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Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland - FOSNNI; Flag Officer Sea Training (Submarines) - (1958-1999) [citation needed] Flag Officer, Second Flotilla – FOF2 (1971-1992) [29] [30] Admiral William Staveley had this command in the 1970s. Flag Officer Second in Command Far East Fleet – FO2FEF, to 1971
The vice-admiralties of the coast [1] were posts established in each of the twenty maritime counties of England, the north and south of Wales, and the four provinces of Ireland. The officer holders, designated as "vice-admirals", were responsible for naval administration in their county, and were deputies of the Lord High Admiral .
Patrick was the son of Adam Hepburn, Master of Hailes, and succeeded his grandfather also Patrick Hepburn as the 2nd Lord Hailes in (1482/1483). He or his grandfather held Berwick Castle against an English army led by Richard, Duke of Gloucester until the last week of August 1482, after which Berwick upon Tweed became a possession of England.
The office of Admiral of England (later Lord Admiral, and later Lord High Admiral) was created around 1400; there had previously been Admirals of the northern and western seas. [8] King Henry VIII established the Council of the Marine—later to become the Navy Board —in 1546, to oversee administrative affairs of the naval service.
The Union of Crowns in 1603 ended Scottish conflict with England, but Scotland's involvement in England's foreign policy opened up Scottish merchantmen to attack from privateers. In 1626, a squadron of three ships were bought and equipped for protection and there were several marque fleets of privateers.
The Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom (of England beginning in the 14th century, later of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800) [1] is the ceremonial head of the Royal Navy. Most have been courtiers or members of the British royal family , and not professional naval officers.
Lord High Admiral of Scotland [46] Resigned to the Crown by Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, in 1703, and abolished in 1707, with the last holder, David Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss, becoming Vice Admiral of Scotland. [47] — [h] Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland: John Swinney MSP for Perthshire North
Following a 7-month tour as Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland [1] and Flag Officer Reserves, Wilcocks became Chief of Staff (capability) to Commander-in-Chief Fleet in January 2007, [1] assuming responsibility for generating the fleet across all defence lines of development. As Rear Admiral Surface Ships he was also the ...