The following information is transcribed from “The Naval History of Portsmouth” and the “The Illustrated History of Portsmouth” by William Gates. The earliest references to a Port Admiral are from 1695 when Captain Wishart was reputedly appointed and 1697 when “Sir George Rooke … came to Portsmouth to take command.” On 1st July 1969 the post of CinC Portsmouth was merged with that of CinC Plymouth to become CinC Naval Home Command.
1714-1730 – Captain Sir Isaac Townshend
1730-1744 – Captain R. Hughes
1748-1750 – Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Hawke, K.B.
1755-1756 – Admiral H. Osborn
1756 – Admiral The Hon. E. Boscawen
1756-1757 – Admiral H. Osborn
1757 – Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Hawke, K.B.
1757 – Captain Philip Durrell
1758 – Admiral Thomas Brodrick
1758 – Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Holburne
1758 – Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hawke, K.B.
1758 – Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Holburne
1758 – Rear-Admiral Philip Durrell
1759 – Rear-Admiral Lord Rodney
1759-1760 – Rear-Admiral Sir Philip Durrell
1761-1766 – Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Holburne
1766-1770 – Rear-Admiral Sir John Moore, Bart.
1770-1771 – Vice Admiral Francis Geary
1771-1774 – Vice-Admiral Thomas Pye
1774-1777 – Vice-Admiral Sir James Douglas
1777-1778 – Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Pye
1778-1786 – Vice-Admiral John Montagu
1786-1789 – Rear-Admiral the Right Hon. Samue1, Lord Hood,
1789-1792 – Vice-Admiral Robert Roddam
1792-1793 – Vice-Admiral The Hon. Samuel, Lord Hood
1793-1799 – Admiral Sir Peter Parker, Bart.,
1799-1803 – Admiral Mark Milbanke
1803 March 16 – Admiral Lord Gardner
1803 June 8 – Admiral George Montagu
1809 Jan. 24 – Admiral Sir Roger Curtis, Bart.
1812 May 20 – Admiral Sir Richard A. Bickerton, Bart.
1815 April 28 – Admiral Sir E. Thornbrough
1818 May 15 – Admiral Sir George Campbell
1821 January 31 – Admiral Sir James H. Whitshed, K.C.B.
1824 March 26 – Admiral Sir G. Martin, G.C.B.
1827 April 17 – Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, K.C.B..
1830 April 23 – Admiral Sir Thomas Foley, G.C.B.
1833 Jan. 23 – Admiral Sir Thomas Williams, G.C.B.
1836 March 28 – Admiral Sir Philip C. H. Durham, G.C.B.
1839 April 12 – Admiral the Hon. Charles E. Fleming
1839 November 22 – Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, G.C.B.
1842 Dec – Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, Bart.
1845 Sept – Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart.
1848 September – Admiral the Hon. Sir T. Bladen Capel, K.C.B.
1851 September – Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.O.
1852 December – Admiral Sir Thomas J. Cochrane, K.C.B.
1856 Jan – Admiral Sir Geroge F. Seymour, K.C.B.
1859 March – Admiral William Bowles, C.B.
1860 March – Admiral Sir Henry W. Bruce, K.C.B.
1863 March – Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.B.
1866 March – Admiral Sir Thomas S. Pasley, Bart.
1869 February – Admiral Sir James Hope, G.C.B.
1872 March – Admiral Sir Rodney Mundy, K.C.B.
1875 March – Admiral Sir George Elliot, K.C.B.
1878 March – Admiral Edward G. Fanshawe, C.B.
1879 November – Admiral Alfred P. Ryder.
1882 November – Admiral Sir Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby , K.C.B.
1885 Nov – Admiral Sir George 0, Willes, K.C.B.
1888 June – Admiral Sir John Edmund Commerell V.C., G.C.B.
1891 June – Admiral the Right Hon. Richard James, Earl of Clanwilliam. K.C.B.
1894 June 22 – Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon. V.C.
1897 August 3 – Admiral Sir M. Culme-Seymour
1900 October 3 – Admiral Sir Charles P. Hotham.
1903 August – Admiral Sir John A. Fisher
1905 March 2 – Admiral Sir Archibald L. Douglas
1907 – Admiral Sir D.H. Bosanquet, G.C.V.O., K.C.B.
1908 – Admiral Sir A.D. Fanshawe, G.C.V.O., K.C.B.
1910 – Admiral the Hon. Sir A.G. Curzon-Howe, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., C.M.G.
1911 – Admiral Sir Arthur W. Moore, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., C.M.G.
1912 – Admiral the Hon. Hedworth Meux, G.C.B, K.C.V.O.
1916 – Admiral the Hon. Sir Stanley Colville, G.C.V.O., K.C.B.
1919 – Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.M.G.
1920 – Admiral the Hon. Sir S.A. Gough, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., C.V.O.
1923 – Admiral Sir Sydney R. Fremantle, K.C.B., M.V.O.
1926 – Admiral Sir Osmond De B. Brock, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.
1929 – Admiral Sir Roger Keyes Bart., K.C.B., K.C.V.O., C.M.G., D.S.O., LL D., D.C.L.
1931 – Admiral Sir A.K. Waistell
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