The Governor of Blackness Castle was a military officer who commanded the fortifications at

Blackness Castle Blackness Castle is a 15th-century fortress, near the village of Blackness, Scotland, on the south shore of the Firth of Forth. It was built, probably on the site of an earlier fort, by Sir George Crichton in the 1440s. At this time, Blackne ...

, a Scottish fortress on the Firth of Forth. Held by the Crown since 1453, Blackness saw military use until 1912 and a brief revival during the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

Governors of Blackness

*1702–1707:

David Erskine, 9th Earl of Buchan David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

*1707–1710:

Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore (1661–1710) was a British peer, previously Lord Charles Murray. The second son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, he rose to become a general in the British Army and was created Earl of Dunmore, Lord M ...

*1710–1714:

*1714–1723: Lord William Hay *1723–1741: Hon. William Kerr *1744?–1791: Charles Hope-Weir *1792–1806: Hon. Charles Hamilton *1806–1812: Sir James Henry Craig *1812–1814: Rowland Hill, 1st Baron Hill *1814–1818: Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey *1818–1830: Sir Hew Dalrymple, 1st Baronet *1830–1837:

Frederick Augustus Wetherall Sir Frederick Augustus Wetherall, GCH (1754–1842) was a British General, of Castle Bear House, Ealing. He entered the Army in 1775 as an ensign in the 17th Regiment of Foot and fought in North America at the Siege of Boston and the subseq ...

*''office abolished on Wetherall's resignation''

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