of the Blue, George Churchill (N). Hon: James Brydges, (C) Sir, Richard Hill, (C) Hon: Henry Paget,(C) George Clarke, and Josiah Burchett (joint Secretaries to the Admiralty) Council of 26 December 1704 Admiral of the Fleet, Sir George Rooke, (* N). Vice-Admiral, Sir David Mitchell, (N). Admiral of the Blue, George Churchill (N). Hon: James Brydges, (C) Sir, Richard Hill, (C) Hon: Henry Paget, (C) Admiral, Cloudesley Shovell, (N). George Clarke, and Josiah Burchett (joint Secretaries to the Admiralty) Council of 11 June 1705 Admiral, Sir David Mitchell, (* N). Admiral of the Blue, George Churchill (N). Sir, Richard Hill, (C). Hon: Henry Paget, (C). Admiral, Cloudesley Shovell, (N). Robert Walpole. George Clarke, and Josiah Burchett (joint Secretaries to the Admiralty) Council of 8 February 1706 Admiral, Sir Sir David Mitchell, (* N). Admiral of the Blue, George Churchill (N). Sir, Richard Hill, (C). Hon: Henry Paget, (C) Admiral, Cloudesley Shovell, (N). Robert Walpole, (C). Vice-Admiral, Sir Stafford Fairborne, (N) Josiah Burchett (Secretary to the Admiralty) Notes: 28 June 1707: Prince George, Lord High Admiral (reappointed as Lord High Admiral of Great Britain following the Union with Scotland) Council of 28 June 1707 Admiral, Sir Sir David Mitchell, (* N). Admiral of the Blue, George Churchill, (N) Sir, Richard Hill, (C). The Hon. Henry Paget, (C). Admiral, Sir Cloudesley Shovell, (N) Robert Walpole, (C) Vice-Admiral, Sir Stafford Fairborne, (N) Josiah Burchett (Secretary to the Admiralty) Council of 19 April 1708 Earl of Wemyss, (*) Admiral of the Blue, George Churchill (N) Sir, Richard Hill, (C) The Hon. Henry Paget, (C) Admiral, Sir Stafford Fairborne, (N) Admiral, Sir John Leake, (N) Josiah Burchett (Secretary to the Admiralty) Council of 20 June 1708 Earl of Wemyss, (*) Admiral of the Blue, George Churchill, (N) Sir, Richard Hill, (C). The Hon. Henry Paget, (C) Admiral of the Fleet, Sir John Leake, (N) Rear-Admiral of the Blue, Sir James Wishart, (N) Rear-Admiral, Robert Fairfax, (N) Josiah Burchett (Secretary to the Admiralty) Councils of the Duke of Clarence Senior Members of Lords Admiral Council Footnotes Bibliography Clarendon, Edward Hyde Earl of (1798). The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford: Containing, I. An Account of the Chancellor's Life from His Birth to the Restoration in 1660. II. A Continuation of the Same, and of His History of the Grand Rebellion, from the Restoration to