First and Principal Naval Aides-de-Camp

• 1830-1846: Lord Amelius Beauclerk
  Lord Amelius Beauclerk
  Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk, GCB, GCH, FRS was a British Royal Navy officer.-Early life:Beauclerk was born on 23 May 1771, the third son of Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans and his wife, the former Lady Catherine Ponsonby , daughter of William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough...
  
  
• 1846-1866: Sir William Parker, Bart.
• 1866-1873: The Earl of Lauderdale
  Thomas Maitland, 11th Earl of Lauderdale
  Admiral of the Fleet Thomas Maitland, 11th Earl of Lauderdale, GCB was a Royal Navy officer and peer.-Naval career:...
  
  
• 1873-1878: Sir James Hope
• 1878-1879: Hon. Sir Henry Keppel
  Henry Keppel
  Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Keppel, GCB, OM was a British admiral, son of the 4th Earl of Albemarle and of his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Lord de Clifford.-Naval career:...
  
  
• 1879-1886: Sir Astley Key
  Astley Cooper Key
  Admiral Sir Astley Cooper Key, GCB, ADC, FRS was a Royal Navy officer who became First Naval Lord.-Naval career:Born the son of Charles Aston Key , a well-known surgeon, Key joined the Royal Navy in 1833...
  
  
• 1886-1895: Sir Geoffrey Hornby
• 1895-1897: Sir Algernon Lyons
• 1897-1899: Sir Nowell Salmon
  Nowell Salmon
  Admiral 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...
  
  
• 1899-1901: Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt.
  Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 3rd Baronet
  Admiral 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...
  
  
• 1901-1902: Sir James Erskine
• 1902-1903: Sir Edward Seymour
  Edward Hobart Seymour
  Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, GCB, OM, GCVO , was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, China Station.- Early life :...
  
  
• 1903-1904: Sir Henry Stephenson
  Henry Frederick Stephenson
  Admiral Sir Henry Frederick Stephenson GCVO, KCB was a Royal Navy officer, courtier, and Arctic explorer.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• 1904-1911: Sir Jackie Fisher
• 1911-1913: Sir Lewis Beaumont
  Lewis Beaumont
  Admiral Sir Lewis Anthony Beaumont KCB KCMG was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.-Naval career:Beaumont joined the Royal Navy as a boy and was engaged in operations in Malaya by 1875....
  
  
• 1913-1914: Sir Edmund Poë
  Edmund Poë
  Admiral Sir Edmund Samuel Poë GCVO KCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies station.-Naval career:Educated at the Royal Naval Academy, Gosport, Poë joined the Royal Navy in 1862....
  
  
• 1914-1917: Sir George Callaghan
  George Callaghan
  Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Astley Callaghan GCB GCVO was a senior officer in the Royal Navy.-Naval career:...
  
  
• 1917-1919: Sir Henry Jackson
• 1919-1922: Sir Stanley Colville
  Stanley Colville
  Admiral 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...
  
  
• 1922-1924: Sir Charles Madden, Bt.
• 1924-1925: Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe
• 1925-1926: Sir Montague Browning
  Montague Browning
  Admiral Sir Montague Edward Browning GCB GCMG GCVO was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.-Military career:...
  
  
• 1926-1928: Sir Arthur Leveson
  Arthur Leveson
  Admiral Sir Arthur Cavenagh Leveson GCB was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. He was the Rear Admiral Commanding His Majesty's Australian Fleet between 9 January 1917 and 3 September 1918 and later Commander in Chief, China Station between 10 September 1922 and 22 April 1925.-Biography:Born on...
  
  
• 1928-1929: Sir Richard Phillimore
  Richard Phillimore
  Admiral Sir Richard Fortescue Phillimore GCB KCMG MVO was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.-Naval career:...
  
  
• 1929-1930: Sir William Goodenough
  William Goodenough
  Admiral Sir William Edmund Goodenough GCB, MVO was a senior Royal Navy officer of World War I.-Naval career:Goodenough joined the Royal Navy in 1882. He was appointed Commander of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 1905...
  
  

• 1930: Sir Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair
  Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair
  Admiral Sir Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, GCB, MVO was a British Royal Navy officer, notable for firing the first shots of the Battle of Jutland, and for leading a squadron of light cruisers in the Baltic to support independence of Estonia and Latvia in 1918-19.-Naval career:Born in Malta and...
  
  
• 1930-1931: Sir Walter Cowan, Bt.
  Walter Cowan
  Admiral Sir Walter Henry Cowan, 1st Baronet, KCB, MVO, DSO & & Bar , known as Tich Cowan, was a British Royal Navy admiral who saw service in both World War I and World War II; in the latter he was one of the oldest British servicemen on active duty.-Early days:Cowan was born in Crickhowell,...
  
  
• 1931-1932: Sir Hubert Brand
  Hubert Brand
  Admiral Sir Hubert George Brand GCB, KCMG, KCVO was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.-Background:...
  
  
• 1932-1934: Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, Bt.
• 1934-1936: Sir John Kelly
• 1936-1938: The Earl of Cork and Orrery
  William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork
  Admiral 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...
  
  
• 1938-1939: Sir Roger Backhouse
  Roger Backhouse
  Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Roland Charles Backhouse GCB GCVO CMG was an Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy and First Sea Lord of the British Admiralty from 1938 to 1939.-Family:...
  
  
• 1939-1941: Hon. Sir Reginald Drax
• 1941-1943: Sir Dudley Pound
  Dudley Pound
  Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound GCB OM GCVO RN was a British naval officer who served as First Sea Lord, professional head of the Royal Navy from June 1939 to September 1943.- Early life :...
  
  
• 1943-1945: Sir Percy Noble
• 1945-1946: The Lord Tovey
  John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey
  Admiral of the Fleet John Cronyn "Jack" Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey GCB, KBE, DSO, DCL was a Royal Navy admiral who served in both World Wars. He signed himself as "Jack", not "John". Tovey joined the Royal Navy before World War I, and commanded destroyers in that war. He rose, with several senior...
  
  
• 1946-1948: The Lord Fraser of North Cape
  Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape
  Admiral 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...
  
  
• 1948-1949: Sir Henry Moore
• 1949-1952: Sir Arthur Power
  Arthur Power
  Admiral 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...
  
  
• 1952-1953: Sir Rhoderick McGrigor
  Rhoderick McGrigor
  Admiral of the Fleet Sir Rhoderick Robert McGrigor GCB was a Royal Navy officer and the British First Sea Lord from 1951 to 1955. During his years as professional head of the Royal Navy, he is most remembered as a leading proponent of carrier-based air power.-Early life:Rhoderick Robert McGrigor...
  
  
• 1953-1954: Sir John Edelsten
  John Edelsten
  Admiral 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...
  
  
• 1954-1958: Hon. Sir Guy Russell
• 1958-1959: Sir Guy Grantham
  Guy Grantham
  Admiral 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....
  
  
• 1959-1960: Sir William Davis
  William Davis (Royal Navy officer)
  Admiral Sir William Wellclose Davis GCB DSO was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Vice Chief of the Naval Staff.-Naval career:...
  
  
• 1960-1962: Sir Caspar John
  Caspar John
  Admiral of the Fleet Sir Caspar John GCB was the British First Sea Lord from 1960 to 1963. He was pioneer in the Fleet Air Arm, and rose to become Vice-Chief of Naval Staff to Sea Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma in 1957 and subsequently First Sea Lord from 1960 to 1963.-Early...
  
  
• 1962-1965: Sir Wilfrid Woods
  Wilfrid Woods
  Admiral 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:...
  
  
• 1965-1968: Sir Desmond Dreyer
  Desmond Dreyer
  Admiral Sir Desmond Parry Dreyer GCB CBE DSC DL was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.-Naval career:...
  
  
• 1968-1970: Sir John Frewen
  John Frewen
  Admiral 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: Sir Horace Law
  Horace Law
  Admiral Sir Horace Law GCB OBE DSC was Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command.-Naval career:...
  
  
• 1972-1974: Sir Michael Pollock
  Michael Pollock
  Admiral of the Fleet Sir Michael Patrick Pollock GCB, LVO, DSC was a British officer in the Royal Navy who rose to become First Sea Lord from 1971 to 1974...