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Vice Admiral

Name: Vice Admiral – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Great Britain · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

10Records

1747–1919Date range

9Named people

2Places

Chronological records

1747

George Anson Anson, 1st1747

Cape Finisterre · Warfare / Military

Appointed Vice Admiral & created Baron Anson of Soberton after victory at Cape Finisterre

Peter Warren1747

London · Warfare / Military

Appointed Vice Admiral of the Red

1787

Samuel Hood Hood, 1st1787

Warfare / Military

Appointed Vice Admiral

1793

John Jervis St Vincent1793

London · Warfare / Military

Appointed Vice Admiral

1794

William Cornwallis1794

Warfare / Military

Appointed Vice Admiral

William IV1794

Warfare / Military

Appointed Vice Admiral

1821

Edward Codrington10 July 1821

Warfare / Military

Appointed Vice Admiral

1875

Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby1875

London · Warfare / Military

Appointed Vice Admiral

1918

William Christopher Pakenham1918

Warfare / Military

Appointed Vice Admiral

1919

William Christopher Pakenham1919

Warfare / Military

Appointed President of the Royal Naval College

Names involved

Edward CodringtonGeoffrey Thomas Phipps HornbyGeorge Anson Anson, 1stJohn Jervis St VincentPeter WarrenSamuel Hood Hood, 1stWilliam Christopher PakenhamWilliam CornwallisWilliam IV

Provenance

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