Admiral of the Narrow Seas
Office of the Admiral of the Narrow Seas | |
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Monarch of England Subject to formal approval by the King-in-Council | |
Term length | Not fixed (usually for life) |
Inaugural holder | Vice-Admiral Sir John Pendagrast |
Formation | 1412-1688 |
The Admiral of the Narrow Seas also known as the Admiral for the guard of the Narrow Seas
History
The first royal commission as Admiral to a
In the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the
Among the most important naval postings during these times was the Admiral of the Narrow Seas, sometimes called the Vice-Admiral of the Narrow Seas to denote that he was junior to the
Claims to the narrow seas lasted until the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, along with other European countries, agreed to set a new three-mile limit in 1822.[8]
Office holders
Admiral/General at Sea/Vice-Admiral/Rear-Admiral Narrow Seas | |||||
rank | name | date/s | notes | ref | |
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Vice-Admiral | Sir John Pendagrast | 1412 | Commanding the Narrow Seas | [9] | |
office is presumed vacant (1413 – 1522) | |||||
Vice-Admiral | William FitzWilliam | 1523 – 1524 | also vice-admiral channel squadron/fleet | [10] | |
Vice-Admiral | Sir John Dudley | 1537 | [11] | ||
Vice-Admiral | Sir Rhys Mansell | June 1543 | [12] | ||
Vice-Admiral | Sir William Woodhouse | 1544 – 1545 | [13] | ||
Vice-Admiral | Sir Thomas Cotton | May. 1549 | [14] | ||
Vice-Admiral | Sir Henry Dudley | 26 March, 1552 | [15] | ||
Admiral | William Driver | December, 1552 – January, 1553 | [16] | ||
Vice-Admiral | Sir John Malen |
1557 – 1558 | [17] | ||
Vice-Admiral | Sir Ralph Chamberlain | September, – October, 1558 | [18] | ||
Vice-Admiral | Sir John Malyn | November, 1558 – January, 1559 | [19] | ||
Admiral | Sir John Malen |
February, 1563 – April, 1563 | lost with his ship off Rye | [20] | |
Vice-Admiral | Sir John Hawkins | May – July, 1563 | [21] | ||
Vice-Admiral | Sir William Holstocke | August, 1562 – October, 1563 | [22] | ||
Vice-Admiral | Sir Thomas Cotton | August, – September, 1563 | [23] | ||
Rear-Admiral | Henry Palmer | 1587 | [24] | ||
Vice-Admiral | Lord Henry Seymour | 1588 | [25] | ||
Vice-Admiral | Sir Martin Frobisher | September, 1589 – 1590 | [26] | ||
Admiral | Luke Warde | 1590 – 1591 | [27] | ||
Admiral | Sir Richard Leveson | 1598 – 1601 | [28] | ||
Rear-Admiral | Sir Robert Mansell | c. 1599 | [29] | ||
Vice-Admiral | Sir Robert Mansell | 1602 – 1604 | [30][31] | ||
Vice-Admiral | Sir William Monson | August, 1604 – 1613 | [32] | ||
Vice-Admiral | Sir Francis Howard | 1613 – 13 January, 1616 | [33] | ||
Admiral | Sir Francis Howard | 14 January, 1616 – 1618 | [33] | ||
Admiral | Sir Henry Mervyn | 1619 – 1623 | [citation needed] | ||
Rear-Admiral | Sir John Penington | 1623 – 1626 | as Rear-Admiral for the Guard of the Narrow Seas | [34] | |
Rear-Admiral | Sir John Penington | 1631 – 1634 | as Rear-Admiral for the Guard of the Narrow Seas | [35] | |
Vice-Admiral | Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey | 1635 – 1639 | [36] | ||
Vice-Admiral | Sir John Penington | 1641 – 1642 | [37] | ||
Admiral | Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick | 1643 | [38] | ||
Vice-Admiral | Sir Thomas Rainsborough | 1643 – 1644 | also vice-admiral in the channel | [39] | |
General-at-Sea |
Sir Robert Blake | 1652 – 1657 | Commanding in the channel, and at the Downs | [40] | |
Vice-Admiral | Sir John Lawson |
1665 | [41] | ||
Vice-Admiral | Sir Edward Montagu, 1st Earl Sandwich | July 1657 – 1658 | [42] | ||
Admiral | Sir Edward Montagu 1st Earl Sandwich | June 1661 – 1665 | [43] | ||
Vice-Admiral | Sir John Kempthorne | 1678 | [44] | ||
Vice-Admiral | Sir William Poole | 1679 | |||
Vice-Admiral | Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton | 1685 – 1687 | [45] | ||
Admiral | Sir Roger Strickland | 1687 – 1688 | rank as Admiral of the Blue | [46] |
See also
- Admiral of the South, North and West
- Admiral of the West
- Admiral of the North
- Admiral of the North and West
- Battle of the Narrow Seas
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