| 1771-82 Earl of Sandwich |
| 1782-83 Admiral Viscount Keppel |
| 1783 Admiral Viscount Howe |
| 1783 Admiral Viscount Keppel |
| 1783-88 Admiral Viscount Howe |
| 1788-94 Earl of Chatham |
| 1794-01 Earl Spencer |
| 1801-04 Earl of St. Vincent |
| 1804-05 Viscount Melville |
| 1805-06 Admiral Lord Barham |
| 1806 Hon. Charles Grey |
| 1806-07 Thomas Grenville |
| 1807-10 Lord Mulgrave |
| 1810-12 Charles Yorke |
| 1812-27 Viscount Melville |
| 1827-28 H.R.H. Prince William * |
| 1828-30 Viscount Melville |
| 1830-34 Sir James Graham |
| 1834-35 Lord Auckland |
| 1835-41 Earl of Minto |
| 1841-46 Earl of Haddington |
| 1846 Earl of Ellenborough |
| 1846-49 Earl of Auckland |
| 1849-52 Sir Francis Baring |
| * = Lord High Admiral n.b no First |
| Lord of the Admiralty |
