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Governor of Fort William

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The Governor of Fort William was a British Army officer who commanded the garrison at Fort William in Inverness-shire. The office became a sinecure and was abolished in 1833.

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Governors of Fort William

  • 1725: Charles Sibourg
  • 1733: George Wade (also Governor of Fort George and Fort Augustus)
  • 1743: Humphrey Bland
  • 1752: Richard Onslow
  • 1759: William Kingsley
  • 1769: John Burgoyne
  • 1779: The Hon. John Vaughan
  • 1780: James Murray
  • 1794: The Hon. William Harcourt
  • 1795: Edmund Stevens

    • Lieutenant-Governors of Fort William

  • ... Campbell
  • 1752: John Leighton
  • 1764–1804: James Forbes, 16th Lord Forbes
  • 1804–1812: Donald Macdonald
  • 1812: Sir James Kempt

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