Appendix I Navy League Executive Committee, c.1918–39
This list includes only the most senior figures in the Navy League’s Executive Committee. It is not a complete record of the Executive Committee, nor does it contain vice presidents who held mostly ceremonial positions and are difficult to trace accurately for the entire period.
President
1918–22: Algernon St Maur, 15th Duke of Somerset
1922–4: George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland
1924–30: Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow
1930–40: George Ambrose Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd
Deputy President
1926–32: Lord Sydenham of Combe
1932–6: Lord Carson of Duncairn
1936–9: Commodore the Rt Hon. Earl Howe
Chairman
1917–22: V. Biscoe Tritton (held in tandem with Col. Winfrid Ashley until 1919)
1922–34: Sir Cyril Cobb
1934–6: Viscount Lymington
1937–9: The Rt Hon. The Earl Beatty
General Secretary
1911–18: Patrick J.H. Hannon
1918–19: Rear-Admiral Robert E.R. Benson
1919–22: Rear-Admiral Ronald A. Hopwood
1922–4: Lt-Commander J.N. Benbow
1924–5: Guy Eden, Esq. (acting general secretary)
1925–32: Commander H.M. Denny
1932–5: Vice-Admiral G.O. Stephenson
1935–9: H.T. Bishop
Honorary Treasurer
1912–22: V. Biscoe Tritton
1922–3: Hon. Lt-Commander H.W. Wheeler
1923–31: Lt Col. C. Forbes Buchan
1931–6: [No honorary treasurer was appointed during this period]
1936–7: J.H.C. Burton
1937–9: A.E. Griffin