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 (a senior Army officer and courtier) to be his First and Principal Aide-de-CampThe London Gazette, Issue 18359, Page 1010, 8 May 1827 ('an office which it is said was established expressly for the purpose of retaining the valuable services of Sir Herbert, who at that period was contemplating a continental journey'). 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.The London Gazette, Issue 18715, Page 1689, 6 August 1830 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.The London Gazette, Issue 20685, Page 5926, 22 December 1846

First and Principal Naval Aides-de-Camp

1830–1846: Lord Amelius BeauclerkThe Edinburgh Gazette Issue 3883, Page 229, 10 August 1830 1846–1866: Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of ShenstoneThe London Gazette, Issue 20685, Page 5926, 22 December 1846 1866–1873: Thomas Maitland, 11th Earl of LauderdaleThe London Gazette, Issue 23191, Page 6471, 27 November 1866 1873–1878: Sir James HopeThe London Gazette, Issue 23952, Page 783, 25 February 1873 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

Since 1972, the office has been united with that of First Sea Lord.London Gazette, various editions

Flag Aide-de-Camp Flag Aide-de-Camp was, for a time, the designation given to the next most senior naval aide-de-camp after the First and Principal Naval ADC (namely between 1972 and 2012). The Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command invariably held this appointment;London Gazette, various editions in October 2012 the post of Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command was abolished, since when the appointment of Flag Aide-de-Camp appears to be in abeyance.The 2019 Navy Directory, for example, does not list any such person among the aides-de-camp: Navy List 2019.

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