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
 * 1688–1697: Henry Killigrew
 * 1697–1711: Edward Jones
 * 1711–1719: Francis Hammond
 * 1719–1744: Bacon Morris
 * 1744–1753: Mordaunt Cracherode
 * 1753–1768: Lord George Beauclerk
 * 1768–1770: Robert Armiger
 * 1770–1777: Sir John Clavering
 * 1778–1788: Hon. 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
 * 172x–1753: Edward Hayes
 * 1753–1766: Philip Thicknesse
 * 1766–1804: Anketell Singleton
 * 1804–1806: John Blake
 * 1806–1811: Alexander Mair
 * 1811–1854: Charles Augustus West