List of Vice-Admirals of Devon
- List of Vice-Admirals of Devon
This is a list of people who have been Vice-Admiral of Devon. Between 1603 and 1623, a separate command existed for North Devon.
Vice-Admirals of Devon
*George Basset 1558
*John Courtenay 1558–1560 "with"
*Robert Yeo 1558–1560
*George Basset 1560
*Robert Yeo 1560–1562
*Sir Arthur Champernowne 1562–1578
*Robert Hill 1578–1582
*"vacant"?
*Edward Seymour bef. 1584–1585?
*Sir Walter Raleigh 1585–1603
*Sir Richard Hawkins 1603–1610
*Sir Richard Cowper 1610–1615
*Sir Lewis Stukley 1615–1619
*Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet 1619–1622
*Sir John Eliot 1622–1626
*Sir John Drake 1626–1628 "with"
*Sir James Bagg 1626–1638 "with"
*Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet bef. 1634–1642 "with"
*John Harris 1638–1642
*"vacant"
*Sir John Berkeley 1644 (Royalist)
*John Wadden 1644 (Parliamentarian)
*John Eliot 1645–1655 (Parliamentarian)
*Henry Hatsell 1655–1660 (Parliamentarian)
*John Eliot 1660 (Parliamentarian)
*Sir Hugh Pollard, 2nd Baronet 1660–1666
*John Fowell, 2nd Baronet 1666–1677
*Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet 1677–1688
*George Courtenay 1689–1715
*Sir Francis Drake, 3rd Baronet 1715–1717
*Jonathan Elford 1718–1727
*Theophilus Fortescue 1727–1746
*"vacant"
*John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford 1761–1771
*"vacant"
*Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue 1831–1839
*Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue 1839–1861
Vice-Admirals of North Devon
*William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath 1603–1623
References
* [http://www.history.ac.uk/office/viceadmirals2.html Institute of Historical Research]
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