The Governor of Landguard Fort was a British military officer who commanded the fortifications at

Landguard Fort Landguard Fort is a fort at the mouth of the River Orwell outside Felixstowe, Suffolk, designed to guard the mouth of the river. It is now managed by the charity English Heritage and is open to the public. History Originally known as Langer ...

, protecting the port of

Harwich Harwich is a town in Essex, England, and one of the Haven ports on the North Sea coast. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the north-east, Ipswich to the north-west, Colchester to the south-west and Clacton-o ...

. Landguard successfully held off a Dutch raid in 1667 and continued to be used for military purposes through the 1950s. The office of Governor was abolished in 1833, and of Lieutenant-Governor in 1854.

Governors of Landguard Fort

*1628–1648:

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*1648–1652: Thomas Ireton *1652–1655: Benjamin Gifford *1655–1659: Mathew Cadwell *1659–1660: Humphrey Brewster *1660–1664:

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*1664–1665: Henry Farr *1665–1666:

James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, KB (10 February 1606/1607December 1688), and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden (1619–1688), eldest son of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk. Howard was honoured with knighthood in the Order of the Bath in 1626 ...

*1666–1667: Henry Farr *1667–1670: Nathaniel Darell *1670–1680:

Sir Charles Lyttelton, 3rd Baronet Sir Charles Lyttelton, 3rd Baronet, of Frankley, in the County of Worcester, MP (1628 – 2 May 1716) was one of the early English Governors of Jamaica, an army officer, and Member of Parliament from the Lyttelton family. Governor of Jamaica Ch ...

*1680–1687: Sir Roger Manley *1687–1688: William Eyton *1688–1694: Henry Killigrew *1694–1696: Edward Fitzpatrick *1697–1711: Edward Jones *1711–1719: Francis Hammond *1719–1744: Bacon Morris *1744–1753: Mordaunt Cracherode *1753–1768:

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*1768–1770: Robert Armiger

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, ''A political index to the histories of Great Britain and Ireland'', volume 2 (London, 1806)
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/ref> *1770–1777: Sir John Clavering *1778–1788: Alexander Mackay *1788–1800:

Harry Trelawny Lieutenant-General Harry Trelawny (1726 – 28 January 1800) was a British Army officer who served with the Coldstream Guards during the American Revolutionary War. He was wounded while leading a battalion of the Guards during the war and later ...

*1800–1801: David Dundas *1801–1823: Cavendish Lister *1823–1833: Sir Robert Brownrigg, 1st Baronet

Lieutenant-Governors of Landguard Fort

*1687–1711: Francis Hammond *1711–1717: Matthew Draper *1717–1718: Gwyn Vaughan *1718–1719: Bacon Morris *1719–172x: Hugh Plunknet *1727–1753: Edward Hayes *1753–1766:

Philip Thicknesse Captain Philip Thicknesse (1719 – 23 November 1792) was a British Army officer and writer who was a friend of the artist Thomas Gainsborough. He wrote several travel guides. Early life Philip Thicknesse was born in Staffordshire, England, so ...

*1766–1804: Anketell Singleton *1804–1806: John Blake *1806–1811: Alexander Mair *1811–1854: Charles Augustus West

References

* {{Governors and Constables in England and Wales History of Essex