The Major of the Tower of London, later also styled Resident Governor, was an officer of the

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, subordinate to the

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and the

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List of majors of the Tower

* Richard White * 1747: Charles Rainsford * 1750: Charles Henry Collins * 1778:

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* 1785: John Shrimpton * 1788: Lloyd Hill * 1793: Matthew Smith * 1812: Lachlan Maclean * 4 July 1816: John Henry Elrington * 31 March 1857: Frederick Amelius Whimper * 29 August 1870:

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* 2 July 1909: Henry Pipon * 1 July 1923:

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* 1 July 1933: William Frederick Oliver Faviell * 1 July 1945: Edward Hamilton Carkeet-James * 1 July 1955: Leslie Frederic Ethelbert Wieler * 1 July 1961: Sir Thomas Pierce Butler Butler was additionally appointed

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on 5 February 1968, and the two posts have remained united since.

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