List of vice-admirals of Norfolk explained
This is a list of people who have served as Vice-Admiral of the Coast of Norfolk. Prior to 1594 the office holder was also Vice-Admiral of Suffolk.
- Sir William Gonson 1536 - 1544
- Sir William Woodhouse 1554 - 1564 (MP for Great Yarmouth) jointly with
- Sir Thomas Woodhouse 1554 - 1572 (MP for Great Yarmouth) and
- Henry Woodhouse 1563 - 1579
- William Heydon 1579 - ? jointly with
- Christopher Heydon 1579 - ?
- Sir Robert Southwell 1585 - 1597
- Thomas Talbot 1597 - 1600
- Sir Robert Mansell 1600 - 1618
- Sir Thomas Southwell 1618 - 1635
- Henry Howard, Lord Maltravers 1635 - 1642?
- vacant
- Edwin Rich 1644 - 1649 (Parliamentary)
- vacant
- Horatio Townshend, 1st Baron Townshend 1663 - 1676
- Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth 1676 - 1683
- vacant
- Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet 1691 - 1698
- Charles Paston, Lord Paston 1699 - 1718
- William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth 1719
- John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire 1719 - 1756
- George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford 1757 - 1791
- George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend 1792 - 1807
- vacant
- William Harbord, 2nd Baron Suffield 1809 - 1821
- John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse 1822 - 1846
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