of the Navy Vice-Admiral, Sir Thomas Spert, 1524-1541 Benjamin Gonson 24 April 1546 - June 1549. Admiral Sir William Wynter 8 July 1549. Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Palmer 11 July 1589. Sir John Trevor 20 December 1598 -1611. Surveyors of the Navy (1611-1859) Sir Richard Bingley 1611-1619. Thomas Norreys 12 February 1619 – 1625. Joshua Downing 1625-1628. Sir Thomas Aylesbury 1628. Kenrick Edisbury 19 December 1632. Vice-Admiral William Batten 26 September 1638. John Holland 16 February 1649. George Payler 1654. Sir William Batten 20 June 1660. Thomas Middleton 25 November 1667. Sir John Tippetts 5 September 1672. Edmund Dummer 9 August 1692. Daniel Furzer 22 September 1699. Daniel Furzer and William Lee (jointly) 19 October 1706. Daniel Furzer (alone) 16 November 1714. Jacob Ackworth 6 April 1715. Sir Jacob Ackworth and Joseph Allin (jointly) 11 July 1745. Joseph Allin (alone) 16 March 1749. Thomas Slade and William Bately (jointly) 4 September 1755. Thomas Slade and John Williams (jointly) 28 June 1765. John Williams (alone) 22 February 1771. Sir John Williams and Edward Hunt (jointly) 11 April 1778. Edward Hunt and John Henslow (jointly) 13 December 1784. John Henslow (alone) 7 December 1786. John Henslow and William Rule (jointly) 11 February 1793. Sir William Rule and Henry Peake (jointly) 20 June 1806. Joseph Tucker and Robert Seppings (jointly) 14 June 1813. (Seppings became Sir Robert Seppings from 20 February 1822. Sir Robert Seppings (alone) 1 March 1831. Sir William Symonds, 9 June 1832-October 1847 Sir Baldwin Wake Walker 5 February 1848 – 1859. Controllers of the Navy (1859-1869) In 1859 the post of Surveyor of the Navy was changed to Controller of the Navy Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, 1859–1861 Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Robinson, 1861–1869 In 1869 the post of Controller of the Navy's post was merged with the office of the Third Naval Lord Timeline Navy Board, Surveyor of the Navy, 1546-1832 Board of Admiralty, Surveyor of the Navy, 1832-1859 Board of Admiralty, Controller of the Navy, 1859-1912 Board of Admiralty, Directorate of Naval Construction, 1913-1958 Board of Admiralty, Ship Department, Naval Construction Division, 1959-1964 References Sources Lambert, Andrew The Last Sailing Battlefleet, Maintaining Naval Mastery 1815-1850, published Conway Maritime Press, 1991. . Childs, David (2009). Tudor Sea Power: The Foundation of Greatness. Seaforth Publishing. . Hamilton, Sir Richard Vesey (1896). Naval Administration: The Constitution, Character, and Functions of the Board of Admiralty, and of the Civil Departments it Directs. G.