Vice-Admiral of the Coast

Vice-Admiral of the Coast

The holder of the post Vice-Admiral of the Coast was responsible for the defence of one of the twenty maritime counties of England, the North and South of Wales, or the four provinces of Ireland.

As a Vice-Admiral, the post holder was the chief of naval administration for his district. His responsibilities included pressing men for naval service, deciding the lawfulness of prizes (captured by pirate ships), dealing with salvage claims for wrecks and acting as a judge.

The earliest record of an appointment was of William Gonson as Vice-Admiral of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1536.

From around 1560 Vice-Admirals of the Coasts acquired a more public profile than they had enjoyed previously. In the second half of the sixteenth century they increasingly received orders from the privy council. In 1561, apparently for the first time, the crown addressed instructions directly to the Vice-Admirals.

There are also a few examples of the title Vice-Admiral of the West. It is not however clear whether this was a separate appointment or possibly some incorrect use of an older title being applied to the holders of the Cornwall or Devon post.

List of Vice-Admiralties

England

*Vice-Admiral of Cheshire
*Vice-Admiral of Cornwall (including the Scilly Isles)
*Vice-Admiral of Cumberland
*Vice-Admiral of Devon
*Vice-Admiral of Dorset
*Vice-Admiral of Durham
*Vice-Admiral of Essex
*Vice-Admiral of Gloucester
*Vice-Admiral of Hampshire (including the Isle of Wight)
*Vice-Admiral of Kent
*Vice-Admiral of Lancashire
*Vice-Admiral of Lincolnshire
*Vice-Admiral of Norfolk
*Vice-Admiral of Northumberland
*Vice-Admiral of Somerset
*Vice-Admiral of Suffolk
*Vice-Admiral of Sussex
*Vice-Admiral of Westmorland
*Vice-Admiral of Yorkshire

Wales

*Vice-Admiral of North Wales
*Vice-Admiral of South Wales

cotland

*Vice-Admiral of Scotland
*Vice-Admiral of Orkney and Shetland
*Vice-Admiral of the Western Coast

Ireland

*Vice-Admiral of Ireland
*Vice-Admiral of Connaught
*Vice-Admiral of Leinster
*Vice-Admiral of Munster
*Vice-Admiral of Ulster

External links

Lists of post holders for each county are to be found as follows:
* [http://www.history.ac.uk/office/viceadmirals2.html 1558-1660]
* [http://www.history.ac.uk/office/viceadmirals.html 1660- mid C19]


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