List of governors of Berwick-upon-Tweed

Below is a list of those who have held the office of Governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed, including the garrison at Holy Island (during English occupation of the Royal Burgh):

Governors of Berwick-upon-Tweed

For Scotland 1295–1296 Sir William Douglas 1328–1333 Sir Alexander de Seton, Lord of Seton & Winchburgh 1333 Sir William Keith 1333 Patrick de Dunbar

For England 1302: Edmund Hasting 1440–?: Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland

For Scotland 1461 Sir Robert Lauder 1473–1476: David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford 1478: Sir Robert Lauder (again) 1482: Patrick Hepburn, 1st Lord Hailes

For England 1484–?: Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland ?–1539: Sir Thomas Clifford 1539–?: William Eure, 1st Baron Eure (died 1548) 1553–?: John Conyers, 3rd Baron Conyers (died 1557) 1559–1562: William Grey, 13th Baron Grey de Wilton 1564–1568: Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford 1568–1596: Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon 1596–1598: John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon 1598–1601: Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby 1601–1603: John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon (2nd term) c.1610: Sir James Dundas of ArnistonGazetteer for Scotland 1639–?: Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey 1649–: Colonel George Fenwick 1660–1675: William Widdrington, 2nd Baron Widdrington 1675–1686: Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1686–1688: William Widdrington, 3rd Baron Widdrington 1689–1690: Philip Babington 1691–1699: Richard Leveson (died 1699) 1702–1707: Edmund Maine

For Great Britain (post 1707 Act of Union) 1707–1711: Edmund Maine 1713–1715: Sir Henry Belasyse 1715–1718: Charles Wills 1718–1719: George MacCartney 1719–1732: Joseph Sabine 1732–1733: George Wade 1733–1735: Rich Russell 1735–1740: Philip Honywood 1740–1741: Thomas Whetham 1742: James Tyrrell 1742–1753: Thomas Howard 1753–1765: John Guise 1765–1778: Robert MoncktonJohn Brooke, MONCKTON, Hon. Robert (1726-82). in The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1754-1790, 1964. 1778: Sir John ClaveringRobert Beatson, A political index to the histories of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2 (London, 1806), page 157 (in fact Clavering had died in the East Indies the previous year) 1778–1780: Sir John Mordaunt 1780–1795: John Vaughan 1795–1808: William Howe, later Viscount Howe 1808–1833: Banastre Tarleton 1833–1850: Sir James Bathurst

Lieutenant-Governors

1702–1705: Edward NottCharles Dalton, English Army Lists and Commission Registers, volume V (London, 1902) page 156. 1705: William DobynsDalton, English Army Lists, volume V, page 158. ?–1733: Rich Russell 1733–1737: James St. Clair 1737–1747: John PriceNotes and Queries, 12th series, volume III, page 11. 6 January 1917. 1749–1764: John Barrington 1765–1767: Roderick GwynneWar Office: Printed Annual Army Lists (WO 65/15, 1765) 1767–1793: William Hill 1793–1794: Gerard Lake 1794–1795: Edmund Stevens 1795–?1842: George Ludlow

References The London Gazette