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.
History of the office
In 1827 King George IV had appointed Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Taylor to be his First and Principal Aide-de-Camp. Three years later King William IV appointed a number of Naval Aides-de-Camp to the King, and at the same time appointed Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk to be his First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp. Meanwhile Sir Herbert Taylor continued to hold the distinct office of First and Principal ADC, under both King William IV and Queen Victoria, until his death in 1839. He was not directly replaced; however, Beauclerk, following his death in December 1846, was promptly replaced in the office of First and Principal Naval ADC by Vice Admiral Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of Shenstone.First and Principal Naval Aides-de-Camp
- 1830–1846: Lord Amelius Beauclerk
- 1846–1866: Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of Shenstone
- 1866–1873: Thomas Maitland, 11th Earl of Lauderdale
- 1873–1878: Sir James Hope
- 1878–1879: 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, 3rd Baronet
- 1901–1902: Sir James Erskine
- 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, 1st Baronet
- 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, 1st Baronet
- 1931–1932: Sir Hubert Brand
- 1932–1934: Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, 1st Baronet
- 1934–1936: Sir John Kelly
- 1936–1938: William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork and Orrery
- 1938–1939: Sir Roger Backhouse
- 1939–1941: Sir Reginald Drax
- 1941–1943: Sir Dudley Pound
- 1943–1945: Sir Percy Noble
- 1945–1946: John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey
- 1946–1948: Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron 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: 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