Governor of Chester
The Governor of Chester was a military officer responsible for the garrison at Chester Castle. The equivalent or related role from the 11th to 14th centuries was Constable of Chester.
Governors
[edit]- 1399: John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
- 1643: (11 November–) John Byron, 1st Baron Byron[1]
- 1644 (19 May–): William Legge[2][3]
- 1644: John Marrow (shot by Parliamentary forces)
- 1644: Sir Nicholas Byron (captured during siege)
- 1644: John Byron, 1st Baron Byron
- 1646–?: Michael Jones (Parliamentarian)
- 1647- Col. William Massey of Audlem arrested by mutineers 30 June 1647- (Dore)
- 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[4]
- 1689–1693: Sir John Morgan, 2nd Baronet[5]
- 1693–1702: Roger Kirkby[6]
- 1702–1705: Peter Shakerley (again)[4]
- 1705–1713: Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley[7][8]
- 1713–1714: Thomas Ashton[8]
- 1714–1725: Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley (again)
- 1725–1733: George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley[9]
- 1725–1770: George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley[10]
- 1770–1775: James Cholmondeley[11][12]
- 1775–1796: Charles Rainsford[13]
- 1796–1844: Edward Morrison[14]
Lieutenant-governors
[edit]- 1644: Sir Francis Gamell[15]
- 1705– : Thomas Brooke[7]
- 1712–1713: Thomas Ashton[16]
- 1715–1730: William Newton
- 1731–1770: James Cholmondeley[11]
- 1770–1779: David Home[12]
- 1779–1786: Thomas Fraser[17]
- 1786–1802: William Gunn[18]
- 1802–1817: William Grey[19]
- 1817–1828: Edmund Coghlan[20]
- 1828–1843: Sir John Fraser[21]
References
[edit]- ^ Warburton 1849, p. 329.
- ^ Firth 1892, pp. 414–415.
- ^ Warburton 1849, pp. 425–426.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Charles Dalton, English Army Lists and Commission Registers 1661-1714, volume V (1902) page 158.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Romney R. Sedgwick, CHOLMONDELEY, Hon. James (1708-75). in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, 1970. Accessed 10 April 2012.
- ^ a b "No. 11071". The London Gazette. 28 August 1770. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 11617". The London Gazette. 28 November 1775. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 13948". The London Gazette. 5 November 1796. p. 1062.
- ^ Warburton 1849, p. 432.
- ^ Dalton, English Army Lists, volume VI, page 183.
- ^ "No. 12021". The London Gazette. 12 October 1779. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 12804". The London Gazette. 18 November 1796. p. 552.
- ^ "No. 15487". The London Gazette. 12 June 1802. p. 597.
- ^ "No. 17279". The London Gazette. 23 August 1817. p. 1807.
- ^ "No. 18526". The London Gazette. 25 November 1828. p. 2172.
Sources
[edit]- Firth, Charles Harding (1892), "Legge, William (1609?-1672)", Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder & Co, pp. 141–146
- Warburton, Eliot (1849), Memoirs of Prince Rupert and the Cavaliers, vol. 2, London: R. Bentley
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