Below is a list of those who have held the office of Governor of

Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea and south-ea ...

Governors of Kingston upon Hull

*1536: John Hallam *1546–1552: Sir Michael Stanhope (beheaded, 1552) *?-1639:

Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet (circa July 1589 – 3 January 1645) of Scorborough Hall, near Driffield, Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament who was Governor of Hull in 1642 shortly before the start of the Civil War. He refused to ...

*1639–1641: Sir

Thomas Glemham Sir Thomas Glemham (c. 1594 – 1649) was an English soldier, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1625. He was a commander in the Royalist army during the English Civil War. Early life and career Glemham was ...

*1642–?:

William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, KG, KB, PC (25 December 1676) was an English courtier and supporter of the arts. He was a renowned horse breeder, as well as being patron of the playwright Ben Jonson, and the intellectual gr ...

(Royalist) *1642–?1645:

(Parliamentary) (beheaded by Parliament, 1645) *1645:

Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron MP (29 March 1584 – 14 March 1648) was an English nobleman and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1648. He was a commander in the Parliamentary army in ...

(Parliamentary) *1645: Sir

Thomas Fairfax Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (17 January 161212 November 1671), also known as Sir Thomas Fairfax, was an English politician, general and Parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War. An adept and talented command ...

(Parliamentary)

Robert Overton Major-General Robert Overton 1609 to 1678, was a member of the landed gentry from Yorkshire, who fought for Parliament during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and reached the rank of Major General in 1652. A committed republican and religious In ...

served as his nominee until 1648; *1648–1654: Robert Overton (arrested for his alleged involvement in the Wildman conspiracy) *1655-1659: Henry Smith *1659: Robert Overton *1660–1661: Charles Fairfax *1661–1673:

John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse (or Bellasis) (24 June 1614 – 10 September 1689) was an English nobleman, Royalist officer and Member of Parliament, notable for his role during and after the Civil War. He suffered a long spell of imprison ...

*1673–1679: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth *1679–1682: John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave *1682–1687:

Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth, PC (c. 1627 – 3 November 1687), was the son of Dixie Hickman and his wife Elizabeth Windsor, sister and heiress of Thomas Windsor, 6th Baron Windsor. He assumed the additional surname of Windsor a ...

*1687–1689: Marmaduke Langdale, 2nd Baron Langdale *1689–1699:

Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, (20 February 1632 – 26 July 1712), was a prominent English politician. Under King Charles II (and known at the time as Lord Danby), he was the leading figure in the government for around five years i ...

*1699–1711:

John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne John Holles, Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, KG, PC (9 January 1662 – 15 July 1711) was an English peer. Early life Holles was born in Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, the son of the 3rd Earl of Clare and his wife Grace Pierrepont. Grace was a d ...

*1711–1715: Richard Sutton *1715–1721: Rich Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine *1721–1725: Thomas Stanwix *1725–1732: George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley *1732–1738: Edward Montagu *1738–1740?:

Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, (22 November 170620 October 1758), styled as The Honourable Charles Spencer between 1706 and 1729 and as The Earl of Sunderland between 1729 and 1733, was a British soldier, nobleman, and politician fr ...

*1740–1741:

James Dormer James Dormer (1679–1741) was a British Army officer, a lieutenant-general, and colonel of the 1st troop of Horse Grenadier Guards Life The son of Robert Dormer (1628?–1689) of Dorton, Buckinghamshire, and his second wife, Anne, daughter o ...

*1743–1766: Harry Pulteney *1766–1785: Philip Honywood *1785–1794: James Murray *1794–1795:

George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, PC (28 February 172414 September 1807), known as The Viscount Townshend from 1764 to 1787, was a British soldier and politician. After serving at the Battle of Dettingen during the War of t ...

*1795–1801:

William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt Field Marshal William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt, (20 March 1743 – 17 June 1830) was a British nobleman and British Army officer. He served as an '' aide-de-camp'' to Lord Albemarle for the expedition to Havana during the Seven Years' War. H ...

*1801–1808:

John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde General John Thomas de Burgh, 13th and 1st Earl of Clanricarde PC (Ire) (; ; ; ; 22 September 1744 – 27 July 1808), styled The Honourable until 1797, was an Irish peer and soldier who was Governor of County Galway (1798–1808) and a membe ...

*1808–1813: Sir William Medows *1813–1814: Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond *1814–1830: Rowland Hill, 1st Baron Hill *1830–1843: William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart

Lieutenant-Governors of Hull

*1645–1648: Robert Overton *1711–1714: Bernard Granville *1749–1782: Lord Robert Manners *1782–1789: William Cashell *1789–1801: Thomas Jones *1801–1816:

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*1816–1854: Sir Charles Wade Thornton

References

The London Gazette
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