The Governor of Chester was a military officer responsible for the garrison at

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. The equivalent or related role from the 11th to 14th centuries was

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Governors

* 1399:

John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and 5th and 2nd Baron Montagu, KG (c. 1350 – 7 January 1400) was an English nobleman, one of the few who remained loyal to Richard II after Henry IV became king. Early life He was the son of Sir John de Mo ...

* 1643: (11 November–)

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* 1644 (19 May–): William Legge * 1644: John Marrow (shot by Parliamentary forces) * 1644: Sir Nicholas Byron (captured during siege) * 1644:

* 1646–?: Michael Jones (Parliamentarian) * 1647- Col. William Massey of Audlem arrested by mutineers 30 June 1647- (Dore) * 1650: Robert Dukenfield * 1650s: Thomas Croxton * 1659:

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* ?–1660: Robert Venables * 1660–1663: Sir Evan Lloyd, 1st Baronet * 1663–1682: Sir Geoffrey Shakerley * 1682–1689:

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Eveline Cruickshanks and Richard Harrison
SHAKERLEY, Peter (c.1650-1726), of Hulme and Somerford, Cheshire and Chapel Street, Westminster
in ''

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: the House of Commons 1690-1715'', 2002. Accessed 20 March 2013. * 1689–1693:

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* 1693–1702: Roger Kirkby * 1702–1705: Peter Shakerley (again) * 1705–1713:

Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley, PC (1662 – 18 January 1725), styled The Honourable from birth until 1681 and then known as Viscount Cholmondeley to 1706, was an English peer and politician. Cholmondeley was the eldest son of Rob ...

Charles 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 Cholmondeley George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley, PC, FRS (1666 – 7 May 1733), styled The Honourable from birth until 1715 and then known as Lord Newborough to 1725, was an English soldier. Cholmondeley was the second son of Robert Cholmondele ...

* 1725–1770:

George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley, (2 January 1703 – 10 June 1770), styled as Viscount Malpas from 1725 to 1733, was a British Whig politician and nobleman who sat in the House of Commons from 1724 to 1733. Life Cholmondeley wa ...

* 1770–1775:

James Cholmondeley James Cholmondeley (18 April 1708 – 13 October 1775) was a British Army officer and Member of Parliament between 1731 and 1747. He fought at Fontenoy and during the 1745 Rising commanded a brigade at the Battle of Falkirk, where he suffered ...

Romney 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 General Charles Rainsford (3 February 1728 – 24 May 1809) was a British Army officer. Career He was the second son of alderman Francis Rainsford (died 1770) and his wife, Isabella and received his first education from a cleric friend of Franc ...

* 1796–1844: Edward Morrison

Lieutenant-governors

* 1644: Sir Francis Gamell * 1705– : Thomas Brooke * 1712–1713: Thomas Ashton * 1715–1730: William Newton * 1731–1770:

* 1770–1779: David Home * 1779–1786: Thomas Fraser * 1786–1802: William Gunn * 1802–1817: William Grey * 1817–1828:

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* 1828–1843: Sir John Fraser

References

Sources

* * Military history of Cheshire

Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...

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