List of Vice-Admirals of Hampshire

This is a list of people who have served as Vice-Admiral of Hampshire. A separate Vice-Admiral of the Isle of Wight was appointed from 1569 to 1571, and from 1734 to 1807, although during the latter period, the Vice-Admiral of Hampshire intermittently held both posts.

Vice-Admirals of Hampshire

• Sir Adrian Poynings 1558–1571
• Sir Edward Horsey 1571–1583
• William Plasted 1583–1584 jointly with
• Edmund Yonge 1583 and
• Thomas Plasted 1583–1584
• George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon 1584–1603
• Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton 1603–1624
• Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway 1624–1631
• Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland 1631–1635
• Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland 1635–1642
• vacant
• Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 1644–1647 (Parliamentary)
• Robert Hammond 1647–1649 (Parliamentary)
• Charles Fleetwood 1650–1652 jointly with (Parliamentary)
• William Sydenham 1650–1660 (Parliamentary)
• Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 2nd Baronet 1660
• Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland 1660–1662
• Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper 1662–1669
• Sir Robert Holmes 1669–1692
• Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton 1692–1710
• John Richmond Webb 1710–1714
• Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton 1714–1722
• Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton 1722–1733
• John Wallop, 1st Viscount Lymington 1733–1742
• Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton 1742–1754
• Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton 1755–1759
• Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton 1759–1765
• vacant
• Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton 1767–1794
• vacant
• George Paulet, 12th Marquess of Winchester 1797–1800
• vacant
• Thomas Orde-Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton 1803–1807
• James Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury 1807–1831
• Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Earl of Yarborough 1831–1846

Vice-Admirals of the Isle of Wight

• Edward Horsey 1567–1571
• held by Hampshire
• John Wallop, 1st Viscount Lymington 1734–1742
• Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton 1742–1746 (also Vice-Admiral of Hampshire)
• John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth 1746–1762
• Thomas Holmes, 1st Baron Holmes 1763–1764
• Hans Stanley 1765–1767
• Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton 1767–1771 (also Vice-Admiral of Hampshire)
• Hans Stanley 1771–1780
• Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet 1780–1791
• Thomas Orde-Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton 1791–1807 (also Vice-Admiral of Hampshire from 1803)
• held by Hampshire

References

• Institute of Historical Research