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Governor of Chester
The
Governor
of Chester
was a
military officer
responsible for the garrison at
Chester Castle
.
Governors
1399:
John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
1643:
John Byron, 1st Baron Byron
1644 :
William Legge
1644: John Marrow
1644:
Sir Nicholas Byron
1644:
John Byron
,
1st Baron Byron
1646–?:
Michael Jones
1647- Col.
William Massey
of Audlem arrested by mutineers
30 June
1647-
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
1705–1713:
Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley
1713–1714:
Thomas Ashton
1714–1725:
Hugh Cholmondeley
, 1st
Earl of Cholmondeley
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
1644: Sir Francis Gamell
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
