Governor of Pendennis Castle

The Governor of Pendennis Castle was a military officer who commanded the fortifications at Pendennis Castle, part of the defenses of the River Fal and Carrick Roads. Originally fortified under Henry VIII, defenses in the area were intermittently maintained through World War II. The office of governor was abolished in 1837, when Gen. Anderson received the colonelcy of the 78th Regiment of Foot.

Governors of Pendennis

 * c.1643–1646: Sir John Arundell
 * 1646–1648: Richard Fortescue
 * 1648–1658?: Sir Hardres Waller
 * 1658?–1659: John Fox
 * 1659–1660: Anthony Rowse
 * 1660–1662: Sir Peter Killigrew
 * 1662: Richard Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Trerice
 * 1680–1696: John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
 * 1696–1703: Bevil Granville
 * 1703–1714: George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
 * 1714–1725: Richard Munden
 * 1726–1734: John Hobart
 * 1735–1737: James Tyrrell
 * 1737–1749: William Barrell
 * 1749–1753: John Laforey
 * 1753–1774: Arthur Owen
 * 1774–1775: Charles Beauclerk
 * 1775–1793: Robert Robinson
 * 1793–1823: Felix Buckley
 * 1823–1832: Sir Martin Hunter
 * 1832–1837: Paul Anderson
 * office abolished

Lieutenant-Governors of Pendennis

 * 1729–1739?: John Folliott
 * ?–1747: Daniel Houghton
 * 1747–?: John Waite
 * 1749–1769: Richard Bowles
 * 1769–1776: William Fawcett
 * 1776–1797: Nevinson Poole
 * 1797–1811: Philip Melvill
 * 1811–1814: James Considine
 * 1814–1832: William Fenwick
 * 1832–1835: Loftus Grey
 * office abolished