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^[1]
• 1768–1770: Robert Armiger^[2]
• 1770–1777: Sir John Clavering^[3]
• 1778–1788: Hon. Alexander Mackay^[4]
• 1788–1800: Harry Trelawny^[5]
• 1800–1801: David Dundas^[6]
• 1801–1823: Cavendish Lister^[7]
• 1823–1833: Sir Robert Brownrigg, 1st Baronet^[8]

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^[9]
• 1806–1811: Alexander Mair^[10]
• 1811–1854: Charles Augustus West^[11]

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 9325. p. 2. 1 December 1753.
2. Robert Beatson, A political index to the histories of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2 (London, 1806), page 159
3. The London Gazette: no. 11038. p. 2. 1 May 1770.
4. The London Gazette: no. 11865. p. 1. 14 April 1778.
5. The London Gazette: no. 13040. p. 529. 4 November 1788.
6. The London Gazette: no. 15230. p. 141. 11 February 1800.
7. The London Gazette: no. 15366. p. 550. 16 May 1801.
8. The London Gazette: no. 17908. p. 483. 25 March 1823.
9. The London Gazette: no. 15728. p. 1002. 14 August 1804.
10. The London Gazette: no. 15912. p. 512. 22 April 1806.
11. The London Gazette: no. 16498. p. 1153. 22 June 1811.

Leslie, John Henry (1898). The history of Landguard fort, in Suffolk. Eyre and Spottiswoode. pp. 90–119.