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Governor of Upnor Castle

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The Governor of Upnor Castle was a military officer who commanded the fortifications at Upnor Castle, part of the defenses of the Medway estuary. Upnor became largely obsolete as a fortress after 1668, but it continued to serve as a magazine and ordnance facility until 1945.

Governors of Upnor

  • ?–1694: Robert Mynors Esq.
  • 1695–1696: Sir Thomas Taylor, 2nd Baronet
  • 1697: Edward Rouse
  • ?–1711: Edward Hastings
  • 1711–1733: John Webb
  • bef. 1756–1775: William Deane
  • 1775–1778: James Murray
  • 1778–1784: William Brown
  • 1784–1796: Paulus Aemilius Irving
  • 1796–1816: Jeffrey Amherst
  • 1816–1835: Alexander Lawrence
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