The office of Lord High Admiral , when it was not occupied by an individual, was "put into commission" and exercised by a board of Lords Commissioners headed by a ''First Lord of the Admiralty''. This became the usual state of affairs.
In 1964 , the office of First Lord of the Admiralty was abolished and the functions of the commissioners were transferred to the Admiralty Board of a tri-service Defence Council , and the title of Lord High Admiral was re-vested in the Sovereign .
- Thomas Beaufort, Duke Of Exeter 1413 – 1426
- John, Duke Of Bedford 1426 – 1435
- John Holland, 2nd Duke Of Exeter 1435 – 1447
- William De La Pole, 1st Duke Of Suffolk 1447 – 1450
- Henry Holland, 3rd Duke Of Exeter 1450 – 1461
- William Neville, 1st Earl Of Kent 1462
- Richard, Duke Of Gloucester 1462 – 1470
- Richard Neville, Earl Of Warwick 1470 – 1471
- Richard, Duke Of Gloucester 1471 – 1483
- John Howard, 1st Duke Of Norfolk 1483 – 1485
- John De Vere, 13th Earl Of Oxford 1485 – 1513
- Sir Edward Howard 1513 (son of the 2nd Duke Of Norfolk )
- Thomas Howard, Earl Of Surrey 1513 – 1525
- Henry Fitzroy, Duke Of Richmond 1525 – 1536
- William Fitzwilliam, 1st Earl Of Southampton 1536 – 1540
- John Russell, 1st Lord Russell 1540 – 1542
- Edward Seymour, 1st Earl Of Hertford 1542 – 1543
- John Dudley, Viscount Lisle 1543 – 1547
- Thomas Seymour, 1st Lord Seymour Of Sudeley 1547 – 1549
- John Dudley, 1st Earl Of Warwick 1549 – 1550
- Edward Clinton, 9th Lord Clinton 1550 – 1554
- William Howard, 1st Lord Howard Of Effingham 1554 – 1558
- Edward Clinton, 1st Earl Of Lincoln 1558 – 1585
- Charles Howard, 1st Earl Of Nottingham ( 1597 ) 1585 – 1619
- George Villiers, 1st Duke Of Buckingham 1619 – 1628
- Richard Weston, 1st Earl Of Portland (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1628 – 1635
- Robert Bertie, 1st Earl Of Lindsey (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1635 – 1636
- William Juxon , Bishop of Lincoln (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1636 – 1638
- Algernon Percy, 10th Earl Of Northumberland (Lord High Admiral to 1642, then First Lord of the Admiralty) 1638 – 1643
- Francis Cottington, 1st Lord Cottington 1643 – 1646
- None 1646–1660
- James Stuart, Duke Of York And Albany (Lord High Admiral) 1660 – 1673
- King Charles II (Lord High Admiral) 1673
- Prince Rupert Of The Palatinate, 1st Duke Of Cumberland (Lord High Admiral) 1673 – 1679
- Sir Henry Capell (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1679 – 1681
- Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl Of Nottingham (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1681 – 1684
- King Charles II (Lord High Admiral) 1684 – 1685
- King James II (Lord High Admiral) 1685 – 1688
- King William III (Lord High Admiral) 1689
- Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl Of Torrington (Lord High Admiral to 1689, then First Lord of the Admiralty) 1689 – 1690
- Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl Of Pembroke (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1690 – 1692
- Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Lord Cornwallis Of Eye (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1692 – 1693
- Anthony Carey, 5th Viscount Falkland (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1693 – 1694
- Edward Russell, 1st Earl Of Orford (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1694 – 1699
- John Egerton, 3rd Earl Of Bridgewater (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1699 – 1701
- Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl Of Pembroke (Lord High Admiral) 1701 – 1702
- Prince George Of Denmark (Lord High Admiral) 1702 – 1708
- Edward Russell, 1st Earl Of Orford 1709 – 1710
- Sir John Leake 1710 – 1712
- Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl Of Strafford 1712 – 1714
- Edward Russell, 1st Earl Of Orford 1714 – 1717
- James Berkeley, 3rd Earl Of Berkeley 1717 – 1727
- George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington 1727 – 1733
- Sir Charles Wager 1733 – 1742
- Daniel Finch, 8th Earl Of Winchilsea 1742 – 1744
- John Russell, 4th Duke Of Bedford 1744 – 1748
- John Montagu, 4th Earl Of Sandwich 1748 – 1751
- George Anson, 1st Baron Anson 1751 – 1756
- Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple 1756 – 1757
- Daniel Finch, 8th Earl Of Winchilsea 1757
- George Anson, 1st Baron Anson 1757 – 1762
- George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl Of Halifax 1762
- George Grenville 1762 – 1763
- John Montagu, 4th Earl Of Sandwich 1763
- John Perceval, 2nd Earl Of Egmont 1763 – 1766
- Sir Charles Saunders 1766
- Sir Edward Hawke 1766 – 1771
- John Montagu, 4th Earl Of Sandwich 1771 – 1782
- Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel 1782 – 1783
- Richard Howe, 4th Viscount Howe 1783
- Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel 1783
- Richard Howe, 4th Viscount Howe 1783 – 1788
- John Pitt, 2nd Earl Of Chatham 1788 – 1794
- George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer 1794 – 1801
- John Jervis, 1st Earl Of St Vincent 1801 – 1804
- Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville 1804 – 1805
- Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham 1805 – 1806
- Charles Grey, Viscount Howick 1806
- Thomas Grenville 1806 – 1807
- Henry Phipps, 3rd Baron Mulgrave 1807 – 1810
- Charles Philip Yorke 1810 – 1812
- Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville 1812 – 1827
- HRH The Duke Of Clarence (Lord High Admiral) 1827 – 1828
- Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville 1828 – 1830
- Sir James Graham 1830 – 1834
- George Eden, 2nd Baron Auckland 1834
- Thomas Robinson, 2nd Earl De Grey 1834 – 1835
- George Eden, 2nd Baron Auckland 1835
- Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl Of Minto 1835 – 1841
- Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl Of Haddington 1841 – 1846
- Edward Law, 1st Earl Of Ellenborough 1846
- George Eden, 1st Earl Of Auckland 1846 – 1849
- Sir Francis Thornhill Baring 1849 – 1852
- Algernon Percy, 4th Duke Of Northumberland 1852
- Sir James Graham 1852 – 1855
- Sir Charles Wood 1855 – 1858
- Sir John Pakington 1858 – 1859
- Edward Adolphus Seymour, 12th Duke Of Somerset 1859 – 1866
- Sir John Pakington 1866 – 1867
- Henry Thomas Lowry Corry 1867 – 1868
- Hugh Childers 1868 – 1871
- George Joachim Goschen 1871 – 1874
- George Ward Hunt 1874 – 1877
- William Henry Smith 1877 – 1880
- Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl Of Northbrook 1880 – 1885
- Lord George Hamilton 1885 – 1886
- George Robinson, 1st Marquess Of Ripon 1886
- Lord George Hamilton 1886 – 1892
- John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer 1892 – 1895
- George Joachim Goschen 1895 – 1900
- William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl Of Selborne 1900 – 1905
- Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor 1905
- Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth 1905 – 1908
- Reginald McKenna 1908 – 1911
- Winston Churchill 1911 – 1915
- Arthur Balfour 1915 – 1916
- Sir Edward Carson 1916 – 1917
- Sir Eric Geddes 1917 – 1919
- Walter Hume Long 1919 – 1921
- Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st Baron Lee Of Fareham 1921 – 1922
- Leo Amery 1922 – 1924
- Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford 1924
- William Clive Bridgeman 1924 – 1929
- A. V. Alexander 1929 – 1931
- Sir Austen Chamberlain 1931
- Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell ( from 1935 ) 1931 – 1936
- Sir Samuel Hoare 1936 – 1937
- Alfred Duff Cooper 1937 – 1938
- James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope 1938 – 1939
- Winston Churchill 1939 – 1940
- A. V. Alexander 1940 – 1945
- Brendan Bracken 1945
- A. V. Alexander 1945 – 1946
- George Hall, 1st Viscount Hall 1946 – 1951
- Francis Aungier Pakenham, 1st Baron Pakenham 1951
- James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennan ( 1955 ) 1951 – 1956
- Quintin McGarel Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham 1956 – 1957
- George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl Of Selkirk 1957 – 1959
- Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington , 1959 – 1963
- George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe 1963 – 1964
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