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

• 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

1. "Hull in the 16th and 17th centuries | British History Online".
2. "Hull 1600 – 1641 – The Stuarts – Old Hull". Archived from the original on 2 October 2016.
3. "No. 1464". The London Gazette . 27 November 1679. p. 2.
4. "No. 5350". The London Gazette . 26 July 1715. p. 5.
5. "No. 7909". The London Gazette . 10 May 1740. p. 2.
6. "No. 8278". The London Gazette . 22 November 1743. p. 3.
7. "No. 12624". The London Gazette . 22 February 1785. p. 101.
8. "No. 13796". The London Gazette . 10 May 1795. p. 743.
9. "No. 15377". The London Gazette . 20 June 1801. p. 691.
10. "No. 16168". The London Gazette . 2 August 1808. p. 1062.
11. "No. 16813". The London Gazette . 23 November 1813. p. 2342.
12. "No. 16920". The London Gazette . 26 July 1814. p. 1507.
13. "No. 18699". The London Gazette . 29 June 1830. p. 1345.
14. "GRANVILLE, Bernard II (c.1670-1723), of Coulston, Wilts. and Poland Street, Westminster". History of Parliament. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
15. "No. 8874". The London Gazette . 8 August 1749. p. 1.
16. "No. 12307". The London Gazette . 22 June 1782. p. 5.
17. "No. 13079". The London Gazette . 21 March 1789. p. 158.

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