Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom Totally Explained

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The Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom is a now honorary office generally held by a senior (possibly retired) Royal Navy admiral. Despite the title, the Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom is usually a full admiral. He is the deputy to the Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom, who is deputy to the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom (an office vested in the Sovereign since 1964). He is appointed by the Sovereign on the nomination of the First Sea Lord, and his name is published in the London Gazette by the Home Office. The Rear-Admiral retires at 70 years of age.

Rear-Admirals of England

Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington 1683–1687
Sir Richard Strickland 1687–1689?
Sir Cloudesley Shovell 6 January 1705 N.S. – 1 May 1707

Rear-Admirals of Great Britain

Sir Cloudesley Shovell 1 May 1707 – 23 October 1707

vacant

Sir John Leake 24 May 1709 – 1 August 1714

vacant

Matthew Aylmer, 1st Baron Aylmer 18 March 1719 N.S. – 18 August 1720

George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington October 1720 – 17 January 1733

Sir John Jennings 27 February 1733 N.S. – 1743

Thomas Mathews 18 February 1743 – 1749

Sir William Rowley 4 July 1749 – 1763

Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke 4 January 1763 – 5 November 1765

Sir Charles Knowles 5 November 1765 – October 1770

Francis Holburne October 1770 – 14 July 1771

George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney 17 August 1771 – 6 November 1781

George Darby 6 November 1781 – 1790

Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport 6 April 1790 – March 1796

Sir William Cornwallis March 1796 – 1 January 1801

Rear-Admirals of the United Kingdom

Sir William Cornwallis 1 January 1801 – 14 May 1814

Sir William Young 14 May 1814 – 18 July 1819

James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez 18 July 1819 – 21 November 1821

William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk 21 November 1821 – 28 May 1831

Sir Thomas Foley 14 June 1831 – 9 January 1833

Sir George Martin 23 January 1833 – April 1834

Sir Robert Stopford April 1834 – 5 May 1847

Sir T. Byam Martin 5 May 1847 – 10 August 1847

Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet 10 August 1847 – 19 August 1853

Sir William Hall Gage 24 October 1853 – 6 November 1854

Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald 6 November 1854 – 31 October 1860

Sir Graham Eden Hamond, 2nd Baronet 22 November 1860 – 5 June 1862

Sir Francis William Austen 5 June 1862 – 11 December 1862

Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet 11 December 1862 – 16 May 1863

Sir George Francis Seymour 16 May 1863 – 23 September 1865

Sir William Bowles 23 September 1865 – 26 November 1866

Sir Phipps Hornby 26 November 1866 – 19 March 1867

Sir Fairfax Moresby 20 April 1867 – 17 July 1869

Sir Provo Wallis 17 July 1869 – 12 February 1870

Sir William James Hope-Johnstone 12 February 1870 – 11 July 1878

Sir William Fanshawe Martin, Bt 19 September 1878 – 24 March 1895

abolished under Victoria; revived by Edward VII

Sir Edmund Robert Fremantle 25 July 1901 – 31 December 1926

Sir Stanley Cecil James Colville 31 December 1926 – 22 March 1929

Sir Montague Edward Browning 22 March 1929 – 13 February 1939

Sir Hubert George Brand 13 February 1939 – June 19 1945

Sir Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble June 19 1945 – 25 July 1955

Sir John Hereward Edelsten 10 October 1955 – 12 October 1962

Sir John Peter Lorne Reid 12 October 1962 – 11 March 1966

Sir Alexander Noel Campbell Bingley 11 March 1966 – 1972

Sir Nigel Stuart Henderson 11 January 1973 – 12 April 1976

Sir John Fitzroy Duyland Bush 29 April 1976 – 1 August 1979

Sir William Donough O'Brien 1 August 1979 – ?

Sir Leslie Derek Empson ? – 13 November 1986

Sir Anthony Templer Frederick Griffith Griffin 13 November 1986 – 29 October 1988

Sir Anthony Storrs Morton 29 October 1988 – 24 November 1988

Sir James Henry Fuller Eberle 24 November 1988 – 17 January 1994

Sir Nicholas John Streynsham Hunt 17 January 1994 – 6 November 1997

Sir Jeremy Black 6 November 1997 – 30 April 2001

Sir Kenneth John Eaton 30 April 2001 – present?Further Information

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