Governor of Londonderry
The Governor of Londonderry and Culmore was a British military appointment. The Governor was the officer who commanded the garrison and fortifications of the city of Derry and of Culmore fort. The Governor was paid by The Honourable The Irish Society.
Governors of Londonderry and Culmore
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- 1603?–1606 The 1st Baron Docwra of Culmore
- 1606–1608 Sir George Paulet
- 1612–? Sir William Cockayne
- 1643 Sir Robert Stewart[1]
- 1648–1649 The 2nd Earl of Mountrath
- 1649–? Robert Venables
- 1688–1689: Colonel Robert Lundy
- 1689 Sir George Walker / Henry Baker
- 1690 John Mitchelburne
- 1691 Matthew Bridges
- 1714–1719: Thomas Meredyth
- 1719–1734?: Henry Barry, 3rd Baron Barry of Santry
- 1735?–1737: Lieutenant-General Owen Wynne
- 1737–1739: Lieutenant-General Thomas Pearce
- 1739–1740: Charles Cathcart, 8th Lord Cathcart[2]
- 1745–1749: Lieutenant-General Phineas Bowles[3]
- 1749–1756: Lieutenant-General Henry Cornewall[4]
- 1756–1774: Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Rich, 5th Bt[5]
- 1774–1775: General Sir George Augustus Eliott
- 1775–1776: General Sir John Irwin[6]
- 1776–1806: John Hale
- 1806: General The 1st Baron Hutchinson[7]
- 1806–1820: General The 15th Earl of Suffolk[8]
- 1820–1832: Lieutenant-General George Vaughan Hart, M.P.
- 1832–1860: Field Marshal The 1st Earl of Strafford[9]
References
- ↑
Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Stewart, Robert (d.1670?)". Dictionary of National Biography. 54. London: Smith, Elder & Co. - ↑ Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, volume II (Edinburgh, 1905) p. 519.
- ↑ A. N. Newman, BOWLES, Phineas (1690-1749), of Beaulieu, Dublin. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 8898. p. 2. 31 October 1749.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 9576. p. 4. 20 April 1756.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 11558. p. 1. 2 May 1775.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 15904. p. 388. 25 March 1806.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 15912. p. 512. 22 April 1806.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 18957. p. 1674. 20 July 1832.
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