List of Vice-Admirals of Devon

This is a list of people who have been Vice-Admiral of Devon. Between 1603 and 1623, a separate command existed for North Devon.

Vice-Admirals of Devon

 * George Basset 1558
 * John Courtenay 1558–1560 with
 * Robert Yeo 1558–1560
 * George Basset 1560
 * Robert Yeo 1560–1562
 * Sir Arthur Champernowne 1562–1578
 * Robert Hill 1578–1582
 * vacant?
 * Edward Seymour bef. 1584–1585?
 * Sir Walter Raleigh 1585–1603
 * Sir Richard Hawkins 1603–1610
 * Sir Richard Cowper 1610–1615
 * Sir Lewis Stukley 1615–1619
 * Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet 1619–1622
 * Sir John Eliot 1622–1626
 * Sir John Drake 1626–1628 with
 * Sir James Bagg 1626–1638 with
 * Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet bef. 1634–1642 with
 * John Harris 1638–1642
 * vacant
 * Sir John Berkeley 1644 (Royalist)
 * John Waddon 1644 (Parliamentarian)
 * John Eliot 1645–1655 (Parliamentarian)
 * Henry Hatsell 1655–1660 (Parliamentarian)
 * John Eliot 1660 (Parliamentarian)
 * Sir Hugh Pollard, 2nd Baronet 1660–1666
 * Sir John Fowell, 2nd Baronet 1666–1677
 * Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet 1677–1688
 * George Courtenay 1689–1715
 * Sir Francis Drake, 3rd Baronet 1715–1717
 * Jonathan Elford 1718–1727
 * Theophilus Fortescue 1727–1746
 * vacant
 * John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford 1761–1771
 * vacant
 * Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue 1831–1839
 * Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue 1839–1861

Vice-Admirals of North Devon

 * William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath 1603–1623