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Governor of Chester

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The Governor of Chester was a military officer responsible for the garrison at Chester Castle.

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Governors

  • 1399: John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
  • 1644: William Legge
  • 1644: John Marrow (shot by Parliamentary forces)
  • 1644: Sir Nicholas Byron (captured during siege)
  • 1644: John Byron, 1st Baron Byron
  • 1646–?: Michael Jones (Parliamentarian)
  • 1650: Robert Dukenfield
  • 1650s: Thomas Croxton
  • 1659: Richard Dutton
  •  ?–1660: Robert Venables
  • 1660–1663: Sir Evan Lloyd, 1st Baronet
  • 1663–1682: Sir Geoffrey Shakerley
  • 1682–1689: Peter Shakerley
  • 1689–1693: Sir John Morgan, 2nd Baronet
  • 1693–1702: Roger Kirkby
  • 1702–1705: Peter Shakerley (again)
  • 1705–1713: Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley
  • 1713–1714: Thomas Ashton
  • 1714–1725: Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley (again)
  • 1725–1733: George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley
  • 1725–1770: George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley
  • 1770–1775: James Cholmondeley
  • 1775–1796: Charles Rainsford
  • 1796–1844: Edward Morrison

    • Lieutenant-Governors

  • 1705–  : Thomas Brooke
  • 1712–1713: Thomas Ashton
  • 1715–1730: William Newton
  • 1731–1770: James Cholmondeley
  • 1770–1779: David Home
  • 1779–1786: Thomas Fraser
  • 1786–1802: William Gunn
  • 1802–1817: William Grey
  • 1817–1828: Edmund Coghlan
  • 1828–1843: Sir John Fraser

    • References

    Governor of Chester Wikipedia
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