence Division in the First World War.-Family:...
- 1942 - 1945 Admiral Sir Charles LittleCharles LittleAdmiral Sir Charles James Colebrooke Little GCB GBE was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.-Naval career:...
- 1945 - 1947 Admiral Sir Geoffrey LaytonGeoffrey LaytonAdmiral Sir Geoffrey Layton GBE, KCB, KCMG, DSO , was a British Royal Navy officer.-Early life and career:...
- 1947 - 1948 Admiral The Lord Fraser of North CapeBruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North CapeAdmiral of the Fleet Bruce Austin Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape GCB, KBE was a senior British admiral during World War II.-Early naval career:Fraser joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet on 15 January 1904...
- 1948 - 1950 Admiral of the Fleet Sir Algernon WillisAlgernon WillisAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Algernon Usborne Willis KCB DSO was a British Royal Navy officer.-Naval career:Willis joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1904 and went on to serve in World War I and then actions against the Bolsheviks in the Baltic from 1918 to 1919.In the Second World War he was...
- 1950 - 1952 Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur PowerArthur PowerAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur John Power GCB, GBE, CVO was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service in World War I and World War II.-Naval career:Power joined the Royal Navy in 1909 and served in World War I...
- 1952 - 1954 Admiral Sir John EdelstenJohn EdelstenAdmiral Sir John Hereward Edelsten GCB GCVO CBE was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.-Naval career:Edelsten joined the Royal Navy in 1908...
- 1954 - 1957 Admiral of the Fleet Sir George CreasyGeorge CreasyAdmiral of the Fleet Sir George Elvey Creasy GCB CBE DSO MVO was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.-Naval career:...
- 1957 - 1959 Admiral Sir Guy GranthamGuy GranthamAdmiral Sir Guy Grantham GCB CBE DSO was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.-Naval career:Educated at Rugby School, Grantham joined the Royal Navy in 1918....
- 1959 - 1961 Admiral Sir Manley Power
- 1961 - 1963 Admiral Sir Alexander BingleyAlexander BingleyAdmiral Sir Alexander Noel Campbell Bingley GCB OBE was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.-Naval career:Bingley joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1918....
- 1963 - 1965 Admiral Sir Wilfrid WoodsWilfrid WoodsAdmiral Sir Wilfrid John Wentworth Woods, GBE, KCB, DSO and bar, DL was a Royal Navy officer who served in the Submarine Service in the Mediterranean.-Family:...
- 1965 - 1966 Admiral Sir Varyl BeggVaryl BeggAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Varyl Cargill Begg GCB, DSO, DSC was First Sea Lord, the professional head of the Royal Navy, from 1966 to 1968.-Early life:...
- 1966 - 1967 Admiral Sir Frank HopkinsFrank Hopkins (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Sir Frank Henry Edward Hopkins KCB, DSO, DSC, , was a naval officer with the Royal Navy.-Naval career:Educated at the Nautical College at Pangbourne in Berkshire, Hopkins joined the Royal Navy in 1927....
- 1967 - 1969 Admiral Sir John FrewenJohn FrewenAdmiral Sir John Byng Frewen GCB was Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command.-Naval career:Frewen joined the Royal Navy in 1924. He served in World War II in the Russian Convoys and as Squadron Navigating Officer for Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific...
Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command
- 1969 - 1970 Admiral Sir John FrewenJohn FrewenAdmiral Sir John Byng Frewen GCB was Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command.-Naval career:Frewen joined the Royal Navy in 1924. He served in World War II in the Russian Convoys and as Squadron Navigating Officer for Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific...
- 1970 - 1972 Admiral Sir Horace LawHorace LawAdmiral Sir Horace Law GCB OBE DSC was Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command.-Naval career:...
- 1972 - 1974 Admiral Sir Andrew LewisAndrew Lewis (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Sir Andrew Mackenzie Lewis KCB JP was Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command.-Naval career:Lewis joined the Royal Navy and fought in World War II being mentioned in despatches for his service in HMS Ashanti....
- 1974 - 1975 Admiral Sir Derek EmpsonDerek EmpsonAdmiral Sir Derek Empson GBE KCB was Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command.-Naval career:Educated at Eastbourne College, Empson joined the Royal Navy as a pilot 1940. He served in the Fleet Air Arm during World War II....
- 1975 - 1976 Admiral Sir Terence LewinTerence Lewin, Baron LewinAdmiral of the Fleet Terence Thornton Lewin, Baron Lewin, KG, GCB, LVO, DSC was a former First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy, and Chief of the Defence Staff.-Naval career:...
- 1976 - 1979 Admiral Sir David WilliamsDavid Williams (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Sir David Williams GCB was a senior officer in the British Royal Navy.-Naval career:Williams was appointed Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel in 1974; he was then Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command from 1976 to 1979 when he retired.Between 1980 and 1982 he was Chairman of the...
- 1979 - 1981 Admiral Sir Richard ClaytonRichard Clayton (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Sir Richard Pilkington Clayton GCB was Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command.-Naval career:Clayton joined the Royal Navy in 1942 and served as a midshipman on HMS Cumberland until 1943 when he was on various destroyers of the Home Fleet...
- 1981 - 1983 Admiral Sir James EberleJames EberleAdmiral Sir James Henry Fuller Eberle GCB was Commander-in-Chief Fleet.-Naval career:Educated at Clifton College and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Eberle was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1941. He served in World War II....
- 1983 - 1984 Admiral Sir Desmond Cassidi
- 1984 - 1987 Admiral Sir Peter StanfordPeter Stanford (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Sir Peter Maxwell Stanford GCB LVO was Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command.-Naval career:Stanford was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1948. He was appointed Commanding Officer of HMY Britannia in 1969 and of HMS Hermione in 1974...
- 1987 - 1989 Admiral Sir Sandy WoodwardSandy WoodwardAdmiral Sir John Forster "Sandy" Woodward GBE, KCB is a British Admiral who commanded the British Naval Force in the South Atlantic during the Falklands War.-Naval career:...
- 1989 - 1991 Admiral Sir Jeremy Black
- 1991 - 1993 Admiral Sir John KerrJohn Kerr (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Sir John Beverley Kerr GCB, DL, is a retired admiral in the Royal Navy.-Career:During his naval career Kerr commanded a frigate, a guided missile destroyer and an aircraft carrier — HMS Illustrious. He was appointed Chief of Defence Intelligence in 1988...
- 1993 - 1994 Admiral Sir Michael LayardMichael LayardAdmiral Sir Michael Henry Gordon Layard KCB CBE is a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord.-Naval career:...