List of vice-admirals of Ulster

This is a list of the vice-admirals of Ulster, a province in the north of Ireland.

Prior to 1585 the whole of Ireland was served by a single vice-admiral, namely Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex (1558–1565), Gerald Fitzgerald, 11th Earl of Kildare (1564–1573) and Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde (1585). Separate vice-admiralties were then established for Munster in 1585, for Ulster by 1602, for Leinster by 1612 and for Connaught by 1615.

Vice-admirals of Ulster
Source (1602-61):

Source (1661–:


 * Ulster
 * 1585–1602 no appointment known
 * 1602–1625 Sir Arthur Chichester
 * 1625–1639 Sir Edward Chichester
 * 1639–? no appointment known
 * ?–1647 Sir William Stewart, 1st Baronet
 * 1647–1660 no appointment known
 * 1661 John Davis
 * 1666 Gorges
 * 1691–1709 Gustavus Hamilton
 * 1710–1715 Frederick Hamilton
 * 1716–1723 Gustavus Hamilton
 * 1748–1779 Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham
 * 1779–1796 William Burton (Conyngham)
 * 1822–1841 Charles O'Neill, 1st Earl O'Neill
 * 1841–1849 Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford
 * 1849–1876 Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham
 * George Conyngham, 3rd Marquess Conyngham (died 1882)
 * Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford (died 1922)


 * Northern Ireland
 * 1923 Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (died 1930)
 * 1937–1961 Francis Needham, 4th Earl of Kilmorey
 * 1961–1973 Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough