Governor of Londonderry

The Governor of Londonderry and Culmore was a British military appointment. The Governor was the officer who commanded the garrison and fortifications of the city of Derry and of Culmore fort. The Governor was paid by The Honourable The Irish Society.

Governors of Londonderry and Culmore

 * 1612–? Sir William Cockayne
 * 1643 Sir Robert Stewart
 * 1648–1649 The 2nd Earl of Mountrath
 * 1649–? Robert Venables
 * 1688–1689: Colonel Robert Lundy
 * 1689 Sir George Walker / Henry Baker
 * 1690 John Mitchelburne
 * 1691 Matthew Bridges
 * 1714–1719: Thomas Meredyth
 * 1719–1734?: Henry Barry, 3rd Baron Barry of Santry
 * 1735?–1737: Lieutenant-General Owen Wynne
 * 1737–1739: Thomas Pearce
 * 1739?–1749: Lieutenant-General Phineas Bowles
 * 1749–1756: Lieutenant-General Henry Cornewall
 * 1756–1774: Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Rich, 5th Bt
 * 1774–1775: General Sir George Augustus Eliott
 * 1775–1776: General Sir John Irwin
 * 1776–1806: John Hale
 * 1806: General The 1st Baron Hutchinson
 * 1806–1820: General The 15th Earl of Suffolk
 * 1820–1832: Lieutenant-General George Vaughan Hart, M.P.
 * 1832–1860: Field Marshal The 1st Earl of Strafford