The Governor of Plymouth was the military Captain or Governor of the Fortress of Plymouth.[1] The Governorship was abolished in 1842. The Lieutenant Governorship was vested in the General Officer Commanding Western District from 1793 to 1903, and in the Officer Commanding Plymouth Garrison from 1903 until that post was abolished.
Governors of Plymouth
edit- 1596–1601: Sir Ferdinando Gorges (removed from office, 1601)
- 1601–1602: Sir Nicholas Parker
- 1603–1629: Sir Ferdinando Gorges (restored to office)
- 1629–1638: James Bagge (jointly)
- 1638–1643: Sir Jacob Astley
- 1643: William Ruthven (Parliamentarian)
- 1644 (?): Col. William II Gould (1615-1644)[2] of Floyer Hayes, Exeter, after whose tenure "Mount Gold" in Plymouth is named.[3] He was buried at St Andrew's, Plymouth.
- 1645–1645: John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes
- 1645–?1659: Ralph Weldon (Parliamentarian)
- 1659–1659: John Desborough
- 1660–1661: Sir William Morice
- 1661–1696: John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
- 1696–1722: Major General Charles Trelawny[4]
- 1722–1745: Charles Churchill
- 1745–1752: John Murray, 2nd Earl of Dunmore[5]
- 1752–1759: John Ligonier, 1st Viscount Ligonier
- 1759–1760: Richard Onslow
- 1760–1784: John Waldegrave, 3rd Earl Waldegrave
- 1784–1805: Lord George Lennox
- 1805–1807: John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham[6]
- 1807–1808: Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake
- 1808–1814: William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe[7]
- 1814–1819: Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond
- 1819–1826: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
- 1826–1830: William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt
- 1830–1842: Rowland Hill, 1st Baron Hill
Lieutenant-Governors of Plymouth
edit- 1746–1748: Lieutenant-General William Blakeney[8]
- 1748–1754: Major Chiverton Hartopp
- 1754–1771: Lieutenant John Williams
- 1771–1782: Lieutenant-Colonel William Blackett[9]
- 1782–1803: Colonel John Campbell[10]
- 1803–1812: Major-General Richard England[11]
- 1812–1819: Major-General Gore Browne[12]
- 1819–1823: Major-General Sir Denis Pack[13]
- 1823–1833: Major-General Sir John Cameron[14]
- 1835–1840: Major-General Sir Willoughby Cotton[15]
- 1840–1842: Major-General Robert Ellice
- 1842–1852: Major-General Sir Henry Murray
- 1853–1854: Major-General Sir Harry Smith
- 1855–1859: Major-General George Eden
- 1859–1865: Major-General William Hutchinson
- 1865–1866: Lieutenant-General Viscount Templetown
- 1866–1869: Lieutenant-General Sir Augustus Spencer
- 1869–1874: Major-General Sir Charles Staveley
- 1874–1877: Lieutenant-General Henry Smyth
- 1877–1880: Lieutenant-General the Hon. Leicester Smyth
- 1880–1883: Lieutenant-General Thomas Pakenham
- 1883–1885: Major-General James Sayer
- 1885–1889: Major-General Thomas Lyons
- 1889–1990: Major-General Sir Howard Elphinstone
- 1890–1895: General Sir Richard Harrison
- 1895–1899: Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Forestier-Walker
- 1899–1905: Lieutenant-General Sir William Butler
References
edit- ^ "Stuart Expeditions". British Empire. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ^ No date given for governorship in Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pp.344-6, pedigree of Floyer of Floyer Hayes, p.422
- ^ Poulton-Smith, Anthony, South Devon Place Names
- ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ "No. 8442". The London Gazette. 18 June 1745. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 15792". The London Gazette. 26 March 1805. p. 391.
- ^ "No. 16122". The London Gazette. 23 February 1808. p. 284.
- ^ "Lt.-Gen. William Blakeney, 1st and last Baron Blakeney of Castle Blakeney". The Peerage Online. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "No. 11217". The London Gazette. 24–28 January 1772. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 12313". The London Gazette. 13 July 1782. p. 3.
- ^ "No. 15608". The London Gazette. 6 August 1803. p. 985.
- ^ Bromley, Janet (2012). Wellington's Men Remembered Volume 2: A Register of Memorials to Soldiers who Fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo. Pen & Sword. p. 510. ISBN 978-1848846753.
- ^ "Pack, Sir Denis". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21067. Retrieved 12 December 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "No. 17985". The London Gazette. 20 December 1823. p. 2120.
- ^ "The (Almost) Complete Cotton Family Tree". Combermere Abbey. Retrieved 4 December 2015.