The Governor of Chester was a military officer responsible for the garrison at Chester Castle. The equivalent or related role from the 11th to 14th centuries was Constable of Chester.
Governors
1399: John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury 1643: (11 November–) John Byron, 1st Baron Byron 1644 (19 May–): William Legge 1644: John Marrow (shot by Parliamentary forces) 1644: Sir Nicholas Byron (captured during siege) 1644: John Byron, 1st Baron Byron 1646–?: Michael Jones (Parliamentarian) 1647- Col. William Massey of Audlem arrested by mutineers 30 June 1647- (Dore) 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 ShakerleyEveline Cruickshanks and Richard Harrison, SHAKERLEY, Peter (c.1650-1726), of Hulme and Somerford, Cheshire and Chapel Street, Westminster in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, 2002. Accessed 20 March 2013. 1689–1693: Sir John Morgan, 2nd BaronetD. W. Hayton, MORGAN, Sir John, 2nd Bt. (c.1650-93), of Kinnersley Castle, Herefs. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, 2002. Accessed 10 May 2014. 1693–1702: Roger KirkbyEveline Cruickshanks and Richard Harrison, KIRKBY, Roger (c.1649-1709), of Kirkby Ireleth, Lancs. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, 2002. Accessed 20 March 2013. 1702–1705: Peter Shakerley (again) 1705–1713: Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of CholmondeleyCharles Dalton, English Army Lists and Commission Registers 1661-1714, volume V (1902) page 158.Dalton, English Army Lists, volume VI (1904) page 184. 1713–1714: Thomas Ashton 1714–1725: Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley (again) 1725–1733: George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of CholmondeleyEveline Cruickshanks and Richard Harrison, CHOLMONDELEY, Hon. George (1666-1733), of Cholmondeley, Cheshire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, 2002. Accessed 10 April 2012. 1725–1770: George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of CholmondeleyEveline Cruickshanks, CHOLMONDELEY, Hon. George (1703-70). in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, 1970. Accessed 10 April 2012. 1770–1775: James CholmondeleyRomney R. Sedgwick, CHOLMONDELEY, Hon. James (1708-75). in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, 1970. Accessed 10 April 2012. 1775–1796: Charles Rainsford 1796–1844: Edward Morrison
Lieutenant-governors 1644: Sir Francis Gamell 1705– : Thomas Brooke 1712–1713: Thomas AshtonDalton, English Army Lists, volume VI, page 183. 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
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