The holder of the post Vice-Admiral of Cumberland was responsible for the defence of the county of Cumberland,

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. As a Vice-Admiral, the post holder was the chief of naval administration for his district. His responsibilities included pressing men for naval service, deciding the lawfulness of

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s), dealing with salvage claims for wrecks and acting as a judge. The earliest record of an appointment was of

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1559–1563. In 1863 the Registrar of the Admiralty Court stated that the offices had 'for many years been purely honorary' (HCA 50/24 pp. 235–6). Appointments were made by the Lord High Admiral when this officer existed. When the admiralty was in commission appointments were made by the crown by letters patent under the seal of the admiralty court.

Vice Admiral of Cumberland

This is a list of people who have been Vice-Admiral of Cumberland. *

1559–1563 (also Vice-Admiral of Northumberland 1559–,

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1559, Vice-Admiral of Westmorland 1559– and Vice-Admiral of Yorkshire 1559–1563) *

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1563–1569? *

Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon KG PC (4 March 1526 – 23 July 1596), was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the patron of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, William Shakespeare's playing company. The son of Mary Boleyn, he was a cousin of E ...

1586 – aft. 1587 (also Vice-Admiral of Northumberland 1575–1596,

1575–1596 and Vice-Admiral of Westmorland 1575 – aft. 1587) * Sir Robert Carey 1594–? * Sir Richard Mompesson ?–1604 (also Vice-Admiral of Northumberland 1596–1604 and

1596) * George Hume, 1st Earl of Dunbar 1604–1611 (also Vice-Admiral of Northumberland 1604–1611) *

Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, (13 August 15843 June 1640) 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 Kny ...

1611–1640 (also Vice-Admiral of Northumberland 1611–1640,

1611-1640 and Vice-Admiral of Westmorland 1622–1640) *''vacant'' *''Interregnum'' *

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle (162824 February 1685) was an English military leader and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1660 and was created Earl of Carlisle in 1661. Howard was the son and ...

1661–1685 (also Vice-Admiral of Northumberland, 1661–1685,

, 1661-1685 and Vice-Admiral of Westmorland 1661–1685) *

John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale, PC FRS (25 April 165510 July 1700), known as Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet, from 1675 to 1696, was an English politician. Early life He was born at Hackthorpe Hall, Lowther, Westmorland, the son of Col. Joh ...

1686–1700 (also Vice-Admiral of Westmorland 1686–1700) *''vacant'' *

Sir Richard Musgrave, 2nd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

1702–1710 (also Vice-Admiral of Westmorland 1701–1710) *

Sir William Pennington, 1st Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

1710–1715 (also Vice-Admiral of Westmorland 1710–1715) *

Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet, FRS (1673 – 2 January 1755) was an English landowner, industrialist and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for 54 years between 1694 and 1755. His ownership and development of coal mines around Whi ...

1715–1755 (also Vice-Admiral of Westmorland 1715–1755) * Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont 1755–1763 (also Vice-Admiral of Westmorland 1686–1700) *''vacant'' *

James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (5 August 173624 May 1802) was an English country landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons for 27 years from 1757 to 1784, when he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Earl of Lonsda ...

1765–1802 (also Vice-Admiral of Westmorland 1765–1802) *''vacant'' *

William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, KG (29 December 175719 March 1844), also known as Sir William Lowther, 2nd Baronet, of Little Preston, from 1788 to 1802, and William Lowther, 2nd Viscount Lowther, from 1802 to 1807, was a British Tory po ...

1809–1844

References

External links

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