Governor of Chester
The Governor of Chester was a military officer responsible for the garrison at Chester Castle.
Governors
- 1399: John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
- 1644: William Legge
- 1644: John Marrow (shot by Parliamentary forces)
- 1644: Sir Nicholas Byron (captured during siege)
- 1644: John Byron, 1st Baron Byron
- 1646–?: Michael Jones (Parliamentarian)
- 1650: Robert Dukenfield
- 1650s: Thomas Croxton
- 1659: Richard Dutton
- ?–1660: Robert Venables
- 1660–1663: Sir Evan Lloyd, 1st Baronet
- 1663–1682: Sir Geoffrey Shakerley
- 1682–1689: Peter Shakerley[1]
- 1689–1693: Sir John Morgan, 2nd Baronet[2]
- 1693–1702: Roger Kirkby[3]
- 1702–1705: Peter Shakerley (again)[1]
- 1705–1713: Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley[4][5]
- 1713–1714: Thomas Ashton[5]
- 1714–1725: Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley (again)
- 1725–1733: George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley[6]
- 1725–1770: George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley[7]
- 1770–1775: James Cholmondeley[8][9]
- 1775–1796: Charles Rainsford[10]
- 1796–1844: Edward Morrison[11]
Lieutenant-Governors
- 1705– : Thomas Brooke[4]
- 1712–1713: Thomas Ashton[12]
- 1715–1730: William Newton
- 1731–1770: James Cholmondeley[8]
- 1770–1779: David Home[9]
- 1779–1786: Thomas Fraser[13]
- 1786–1802: William Gunn[14]
- 1802–1817: William Grey[15]
- 1817–1828: Edmund Coghlan[16]
- 1828–1843: Sir John Fraser[17]
References
- 1 2 Eveline Cruickshanks and Richard Harrison, SHAKERLEY, Peter (c.1650-1726), of Hulme and Somerford, Cheshire and Chapel Street, Westminster in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, 2002. Accessed 20 March 2013.
- ↑ D. W. Hayton, MORGAN, Sir John, 2nd Bt. (c.1650-93), of Kinnersley Castle, Herefs. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, 2002. Accessed 10 May 2014.
- ↑ Eveline Cruickshanks and Richard Harrison, KIRKBY, Roger (c.1649-1709), of Kirkby Ireleth, Lancs. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, 2002. Accessed 20 March 2013.
- 1 2 Charles Dalton, English Army Lists and Commission Registers 1661-1714, volume V (1902) page 158.
- 1 2 Dalton, English Army Lists, volume VI (1904) page 184.
- ↑ Eveline Cruickshanks and Richard Harrison, CHOLMONDELEY, Hon. George (1666-1733), of Cholmondeley, Cheshire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, 2002. Accessed 10 April 2012.
- ↑ Eveline Cruickshanks, CHOLMONDELEY, Hon. George (1703-70). in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, 1970. Accessed 10 April 2012.
- 1 2 Romney R. Sedgwick, CHOLMONDELEY, Hon. James (1708-75). in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, 1970. Accessed 10 April 2012.
- 1 2 The London Gazette: no. 11071. p. 2. 28 August 1770.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 11617. p. 2. 28 November 1775.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 13948. p. 1062. 5 November 1796.
- ↑ Dalton, English Army Lists, volume VI, page 183.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 12021. p. 4. 12 October 1779.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 12804. p. 552. 18 November 1796.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 15487. p. 597. 12 June 1802.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 17279. p. 1807. 23 August 1817.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 18526. p. 2172. 25 November 1828.
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