628 APPENDIX D 1846. Jan. 21. Thomas (Hamilton), Earl of Haddington 1846. July 6. Gilbert (EUiot-Murray-Kynynmound), Earl of Minto 1852. Feb. 27. James (Cecil), Marquess of Salisbury 1853. Jan. 4. George (Campbell), Duke of Argyll 1855. Dec. 7. Dudley (Ryder), Earl of Harrowby 1858. Feb. 3. Ulick (De Burgh), Marquess of Clanricarde 1858. Feb. 26. Charles (Yorke), Earl of Hardwicke 1859. June 18. George (Campbell), Duke of Argyll 1866. July 6. James (Harris), Earl of Malmesbury 1868. Dec. 9. John (Wodehouse), Earl of Kimberley 1870. July 6. Charles (Wood), Viscount Halifax 1874. Feb. 21. James (Harris), Earl of Malmesbury 1876. Aug. 12. Benjamin (Disraeli), Earl of Beaconsfield 1878. Feb. 4. Algernon (Percy), Duke of Northumberland 1880. Apr. 28. George (Campbell), Duke of Argyll 1 881. May 2. Chichester (Fortescue), Lord Carlingford 1885. Mar. 5. Archibald (Primrose), Earl of Rosebery 1885. June 24. Dudley (Ryder), Earl of Harrowby, till Feb. 1886 1886. Aug. 3. George, Earl Cadogan, till Aug. 1892 1894. Mar. 10. Edward (Marjoribanks), Lord Tweedmouth 1895. June 29. Richard, Viscount Cross 1900. Nov. 12. Robert (Gascoyne-Cecil), Marquess of Salisbury, till Aug. 1902 1903. Oct. 17. James (Gascoyne-Cecil), Marquess of Salisbury 1905. Dec. II. George (Robinson), Marquess of Ripon 1908. Oct. 19. Robert (Crewe-Milnes), Earl (afterwards Mar- quess of) Crewe 191 1. Oct. 24. Charles (Wynn-Carington), Earl Carrington, after- wards Marquess of Lincolnshire 1 91 2. Feb. 29. Robert (Crewe-Milnes) Marquess of Crewe LORD HIGH ADMIRALS AND FIRST LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY The following held positions which seem to have approached, or been equivalent to, that of Lord High Admiral, but no one apparently before 1405 bore that precise designation. In the 14th century the general custom was to appoint two Admirals, respectively of the North, and of the West. 13 14/5. Mar. John, Lord Botetourt, "Adm. and Capt. of all mariners from the Thames to Berwick on Tweed "