Governor of Landguard Fort

The Governor of Landguard Fort was a British military officer who commanded the fortifications at Landguard Fort, protecting the port of Harwich. Landguard successfully held off a Dutch raid in 1667 and continued to be used for military purposes through the 1950s. The office of Governor was abolished in 1833, and of Lieutenant-Governor in 1854.

Governors of Landguard Fort 1628–1648: Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland 1648–1652: Thomas Ireton 1652–1655: Benjamin Gifford 1655–1659: Mathew Cadwell 1659–1660: Humphrey Brewster 1660–1664: Charles Rich, 4th Earl of Warwick 1664–1665: Henry Farr 1665–1666: James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk 1666–1667: Henry Farr 1667–1670: Nathaniel Darell 1670–1680: Sir Charles Lyttelton, 3rd Baronet 1680–1687: Sir Roger Manley 1687–1688: William Eyton 1688–1694: Henry Killigrew 1694–1696: Edward Fitzpatrick 1697–1711: Edward Jones 1711–1719: Francis Hammond 1719–1744: Bacon Morris 1744–1753: Mordaunt Cracherode 1753–1768: Lord George Beauclerk 1768–1770: Robert ArmigerRobert Beatson, A political index to the histories of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2 (London, 1806), page 159 1770–1777: Sir John Clavering 1778–1788: Alexander Mackay 1788–1800: Harry Trelawny 1800–1801: David Dundas 1801–1823: Cavendish Lister 1823–1833: Sir Robert Brownrigg, 1st Baronet

Lieutenant-Governors of Landguard Fort 1687–1711: Francis Hammond 1711–1717: Matthew Draper 1717–1718: Gwyn Vaughan 1718–1719: Bacon Morris 1719–172x: Hugh Plunknet 1727–1753: Edward Hayes 1753–1766: Philip Thicknesse 1766–1804: Anketell Singleton 1804–1806: John Blake 1806–1811: Alexander Mair 1811–1854: Charles Augustus West

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