List of Vice-Admirals of Dorset
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This is a list of people who have been Vice-Admiral
of Dorset
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Vice-Admiral of the Coast
The holder of the post Vice-Admiral of the Coast was responsible for the defence of one of the twenty maritime counties of England, the North and South of Wales, or the four provinces of Ireland....
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Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
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Vice-Admirals of Dorset
- 1551–1580: Lord Thomas HowardThomas Howard, 1st Viscount Howard of BindonThomas Howard, 1st Viscount Howard of Bindon , was an English peer and politician. He was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and Lady Elizabeth Stafford. He served as Custos Rotulorum of Dorset and Vice-Admiral of Dorset. In 1559 he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Howard...
(Viscount Howard of Bindon from 1559) - 1580–1582: Vacant
- 1582: Henry Ashley
- 1582–1591: Sir Christopher HattonChristopher HattonSir Christopher Hatton was an English politician, Lord Chancellor of England and a favourite of Elizabeth I of England.-Early days:...
- 1591–1603: Sir Carew RaleighCarew RaleighSir Carew Raleigh or Ralegh , elder brother of Sir Walter Raleigh, was an English naval commander who served on the expedition led by his half-brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, in 1578, and was on the list of sea-captains drawn up to meet the threat of a Spanish invasion in 1586; from 1591 to 1603 he...
- 1603–1611: Thomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Howard of BindonThomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Howard of BindonThomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Howard of Bindon was an English peer and politician. He was a Knight of the Garter, Lord Lieutenant of Dorset 25 April 1601 – 1 March 1611, Custos Rotulorum of Dorset bef. 1605–1611, and Vice-Admiral of Dorset 1603–1611. He was the son of Thomas Howard, 1st Viscount...
- 1611–1640: Theophilus Howard, 2nd Baron Howard de WaldenTheophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of SuffolkTheophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, KG was an English nobleman and politician.Born at the family estate of Saffron Walden, he was the son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, by his second wife Catherine Knyvet of Charlton, and succeeded his father in 1626.Sir Theophilus Howard was named in...
(Earl of Suffolk from 1626) - 1640–1642: Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington
- 1642–1644: Vacant
- 1644–1653: John Arthur
- 1653–1660: Vacant
- 1661–1672: Bullen Reymes
- 1672–1679: Vacant
- 1679–1699: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord AshleyAnthony Ashley-Cooper, 2nd Earl of ShaftesburyAnthony Ashley-Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury , known as Lord Ashley from 1672 to 1683, was an English peer and Member of Parliament....
(Earl of Shaftesbury from 1683) - 1702–1713: Thomas Strangways
- 1713–1714: Vacant
- 1714–1742: George Trenchard
- 1742–1754: Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of BoltonCharles Powlett, 3rd Duke of BoltonLieutenant-General Charles Powlett , 3rd Duke of Bolton KG PC was a British nobleman and politician....
- 1754–1755: Vacant
- 1755–1759: Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of BoltonHarry Powlett, 4th Duke of BoltonHarry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton PC , known until 1754 as Lord Harry Powlett, was a British nobleman and Whig politician, the second son of Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton and Frances Ramsden...
- 1759–1765: Charles Powlett, Marquess of WinchesterCharles Powlett, 5th Duke of BoltonCharles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton, KCB, PC , styled Marquess of Winchester from 1754 to 1759, was a British soldier, nobleman and Whig politician. He was the eldest son of Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton and Catherine Parry.Educated at Winchester, he joined the British Army and became a...
(Duke of Bolton from later in 1759) - 1765–1767: Vacant
- 1767–1794: Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of BoltonHarry Powlett, 6th Duke of BoltonAdmiral Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton PC was a British nobleman and naval officer.He was the second son of Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton and Catherine Parry. Educated at Winchester , he joined the Royal Navy, becoming a lieutenant aboard Shrewsbury on 4 March 1740...
- 1794–1797: Vacant
- 1797–1800: George Paulet, 12th Marquess of WinchesterGeorge Paulet, 12th Marquess of WinchesterGeorge Paulet, 12th Marquess of Winchester , known as George Paulet or Powlett until 1794, was an English courtier and nobleman.George was the eighth and youngest son of Norton Paulet, or Powlett , of Amport...