List of Chief Factors of Fort Albany

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This is a list of Chief Factors of Fort Albany , the men who governed the trading post at whose site the present-day Fort Albany First Nation was established.

Following the Hudson's Bay Company's rigid corporate structure, the original trading post of Fort Albany was run by a man with the title "Chief Factor", who oversaw the business of the fort (and consequently, the district). Some of the Chief Factors are listed below, along with the year of their appointment. The term "Governor" is sometimes used to refer to the employee overseeing the operations of the fort.

TermChief FactorNotesRef
1682-1685 James Knight [1] [2]
1686-1692--The French controlled the fort at this time. [2]
1692-1700James Knight [2]
1700-1705 John Fullartine [3]
1705-1708 Anthony Beale Returned to England in 1708 at his own request. [3]
1708-1711John Fullartine [3]
August 1711 Henry Kelsey Formerly Deputy Governor (i.e. Second); replaced Fullartine after his departure before Beale arrived the following month. [3]
1711-1714Anthony BealeRecalled in the aftermath of the Treaty of Utrecht as the Company re-oriented itself.

Beginning in 1715, above the governor/chief factor of the fort, there seems to have been the position of "governor-in-chief" overseeing the whole region from York Factory. [4]

[3]
1714-1715Richard StauntonRecalled upon his own request in 1715, following the rejection of a pay raise, though he may have been abused by the "unruly men" at the fort. [5]
1716-1721Thomas McClieshReturned to England in 1721. [4]
1721-1723Joseph MyattDemoted in 1723 to Deputy Governor (i.e. Second) following a price drop caused by intervention of coureurs des bois and for teaching an indigenous boy to read and write. [6]
1723-1726Richard Staunton [5]
1726-1730Joseph MyattServed until his death from "gout of the stomach". [6]
1730-1737 Joseph Adams [7]
1735, 1736Thomas McClieshAppointed in 1735, and then again in 1736, but was unable to take up his post at Albany both times due to illness and returned to England. [4]
1737-1739 Thomas Bird Served until his death, believed to be "hastened by an immoderate use of liquors". [8]
1739-1740Rowland WaggonerDied before the orders for a three-year appointment as Chief Factor could reach Albany. [9]
1740-1747Joseph IsbisterEstablished the first inland HBC post, Henley House. Had to relinquish his post due to illness. [10]
1747-1752George Spence [11]
1752-1756Joseph Isbister [10]
1764-1775Humphrey Marten [12]
1775-1781 Thomas Hutchins [13]
1781-1790Edward Jarvis [14]
1790-1791John McNab [15]
1792Edward JarvisRetired due to ill health. [14]
1793-1799John McNab [15]
1800-1810John HodgsonWas in England for the 1807-08 year. Dismissed following much mismanagement of the fort and its subsidiaries. [16]
1810-1815Thomas Vincent [17]
1821Merger of the Hudson's Bay Company with the North-West Company
1824-1826Thomas Vincent [17]
1826-1829Alexander Kennedy [18] :456
1829-1830Alexander McTavishChief Trader, no Chief Factor present [18] :456
1830-1837Jacob CorrigalChief Trader, no Chief Factor present [18] :457
1830Alexander StewartGovernor George Simpson appointed Stewart to be Chief Factor, but on his journey to the fort he suffered a "slight paralytic affection" and was given leave of absence. [18] :461
1837-1855Thomas CorcoranChief Trader, no Chief Factor present. Departed in 1851–52 to receive medical attention. [18] :458, 461
1855-William H. WattChief Trader, no Chief Factor present [18] :461
-1858John MacKenzie [18] :450
1858-1860William H. WattChief Trader, no Chief Factor present. Given leave of absence in 1860. [18] :462

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