The holder of the post Vice-Admiral of Cumberland was responsible for the defence of the county of Cumberland, England. As a Vice-Admiral, the post holder...
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1559–1563, Vice-Admiral of Durham 1559–1563, Vice-Admiral of Cumberland 1559-1563 and Vice-Admiral of Westmorland 1559–?) William Grey, 13th Baron Grey...
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1559, Vice-Admiral of Cumberland 1559–1563 and Vice-Admiral of Yorkshire 1559-1563) Thomas Standeven 1563–? Sir Valentine Browne 1568–1574 (also Vice-Admiral...
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Vice-Admiral of Cumberland 1559–1563 and Vice-Admiral of Westmorland 1559–?) 1559–63: Vacant 1563: William Eure, 2nd Baron Eure (also Vice-Admiral of...
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Northumberland 1559–, Vice-Admiral of Cumberland 1559-1563 and Vice-Admiral of Durham 1559–1563 and Vice-Admiral of Westmorland 1559–?) William Eure, 2nd...
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Vice-Admiral of Cumberland Vice-Admiral of Devon Vice-Admiral of Dorset Vice-Admiral of Durham Vice-Admiral of Essex Vice-Admiral of Gloucester Vice-Admiral of Hampshire...
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established the Cumberland Fleet, which would later become the Royal Thames Yacht Club. He was promoted vice-admiral of the White in 1776, admiral of the Blue...
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Earl of Carlisle; the same year he was made Vice-Admiral of Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham, and in 1662 joint commissioner for the office of Earl...
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Timothy Laurence (redirect from Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence)
Vice Admiral Sir Timothy James Hamilton Laurence (born 1 March 1955) is a retired Royal Navy officer and husband of Anne, Princess Royal, the only sister...
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Lieutenant of Cumberland 1751–1763 and Lord Lieutenant of Sussex 1762–1763. On 12 March 1750/51 Wyndham married Hon. Alicia Maria Carpenter, a daughter of George...
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Edward Vernon (redirect from Vice Admiral Edward Vernon)
the rank of admiral after 46 years service. As a vice admiral during the War of Jenkins' Ear, in 1739 he was responsible for the capture of Portobelo...
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of eight MPs—two each for Cumberland, Westmorland, and Cockermouth, and one each for Appleby and Carlisle. Later, in 1781, he secured the election of...
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Alan Richards (category Royal Navy vice admirals)
Vice Admiral Alan David Richards, CB, JP, DL (born 1958) is a retired Royal Navy officer who served as Chief of Defence Intelligence from 2012 to 2015...
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John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale (category Lord-lieutenants of Cumberland)
baronet, and was twice member of parliament for Westmorland between 1677 and 1696. In 1688 he was serviceable in securing Cumberland and Westmorland for King...
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NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps (category Uniformed services of the United States)
authorized the use of rank flags. Flag of a NOAA Corps vice admiral Flag of a NOAA Corps rear admiral Flag of a NOAA Corps rear admiral (lower half) NOAA...
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High Admiral of the United Kingdom (of England beginning in the 14th century, later of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800) is the ceremonial head of the Royal...
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Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet (category Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies)
in the House of Commons for 54 years between 1694 and 1755. His ownership and development of coal mines around Whitehaven in Cumberland gave him substantial...
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Henry Harwood (category Royal Navy admirals of World War II)
Admiral Sir Henry Harwood Harwood, KCB, OBE (19 January 1888 – 9 June 1950) was a Royal Navy officer who won fame in the Battle of the River Plate during...
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Earl of Lonsdale of the first creation, as well as his immense estates. He was also appointed to the northern Lord Lieutenancies of Cumberland and Westmorland...
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Nick Hine (category Royal Navy vice admirals)
Vice Admiral Sir Nicholas William Hine, KCB (born 4 February 1966) is a retired senior Royal Navy officer. He served as Second Sea Lord from 2019 to 2022...
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William Monson (Royal Navy officer) (redirect from William Monson (admiral))
Vice-Admiral Sir William Monson (1569 – February 1643) was an English admiral and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601. Monson was the third...
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HMS Agamemnon (1781) (category Ships of the line of the Royal Navy)
the Mediterranean fleet under Vice-Admiral Hood, which was blockading the French port of Toulon. On 27 August, the town of Toulon declared its allegiance...
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appointed colonel of the Grenadier Guards in 1681 and Vice-Admiral of England from 1682 to 1689. He was killed in the storming of Cork during the Williamite–Jacobite...
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George Pocock (redirect from Admiral Pocock)
captain of the 58-gun HMS Cumberland. Watson's squadron co-operated with Clive in the conquest of Bengal. In 1755 Pocock became rear-admiral, and was...
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Under a Special Act of Congress". The Cumberland News. June 10, 1940. p. 1. Buell (1980), p. 301, 305. U.S. Naval Officers, Vice Admiral and Above, 1864–1963...
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Philip Wodehouse (Royal Navy officer) (category Royal Navy vice admirals)
Vice-Admiral Philip Wodehouse (16 July 1773 – 21 January 1838) was a Royal Navy officer. A son of John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse, he joined the navy...
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crew of 620 men. Cumberland recommissioned as a flagship under Captain George Henry Seymour as the flagship of his father, Vice-Admiral Sir George Francis...
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HMNB Devonport (redirect from Admiral Superintendent Devonport)
of the Royal Navy holding positions of Admiral Superintendents at Royal Dockyards were restyled as Port Admirals. Post holders included: Vice-Admiral...
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John Byng (redirect from Execution of Admiral Byng)
solid naval officer and received promotion to vice-admiral in 1747. He also served as Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland Colony in 1742, Commander-in-Chief...
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Thomas Brodrick (Royal Navy officer) (category Royal Navy vice admirals)
the rank of Vice admiral, and was shortly afterwards superseded by Admiral Edward Boscawen, under whom he commanded during the blockade of Toulon, and...
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