List of Governors of Kingston-upon-Hull

Below is a list of those who have held the office of Governor of Kingston upon Hull:

Governors of Kingston upon Hull

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• 1660–1661: Charles Fairfax
• 1661–1673: John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse
• 1673–1679: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
• 1679–1682: John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave^[1]
• 1682–1687: Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth
• 1687–1689: Marmaduke Langdale, 2nd Baron Langdale
• 1689–1699: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
• 1699–1711: John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• 1711–1715: Richard Sutton
• 1715–1721: Rich Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine^[2]
• 1721–1725: Thomas Stanwix
• 1725–1732: George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley
• 1732–1738: Edward Montagu
• 1738–1740?: Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough
• 1740–1741: James Dormer^[3]
• 1743–1766: Harry Pulteney^[4]
• 1766–1785: Philip Honywood
• 1785–1794: James Murray^[5]
• 1794–1795: George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
• 1795–1801: William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt^[6]
• 1801–1808: John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde^[7]
• 1808–1813: Sir William Medows^[8]
• 1813–1814: Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond
• 1814–1830: Rowland Hill, 1st Baron Hill
• 1830–1843: William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart

Lieutenant-Governors of Hull

• 1749–1782: Lord Robert Manners^[9]
• 1782–1789: William Cashell^[10]
• 1789–1801: Thomas Jones^[11]
• 1801–1816: Francis Cunynghame^[12]
• 1816–1854: Sir Charles Wade Thornton

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 1464. p. 2. 27 November 1679.
2. The London Gazette: no. 5350. p. 5. 26 July 1715.
3. The London Gazette: no. 7909. p. 2. 10 May 1740.
4. The London Gazette: no. 8278. p. 3. 22 November 1743.
5. The London Gazette: no. 12624. p. 101. 22 February 1785.
6. The London Gazette: no. 13796. p. 743. 10 May 1795.
7. The London Gazette: no. 15377. p. 691. 20 June 1801.
8. The London Gazette: no. 16168. p. 1062. 2 August 1808.
9. The London Gazette: no. 8874. p. 1. 8 August 1749.
10. The London Gazette: no. 12307. p. 5. 22 June 1782.
11. The London Gazette: no. 13079. p. 158. 21 March 1789.
12. The London Gazette: no. 15377. p. 691. 20 June 1801.

Source

• The London Gazette