Fifth Sea Lord

The Fifth Sea Lord was formerly one of the Naval Lords and members of the Board of Admiralty that controlled the Royal Navy.

During World War I, it was one of four additional Sea Lords created during the war to manage the Navy. It was abolished after the war.

In 1938, the post was reestablished and was the Chief of Naval Air Services, responsible for preparation and management of all of the Royal Navy's aircraft and air personnel.

The post was abolished as a result of various reorganisations of the Navy since 1945 Fact|date=February 2007

The modern equivalent of the Chief of Naval Air Services is titled "Rear Admiral: Fleet Air Arm", and is a dual-hatted post (held by a Navy official in conjunction with another unrelated post).

List of Fifth Sea Lords

*Godfrey Paine 1917
*"lapsed"
*The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay 1938–1939
*Sir Guy Royle 1939–1941
*Lumley Lyster 1941–1942
*"vacant"
*Denis Boyd 1943–1945
*Sir Thomas Troubridge 1945–1946
*Sir Philip Vian 1946–1948
*Sir George Creasy 1948–1949
*Maurice Mansergh 1949–1951
*Sir Edmund Anstice 1951–1955
*Alexander Bingley 1955–1956
*Manley Laurence Power 1957-1959
*Sir Lawrence Durlacher 1959-1962
*Frank Hopkins 1966-196?

ee also

* First Sea Lord
* Second Sea Lord
* Third Sea Lord
* Fourth Sea Lord