Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, (1856-1857) Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour. (1856-1857) Senior Officers in Command of the Channel Squadron Post holders have included: Vice Admiral Sir Charles Fremantle (1859–1860) Vice Admiral Sir Robert Stopford (1860–1861) Vice Admiral Sir Robert Smart (1861–1863) Vice Admiral Sir Sydney Dacres (1863–1866) Vice Admiral Sir Hastings Yelverton (1866–1867) Vice Admiral Frederick Warden (1867–1868) Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Symonds (1868–1870) Vice Admiral Sir Hastings Yelverton (July 1870-October 1870) Vice Admiral Sir George Wellesley (1870–1871) Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Hornby (1871–1874) Vice Admiral Sir Beauchamp Seymour (1874–1877) Vice Admiral Lord John Hay (1877–1879) Vice Admiral Lord Hood (1880–1882) Vice Admiral Sir William Dowell (1882–1883) Vice Admiral The Duke of Edinburgh (1883–1884) Vice Admiral Sir Algernon de Horsey (1884–1885) Vice Admiral Charles Fellowes (1885–1886) Vice Admiral Sir William Hewett (1886–1888) Vice Admiral Sir John Baird (1888–1890) Vice Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour (1890–1892) Vice Admiral Sir Henry Fairfax (1892–1894) Vice Admiral Sir Robert Fitzroy (1894–1895) Vice Admiral Lord Walter Kerr (1895–1897) Vice Admiral Sir Henry Stephenson (1897–1898) Vice Admiral Sir Harry Rawson (1898–1901) Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson (1901–1903) Vice-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford (1903-4) Second-in-Command Channel Squadron Post holders included: Rear-Admiral Henry Chads, 1 October 1869. Rear-Admiral William M. Dowell, 1877 Rear-Admiral Henry Boys, 1878 Rear-Admiral The Hon. Henry C. Glyn, 20 June 1881. Rear-Admiral Sir Francis W. Sullivan, 14 August 1882 Rear-Admiral John C. Wilson, 1 April 1883 Rear-Admiral William H. Whyte, 13 May 1884 Rear-Admiral Algernon C. F. Heneage, 3 July 1885 – 7 August 1886 Rear-Admiral The Hon.Edmund R. Fremantle , 9 August 1886 Rear-Admiral Charles J. Rowley, 18 August 1887 Rear-Admiral St. George Caulfield d′Arcy-Irvine, 1 September 1888 Rear-Admiral Richard E. Tracey, 12 September 1889 Rear-Admiral Loftus F. Jones, 12 September 1890 Rear-Admiral Edward S. Adeane, 15 September 1891 Rear-Admiral Edward H. Seymour, 16 September 1892 – 25 April 1894 Rear-Admiral Alfred T. Dale, 25 April 1894 – 20 April 1895 Rear-Admiral Arthur H. Alington, 1 May 1895 Rear-Admiral Armand T. Powlett, 1 May 1896 – 19 May 1897 Rear-Admiral John Fellowes, 19 May 1897 Rear-Admiral John W. Brackenbury, 1 June 1898 Rear-Admiral Arthur D. Fanshawe, 1 June 1899 – 31 May 1900 Rear-Admiral Albert B. Jenkings, 1 June 1900 - 5 June 1901 Rear-Admiral Sir William A. D. Acland, Bart., 5 June 1901 – September 1901 Commanders-in-Chief Channel Fleet Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson 14 December 1904 Admiral Lord Charles Beresford (1907–1909) Note Channel Fleet