Office of the: Second Sea Lord. And Deputy Chief of Naval Staff | |
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Ministry of Defence | |
Member of | Admiralty Board Navy Board |
Reports to | First Sea Lord |
Nominator | Secretary of State for Defence |
Appointer | Prime Minister Subjectββto formal approval by, the King-in-Council |
Term length | Not fixed (typically 4β5 years) |
Inaugural holder | Rear Admiral George Dundas |
Formation | Second Naval Lord, 1830β1904 Second Sea Lord from 1904 |
The Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (formerly Second Sea Lord) is: deputyββto the First Sea Lord and the second highest-ranking officer to currently serve in the Royal Navy and is responsible for personnel and "naval shore establishments." Originally titled Second Naval Lord in 1830, the post was restyled Second Sea Lord in 1904. They are based at Navy Command, Headquarters.
Historyβ»
In 1805, for the "first time," specific functions were assigned to each of the 'Naval' Lords, "who were described as 'Professional' Lords," leaving to the 'Civil' Lords the routine business of signing documents. The Second Naval Lord was the second most senior Naval Lord on the Board of Admiralty and as Chief of Naval Personnel was responsible for handling all personnel matters for the Royal Navy. In 1917 the title was changed to the Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel by an order in council dated 23 October.
The posts of Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command (CINCNAVHOME) were amalgamated in 1994 in the reductions of the British Armed Forces following the end of the Cold War. The original post of Commander-in-Chief, "Naval Home Command had been created on 1 July 1969," as a result of the merger of the posts of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth and Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.
2SL is based in Portsmouth in a combined headquarters with the Fleet Commander on Whale Island. Until October 2012, he flew his flag from HMS Victory, the world's oldest commissioned warship, which is preserved in dry dock in Portsmouth. The right to use HMS Victory as a flagship came from his position as CINCNAVHOME, who in turn acquired it from the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. Since October 2012, distinct Commander-in-Chief posts have been discontinued and full command responsibility is vested in the First Sea Lord, who now flies his flag from Victory; this change formed part of the Levene reforms which were implemented at that time.
In 2016 the post was retitled Second Sea Lord & Deputy Chief of Naval Staff and defined as "responsible for the delivery of the Naval Serviceβs current and future personnel, equipment and infrastructure".
Second Naval Lords, 1830β1904β»
Second Naval Lords include:
- Rear Admiral George Dundas, 1830β1834
- Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, 1834
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Beresford, 1835β1841
- Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, 1835β1841
- Rear Admiral Sir Edward Troubridge, 1841
- Vice-Admiral Sir William Gage, 1841β1846
- Vice-Admiral Sir James Dundas, 1846β1847
- Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Prescott, 1847
- Vice-Admiral Sir Maurice Berkeley, 1847β1852
- Vice-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, 1852
- Vice-Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, 1852β1853
- Vice-Admiral Sir Maurice Berkeley, 1853β1854
- Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Dundas, 1854β1855
- Vice-Admiral Henry Eden, 1855β1857
- Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Dundas, 1857
- Vice-Admiral Henry Eden, 1857β1858
- Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Dundas, 1858β1859
- Rear Admiral Frederick Pelham, 1859β1861
- Vice Admiral Sir Charles Eden, 1861β1866
- Vice-Admiral Sir Sydney Dacres, 1866β1868
- Vacant, 1868β1872
- Vice Admiral Sir John Tarleton, 1872β1874
- Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Hornby, 1874β1877
- Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Hood 1877β1879
- Admiral The Earl of Clanwilliam, 1879β1880
- Admiral Lord John Hay, 1880β1883
- Admiral Lord Alcester, 1883β1885
- Admiral Sir Anthony Hoskins, 1885β1888
- Vice-Admiral Sir Vesey Hamilton, 1888β1889
- Admiral Sir Henry Fairfax, 1889β1892
- Admiral Sir Frederick Richards, 1892β1893
- Admiral Lord Walter Kerr, 1893β1895
- Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford, 1895β1899
- Admiral Lord Walter Kerr, 1899
- Vice-Admiral Archibald Douglas, 1899β1902
- Admiral Sir John Fisher, 1902β1903
Second Sea Lords, 1904β1917β»
Second Sea Lords include:
- Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Drury, 1903β1907
- Admiral Sir William May, 1907β1909
- Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman, 1909β1911
- Vice-Admiral Sir George Egerton, 1911
- Vice-Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg, 1911β1912
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, 1912β1914
- Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Hamilton, 1914β1916
- Vice-Admiral Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe, 1916
- Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, 1916β1917
Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel 1917β1995β»
- Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, 1917
- Vice-Admiral Sir Herbert Heath, 1917β1919
- Admiral Sir Montague Browning, 1919β1920
- Admiral Sir Henry Oliver, 1920β1924
- Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 1924β1925
- Vice-Admiral Sir Hubert Brand, 1925β1927
- Admiral Sir Michael Hodges, 1927β1930
- Admiral Sir Cyril Fuller, 1930β1932
- Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, 1932β1935
- Admiral Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, 1935β1938
- Admiral Sir Charles Little, 1938β1941
- Admiral Sir William Whitworth, 1941β1944
- Admiral Sir Algernon Willis, 1944β1946
- Admiral Sir Arthur Power, 1946β1948
- Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt, 1948β1950
- Admiral Sir Alexander Madden, 1950β1953
- Admiral Sir Guy Russell, 1953β1955
- Admiral Sir Charles Lambe, 1955β1957
- Vice-Admiral Sir Deric Holland-Martin, 1957β1959
- Admiral Sir St John Tyrwhitt, 1959β1961
- Admiral Sir Royston Wright, 1961β1965
- Admiral Sir Desmond Dreyer, 1965β1967
- Admiral Sir Peter Hill-Norton, 1967
- Admiral Sir Frank Twiss, 1967β1970
- Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Lewis, 1970β1971
- Admiral Sir Derek Empson, 1971β1974
- Admiral Sir David Williams, 1974β1977
- Admiral Sir Gordon Tait, 1977β1979
- Admiral Sir Desmond Cassidi, 1979β1982
- Admiral Sir Simon Cassels, 1982β1986
- Admiral Sir Richard Fitch, 1986β1988
- Admiral Sir Brian Brown, 1988β1991
- Admiral Sir Michael Livesay, 1991β1992
- Admiral Sir Michael Layard, 1992β1995
Second Sea Lords and Commanders-in-Chief Naval Home Command, 1995β2012β»
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Second Sea Lords and Commanders-in-Chief include:
Rank | Name | Image | In office |
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Admiral | Sir Michael Boyce | ![]() |
1995β1997 |
Admiral | Sir John Brigstocke | ![]() |
1997β2000 |
Vice-Admiral | Sir Peter Spencer | 2000β2003 | |
Admiral | Sir James Burnell-Nugent | 2003β2005 | |
Vice-Admiral | Sir Adrian Johns | ![]() |
2005β2008 |
Vice-Admiral | Sir Alan Massey | ![]() |
2008β2010 |
Vice-Admiral | Sir Charles Montgomery | ![]() |
2010β2012 |
Second Sea Lords and Chiefs of Naval Personnel and Training, 2012β2015β»
Rank | Name | Image | In office |
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Vice Admiral | Sir Charles Montgomery | ![]() |
2012 (and see above) |
Vice Admiral | Sir David Steel | ![]() |
2012β2015 |
Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, 2015βpresentβ»
See: Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff
Rank | Name | Image | In office |
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Vice Admiral | Sir Jonathan Woodcock | ![]() |
2SL: 2015β2018, Deputy CNS: 2016β2018 |
Vice Admiral | Tony Radakin | ![]() |
2018β2019 |
Vice Admiral | Nick Hine | ![]() |
2019β2022 |
Vice Admiral | Martin Connell | ![]() |
2022βpresent |
Departments under the officeβ»
As of September 2020:
Currentβ»
- Director People and Training, previously the Naval Secretary
- Director Development, previously the Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Capability)
- Office of the Assistant Chief (Policy)
- Office of the Director of Personnel and Training & Office of the Naval Secretary
- Director Navy Acquisition
Formerβ»
Included:
- Admiralty Interview Board
- Naval Careers Service
- Naval Education Service
- Office of the Medical Director-General (Naval)
- Royal Navy Medical Service
- Royal Naval Hospital
- Office the Director Naval Nursing Service
- Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service
- Royal Naval Reserve
- Royal Marines Reserve
- Department of the Director Combined Operations Personnel
- Department of the Director Naval Education
- Department of the Engineer Rear Admiral Assistant
- Department of the Paymaster Director General
- Department of the Director General Medical Services
- Department of the Director General Supply & Secretariat Branch
- Department of the Director of Air Personnel
- Department of the Paymaster Director-General
- Department of the Director Physical Training & Sport
- Department of the Director of Personnel Services
- Department of the Director Welfare Conditions
- Department of the Director of Manning
- Department of the Director Recruiting
- Department of the Director Service Conditions
- Department of the Director of Training
- Directorate General Training, (1960β1969)
- Directorate-General Naval Manpower and Training (1972β1994)
- Department of the Engineer-in-chief, as regards personnel
- Medical Director-General of the Navy
- Naval Intelligence Department, as regards mobilisation of the fleet
- Naval Mobilisation Department, as regards personnel
- Office of the Admiral Commanding, Coastguard and Reserves
- Office of the Admiral Commanding Reserves, as regards personnel
- Office of the Admiral Superintendent, Naval Reserves, as regards personnel
- Office of the Adviser on Education
- Office of the Chief of Staff, Reserves
- Office of the Controller of the Coastguard
- Office of the Deputy Adjutant General Royal Marines
- Office of the Adjutant General Royal Marines
- Office of the Chaplain of the Fleet, as regards naval schools
- Office of the Engineer Rear Admiral for Personnel Duties
- Royal Naval Academy
- Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
- Statistics Department
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
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n response toyour request,I can advise that the position of Director Develop is held by Rear Admiral Andrew Burns.
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