List of First and Principal Naval Aides-de-Camp

Below is a list of First and Principal Naval Aides-de-Camp, an office established by William IV of the United Kingdom in 1830:

First and Principal Naval Aides-de-Camp

1830-1846: Lord Amelius Beauclerk 1846-1866: Sir William Parker, Bt. 1866-1873: The Earl of Lauderdale 1873-1878: Sir James Hope 1878-1879: Hon. Sir Henry Keppel 1879-1886: Sir Astley Key 1886-1895: Sir Geoffrey Hornby 1895-1897: Sir Algernon Lyons 1897-1899: Sir Nowell Salmon 1899-1901: Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt.[1] 1901-1902: Sir James Erskine[2] 1902-1903: Sir Edward Seymour 1903-1904: Sir Henry Stephenson 1904-1911: Sir John Fisher 1911-1913: Sir Lewis Beaumont 1913-1914: Sir Edmund Poë 1914-1917: Sir George Callaghan 1917-1919: Sir Henry Jackson 1919-1922: Sir Stanley Colville 1922-1924: Sir Charles Madden, Bt. 1924-1925: Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe 1925-1926: Sir Montague Browning 1926-1928: Sir Arthur Leveson 1928-1929: Sir Richard Phillimore 1929-1930: Sir William Goodenough

1930: Sir Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair 1930-1931: Sir Walter Cowan, Bt. 1931-1932: Sir Hubert Brand 1932-1934: Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, Bt. 1934-1936: Sir John Kelly 1936-1938: The Earl of Cork and Orrery 1938-1939: Sir Roger Backhouse 1939-1941: Hon. Sir Reginald Drax 1941-1943: Sir Dudley Pound 1943-1945: Sir Percy Noble 1945-1946: The Lord Tovey 1946-1948: The Lord Fraser of North Cape 1948-1949: Sir Henry Moore 1949-1952: Sir Arthur Power 1952-1953: Sir Rhoderick McGrigor 1953-1954: Sir John Edelsten 1954-1958: Hon. Sir Guy Russell 1958-1959: Sir Guy Grantham 1959-1960: Sir William Davis 1960-1962: Sir Caspar John 1962-1965: Sir Wilfrid Woods 1965-1968: Sir Desmond Dreyer 1968-1970: Sir John Frewen 1970-1972: Sir Horace Law 1972-1974: Sir Michael Pollock

Sir George Zambellas was appointed First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp at the same time as his appointment as First Sea Lord. Aiguilettes on the right shoulder are the insignia of an Aide-de-Camp.

Since 1972, the office has been united with that of First Sea Lord.

Flag aide-de-camp

Flag aide-de-camp is the designation given to the next most senior naval aide-de-camp after the First and Principal Naval ADC. Between 1969 and 2012, the Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command invariably held this appointment (from 1994-2012 the post of Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command, and with it the office of flag aide-de-camp, was united with the job of Second Sea Lord).^[3] Since October 2012, however, the Commander-in-Chief post has to all intents and purposes ceased to exist.^[4]

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 27289. p. 1417. 26 February 1901. Retrieved 14-10-2012.
2. The London Gazette: no. 27307. p. 2777. 23 April 1901.
3. London Gazette, various editions
4. "UK: First Sea Lord Flies His Flag from HMS Victory". Retrieved 17 January 2015.