Lord High Admiral of Scotland - List of Lord High Admirals

List of Lord High Admirals

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  • Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney
  • George Crichton, 1st Earl of Caithness
  • William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness
  • David Lindsay, 1st Duke of Montrose
  • Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany
  • Sir Robert Logan of Grugar, later also of Restalrig 1400
  • David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford before 1403
  • Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell appointed 1488.
  • James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran sailed with royal fleet 1502, 1504-5, 1513
  • Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus
  • Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell
  • Sir Andrew Wood of Largo 1489 (to death in 1515/17?)
  • Sir Andrew Barton sailor, killed in action 1511.
  • Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell appointed 1508 in succession to his father.
  • Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell appointed 1513, duties performed by Patrick Hepburn, Prior of St. Andrews.
  • James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell appointed 1556.
  • James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton appointed 1568.
  • Francis Stewart, 1st Earl of Bothwell appointed 1581, confirmed 1587.
  • Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox appointed 1591.
  • James Stuart, 4th Duke of Lennox 1626
  • Alexander Bruce, 3rd Earl of Kincardine 1668
  • James Duke of York 1673
  • William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton 1692
  • Charles Stewart, 6th Duke of Lennox 1694
  • James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose 1702
  • David Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss 1706-1707, thereafter Vice-Admiral

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