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Vice Admiral of Connaught
Country Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Type Naval administration
Role Flag of the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom Admiralty court
and Naval Jurisdiction.

This is a list of the vice-admirals of Connaught, a province on the west coast 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.[1]

Vice-admirals of Connaught[]

Source (1615–1661)[1]

Source (1661 onwards)[2]

  • 1615–1627 Sir Oliver St John
  • 1628–1639 Sir George St George
  • no appointment known
  • 1660 Sir Oliver St George
  • 1691–1695 Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet
  • 1695–1696 John Eyres (Revoked 1696)
  • 1696–1735 Sir George St George, 2nd Baronet
  • 1735–?1741 John Ussher (died 1741)
  • 1747–?1768 Stratford Eyre
  • 1768–>1788 Charles Molyneux, 1st Earl of Sefton [3] (died 1794)
  • 1794– William Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton [4] (died 1838)
  • 1822– Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty (died 1837)
  • <1841–>1847: Marquess of Clanricarde (died 1874)
  • 1889– George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan (died 1914)

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Vice Admirals of the Coasts 1558–1660". Institute of Historical Research. http://www.history.ac.uk/office/viceadmirals2.html. Retrieved 15 February 2019. 
  2. "Vice Admirals of the Coasts from 1660". Institute of Historical Research. http://www.history.ac.uk/office/viceadmirals.html. Retrieved 13 February 2019. 
  3. Kimber, Edward. The Peerage of Ireland. 2. p. 213. 
  4. Stockdale, William. Stockdales Peerage of the UK for 1893. p. 145. 
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