List of Vice-Admirals of Cornwall

This is a list of people who have served as Vice-Admiral of Cornwall. This vice-admiralty jurisdiction was divided into North and South Cornwall between 1601 and 1715, with a separate vice-admiral for each; in addition, two members of the Godolphin family were vice-admirals of the Isles of Scilly between 1570 and 1638. The Vice-Admiral of Cornwall is an office of the Duchy of Cornwall,^[1] and is also sometimes referred to as the Lord High Admiral of Cornwall.^[2][3]

Vice-Admirals of Cornwall (1559–1601)

• Edward Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings of Loughborough 1559
• William Lower 1559–1577
• Ambrose Digby bef. 1577–1578 (joint in 1577)
• John Arundell 1578–1582
• vacant
• John Killigrew 1587–1588
• Sir Francis Godolphin 1588
• John Killigrew 1588–1589
• vacant
• Thomas Payne 1590–1599
• Charles Trevanion 1599–1601

Vice-Admirals of North Cornwall (1601–1715)

• William Roscarrock 1601–1621
• vacant
• Francis Bassett 1623–1645
• John Basset 1644–1645 (joint)
• Thomas Upton 1645
• John Trefusis 1645–1647 (Parliamentary)
• Edward Herle 1647–1649 (Parliamentary)
• vacant
• Richard Heyworth 1650–? (Parliamentary)
• John Basset 1660–1661
• Jonathan Trelawny 1661–1670
• Sir John Godolphin 1670–1679
• Sir Joseph Tredenham 1679–1686
• Sir John Molesworth, 2nd Baronet 1686–1715

Vice-Admirals of South Cornwall (1601–1715)

• Hannibal Vyvyan 1601–1607
• Francis Vyvyan 1607–1608
• vacant
• Nicholas Burton 1612–1613
• vacant
• Sir James Bagg 1622–1638
• Sir Nicholas Slanning 1638–1643
• Sir Charles Trevanion 1643–1645 (Royalist)
• John St Aubyn 1644–1649 (Parliamentary)
• Anthony Rous 1649–1660 (Parliamentary)
• John St Aubyn 1660 (Parliamentary)
• Sir William Godolphin 1660–1663
• Francis Godolphin 1664-1671
• Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 2nd Baronet 1671–1675
• John Trelawny 1675–1682
• Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet 1682–1693
• Henry Trelawny 1693–1702
• Charles Trelawny 1702–1710
• Sir John Trelawny, 4th Baronet 1710–1715

Vice-Admirals of the Isles of Scilly (1570–1638)

• Francis Godolphin (senior) 1570–1606?
• vacant
• Francis Godolphin (junior) bef. 1630–1638

Vice-Admirals of Cornwall (1715–1917)

• Sir John Trelawny, 4th Baronet 1715–1755
• Edward Boscawen 1755–1761
• Hugh Boscawen, 2nd Viscount Falmouth 1761–1782
• George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 1782–1795
• Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 1795–1839
• Francis Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford 1839-1842^[4]
• vacant
• William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 1897–1917

References

1. The Illustrated London News, for the week ending Saturday, May 20, 1843, No. 55. - Vol. II.
2. Kempe, Sir John Arrow (1928). Reminiscences of an Old Civil Servant, 1846-1927. J. Murray.
3. Pearce, Cathryn (2010). Cornish Wrecking, 1700-1860: Reality and Popular Myth. Boydell & Brewer.
4. Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1885.

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