# List of judges of the Vice Admiralty Court (New South Wales)

Judges who have served on the Vice Admiralty Court in New South Wales between 1787 and 1911 include :
* Judges
* Deputy judges
* Surrogate judges.
| Position | Name | Appointment commenced | Appointment ended | Term in office | Comments |
| Judge Commissary | Robert Ross | 18 April 1787 | | | |
| Judge Commissary | Francis Grose | | | | |
| Judge Commissary | Joseph Foveaux | 7 August 1798 | 7 August 1798 | | Appointment refused |
| Judge Commissary | Henry Waterhouse | 15 August 1798 | | | |
| Judge Commissary | William Paterson | 20 March 1799 | | | |
| Judge Commissary | George Johnston | 20 November 1804 | | | |
| Judge Commissary | Edward Abbott | 19 February 1808 | | | |
| Judge Commissary | Ellis Bent | 10 August 1811 | 10 November 1815 | 4 years, 92 days | |
| Judge Commissary | John Wylde | 26 July 1816 | | | |
| Judge Commissary | Sir Francis Forbes | 31 October 1825 | 1 July 1837 | 11 years, 243 days | Chief Justice of New South Wales (1823−1837) |
| Judge Commissary | John Kinchela | 7 May 1840 | | | |
| Judge Commissary | Sir James Dowling | 18 August 1841 | 27 September 1844 | 3 years, 40 days | Chief Justice of New South Wales (1837−1844) |
| Judge Commissary | Sir Alfred Stephen | 7 October 1844 | 5 November 1873 | 29 years, 29 days | Chief Justice of New South Wales (1844−1873) |
| Judge Commissary | Sir James Martin | 19 November 1873 | 4 November 1886 | 12 years, 350 days | Chief Justice of New South Wales (1873−1886) |
| Judge Commissary | Sir Frederick Darley | 29 November 1886 | 4 January 1910 | 23 years, 36 days | Chief Justice of New South Wales (1886-1910) |
| Judge Commissary | Sir William Cullen | 28 January 1910 | 1 July 1911 | 1 year, 154 days | Chief Justice of New South Wales (1910-1925) |
| Deputy Commissary | Ellis Bent | 25 June 1810 | | | |
| Deputy Commissary | John Kinchela | September 1837 | November 1840 | 3 years, 32–90 days | Acting judge of the Supreme Court (1836−1837) |
| Deputy Commissary | Samuel Milford | 1 August 1844 | 26 May 1865 | 20 years, 298 days | Master in Equity (Supreme Court) (1843−1855) |
| Deputy Commissary | Alfred Cheeke | 10 September 1869 | | | Judge of the Supreme Court (1865−1876) |
| Deputy Commissary | Peter Faucett | 10 September 1869 | 15 September 1879 | 10 years, 5 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (1865−1888) |
| Deputy Commissary | Sir William Windeyer | 15 September 1879 | | | Acting judge & judge of the Supreme Court (1879−1896) |
| Deputy Commissary | Sir William Owen | 24 September 1897 | | | Judge of the Supreme Court (1887−1908) |
| Deputy Commissary | Philip Street | 29 July 1908 | | | Judge of the Supreme Court (1907−1934) |
| Surrogate Judge | William à Beckett | 15 September 1841 | | | Solicitor General (1841−1844) |
| Surrogate Judge | Samuel Milford | 3 March 1843 | | | Master in Equity (Supreme Court) (1843−1855) |
| Surrogate Judge | William Carter | 22 February 1847 | | | Master in Equity (Supreme Court) (1841−1843) |
| Surrogate Judge | Herman Milford | | | | |
| Surrogate Judge | Henry Stephen | 21 December 1857 | | | |
| Surrogate Judge | William Cary | 11 January 1858 | | | |
| Surrogate Judge | William Hallam Wilkinson | 6 August 1864 | | | Deputy Judge District Court (1868–1870, 1874) |
| Surrogate Judge | Joseph Innes | 1872 | | | Solicitor General (1872−1873) |