Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet 1668-1870

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

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Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet 1668-1870

This office, to which appointments were made by Admiralty warrant, was created in 1668 with a salary of 8s a day (£146 a year). (fn. 1) It was discontinued in 1679 as a result of the decision to retrench naval expenditure but was revived in 1684. (fn. 2) It was abolished in 1831 but was once again revived, on an unsalaried basis, in 1843. (fn. 3)

LIST OF APPOINTMENTS
1668 16 Oct. Smith, J.
1675 23 Jan. Southerne, J.
1677 12 March Hewer, W.
1684 26 Feb. Walbanke, J.
1687 2 Jan. Atkins, S.
1689 30 May Tindall, M.
1689 8 Nov. Jenkins, C.
1692 7 Jan. Pett, S.
1693 4 July Burchett, J.
1694 18 Aug. Larkin, G.
1697 21 Oct. Fawler, J.
1703 6 May Rock, W.
1707 10 Jan. Ferrabosco, M.
1707 2 Dec. Honywood, E.
1714 22 Dec. Copeland, J.
1724 1 May Bell, W.
1740 20 June Kempe, T.
1743 15 June Fearne, C.
1744 12 Nov. Mason, E.
1745 2 March Atkins, G.
1754 5 Dec. Clevland, J.
1762 10 April Higgens, R.
1780 24 July Binsteed, T.
1804 6 Nov. Greetham, M.
1843 16 Jan. Greetham, G. L.
1856 14 Jan. Hellyer, W. J.
1861 10 May Eastlake, W.

Footnotes

  • 1. Adm. 2/1734 f. 46; AO 1/1712/108.
  • 2. Adm. 2/1740 pp. 270-3; Sergison MS f. 145.
  • 3. HC 12 pp. 4, 9 (1843) xxxi, 324, 329.