• Source: Vice-Admiral of the West

The historical title Vice-Admiral of the West is sometimes applied to holders of the crown appointment Vice-Admiral of the Coast of counties in the South West of England.
The duties of a Vice-Admiral of the Coast were to control the shipping (especially piracy) around a maritime county's coast and organise defence on land and at sea. He also acted as a local judge to deal with maritime matters.
It is not entirely clear if the role of Vice-Admiral of the West was in fact separate or additional to the role either Vice-Admiral of the Coast of Cornwall or Vice-Admiral of the Coast of Devon. Appointees to both these posts seem to have been described in writings after their deaths as Vice-Admiral of the West despite appearing appointed to their counties in contemporary papers.
The following are said to have been Vice-Admirals of the West:

Sir John Arundell of Trerice - said to have held the post under Edward VI
Sir John Pole (the great-great-great grandfather of William Pole and great-great-great-great grandfather of Sir William Pole, the noted antiquary of Devon) held the post of Vice-Admiral of the West of England
Sir Arthur Champernowne - Vice-Admiral of the Devon Coast 1562 - 1577
Sir Walter Raleigh - Vice-Admiral of the Devon Coast 1586 - 1603
In his History of the Royal Navy, Nicholas Harris Nicolas refers to both a Vice-Admiral of the West, whose command extended "from the Foreland of Thanet towards all the coasts of the south-west", and a Vice-Admiral of the North, whose command extended "from the said Foreland towards the North and East".




See also


Vice-Admiral of the Coast




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