List of vice-admirals of Gloucestershire

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Vice Admiral of Gloucestershire
Active	1559-1835.
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Type	Naval administration
Role	Admiralty court and Naval Jurisdiction.

The Vice-Admiral of Gloucestershire ^[1] was responsible for the defence of the county of Gloucestershire, England.

History

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 prizes (captured by privateers), dealing with salvage claims for wrecks and acting as a judge.

The earliest record of an appointment was of Edmund Brydges, 2nd Baron Chandos 1559–1573.

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.^[2]

Vice-admirals of Gloucestershire

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

Edmund Brydges, 2nd Baron Chandos 1559–1573
Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos 1573–1582
vacant
Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford 1586–1603
Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley 1603–1613
vacant
Sir William Guise 1626–1642
English Interregnum
Thomas Chester 1660–1690
Sir John Guise, 2nd Baronet 1690–1695
Sir John Guise, 3rd Baronet 1696–1702
John Grobham Howe 1702–1712
John Howe 1712–1715
James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley 1715–1736
Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley 1737–1755
Matthew Ducie Moreton, 2nd Baron Ducie 1755–1762^[3]
Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt 1762–1766
Frederick Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley 1766–1810
Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort 1810–1835

References

^ Admiralty, Great Britain (22 July 2005). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office, 1814, Original from the University of Michigan, Digitized. p. 130.
^ "Vice Admirals of the Coasts from 1660". Institute of Historical Research, University of London, March 2016. Archived from the original on 28 September 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "No. 9450". The London Gazette. 15 February 1755. p. 1.

External links

Institute of Historical Research*"Vice Admirals of the Coasts 1558–1660". Institute of Historical Research. Archived from the original on 28 September 2006.
"Vice Admirals of the Coasts from 1660". Institute of Historical Research. Archived from the original on 28 September 2006.
Essex Review

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