Governor of Landguard Fort

The Governor of Landguard Fort was a British military officer who commanded the fortifications at Landguard Fort, protecting the port of Harwich. Landguard successfully held off a Dutch raid in 1667 and continued to be used for military purposes through the 1950s. The office of Governor was abolished in 1833, and of Lieutenant-Governor in 1854.

Governors of Landguard Fort

• 1628–1648: Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland
• 1648–1652: Thomas Ireton
• 1652–1655: Benjamin Gifford
• 1655–1659: Mathew Cadwell
• 1659–1660: Humphrey Brewster
• 1660–1664: Charles Rich, 4th Earl of Warwick
• 1664–1665: Henry Farr
• 1665–1666: James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk
• 1666–1667: Henry Farr
• 1667–1670: Nathaniel Darell
• 1670–1680: Sir Charles Lyttelton, 3rd Baronet
• 1680–1687: Sir Roger Manley
• 1687–1688: William Eyton
• 1688–1694: Henry Killigrew
• 1694–1696: Edward Fitzpatrick
• 1697–1711: Edward Jones
• 1711–1719: Francis Hammond
• 1719–1744: Bacon Morris
• 1744–1753: Mordaunt Cracherode
• 1753–1768: Lord George Beauclerk
• 1768–1770: Robert Armiger
• 1770–1777: Sir John Clavering
• 1778–1788: Alexander Mackay
• 1788–1800: Harry Trelawny
• 1800–1801: David Dundas
• 1801–1823: Cavendish Lister
• 1823–1833: Sir Robert Brownrigg, 1st Baronet

Lieutenant-Governors of Landguard Fort

• 1687–1711: Francis Hammond
• 1711–1717: Matthew Draper
• 1717–1718: Gwyn Vaughan
• 1718–1719: Bacon Morris
• 1719–172x: Hugh Plunknet
• 1727–1753: Edward Hayes
• 1753–1766: Philip Thicknesse
• 1766–1804: Anketell Singleton
• 1804–1806: John Blake
• 1806–1811: Alexander Mair
• 1811–1854: Charles Augustus West

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