Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom
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The Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom is a now honorary office generally held by a senior (possibly retired) Royal Navy admiral. Despite the title, the Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom is usually a full admiral. He is the deputy to the Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom, who is deputy to the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom (an office 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 Rear-Admiral retires at 70 years of age.
[edit] Rear Admirals of the United Kingdom
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- James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez 1819–1821
- William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk 1821 – 28 May 1831
- Sir Thomas Foley 14 June 1831 – 9 January 1833[1]
- Sir George Martin 23 January 1833 – April 1834[2]
- Sir Robert Stopford April 1834 – 5 May 1847[3]
- Sir Thomas Martin 5 May 1847 – 10 August 1847[4]
- Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet 10 August 1847 – ?[5]
- Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald ? – 31 October 1860
- Sir Graham Eden Hamond, 2nd Baronet 22 November 1860 – 5 June 1862[6]
- Sir Francis William Austen 5 June 1862 – 11 December 1862[7]
- Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet 11 December 1862 – 16 May 1863[8]
- Sir George Francis Seymour 16 May 1863 – 23 September 1865[9]
- Sir William Bowles 23 September 1865 – 1866?[10]
- Sir Phipps Hornby 1866? – 1867
- Sir Fairfax Moresby 20 April 1867 – 17 July 1869[11]
- Sir Provo Wallis 17 July 1869 – 12 February 1870[12]
- Sir William James Hope Johnstone 12 February 1870 – 1878[13]
- Sir William Fanshawe-Martin 19 September 1878 – ?[14]
- Sir Edmund Robert Fremantle 25 July 1901 – 31 December 1926[15]
- Sir Stanley Cecil James Colville 31 December 1926 – 22 March 1929[16]
- Sir Montague Edward Browning 22 March 1929 – 13 February 1939[17]
- Sir Hubert George Brand 13 February 1939 – June 19, 1945[18]
- Sir Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble June 19, 1945 – 1955[19]
- Sir John Hereward Edelsten 10 October 1955 – 12 October 1962[20]
- Sir John Peter Lorne Reid 12 October 1962 – 11 March 1966[21]
- Sir Alexander Noel Campbell Bingley 11 March 1966 – 1972[22]
- Sir Nigel Stuart Henderson 11 January 1973 – 12 April 1976[23]
- Sir John Fitzroy Duyland Bush 29 April 1976 – 1 August 1979[24]
- Sir William Donough O'Brien 1 August 1979 – ?[25]
- Sir Leslie Derek Empson ? – 13 November 1986
- Sir Anthony Templer Frederick Griffith Griffin 13 November 1986 – 29 October 1988[26]
- Sir Anthony Storrs Morton 29 October 1988 – 24 November 1988[27]
- Sir James Henry Fuller Eberle 24 November 1988 – 17 January 1994[28]
- Sir Nicholas John Streynsham Hunt 17 January 1994 – 6 November 1997[29]
- Sir Jeremy Black 6 November 1997 – 30 April 2001[30]
- Sir Kenneth John Eaton 30 April 2001 – present?[31]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ London Gazette, 14 June 1831
- ^ London Gazette, 25 January 1833
- ^ London Gazette, 15 April 1834
- ^ London Gazette, 7 May 1847
- ^ London Gazette, 13 August 1847
- ^ London Gazette, 23 November 1860
- ^ London Gazette, 6 June 1862
- ^ London Gazette, 12 December 1862
- ^ London Gazette, 19 May 1863
- ^ London Gazette, 26 September 1865
- ^ London Gazette, 23 April 1867
- ^ London Gazette, 20 July 1869
- ^ London Gazette, 15 February 1870
- ^ London Gazette, 20 September 1878
- ^ London Gazette, 26 July 1901
- ^ London Gazette, 1 January 1927
- ^ London Gazette, 25 March 1929
- ^ London Gazette, 17 February 1939
- ^ London Gazette, 29 June 1945
- ^ London Gazette, 14 October 1955
- ^ London Gazette, 19 October 1962
- ^ London Gazette, 11 March 1966
- ^ London Gazette, 15 January 1973
- ^ London Gazette, 4 May 1976
- ^ London Gazette, 3 August 1979
- ^ London Gazette, 18 November 1986
- ^ London Gazette, 3 November 1988
- ^ London Gazette, 3 December 1990
- ^ London Gazette, 20 January 1994
- ^ London Gazette, 12 November 1997
- ^ London Gazette, 3 May 2001
