Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom
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The Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom is a now honorary office generally held by a senior (possibly retired) Royal Navy admiral. Despite the title, the Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom is usually a full admiral. He is the official deputy to the Lord High Admiral, an honorary (although once operational) office now vested in the Sovereign since 1964.
He is appointed by the Sovereign on the nomination of the First Sea Lord, and his name is published in the London Gazette by the Home Office. The Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom retires at 70 years of age.
In former days, the Vice-Admiral of England (or Vice-Admiral of Great Britain following the 1707 union with Scotland) was the second most powerful position in the Royal Navy, and until 1801 was officially called the Lieutenant of the Admiralty. The office was created in 1545 by Tudor King Henry VIII. Amongst other responsibilities, the Lieutenant of the Admiralty presided over the Council of the Marine, later known as the Navy Board.
Below the office of Vice-Admiral ranks the Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom, another now honorary office.
Vice-Admirals of England
- Sir Robert de Umfraville 1410?–1436
- Sir Richard Harliston
- Sir Thomas Wyndham
- Sir Thomas Pert in 1517
- Sir Robert Tyrwhitt
- William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton 1520, 1522–1523
- Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle
- Sir William Wintour
- Sir Francis Drake 1588
- Sir Richard Grenville 1591
- Sir Richard Leveson 1604
- Sir Robert Mansel
- Sir William Penn 1652–1660?
- Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich in 1661
- Prince Rupert of the Rhine 1672–1682
- Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton 1682–1689
- Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington 1689–?
- Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford 1693?–?
Vice-Admirals of Great Britain
- Sir Cloudesley Shovel ?–1704
- Sir George Rooke
- James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley 1717–1736
- Sir John Norris 1736?–1749
- George Anson, 1st Baron Anson 1749–1762
- Henry Osborn 1763–1765?
- Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke 1765–1781
- George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney 1781–1792
- Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe 1792–1796
- Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport 1796–1801
Vice-Admirals of the United Kingdom
- Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport 1801–1814
- James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez 1821–?
- Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth 1832–1833
- Sir George Martin 1834–?
- Sir Davidge Gould ?–1847
- Sir Thomas Martin 1847–1854?
- Sir Provo Wallis 1870–1876
- Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 3rd Baronet in 1902
- Sir Francis Bridgeman in 1922
- Sir Stanley Colville
- Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith in 1954
- Sir Kenneth Easton ?–2004?
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