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.
• 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, 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 1972 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). Since October 2012, however, the Commander-in-Chief post has to all intents and purposes ceased to exist.