List of vice-admirals of Munster explained

Unit Name:	Vice Admiral of Munster
Type:	Naval administration
Role:	Admiralty court and Naval Jurisdiction.

This is a list of the vice-admirals of Munster, a province in the south 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.

Vice-admirals of Munster

Source (1585–1561):^[1]

Source (1661–):^[2]

• 1585 John Norris
• 1585–1598 no appointment known
• 1598 Henry Cowper
• 1599 George Warham
• 1599–1606 no appointment known
• 1606 Thomas Smith
• 1607 Humphrey Jobson
• 1607–1610 no appointment known
• 1610–1613 William Howard, Lord Howard of Effingham
• 1613 Sir John Ferne
• 1613–1624 no appointment known
• 1624–1633 Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland
• 1634–1641 Thomas Wentworth, 1st Viscount Wentworth
• 1641 Robert Sydney, 2nd Earl of Leicester
• 1641–1645 no appointment known
• 1645–1648 Roger Boyle, 1st Baron Broghill
• 1648–1660 no appointment known
• 1660–1670 Sir William Penn
• 1670–1677 Robert Southwell
• 1691–1701 Sir Robert Southwell
• 1701–1730 Edward Southwell Sr.
• 1733–1755 Edward Southwell Jr.
• 1755–1758 Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough
• 1758–1793 William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough
• 1822–1826 Henry Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford
• 1838–1856 William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20070930074029/http://www.history.ac.uk/office/viceadmirals2.html#ac. Vice Admirals of the Coasts 1558–1660. dead. 30 September 2007. Institute of Historical Research. 15 February 2019.
2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20060928175749/http://www.history.ac.uk/office/viceadmirals.html#x. Vice Admirals of the Coasts from 1660. dead. 28 September 2006. Institute of Historical Research. 13 February 2019.