Governor of Londonderry

The Governor of Londonderry and Culmore was a British military appointment. The Governor was the officer who commanded the garrison and fortifications of the city of Derry and of Culmore fort. The Governor was paid by The Honourable The Irish Society.

Governors of Londonderry and Culmore

1603–1606: The 1st Baron Docwra of Culmore
1606–1608: Sir George Paulet
1611–1643: Sir John Vaughan
1643–1644: Sir Robert Stewart[1]
1644–1645: Colonel Audley Mervyn
1645–1648: Thomas Folliott, 2nd Baron Folliott
1648–1649: The 2nd Earl of Mountrath
1649–?: Robert Venables (left Ireland 1654)
1660–1661: Sir Robert Stewart (d. c.1670) (second term) [2]
1661–: Colonel John Gorges
1688–1689: Colonel Robert Lundy (deserted 1689)
1689 Sir George Walker / Henry Baker (died 1689)(jointly)
1690 John Mitchelburne
1691 Sir Matthew Bridges
1714–1719: Thomas Meredyth
1719–1734?: Henry Barry, 3rd Baron Barry of Santry
1735?–1737: Lieutenant-General Owen Wynne
1737–1739: Lieutenant-General Thomas Pearce
1739–1740: Charles Cathcart, 8th Lord Cathcart[3]
1745–1749: Lieutenant-General Phineas Bowles[4]
1749–1756: Lieutenant-General Henry Cornewall[5]
1756–1774: Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Rich, 5th Bt[6]
1774–1775: General Sir George Augustus Eliott
1775–1776: General Sir John Irwin[7]
1776–1806: John Hale
1806: General The 1st Baron Hutchinson[8]
1806–1820: General The 15th Earl of Suffolk[9]
1820–1832: Lieutenant-General George Vaughan Hart, M.P.
1832–1860: Field Marshal The 1st Earl of Strafford[10]

References

Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Stewart, Robert (d.1670?)" . Dictionary of National Biography. 54. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Hutchinson, John. A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars: With Brief Biographical Notices. p. 235.
Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, volume II (Edinburgh, 1905) p. 519.
A. N. Newman, BOWLES, Phineas (1690-1749), of Beaulieu, Dublin. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970.
"No. 8898". The London Gazette. 31 October 1749. p. 2.
"No. 9576". The London Gazette. 20 April 1756. p. 4.
"No. 11558". The London Gazette. 2 May 1775. p. 1.
"No. 15904". The London Gazette. 25 March 1806. p. 388.
"No. 15912". The London Gazette. 22 April 1806. p. 512.
"No. 18957". The London Gazette. 20 July 1832. p. 1674.

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[1] Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Stewart, Robert (d.1670?)" . Dictionary of National Biography. 54. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[2] Hutchinson, John. A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars: With Brief Biographical Notices. p. 235.

[3] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, volume II (Edinburgh, 1905) p. 519.

[4] A. N. Newman, BOWLES, Phineas (1690-1749), of Beaulieu, Dublin. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970.

[5] "No. 8898". The London Gazette. 31 October 1749. p. 2.

[6] "No. 9576". The London Gazette. 20 April 1756. p. 4.

[7] "No. 11558". The London Gazette. 2 May 1775. p. 1.

[8] "No. 15904". The London Gazette. 25 March 1806. p. 388.

[9] "No. 15912". The London Gazette. 22 April 1806. p. 512.

[10] "No. 18957". The London Gazette. 20 July 1832. p. 1674.