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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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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