Judge Advocate of the Fleet 1663-1870

Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4, Admiralty Officials 1660-1870. Originally published by University of London, London, 1975.

Citation:

'Judge Advocate of the Fleet 1663-1870', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4, Admiralty Officials 1660-1870, ed. J C Sainty( London, 1975), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol4/p80 [accessed 16 November 2024].

This office, to which appointments were made by Admiralty warrant, was established on a permanent basis in 1663. (fn. 1) The salary, which was originally 8s a day (£146 a year), was increased to 10s a day (£182 10s a year) in 1666. (fn. 2) From 1824 the office was held concurrently with that of Counsel to the Admiralty.

LIST OF APPOINTMENTS

1663	17 Jan.	Fowler, J.
1672	30 Sept.	Brisbane, J.
1680	29 July	Croone, H.
1689	23 May	Foster, P.
1689	12 Oct.	Bacher, F.
1690	23 July	Bathurst, V.
1711	13 Sept.	Strahan, W.
1714	22 Dec.	Honywood, E.
1724	1 May	Copeland, J.
1729	11 Feb.	Hawes, T.
1743	15 June	Kempe, T.
1744	12 Nov.	Fearne, C.
1768	19 Feb.	Jackson, G.
1824	9 Feb.	Twiss, H.
1828	2 June	Shepherd, H. J.
1845	7 Feb.	Godson, R.
1849	5 Sept.	Crowder, R. B.
1854	17 April	Phinn, T.
1855	6 June	Atherton, W.
1859	16 Dec.	Collier, R. P.
1863	12 Nov.	Phinn, T. (fn. 3)
1866	5 Nov.	Huddleston, J. W.