Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom

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 in turn 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^[1]
• Thomas Mathews 18 February 1743 – 1749^[2]
• Sir William Rowley 4 July 1749 – 1763^[3]
• 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^[4]
• Sir William Young 14 May 1814 – 18 July 1819
• James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez 18 July 1819 – 21 November 1821^[5]
• William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk 21 November 1821 – 28 May 1831^[6]
• Sir Thomas Foley 14 June 1831 – 9 January 1833^[7]
• Sir George Martin 23 January 1833 – April 1834^[8]
• Sir Robert Stopford April 1834 – 5 May 1847^[9]
• Sir T. Byam Martin 5 May 1847 – 10 August 1847^[10]
• Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet 10 August 1847 – 19 August 1853^[11]
• Sir William Hall Gage 24 October 1853 – 6 November 1854^[12]
• Sir Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Marques do Maranhao 6 November 1854 – 31 October 1860^[13]
• Sir Graham Eden Hamond, 2nd Baronet 22 November 1860 – 5 June 1862^[14]
• Sir Francis William Austen 5 June 1862 – 11 December 1862^[15]
• Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet 11 December 1862 – 16 May 1863^[16]
• Sir George Francis Seymour 16 May 1863 – 23 September 1865^[17]
• Sir William Bowles 23 September 1865 – 26 November 1866^[18]
• Sir Phipps Hornby 26 November 1866 – 19 March 1867
• Sir Fairfax Moresby 20 April 1867 – 17 July 1869^[19]
• Sir Provo Wallis 17 July 1869 – 12 February 1870^[20]
• Sir William James Hope-Johnstone 12 February 1870 – 11 July 1878^[21]
• Sir William Fanshawe Martin, Bt 19 September 1878 – 24 March 1895^[22]
• abolished under Victoria; revived by Edward VII
• Sir Edmund Robert Fremantle 25 July 1901 – 31 December 1926^[23]
• Sir Stanley Cecil James Colville 31 December 1926 – 22 March 1929^[24]
• Sir Montague Edward Browning 22 March 1929 – 13 February 1939^[25]
• Sir Hubert George Brand 13 February 1939 – 19 June 1945^[26]
• Sir Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble 19 June 1945 – 25 July 1955^[27]
• Sir John Hereward Edelsten 10 October 1955 – 12 October 1962^[28]
• Sir John Peter Lorne Reid 12 October 1962 – 11 March 1966^[29]
• Sir Alexander Noel Campbell Bingley 11 March 1966 – 1972^[30]
• Sir Nigel Stuart Henderson 11 January 1973 – 12 April 1976^[31]
• Sir John Fitzroy Duyland Bush 29 April 1976 – 1 August 1979^[32]
• Sir William Donough O'Brien 1 August 1979 – ?^[33]
• Sir Leslie Derek Empson ? – 13 November 1986
• Sir Anthony Templer Frederick Griffith Griffin 13 November 1986 – 29 October 1988^[34]
• Sir Anthony Storrs Morton 29 October 1988 – 24 November 1988^[35]
• Sir James Henry Fuller Eberle 24 November 1988 – 17 January 1994^[36]
• Sir Nicholas John Streynsham Hunt 17 January 1994 – 6 November 1997^[37]
• Sir Jeremy Black 6 November 1997 – 30 April 2001^[38]
• Sir Kenneth John Eaton 30 April 2001 – present?^[39]

See also

• Lieutenant of the Admiralty
• Admiralty

References

1. ^ London Gazette, 24 February 1732
2. ^ London Gazette, 14 February 1743
3. ^ London Gazette, 1 July 1749
4. ^ London Gazette, 14 May 1814
5. ^ London Gazette, 20 July 1819
6. ^ London Gazette, 24 November 1821
7. ^ London Gazette, 14 June 1831
8. ^ London Gazette, 25 January 1833
9. ^ London Gazette, 15 April 1834
10. ^ London Gazette, 7 May 1847
11. ^ London Gazette, 13 August 1847
12. ^ London Gazette, 25 October 1853
13. ^ London Gazette, 7 November 1854
14. ^ London Gazette, 23 November 1860
15. ^ London Gazette, 6 June 1862
16. ^ London Gazette, 12 December 1862
17. ^ London Gazette, 19 May 1863
18. ^ London Gazette, 26 September 1865
19. ^ London Gazette, 23 April 1867
20. ^ London Gazette, 20 July 1869
21. ^ London Gazette, 15 February 1870
22. ^ London Gazette, 20 September 1878
23. ^ London Gazette, 26 July 1901
24. ^ London Gazette, 1 January 1927
25. ^ London Gazette, 25 March 1929
26. ^ London Gazette, 17 February 1939
27. ^ London Gazette, 29 June 1945
28. ^ London Gazette, 14 October 1955
29. ^ London Gazette, 19 October 1962
30. ^ London Gazette, 11 March 1966
31. ^ London Gazette, 15 January 1973
32. ^ London Gazette, 4 May 1976
33. ^ London Gazette, 3 August 1979
34. ^ London Gazette, 18 November 1986
35. ^ London Gazette, 3 November 1988
36. ^ London Gazette, 3 December 1990
37. ^ London Gazette, 20 January 1994
38. ^ London Gazette, 12 November 1997
39. ^ London Gazette, 3 May 2001