The Governor of Fort William was a

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officer who commanded the garrison at Fort William in

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. The office became a sinecure and was abolished in 1833.

Governors of Fort William

* 1725: Charles Sibourg * 1733:

George Wade Field Marshal George Wade (1673 – 14 March 1748) was a British Army officer who served in the Nine Years' War, War of the Spanish Succession, Jacobite rising of 1715 and War of the Quadruple Alliance before leading the construction of barra ...

(also

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) * 1743:

Humphrey Bland Lieutenant General Humphrey Bland (1686 – 8 May 1763) was an Irish professional soldier, whose career in the British Army began in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession and ended in 1756. First published in 1727, his ''Treatise of Mili ...

* 1752: Richard Onslow * 1759:

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* 1769:

John Burgoyne General John Burgoyne (24 February 1722 – 4 August 1792) was a British general, dramatist and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1761 to 1792. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in several batt ...

* 1779: The Hon. John Vaughan * 1780: James Murray * 1794: The Hon. William Harcourt * 1795: Edmund Stevens

Lieutenant-Governors of Fort William

* ... Campbell * 1752: John Leighton * 1764–1804:

James Forbes, 16th Lord Forbes James Forbes, 17th Lord Forbes (died 29 July 1804) was the son of James Forbes, 16th Lord Forbes. In 1760, he married Catherine Innes and they had six children: *Mary Elizabeth Forbes (d. 1803) * Marjory Forbes (1761–1842) * James Ochoncar ...

* 1804–1812: Donald Macdonald * 1812:

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References

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