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The '''Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy''' was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] with a position on the [[Board of Admiralty]] with responsibility for procuring and equipping the fleet. The position had a complicated history. Prior to 1868 the '''Third Sea Lord''' was a member of the [[Board of Admiralty]] and the '''Controller of the Navy''' was a subordinate official. In 1868 the [[Second Sea Lord]] was abolished and the Controller took his place on the Board as '''Third Lord and Controller''', with the [[Fourth Sea Lord]] technically becoming Third Sea Lord with the title ''Junior Naval Lord''. In 1872 the office of Second Sea Lord was restored, the Controller left the Board and the Junior Naval Lord remained designated as such. In 1882 the Controller again returned to the Board, this time as '''Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy''', renamed '''Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy''' in 1904. In 1912 many of his administrative duties were given to a new [[Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty]], and the title became '''Third Sea Lord''', with Controller of the Navy abolished. A new office of [[Controller (Royal Navy)|Controller]] was created for a civilian in 1917, the same year that Third Sea Lord was renamed '''Third Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Materiel'''. The Controllership was merged with Third Sea Lord in 1918, once more becoming '''Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy'''.

==History of Controller of the Navy==
<center>''See also:'' [[Instructions for the Controller of the Navy]]</center>
The office of '''Surveyor of the Navy''' had been one of the five Principal Officers of the Civil Departments of the Navy. By Order in Council of 23 January, 1860, the title of Surveyor of the Navy was changed to '''Comptroller of the Navy'''.<ref>''The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service''. '''II'''. p. 9.</ref> In spite of the wording of the Order in Council the title was being rendered as '''Controller of the Navy''' within a month.<ref>See docket "Instructions for Controller of the Navy" dated 16 February, 1860. TNA, ADM 1/5741.</ref>

==History of the Third Sea Lord==
The pay of the Third Sea Lord until 1868 had been £1,000. As the [[Third_Sea_Lord#Duties|distributions of business]] indicate he had responsibility for varying details of administration which would tend to change depending on the talents of the office holder.

==Controller on the Board==
At the end of 1868, formalised by [[Order in Council of 14 January, 1869]], the Third Sea Lord technically disappeared entirely when the position of [[Second Sea Lord]] was abolished, and the [[Controller (Royal Navy)|Controllership of the Navy]] became known as the '''Third Lord and Controller of the Navy''':

<blockquote>The Controller of the Navy being, as we have proposed, the Third Lord, to be responsible to the First Lord of the Admiralty for the administration of so much of the business as relates to the "Matériel" of Your Majesty's Navy, i.e., to the Building and Repairing of Ships, to Guns and to Naval Stores.</blockquote>

He and the First Naval Lord received &pound;1,500 per annum, with residence, "to mark the special responsibilities" of their office (a 50% pay increase for the First Naval Lord).<ref>''The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service''. '''III'''. pp. 254-256.</ref>

Under the [[Order in Council of 19 March, 1872]], it was laid down "That the office of Comptroller of the Navy be re-established, as an office to be held for a fixed period by an Officer not a member of the Board". His duties were defined:

<blockquote>The Comptroller to be responsible to the First Lord for the administration of so much of the business as relates to the Matériel of Your Majesty's Navy, the Comptroller to have the right to attend the Board, and to explain his views, whenever the First Lord shall submit to the Board, for their opinion, designs
for ships or any other matters emanating from the Comptroller's Department.</blockquote>

The office of Second Naval Lord was restored, and technically a Third Sea Lord existed in the form of the [[Junior Naval Lord]].<ref>''The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service''. '''III'''. pp. 362-364.</ref> Under the [[Order in Council of 10 May, 1872]], the salary of the "Controller" was fixed at "1,500''l''. a-year, with a house or an allowance of 200''l''. a-year in lieu."<ref>''The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service''. '''III'''. p. 366.</ref> By [[Order in Council of 9 August, 1872]], naval half pay was added to this.<ref>''The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service''. '''III'''. pp. 369-370.</ref>

This state of affairs continued for a decade, until 1882, when the Admiralty obtained the [[Order in Council of 10 March, 1882]] which decreed, ''inter alia'', "That the officer filling the post of Comptroller of Your Majesty's Navy may, notwithstanding the said Order in Council [of 19 March, 1872], be appointed an additional Naval Lord of the Admiralty."<ref>''The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service''. '''IV'''. pp. 136-137.</ref> In a distribution of business of 24 April of that year he is styled as '''Controller of the Navy''',<ref>"Distribution of Business" in docket "Distribution of Business: Board of Admiralty" dated 24 April, 1882. The National Archives. {{TNA|ADM 1/6330.}}</ref> but as the Junior Naval Lord retained his title the Controller was already in effect Third Sea Lord. In subsequent distributions of business he was styled as '''Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy'''.<ref>"Distribution of Business Between the Various Members of the Board of Admiralty Showing the Successive Changes Made Between 1885 and the Present Time." 1890. C.—6199. Copy in Greene papers. National Maritime Museum. GEE/2.</ref>

Under the [[Order in Council of 10 August, 1904]], his title was altered to '''Third Sea Lord and Controller'''.<ref>''The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service''. '''IX'''. pp. 122-123.</ref> By [[Order in Council of 21 December, 1906]], the emoluments of his office were raised from &pound;1,500 a year to &pound;1,750 a year, in addition to Naval Half Pay.  The Controller then became &pound;250 a year better off than the [[Second Sea Lord]].<ref>''The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service''. '''IX'''. p. 258.</ref>

The title of Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy was changed to '''Third Sea Lord''' with effect from 12 June, 1912, under the [[Order in Council of 19 July, 1912]].<ref>''The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service''. '''X'''. p. 263.</ref> In September he was formally relieved of duties relating to contracts, finances and dockyard management, which were allocated to the [[Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty|Additional Civil Lord]], who had been appointed in January.<ref>"Memorandum by the First Lord on the Redistribution of Admiralty Business." p. 6. Greene papers. National Maritime Museum. GEE/2.</ref> The office of Third Sea Lord received the designation '''Third Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Materiel''' by [[Order in Council of 23 October, 1917]].<ref>''The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service''. '''XI'''. pp. 1707-1709.</ref> The office of [[Controller (Royal Navy)|Controller]] (created in 1917) was merged with that of Third Sea Lord on 25 June, 1918, and became once again '''Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy''' by [[Order in Council of 25 June, 1918|Order in Council of that date]].<ref>''The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service''. '''XII'''. pp. 248-250.</ref>

==Duties==
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! 21 June, 1844.<ref>"Precis of the Division & General Mode of Conducting the Business of the Admiralty at Whitehall."  Dated 21 June, 1844.  {{TNA|ADM 1/5543.}}</ref>
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| The 3<sup><u>rd</u></sup> Sea Lord conducts the Store Department at Somerset House. He provides, in conjunction with the 1<sup><u>st</u></sup>, all Stores & Supplies for the Dockyards both at Home & Abroad, & for the Fleet in Commission, as well as for the Line of Battle Ships, Frigates, & Steamers ordered from time to time to be brought forward as Advanced Ships, at the several Out-Ports.<br>He likewise superintends all matters relative to the Affairs at Greenwich Hospital, & decides upon all claims for Greenwich Pensions &<sup><u>c</u></sup>.<br>The Storekeeper General (M<sup><u>r</u></sup> Dundas) is under the immediate control of the 3<sup><u>rd</u></sup> Sea Lord.
|}

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! July, 1866.<ref>Greene Papers.  National Maritime Museum.  GEE/2.</ref>
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| Medical Department.
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| Hospitals and Hospital Ships.
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| Appointment of Medical Officers.
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| Hydrographic Department.
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| Pensions.
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| Greenwich Hospital, as regards Officers and Men.
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| Prize and Admiralty Courts.
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| General Salvage Questions.
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| Collisions at Sea.
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| Full Pay of Officers and Seamen.
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| Officers' Table Money.
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| Officers' Half-Pay of All Ranks.
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| Officers' Debts.
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| Allowances for Lodging and Travelling.
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| Compensation for Losses by Officers and Seamen.
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| Compassionate Fund.
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| Charitable Institutions.
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| Good Conduct Medals.
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| Human Society's Medals.
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| Removal of R.
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| Pirates&mdash;Bounty.
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| Pilotage.
|}

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! December, 1868.<ref>Greene Papers.  National Maritime Museum.  GEE/2.</ref>
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| '''As Third Lord and Controller.'''
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| Steam Reserve.
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| Dockyards.
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| Dockyard Craft.
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| Shipbuilding.
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| Constructor's Department.
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| Inventions and Experiments in Steam and Ships.
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| Gunnery and Returns.
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| Store Department.
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| Appointments of Engineers.
|}

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! 24 April, 1882.<ref>"Distribution of Business" in docket "Distribution of Business: Board of Admiralty" dated 24 April, 1882. {{TNA|ADM 1/6330.}}</ref>
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| ''Duties shared with [[Additional Civil Lord]]''.
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| 1.&mdash;Dockyards.
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| 2.&mdash;Steam Reserves.&mdash;as regard Ships.
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| 3.&mdash;Ship-building.
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| 4.&mdash;Constructor's Department.
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| 5.&mdash;Store Department.
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| 6.&mdash;Dock-yard Craft.
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| 7.&mdash;Inventions and Experiments in Ships and Steam.
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| 8.&mdash;Gunnery as relates to ''Materiel''.
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| 9.&mdash;Promotions and transfers of Professional Officers and Workmen in the Dockyards.
|}

{| class="collapsible wikitable collapsed" style="width: 50%"
! 7 July, 1885.<ref>Docket "Table of distribution of business of Members of Board, & Secretaries" dated 13 July, 1885. {{TNA|ADM 116/3392.}}</ref>
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| 1.&mdash;Dockyards.
|-
| 2.&mdash;Steam Reserves&mdash;as regards ''Matériel''.
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| 3.&mdash;Construction and repair of Ships and Machinery.
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| 4.&mdash;Purchase and disposal of Ships.
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| 5.&mdash;Loan of Ships, Tugs, &c.
|-
| 6.&mdash;Inventions&mdash;relating to Ships, Machinery, Ordnance and Torpedo ''Matériel'', &c.
|-
| 7.&mdash;Models at Greenwich.
|-
| 8.&mdash;Dockyard Craft, ''Personnel'' and ''Matériel''.
|-
| 9.&mdash;Dockyard Police.
|-
| 10.&mdash;Dockyard and Victualling Yard Machinery and Caissons.
|-
| 11.&mdash;Electric Lights.
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| 12.&mdash;Ordnance and Torpedo ''Matériel'' and Stores.
|-
| 13.&mdash;Gun Mountings.
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| 14.&mdash;Naval Store Department at the Admiralty and Dockyards, including coals for Dockyards and Factories and Stores for the Fleet.
|-
| 15.&mdash;Moorings.
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| 16.&mdash;Royal Corps of Naval Constructors.
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| 17.&mdash;Dockyard Foremen, Inspectors, and Subordinate Officers and Workmen&mdash;promotions, transfers and leave.
|}

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! December, 1888.<ref>Docket "Table of Distribution of Business amongst Members of Board & Secretaries" dated 11 January, 1889. {{TNA|ADM 116/3392.}}</ref>
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| 1.&mdash;Dockyards.
|-
| 2.&mdash;Steam Reserves&mdash;as regards ''Matériel''.
|-
| 3.&mdash;Construction and repair of Ships and Machinery.
|-
| 4.&mdash;Purchase and disposal of Ships.
|-
| 5.&mdash;Loan of Ships, Tugs, &c.
|-
| 6.&mdash;Inventions&mdash;relating to Ships, Machinery, Ordnance and Torpedo ''Matériel'', &c.
|-
| 7.&mdash;Models at Greenwich.
|-
| 8.&mdash;Dockyard Craft, ''Personnel'' and ''Matériel''.
|-
| 9.&mdash;Dockyard Police.
|-
| 10.&mdash;Dockyard and Victualling Yard Machinery and Caissons.
|-
| 11.&mdash;Electric Lights.
|-
| 12.&mdash;[[Naval Ordnance Department (Royal Navy)|Naval Ordnance Department]] (including Torpedoes)&mdash;''matériel'' and Stores.
|-
| 13.&mdash;Naval Store Department at the Admiralty and Dockyards, including coals for Dockyards and Factories and Stores for the Fleet.
|-
| 14.&mdash;Moorings.
|-
| 15.&mdash;Royal Corps of Naval Constructors.
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| 16.&mdash;Dockyard Foremen, Inspectors, and Subordinate Officers and Workmen&mdash;promotions, transfers and leave.
|-
| 17.&mdash;Armed Cruisers&mdash;Engagement of.
|}

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! 1890.<ref>"Distribution of Business Between the Various Members of the Board of Admiralty Showing the Successive Changes Made Between 1885 and the Present Time." 1890. C.&mdash;6199. Copy in Greene Papers. National Maritime Museum. GEE/2.</ref>
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| 1. Dockyards.
|-
| 2. Steam Reserves&mdash;as regards ''matériel''.
|-
| 3. Construction and repair of Ships and Machinery.
|-
| 4. Purchase of Ships.
|-
| 5. Loan of Ships, Tugs, &c.
|-
| 6. Inventions&mdash;relating to Ships, Machinery, Ordnance and Torpedo ''matériel'', &c.
|-
| 7. Models at Greenwich.
|-
| 8. Dockyard Craft, ''personnel'' and ''matériel''.
|-
| 9. Dockyard Police.
|-
| 10. Dockyard and Victualling Yard Machinery and Caissons.
|-
| 11. Electric Lights.
|-
| 12. [[Naval Ordnance Department (Royal Navy)|Naval Ordnance Department]] (including Torpedoes)&mdash;''matériel'' and Stores.
|-
| 13. Naval Store Department at the Admiralty and Dockyards, including coals for Dockyards and Factories and Stores for the Fleet.
|-
| 14. Moorings.
|-
| 15. Royal Corps of Naval Constructors&mdash;Promotions, Transfers and Leave (except Promotion of Officers above rank of Constructor).
|-
| 16. Dockyard Foremen, Inspectors, and Subordinate Officers and Workmen&mdash;promotions, transfers and leave.
|-
| 17. Armed Cruisers&mdash;Engagement and Fitting of.
|}

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! 16 April, 1908.<ref>Docket "Revised Table of Distribution of Admiralty Board Business <u>16 April 1908</u>."
 {{TNA|ADM 116/3392.}}</ref>
|-
| 1.&mdash;The entire administration of the Dockyards and Dockyard Reserve, Dockyard Craft, control of the Departments of the Director of Naval Construction, Engineer-in-Chief, Director of Dockyards, Superintendent of Contract Work, Naval Stores, and Expense Accounts; also control of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors, and of all Dockyard Foremen, Inspectors, Subordinate Officers, and Workmen (except promotion of Officers above the rank of Constructor).
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| 2.&mdash;Naval and Technical Inspecting Staff at Contractors' Works.
|-
| 3.&mdash;Naval Ordnance Questions affecting Construction of Ships or involving Structural Alterations in Weights, &c.
|-
| 4.&mdash;Purchase, disposal, salvage, or loan of Vessels, and engagement and fitting of Armed Merchant Cruisers.
|-
| 5.&mdash;Inventions relating to Ships, Machinery, &c.
|-
| 6.&mdash;Electric Lighting and Yard Machinery of all Departments, &c., other than those controlled by the Fourth Sea Lord.
|-
| 7.&mdash;Naval Stores for building and repair of Ships and for maintenance of Dockyards, including moorings.
|-
|}

{| class="collapsible wikitable collapsed" style="width: 50%"
! August, 1912.<ref>Docket "Revised Table of Distribution of Admiralty Business" dated 1 August 1912.
 {{TNA|ADM 116/3392.}}</ref>
|-
| 1.&mdash;Design of Matériel for the Fleet, including Ships and their Machinery, Armour, Naval Ordnance and Gun Mountings, Aeroplanes and Airships, and Docking facilities: also alterations and additions to ships which affect design or fighting efficiency. Preparation of Estimates of cost of all new construction falling due in any year under current and prospective programmes. Superintendence of the Departments of the Director of Naval Construction, Engineer-in-Chief, [[Naval Ordnance Department (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Ordnance]], Superintendent of Equipment and Refits, [[Air Department (Royal Navy)|Director of Air Department]], and Superintendent of Compasses.
|-
| 2.&mdash;Design questions affecting vessels proposed to be purchased for the Fleet or to be employed in auxiliary services.
|-
| 3.&mdash;Inventions relating to Ships, Machinery, &c.
|-
| 4.&mdash;Salvage of vessels, so far as technical and professional considerations are involved.
|}

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! 7 September, 1912.<ref>Docket "Revised Table of Distribution of Admiralty Business" dated 1 August 1912.
 {{TNA|ADM 116/3392.}}</ref>
|-
| 1.&mdash;Design of Matériel for the Fleet, including Ships and their Machinery, Armour, Naval Ordnance and Gun Mountings, Aeroplanes and Airships, and Docking facilities: also alterations and additions to ships which affect design or fighting efficiency. Preparation of Estimates of cost of all new construction falling due in any year under current and prospective programmes. Superintendence of the Departments of the Director of Naval Construction, Engineer-in-Chief, Director of Naval Ordnance, [[Department of the Director of Naval Equipment (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Equipment]], Director of Air Department, and Superintendent of Compasses.
|-
| 2.&mdash;Design questions affecting vessels proposed to be purchased for the Fleet or to be employed in auxiliary services.
|-
| 3.&mdash;Inventions relating to Ships, Machinery, &c.
|-
| 4.&mdash;Salvage of vessels, so far as technical and professional considerations are involved.
|}

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! August, 1916.<ref>Greene papers. National Maritime Museum. GEE/2.</ref>
|-
| 1.&mdash;Design of Matériel for the Fleet, including Ships and their Machinery, Armour, Naval Ordnance and Gun Mountings, Aeroplanes and Airships, and Docking facilities: also alterations and additions to ships which affect design or fighting efficiency. Programme of new construction and repairs in H.M. Dockyards and Contractors' Yards, and questions relating to order of priority of work. Important questions arising in connection with repairs of ships and progress in new construction and repairs (see Note under ''Additional Civil Lord''). Preparation of Estimates of cost of all new construction falling due in any year under current and prospective programmes. Superintendence of the Departments of the Director of Naval Construction, Engineer-in-Chief, Director of Naval Ordnance, Director of Naval Equipment, Director of Air Services and Superintendent of Compasses.
|-
| 2.&mdash;Design questions affecting vessels proposed to be purchased for the Fleet or to be employed in auxiliary services.
|-
| 3.&mdash;Selection of vessels for service as Armed Merchant Cruisers or for combatant purposes, and all technical questions in regard to fitting the same (except Yacht and Motor Boat Patrol, dealt with by ''Fourth Sea Lord'').
|-
| 4.&mdash;Inventions relating to Ships, Machinery, &c.
|-
| 5.&mdash;Salvage of vessels, so far as technical and professional considerations are involved.
|}

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! June, 1917.<ref>Greene papers. National Maritime Museum. GEE/2.</ref>
|-
| Types and quantities of Matériel for the Fleet, including Ships and their machinery, armour, guns and gun mountings, torpedoes, mines, &c., and their respective appliances and stores, also docking facilities.
|-
| Design of Matériel as above, including important alterations and additions to completed ships which affect their fighting and sea-going qualities (in conjunction with ''Controller'').
|-
| Order of priority of work upon ships for Naval Service, including both new construction and repairs and alterations (in conjunction with ''Controller'').
|-
| Selection of vessels for service as Armed Merchant Cruisers or for Fleet purposes as regards general suitability for the Service (in conjunction with ''Controller'').
|-
| Inventions relating to ships and other Matériel as above&mdash;questions as to their suitability and applicability to the Naval Service.
|-
| Salvage Service.
|-
| N<small>OTE</small>.&mdash;The Heads of the Departments dealing with the above questions will continue under the superintendence of the ''Third Sea Lord'' for these purposes. The Director of Naval Equipment and Director of Compasses will work jointly under the ''Third Sea Lord'' and ''Controller''.
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==Third Sea Lords and Controllers (&ndash;1868)==
===Third Sea Lord (1866&ndash;1868)===

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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=George Henry Seymour|nick=George H. Seymour|appt=13 July, 1866|end=18 December, 1868<ref>''A List of Lords Hugh Admiral and Commissioners for executing that Office, which have been from time to time appointed, since the year 1660''. p. 37.</ref>|as=Third Sea Lord|precBy=E. G. Fanshawe}}

===Controller of the Navy (1848&ndash;1868)===
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Baldwin Wake Walker, First Baronet|nick=Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, Bart.|appt=27 November, 1848<ref>Walker Service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1314.}}</ref>|end=|as=Surveyor of the Navy}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Robert Spencer Robinson|nick=Sir R. Spencer Robinson|appt=6 February, 1861<ref>Robinson service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/735.}}</ref>|end=|as=Controller of the Navy}}

==Third Lord and Controller of the Navy (1868&ndash;1872)==
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Robert Spencer Robinson|nick=Sir R. Spencer Robinson|appt=18 December, 1868<ref>''A List of Lords Hugh Admiral and Commissioners for executing that Office, which have been from time to time appointed, since the year 1660''. p. 37.</ref>|end=14 February, 1871<ref>''A List of Lords Hugh Admiral and Commissioners for executing that Office, which have been from time to time appointed, since the year 1660''. p. 38.</ref>|as=Third Lord and Controller}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Hall|nick=Robert Hall|appt=14 February, 1871<ref>''A List of Lords Hugh Admiral and Commissioners for executing that Office, which have been from time to time appointed, since the year 1660''. p. 38.</ref>|end=19 April, 1872<ref>''A List of Lords Hugh Admiral and Commissioners for executing that Office, which have been from time to time appointed, since the year 1660''. p. 38.</ref>|as=Third Lord and Controller of the Navy}}

==Controller of the Navy (1872&ndash;1882)==
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Hall|nick=Robert Hall|appt=19 April, 1872<ref>Hall service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1482.}}</ref>|end=|as=Controller of the Navy}}
{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=William Houston Stewart|nick=Sir W. Houston Stewart|appt=29 April, 1872<ref>Stewart service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1010.}}</ref>|end=|as=Controller of the Navy}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Thomas Brandreth|nick=Thomas Brandreth|appt=1 December, 1881<ref>Brandreth service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/346.}}</ref>|end=|as=Controller of the Navy}}

==Additional Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy (1882&ndash;1904)==
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Thomas Brandreth|nick=Thomas Brandreth|appt=18 April, 1882|end=4 January, 1886|as=Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=William Graham|nick=Sir William Graham|appt=4 January, 1886|end=6 August, 1888|as=Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=John Ommanney Hopkins|nick=John O. Hopkins|appt=6 August, 1888<ref>Hopkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 271/644.</ref>|as=Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy|end=1 February, 1892<ref>Hopkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 271/644.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher|nick=Sir John A. Fisher|appt=1 February, 1892|end=23 August, 1897|as=Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet|nick=Arthur K. Wilson|appt=23 August, 1897<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/86.}}  f. 59.  Source does not indicate the day of month, however.</ref>|end=15 April, 1901<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/86.}}  f. 59.</ref>|as=Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=William Henry May|nick=Sir William H. May|appt=15 April, 1901|end=7 February, 1905|as=Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy}}

==Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy (1904&ndash;1912)==
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Bradwardine Jackson|nick=Sir Henry B. Jackson|appt=7 February, 1905<ref>Jackson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 685.</ref>|as=Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=John Rushworth Jellicoe, First Earl Jellicoe|nick=Sir John R. Jellicoe|appt=16 October, 1908{{CN}}|end=December, 1910<ref>Jellicoe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}}  p. 27.</ref>|as=Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles John Briggs|nick=Charles J. Briggs|appt=20 December, 1910<ref>Briggs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}.  p. 654.</ref>|end=11 June, 1912<ref>Briggs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}.  p. 654.</ref>|as=Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy}}

==Third Sea Lord (1912&ndash;1918)==
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore|nick=A. Gordon H. W. Moore|appt=29 May, 1912{{UKNavalStaff|p. 125}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor|nick=Frederick C. T. Tudor|appt=11 August, 1914{{UKNavalStaff|p. 125}}<ref>Tudor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 90.</ref>|end=1 June, 1917<ref>Tudor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 90.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Lionel Halsey|nick=Lionel Halsey|appt=31 May, 1917{{UKNavalStaff|p. 126}}<ref>Halsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576543}}  f. 243.</ref>|as=Third Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Materiel|end=17 June, 1918<ref>Halsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576543}}  f. 243.</ref>}}

==Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy (1918&ndash;)==
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles Martin-de-Bartolomé|nick=Charles Bartolomé|appt=17 June, 1918{{UKNavalStaff|p. 126}}|as=Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy|end=31 June, 1919<ref>Bartolomé Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 208.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=William Coldingham Masters Nicholson|nick=Sir William C. M. Nicholson|appt=1 July, 1919<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 214.</ref>|end=15 April, 1920<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}} f. 77.</ref>|as=Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral (Acting)|name=Frederick Laurence Field|nick=Sir Frederick L. Field|appt=15 April, 1920<ref>Field Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  p. 178.</ref>|end=15 May, 1923|as=Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller|nick=Cyril T. M. Fuller|appt=15 May, 1923<ref>Fuller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  p. 460.</ref>|as=Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy|end=30 April, 1925<ref>Fuller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 460.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, First Baron Chatfield|nick=Sir A. Ernle M. Chatfield|appt=30 April, 1925<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 30 April, 1925.  Issue '''43949''', col E, p. 10.</ref>|as=Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy|end=1 November, 1928<ref>Chatfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 346.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Roger Roland Charles Backhouse|nick=Roger R. C. Backhouse|appt=1 November, 1928<ref>"Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 31 October, 1928.  Issue '''45038''', col F, p. 25.</ref>|end=March, 1932|as=Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Charles Morton Forbes|nick=Charles M. Forbes|appt=1 March, 1932<ref>"The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 1 March, 1932.  Issue '''46010''', col F, p. 10.</ref>|as=Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Reginald Guy Hannam Henderson|nick=Sir Reginald G. H. Henderson|appt=23 April, 1934<ref>"The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 23 April, 1934.  Issue '''46735''', col C, p. 7.</ref>|end=1 March, 1939|as=Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Bruce Austin Fraser, First Baron Fraser|nick=sir Bruce A. Fraser|appt=1 March, 1939|end=22 May, 1942|as=Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=William Frederic Wake-Walker|nick=Sir William F. Wake-Walker|appt=1942|end=1945|as=Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Charles Saumarez Daniel|nick=Sir Charles S. Daniel|appt=late 1945<ref>Daniel Service Record.  {{TNA|196/56/148.|}} f. 150.</ref>|end=9 May, 1949<ref>Denny Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/2.|}}  f. 4.</ref>|as=Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Michael Maynard Denny|nick=Sir Michael M. Denny|appt=9 May, 1949<ref>Denny Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/2.|}}  f. 4.</ref>|end=March, 1953<ref>Denny Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/2.|}}  f. 4.</ref>|as=Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Ralph Alan Bevan Edwards|nick=Sir Ralph A. B. Edwards|appt=1953|end=1956|as=Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=John Peter Lorne Reid|nick=Sir John P. L. Reid|appt=1956|end=1961|as=Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy|succBy=Sir Michael Le Fanu}}
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==Naval Assistant to the Third Sea Lord (and Controller of the Navy)==
Dates of appointment given:
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Rushworth Jellicoe, First Earl Jellicoe|nick=John R. Jellicoe|appt=26 March, 1902<ref>Jellicoe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 693.</ref>|end=12 August, 1903}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Cavenagh Leveson|nick=Arthur C. Leveson|appt=12 August, 1903<ref>Leveson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 472.</ref>|end=7 February, 1905<ref>Leveson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 472.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edward Madden, First Baronet|nick=Charles E. Madden|appt=7 February, 1905<ref>Madden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 83.</ref>|end=20 December, 1905<ref>Madden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 83.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Ludovic Duff|nick=Alexander L. Duff|appt=20 December, 1905<ref>Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 80.</ref>|end=5 January, 1909<ref>Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 80.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair|nick=Dudley R. S. de Chair|appt=5 January, 1909<ref>De Chair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 259.</ref>|end=27 July, 1911<ref>De Chair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 259.  Date inferred from commissioning of {{UK-Colossus}}</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Reginald Hall|nick=W. Reginald Hall|appt=27 July, 1911<ref>Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 78.</ref>|end=1 July, 1913<ref>Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 40/78.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Clement Greatorex|nick=Clement Greatorex|appt=1 July, 1913<ref>Greatorex Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 30.</ref>|end=8 October, 1917<ref>Greatorex Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 16/30.</ref>}}
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==Footnotes==
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