Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4, Admiralty Officials 1660-1870. Originally published by University of London, London, 1975.
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'Judge Advocate of the Fleet 1663-1870', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4, Admiralty Officials 1660-1870, (London, 1975) pp. 80. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol4/p80 [accessed 19 April 2024]
Judge Advocate of the Fleet 1663-1870
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.
| 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. |