Governor of Pendennis Castle

The Governor of Pendennis Castle was a military officer who commanded the fortifications at Pendennis Castle, part of the defenses of the River Fal and Carrick Roads, on the south coast of Cornwall near Falmouth. Originally fortified under Henry VIII, defenses in the area were intermittently maintained through World War II. The office of governor was abolished in 1837, when Gen. Anderson received the colonelcy of the 78th Regiment of Foot.

Governors of Pendennis Castle

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The early Governorship was a quasi-hereditary office, whose holders were as follows:

Monumental brass of John III Killigrew (d.1567) of Arwenack, Falmouth, first Governor of Pendennis Castle. St Budock's Church, Budock Water, near Falmouth
"Heere lyeth John Killigrew, Esquier, of Arwenack and lord of ye manor of Killigrew in Cornewall, and Elizabeth Trewinnard his wife. He was the first Captaine of Pendennis Castle, made by King Henry the eight and so continued untill the nynth of Queene Elizabeth at which time God tooke him to his mercye, being the yeare of Our Lord 1567. Sr John Killigrew, Knight, his son(n)e succeeded him in ye same place by the gift of Queene Elizabeth".[2]

Lieutenant-Governors of Pendennis

References

  1. Dunkin, Edwin Hadlow Wise, The Monumental Brasses of Cornwall with Descriptive, Genealogical and Heraldic Notes, 1882, pp.36-7
  2. Dunkin, Edwin Hadlow Wise, The Monumental Brasses of Cornwall with Descriptive, Genealogical and Heraldic Notes, 1882, pp.36-7, Plate 31
  3. Pedigree of Killigrew, Vivian, J.L., ed. (1887). The Visitations of Cornwall: comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573 & 1620; with additions by J.L. Vivian. Exeter, p.268
  4. History of Parliament biography
  5. Nicholas Hals Pender, A Falmouth Guide: Containing a Concise Account of the History, Trade, Port and Public Establishments of Falmouth, etc., Falmouth, 1825, p.86
  6. Lysons, Magna Britannia, Vol.3, p.48
  7. History of Parliament biography
  8. Pedigree of Killigrew, Vivian, J.L., ed. (1887). The Visitations of Cornwall: comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573 & 1620; with additions by J.L. Vivian. Exeter, pp.268,270
  9. See History of Parliament biography of Sir William Killigrew (1606–1695)
  10. www.fortescue.org
  11. Nicholas Hals Pender, A Falmouth Guide, 1825, p.86
  12. Nicholas Hals Pender, A Falmouth Guide, 1825, p.86
  13. Nicholas Hals Pender, A Falmouth Guide, 1825, p.86
  14. They shared common descent from Sir Thomas Grenville (died 1513)
  15. The London Gazette: no. 7620. p. 2. 19 July 1737.
  16. The London Gazette: no. 9312. p. 3. 16 October 1753.
  17. The London Gazette: no. 11511. p. 1. 19 November 1774.
  18. The London Gazette: no. 18959. p. 1703. 24 July 1832.
  19. The London Gazette: no. 8725. p. 2. 5 March 1747.
  20. The London Gazette: no. 8874. p. 1. 8 August 1749.
  21. The London Gazette: no. 11719. p. 1. 16 November 1776.
  22. The London Gazette: no. 16539. p. 2167. 9 November 1811.
  23. The London Gazette: no. 16848. p. 211. 25 January 1814.
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