List of Lord High Admirals and vice Admirals of the Royal Scots Admiralty

List of Lord High Admirals and vice Admirals of the Royal Scots Admiralty

=Lords High Admiral=

:Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney - to Robert III:George Crichton, 1st Earl of Caithness - to James II:William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness and 3rd Earl of Orkney - to James II

*1476 David Lindsay, 5th Earl of Crawford, later Duke of Montrose
*1482 Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany
*1502 Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell:James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran:Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus:Robert Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell
*1511 Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell heritably
*1544 Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell, attainted
*1567 James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, beheaded
*1578 Francis Stewart, 1st Earl of Bothwell attainted
*1626 James Stewart, 4th Duke of Lennox heritably:John Earl of Linlithgow, during minority of Duke of Lennox
*1633 James Duke of Lennox and Gordon (d 1672)
*1668 Alexander Bruce, 3rd Earl of Kincardine (vice admiral)
*1673 James, Duke of York later James VII:William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton:Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox
*1705 James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose
*1706 David Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss

Vice Admirals

*1708 David Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss
*1714 John Hamilton-Leslie, 9th Earl of Rothes
*1722 Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry
*1729 John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
*1733 George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton
*1738 James Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Findlater
*1764 John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford
*1767 William Douglas, 3rd Earl of March, later Duke of Queensberry
*1776 John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland
*1782 Lord William Gordon, brother of Duke of Gordon
*1795 William, Lord Cathcart (died 16 Jun 1843)office not filled


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