Secretary to the Admiralty Walter Edwards, Civil Lord Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty 4 December 1945: Commission A. V. Alexander, First Lord The Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope, First Sea Lord Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord Sir Arthur Palliser, Fourth Sea Lord Thomas Hope Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Walter Edwards, Civil Lord Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty 21 January 1946: Commission A. V. Alexander, First Lord The Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope, First Sea Lord Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord Sir Thomas Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Walter Edwards, Civil Lord Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repai rs Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty 1 February 1946: Commission A. V. Alexander, First Lord The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, First Sea Lord Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord Sir Algernon Willis, Second Sea Lord Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord Sir Thomas Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Walter Edwards, Civil Lord Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty 27 February 1946: Commission A. V. Alexander, First Lord The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, First Sea Lord Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord Sir Arthur Power, Second Sea Lord Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord Sir Thomas Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff John Dugdale, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Walter Edwards, Civil Lord Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty 15 April 1946: Commission A. V. Alexander, First Lord The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, First Sea Lord Sir Arthur Power, Second Sea Lord Charles Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord Sir Thomas Troubridge, Fifth Sea Lord