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 Waddon 1644 (Parliamentarian)
• John Eliot 1645–1655 (Parliamentarian)
• Henry Hatsell 1655–1660 (Parliamentarian)
• John Eliot 1660 (Parliamentarian)
• Sir Hugh Pollard, 2nd Baronet 1660–1666
• Sir 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

• Institute of Historical Research