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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- 1536: John Hallam
- 1546–1552: Sir Michael Stanhope[1] (beheaded, 1552)
- ?-1639: Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet
- 1639–1641: Sir Thomas Glemham[2]
- 1642–?: William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (Royalist)
- 1642–?1645: Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet (Parliamentary) (beheaded by Parliament, 1645)
- 1645: Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (Parliamentary)[1]
- 1645: Sir Thomas Fairfax (Parliamentary)[1] Robert Overton served as his nominee until 1648;
- 1648–1654: Robert Overton (arrested for his alleged involvement in the Wildman conspiracy)
- 1655-1659: Henry Smith[1]
- 1659: Robert Overton[1]
- 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[3]
- 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[4]
- 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[5]
- 1743–1766: Harry Pulteney[6]
- 1766–1785: Philip Honywood
- 1785–1794: James Murray[7]
- 1794–1795: George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
- 1795–1801: William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt[8]
- 1801–1808: John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde[9]
- 1808–1813: Sir William Medows[10]
- 1813–1814: Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond[11]
- 1814–1830: Rowland Hill, 1st Baron Hill[12]
- 1830–1843: William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart[13]
Lieutenant-Governors of Hull
- 1645–1648: Robert Overton
- 1711–1714: Bernard Granville[14]
- 1749–1782: Lord Robert Manners[15]
- 1782–1789: William Cashell[16]
- 1789–1801: Thomas Jones[17]
- 1801–1816: Francis Cunynghame[9]
- 1816–1854: Sir Charles Wade Thornton
References
- ^ a b c d e "Hull in the 16th and 17th centuries | British History Online".
- ^ "Hull 1600 – 1641 – The Stuarts – Old Hull". Archived from the original on 2 October 2016.
- ^ "No. 1464". The London Gazette. 27 November 1679. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 5350". The London Gazette. 26 July 1715. p. 5.
- ^ "No. 7909". The London Gazette. 10 May 1740. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 8278". The London Gazette. 22 November 1743. p. 3.
- ^ "No. 12624". The London Gazette. 22 February 1785. p. 101.
- ^ "No. 13796". The London Gazette. 10 May 1795. p. 743.
- ^ a b "No. 15377". The London Gazette. 20 June 1801. p. 691.
- ^ "No. 16168". The London Gazette. 2 August 1808. p. 1062.
- ^ "No. 16813". The London Gazette. 23 November 1813. p. 2342.
- ^ "No. 16920". The London Gazette. 26 July 1814. p. 1507.
- ^ "No. 18699". The London Gazette. 29 June 1830. p. 1345.
- ^ "GRANVILLE, Bernard II (c.1670-1723), of Coulston, Wilts. and Poland Street, Westminster". History of Parliament. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "No. 8874". The London Gazette. 8 August 1749. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 12307". The London Gazette. 22 June 1782. p. 5.
- ^ "No. 13079". The London Gazette. 21 March 1789. p. 158.