Below is a list of those who have held the office of Governor of Kingston upon Hull:
Governors of Kingston upon Hull
- 1536: John Hallam
- 1546âÂÂ1552: Sir Michael Stanhope (beheaded, 1552)
- ?-1639: Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet
- 1639âÂÂ1641: Sir Thomas Glemham
- 1642âÂÂ?: William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (Royalist)
- 1642âÂÂ?1645: Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet (Parliamentary) (beheaded by Parliament, 1645)
- 1645: Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (Parliamentary)
- 1645: Sir Thomas Fairfax (Parliamentary) Robert Overton served as his nominee until 1648;
- 1648âÂÂ1654: Robert Overton (arrested for his alleged involvement in the Wildman conspiracy)
- 1655-1659: Henry Smith
- 1659: Robert Overton
- 1660âÂÂ1661: Charles Fairfax
- 1661âÂÂ1673: John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse
- 1673âÂÂ1679: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
- 1679âÂÂ1682: John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave
- 1682âÂÂ1687: Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth
- 1687âÂÂ1689: Marmaduke Langdale, 2nd Baron Langdale
- 1689âÂÂ1699: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
- 1699âÂÂ1711: John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- 1711âÂÂ1715: Richard Sutton
- 1715âÂÂ1721: Rich Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine
- 1721âÂÂ1725: Thomas Stanwix
- 1725âÂÂ1732: George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley
- 1732âÂÂ1738: Edward Montagu
- 1738âÂÂ1740?: Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough
- 1740âÂÂ1741: James Dormer
- 1743âÂÂ1766: Harry Pulteney
- 1766âÂÂ1785: Philip Honywood
- 1785âÂÂ1794: James Murray
- 1794âÂÂ1795: George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
- 1795âÂÂ1801: William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt
- 1801âÂÂ1808: John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde
- 1808âÂÂ1813: Sir William Medows
- 1813âÂÂ1814: Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond
- 1814âÂÂ1830: Rowland Hill, 1st Baron Hill
- 1830âÂÂ1843: William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart
Lieutenant-Governors of Hull
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