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1673/07/09
1679/05/14
Sir Rupert Palatine (Prince Palatine of the Rhine) (1619-1682)
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1679/05/14
1681/02/19
Henry Capell (1638-1696)
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1681/02/19
1684/05/19
Daniel Finch (1647-1729/30)
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1689/03/08
1690/01/20
Arthur Herbert (1648-1716)
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1690/01/20
1692/03/10
Thomas Herbert (1656-1732/33)
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1692/03/10
1693/04/15
Charles Cornwallis (1655-1693)
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1693/04/15
1694/05/02
Anthony Cary (1655/56-1694)
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1694/05/02
1699/05/31
Edward Russell (1653-1727)
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1699/05/31
1701/03/19
John Egerton (1646-1700/1)
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1701/04/04
1702/01/26
Thomas Herbert (1656-1732/33)
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1709/11/08
1710/10/04
Lord Edward Russell (1
st
Earl of Orford) (1653-1727)
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1710/10/04
1712/09/30
Sir John Leake (1656-1720)
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1712/09/30
1714/10/14
Thomas Wentworth (1672-1739)
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1714/10/14
1717/04/16
Lord Edward Russell (1
st
Earl of Orford) (1653-1727)
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1717/04/16
1727/06/01
Lord James Berkeley (3
rd
Earl of Berkley) (1679-1736)
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1727/08/02
1733/01/17
George Byng (1
st
Viscount Torrington of Devon) (1663/64-1732/33)
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1733/06/21
1742/03/19
Sir Charles Wager (1666-1743)
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1742/03/19
1744/12/27
Lord Daniel Finch (8
th
Earl of Winchilsea) (1689-1769)
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1745/04/25
1748/02/26
Lord John Russell (4
th
Duke of Bedford) (1710-1771)
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1748/02/26
1751/06/22
Lord John Montagu (4
th
Earl of Sandwich) (1718-1792)
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1751/06/22
1756/11/17
Lord George Anson (1
st
Baron Anson) (1697-1762)
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1756/11/17
1757/04/06
Lord Richard Grenville (2
nd
Earl Temple) (1711-1779)
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1757/04/06
1757/07/02
Sir Daniel Finch (8
th
Earl of Winchilsea) (1689-1769)
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1757/07/02
1762/06/06
Lord George Anson (1
st
Baron Anson) (1697-1762)
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1762/06/17
1762/10/18
Lord George Montagu-Dunk (2
nd
Earl of Halifax) (1716-1771)
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1762/10/18
1763/04/20
George Grenville (1712-1770)
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1763/04/20
1763/09/16
Lord John Montagu (4
th
Earl of Sandwich) (1718-1792)
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1763/09/16
1766/09/15
John Percival (1710/11-1770)
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1766/09/15
1766/12/11
Charles Saunders (1713-1775)
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1766/12/11
1771/01/11
Edward Hawke (1704/5-1781)
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1771/01/12
1782/04/01
Lord John Montagu (4
th
Earl of Sandwich) (1718-1792)
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1782/04/01
1783/01/29
Augustus Keppel (1725-1786)
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1783/01/30
1783/04/09
Lord Richard Howe (4
th
Viscount Howe) (1725/26-1799)
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1783/04/10
1783/12/30
Lord Augustus Keppel (1
st
Viscount Keppel) (1725-1786)
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1783/12/31
1788/07/15
Lord Richard Howe (4
th
Viscount Howe) (1725/26-1799)
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1788/07/16
1794/12/19
John Pitt (1756-1835)
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1794/12/19
1801/02/19
John George Spencer (1758-1834)
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1801/02/19
1804/05/15
Lord John Jervis (Viscount St Vincent) (1734/35-1823)
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1804/05/15
1805/05/02
Henry Dundas (1742-1811)
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1805/05/02
1806/02/09
Lord Charles Middleton (1
st
Baron Barham) (1726-1813)
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1806/02/10
1806/09/29
Charles Grey (1764-1845)
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1806/09/29
1807/04/06
Thomas Grenville (1755-1846)
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1807/04/06
1810/05/04
Henry Phipps (1755-1831)
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1810/05/04
1812/03/25
Charles Philip Yorke (1764-1864)
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1812/03/25
1827/05/02
Robert Dundas (1771-1851)
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1828/09/19
1830/11/25
Robert Dundas (1771-1851)
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1830/11/25
1834/06/11
James Robert George Graham (1792-1861)
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1834/06/11
1835/12/23
George Eden (1784-1849)
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1834/12/23
1835/04/25
Thomas Philip de Grey (1781-1859)
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1835/04/25
1835/09/19
George Eden (1784-1849)
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1835/09/19
1841/09/08
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1782-1859)
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1841/09/08
1846/01/13
Thomas Hamilton (1780-1858)
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1843/07/13
1849/01/01
George Eden (1784-1849)
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1846/01/13
1846/07/13
Edward Law (1790-1871)
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1846/01/13
1846/07/24
Sir William Parker (Baronet Parker of Shenstone) (1781-1866)
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1849/01/18
1852/03/02
Francis Thornhill Baring (1796-1866)
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1852/03/02
1853/01/05
Lord Algernon Percy (4
th
Duke of Northumberland) (1792-1865)
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