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Lords High Admiral

Vice Admirals

Lords High Admiral

:Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney - to Robert III
:George Crichton, 1st Earl of Caithness - to James II
:William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness and 3rd Earl of Orkney - to James II

★ 1476 David Lindsay, 5th Earl of Crawford, later Duke of Montrose

★ 1482 Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany

★ 1502 Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell
:James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran
:Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus
:Robert Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell

★ 1511 Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell heritably

★ 1544 Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell, attainted

★ 1567 James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, beheaded

★ 1578 Francis Stewart, 1st Earl of Bothwell attainted

★ 1626 James Stewart, 4th Duke of Lennox heritably
:John Earl of Linlithgow, during minority of Duke of Lennox

★ 1633 James Duke of Lennox and Gordon (d 1672)

★ 1668 Alexander Bruce, 3rd Earl of Kincardine (vice admiral)

★ 1673 James, Duke of York later James VII
:William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton
:Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox

★ 1705 James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose

★ 1706 David Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss

Vice Admirals

★ 1708 David Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss

★ 1714 John Hamilton-Leslie, 9th Earl of Rothes

★ 1722 Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry

★ 1729 John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair

★ 1733 George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton

★ 1738 James Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Findlater

★ 1764 John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford

★ 1767 William Douglas, 3rd Earl of March, later Duke of Queensberry

★ 1776 John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland

★ 1782 Lord William Gordon, brother of Duke of Gordon

★ 1795 William, Lord Cathcart (died 16 Jun 1843)
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