Below is a list of those who have held the office of Governor of Kingston upon Hull:
Governors of Kingston upon Hull
1536: John Hallam 1546–1552: Sir Michael Stanhope (beheaded, 1552) ?-1639: Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet 1639–1641: Sir Thomas Glemham 1642–?: William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (Royalist) 1642–?1645: Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet (Parliamentary) (beheaded by Parliament, 1645) 1645: Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (Parliamentary) 1645: Sir Thomas Fairfax (Parliamentary) Robert Overton served as his nominee until 1648; 1648–1654: Robert Overton (arrested for his alleged involvement in the Wildman conspiracy) 1655-1659: Henry Smith 1659: Robert Overton 1660–1661: Charles Fairfax 1661–1673: John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse 1673–1679: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth 1679–1682: John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave 1682–1687: Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth 1687–1689: Marmaduke Langdale, 2nd Baron Langdale 1689–1699: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds 1699–1711: John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1711–1715: Richard Sutton 1715–1721: Rich Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine 1721–1725: Thomas Stanwix 1725–1732: George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley 1732–1738: Edward Montagu 1738–1740?: Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough 1740–1741: James Dormer 1743–1766: Harry Pulteney 1766–1785: Philip Honywood 1785–1794: James Murray 1794–1795: George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend 1795–1801: William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt 1801–1808: John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde 1808–1813: Sir William Medows 1813–1814: Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond 1814–1830: Rowland Hill, 1st Baron Hill 1830–1843: William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart
Lieutenant-Governors of Hull 1645–1648: Robert Overton 1711–1714: Bernard Granville 1749–1782: Lord Robert Manners 1782–1789: William Cashell 1789–1801: Thomas Jones 1801–1816: Francis Cunynghame 1816–1854: Sir Charles Wade Thornton
References
The London Gazette