List of vice-admirals of Munster

This is a list of the vice-admirals of Munster, a province in the south of Ireland.

Vice Admiral of Munster
Country	United Kingdom
Type	Naval administration
Role	Admiralty court and Naval Jurisdiction.

Prior to 1585 the whole of Ireland was served by a single vice-admiral, namely Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex (1558–1565), Gerald Fitzgerald, 11th Earl of Kildare (1564–1573) and Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde (1585). Separate vice-admiralties were then established for Munster in 1585, for Ulster by 1602, for Leinster by 1612 and for Connaught by 1615.^[1]

Vice-admirals of Munster

Source (1585–1561):^[1]

Source (1661–):^[2]

• 1585 John Norris
• 1585–1598 no appointment known
• 1598 Henry Cowper
• 1599 George Warham
• 1599–1606 no appointment known
• 1606 Thomas Smith
• 1607 Humphrey Jobson
• 1607–1610 no appointment known
• 1610–1613 William Howard, Lord Howard of Effingham
• 1613 Sir John Ferne
• 1613–1624 no appointment known
• 1624–1633 Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland
• 1634–1641 Thomas Wentworth, 1st Viscount Wentworth
• 1641 Robert Sydney, 2nd Earl of Leicester
• 1641–1645 no appointment known
• 1645–1648 Roger Boyle, 1st Baron Broghill
• 1648–1660 no appointment known
• 1660–1670 Sir William Penn
• 1670–1677 Robert Southwell Sr.
• 1691–1701 Sir Robert Southwell
• 1701–1730 Edward Southwell Sr.
• 1733–1755 Edward Southwell Jr.
• 1755–1758 Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough
• 1758–1793 William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough
• 1822–1826 Henry Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford
• 1838–1856 William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel