List of vice-admirals of Connaught

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

This is a list of the vice-admirals of Connaught, the province of Connacht in the west 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Vice Admirals of the Coasts 1558–1660". Institute of Historical Research. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  2. "Vice Admirals of the Coasts from 1660". Institute of Historical Research. Archived from the original on 28 September 2006. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. Kimber, Edward. The Peerage of Ireland. Vol. 2. p. 213.
  4. Stockdale, William. Stockdales Peerage of the UK for 1893. p. 145.