Vice-Admiral of Devon
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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-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....
of Devon
Devon
Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...
. Between 1603 and 1623, a separate command existed for North Devon.
Vice-Admirals of Devon
- George Basset 1558
- John Courtenay 1558–1560 with
- Robert YeoRobert YeoRobert Yeo is a Singaporean poet, playwright and novelist.-Career:Yeo is a retired lecturer of the National Institute of Education and Nanyang Technological University. At present he is a teacher of Creative Writing at the Singapore Management University...
1558–1560 - George Basset 1560
- Robert YeoRobert YeoRobert Yeo is a Singaporean poet, playwright and novelist.-Career:Yeo is a retired lecturer of the National Institute of Education and Nanyang Technological University. At present he is a teacher of Creative Writing at the Singapore Management University...
1560–1562 - Sir Arthur ChampernowneArthur ChampernowneSir Arthur Champernowne was a Vice-Admiral of the West who lived at Dartington Hall in Devon, England.-Biography:Champernowne was the second son of Sir Philip Champernowne of Modbury, Devon, whose family had lived in Devon since arriving from Cambernon in Normandy in the eleventh century as part...
1562–1578 - Robert HillRobert HillRobert Hill may refer to:*Robert Hill , former Australian Senator, Defence Minister and Ambassador to the United Nations*Robert Andrews Hill , U.S. federal judge*Robert C. Hill , American diplomat...
1578–1582 - vacant?
- Edward SeymourSir Edward Seymour, 1st BaronetSir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 1st Baronet was Member of Parliament for Devon, twice High Sheriff of Devon for Devon and an Army Colonel....
bef. 1584–1585? - Sir Walter RaleighWalter RaleighSir Walter Raleigh was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. He is also well known for popularising tobacco in England....
1585–1603 - Sir Richard HawkinsRichard Hawkinsthumb|250px|right|Sir Richard HawkinsAdmiral Sir Richard Hawkins was a 17th century English seaman, explorer and Elizabethan "Sea Dog", and was the son of Admiral Sir John Hawkins....
1603–1610 - Sir Richard Cowper 1610–1615
- Sir Lewis Stukley 1615–1619
- Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd BaronetSir Edward Seymour, 2nd BaronetSir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 2nd Baronet , MP, was a British gentleman and politician.He was the son of Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet, and wife Elizabeth Champernowne and a descendant of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, in the senior line...
1619–1622 - Sir John EliotJohn Eliot (statesman)Sir John Eliot was an English statesman who was serially imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he eventually died, by King Charles I for advocating the rights and privileges of Parliament.-Family and early life:...
1622–1626 - Sir John Drake 1626–1628 with
- Sir James Bagg 1626–1638 with
- Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd BaronetSir Edward Seymour, 2nd BaronetSir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 2nd Baronet , MP, was a British gentleman and politician.He was the son of Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet, and wife Elizabeth Champernowne and a descendant of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, in the senior line...
bef. 1634–1642 with - John HarrisJohn Harris-Politics and government:*John Harris , English MP for Grampound in 1555*John Harris English MP for Bere Alston in 1640*John Harris , English MP for Liskeard...
1638–1642 - vacant
- Sir John BerkeleyJohn Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of StrattonJohn Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton was an English royalist soldier. From 1648 he was closely associated with James, Duke of York, and rose to prominence, fortune and fame.-First English Civil War:...
1644 (Royalist) - John Waddon 1644 (Parliamentarian)
- John EliotJohn EliotJohn Eliot may refer to:*Sir John Eliot , English politician*John Eliot , English Puritan minister and missionary*John Eliot, 1st Earl of St Germans , British politician...
1645–1655 (Parliamentarian) - Henry Hatsell 1655–1660 (Parliamentarian)
- John EliotJohn EliotJohn Eliot may refer to:*Sir John Eliot , English politician*John Eliot , English Puritan minister and missionary*John Eliot, 1st Earl of St Germans , British politician...
1660 (Parliamentarian) - Sir Hugh Pollard, 2nd Baronet 1660–1666
- Sir John Fowell, 2nd BaronetSir John Fowell, 2nd BaronetSir John Fowell, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1677. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War....
1666–1677 - Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd BaronetSir Edward Seymour, 3rd BaronetSir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet , was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1688...
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 BedfordJohn Russell, 4th Duke of BedfordJohn Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford KG, PC, FRS was an 18th century British statesman. He was the fourth son of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Howland of Streatham, Surrey...
1761–1771 - vacant
- Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl FortescueHugh Fortescue, 1st Earl FortescueHugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue was a British peer, the son of Matthew Fortescue, 2nd Baron Fortescue, younger half-brother of an earlier Hugh Fortescue , 1st Baron Fortescue, 14th Baron Clinton and 1st Earl Clinton.He married Hester Grenville , daughter of George Grenville, on 10 May 1782...
1831–1839 - Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue 1839–1861