This is a list of people who have served as Vice-Admiral of

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have ...

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Reginald Beseley Reginald Beseley was one of two Members of the Parliament of England for the borough of Scarborough in 1545, 1547, the November session of 1554 and in 1559. He also represented the borough of Thirsk in the March session of 1553 and the April ...

1559–1563 (also Vice-Admiral of Northumberland 1559–, Vice-Admiral of Cumberland 1559-1563 and Vice-Admiral of Durham 1559–1563 and Vice-Admiral of Westmorland 1559–?) *

William Eure, 2nd Baron Eure William Eure, 2nd Baron Eure (10 May 1529 – 12 September 1594) was a Tudor-era English nobleman, soldier, and official in the Scottish Marches. Early life William Eure was the son of Ralph Eure, eldest son of William Eure who had been c ...

1563–1564 * Thomas Awchon 1564–1565 * Anthony Bevercottes 1565–1569 * Sir Henry Gates 1569–1573 (MP for Yorkshire) * Henry Clinton, Lord Clinton 1573–1578 (also Vice-Admiral of Lincolnshire bef. 1569 – aft. 1576) * ''no incumbent'' 1578–1583 * Francis Cholmley 1583–1585 *William Howard 1585 *

Sir John Stanhope Sir John Stanhope (1559 – 1611) was an English knight and landowner, and father of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield. Career John Stanhope was the son of Sir Thomas Stanhope (d. 1596) of Shelford Manor, Nottinghamshire, and Margare ...

1585–1604 *

Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, 3rd Baron Sheffield, KG (7 December 1564 – 6 October 1646) was a British peer and Member of Parliament, who served as Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire from 1603 to 1619 and Vice-Admiral of Yorkshire from 1 ...

1604–1646 *

Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave (December 161124 August 1658) was an English peer who supported the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War period. His father was Sir John Sheffield (drowned in 1614), heir to Lord Sheffield, and h ...

1646–1651 (Parliamentary) * Luke Robinson 1651–1652 (Parliamentary) *

1652–1658 (Parliamentary) * John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave 1659–1692 (also Vice-Admiral of Northumberland 1687–1689 and Vice-Admiral of Durham 1687–1689) *

Arthur Ingram, 3rd Viscount of Irvine Arthur Ingram, 3rd Viscount of Irvine (25 January 1666 – 21 June 1702) was an English Member of Parliament and peer. He was the Vice-Admiral of Yorkshire and Member of Parliament for Yorkshire and Scarborough. He was the father or grandfather ...

1692–1702 *

Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington Charles Boyle, 3rd Earl of Cork and 2nd Earl of Burlington, 4th Baron Clifford, PC (died 9 February 1704) was an English peer, courtier and politician. Early life Hon. Charles Boyle was the eldest son of Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan a ...

1702–1704 * Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton 1704–1715 *

Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork, (25 April 1694 – 4 December 1753) was a British architect and noble often called the "Apollo of the Arts" and the "Architect Earl". The son of the 2nd Earl of Burlington and 3rd Ea ...

1715–1753 *''vacant'' *

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, (13 May 1730 – 1 July 1782; styled The Hon. Charles Watson-Wentworth before 1733, Viscount Higham between 1733 and 1746, Earl of Malton between 1746 and 1750 and The Marquess of Rocking ...

1755–1763 * Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holdernesse 1763–1776 *

1776–1782 *''vacant'' *

Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds, (29 January 1751 – 31 January 1799), styled Marquess of Carmarthen until 1789, was a British politician. He notably served as Foreign Secretary under William Pitt the Younger from 1783 to 1791. H ...

1795–1799 *''vacant'' *

Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave General Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, (14 February 17557 April 1831), styled The Honourable Henry Phipps until 1792 and known as The Lord Mulgrave from 1792 to 1812, was a British soldier and politician. He notably served as Foreign Secr ...

1809–1831 *''vacant'' * Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough 1853–1860

References

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