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

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in England. Lord Mottistone was the last

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to hold the title governor, from 1992 to 1995; since then there has been no governor appointed.

Governors of the Isle of Wight

*1509–1520: Sir Nicholas Wadham (1472-1542) of Merryfield and

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, "Captain of the Isle of Wight". *1520–1538: Sir James Worsley *1538–1540: Thomas Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell (later Earl of Essex) *1540–1553: Richard Worsley *1553–1558: Sir William Girling *1558–1560:

William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester (c. 1483/1485 – 10 March 1572), styled Lord St John between 1539 and 1550 and Earl of Wiltshire between 1550 and 1551, was an English Lord High Treasurer, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, and statesma ...

*1560–1565: Richard Worsley (reappointed) *1565–1583: Sir Edward Horsey *1583–1603:

George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon (1547 – 9 September 1603) was the eldest son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Anne Morgan, Baroness Hunsdon, Anne Morgan. His father was first cousin to Elizabeth I of England. In 1560, at the age of 13 ...

*1603–1624:

Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, (pronunciation uncertain: "Rezley", "Rizely" (archaic), (present-day) and have been suggested; 6 October 1573 – 10 November 1624) was the only son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Sou ...

*1633–1642:

Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland (16 December 1605 – 17 March 1663) was an English diplomat and landowner who held the presidency of Munster, Kingdom of Ireland. Life He was the second, but the eldest surviving son, of the 1st Earl of Port ...

*1642–1647:

Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and 1st Earl of Montgomery, (10 October 158423 January 1650) was an English courtier, nobleman, and politician active during the reigns of James I of England, James I and Charles I of England, Charles I. ...

*1647–1647: Robert Hammond *1648–1659:

William Sydenham William Sydenham (1615 – July 1661) was a Cromwellian soldier; and the eldest brother of Thomas Sydenham. He fought for Parliament and defeated the Royalists in various skirmishes in Dorset. He was member of the various parliaments of the Commo ...

*1660:

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury PC, FRS (22 July 1621 – 21 January 1683), was an English statesman and peer. He held senior political office under both the Commonwealth of England and Charles II, serving as Chancellor of the ...

*1660–1661:

*1661–1667:

Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper (21 March 1635– 27 January 1689) was an English colonial administrator who served as the governor of the Isle of Wight from 1661 to 1667 and as the governor of Virginia from 1677 to 1683. Life Born ...

*1668–1692: Sir Robert Holmes *1693:

Thomas Tollemache Lieutenant-General Thomas Tollemache (12 June 1694) was an English Army officer and politician. Beginning his military career in 1673, in 1686 he resigned his commission in protest at the commissioning of Catholic officers into the Army by Jame ...

*1693–1707:

John Cutts, 1st Baron Cutts Lieutenant-General John Cutts, 1st Baron Cutts, PC (Ire) (1661 – 25 January 1707) was an English Army officer, author, politician and peer. Early life Cutts was born about 1661 at Woodhall, Arkesden, Essex, the second son of Richard Cutte ...

*1707–1710:

Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton (1661 – 21 January 1722) was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Member of Parliament for Hampshire and a supporter of William III of Orange. Life He was the son of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, and Mary S ...

*1710–1715:

John Richmond Webb General (United Kingdom), General John Richmond Webb (26 December 1667 – 5 September 1724), of Biddesden House, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, was a British general and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1695 to 1724. Politically ...

*1715–1726: William Cadogan (later Earl Cadogan) *1726–1733:

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*1733–1734:

John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu Major-General John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, (1690 – 5 July 1749), styled Viscount Monthermer until 1705 and Marquess of Monthermer between 1705 and 1709, was a British Army officer, courtier and the fifth Grand Master of the Premier Gr ...

*1734–1742: John Wallop, 1st Viscount Lymington *1742–1746:

*1746–1762:

John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth (15 April 1690 – 22 November 1762), of Hurstbourne Park, near Whitchurch and Farleigh Wallop, Hampshire, known as John Wallop, 1st Viscount Lymington from 1720 to 1743, was a British politician who sat in th ...

*1763–1764:

Thomas Holmes, 1st Baron Holmes Thomas Holmes, 1st Baron Holmes (2 November 1699 – 21 July 1764) was a British politician who was Vice-Admiral of the Isle of Wight, Vice-Admiral and Governor of the Isle of Wight, Governor of the Isle of Wight (1763–4) and sat in the Br ...

*1764–1766: Hans Stanley *1766–1770: Harry Paulet, 6th Duke of Bolton *1770–1780: Hans Stanley *1780–1782:

Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet, (13 February 1751 – 8 August 1805), of Appuldurcombe House, Wroxall, Isle of Wight, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1801. He was a noted collector of antiquities. ...

*1782–1791: Harry Paulet, 6th Duke of Bolton *1791–1807:

Thomas Orde-Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton Thomas Orde-Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton (30 August 1746 – 30 July 1807) was an English politician. He was also an amateur etcher, and a cartoonist. Life Born Thomas Orde, he was son of John Orde of Morpeth, Northumberland. He was educated at ...

*1807–1841:

James Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury James Edward Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury (19 August 1778 – 10 September 1841) was a British peer, styled Viscount FitzHarris from 1800 to 1820. Early life Though the son of a great British statesman, James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury ...

*1841–1857:

William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury (11 July 1779 – 31 May 1860), known as Sir William à Court, 2nd Baronet, from 1817 to 1828, was an English diplomat and Conservative politician. Background and education Heytesbury was the eldest son o ...

*1857–1888:

Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley, Order of the Bath, GCB, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC (22 February 1794 – 28 December 1888), was a British Whigs (British political party), Whig politician. He served as Speaker of ...

*1889–1896:

Prince Henry of Battenberg Prince Henry of Battenberg (Henry Maurice; 5 October 1858 – 20 January 1896), formerly Count Henry of Battenberg, was a morganatic descendant of the Grand Ducal House of Hesse. He became a member of the British royal family by marriage to Pri ...

*1896–1944:

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*1957–1965:

Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington, (21 August 1885 – 4 January 1972), styled Lord Gerald Wellesley between 1900 and 1943, was an Anglo-Irish diplomat, soldier, and architect. Background and education Wellesley was the third son of Lo ...

*1965–1974:

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979), commonly known as Lord Mountbatten, was ...

(Lord Lieutenant 1974–1979) *1992–1995:

David Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone Captain David Peter Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone (16 December 1920 – 24 November 2011) was a naval officer and British peer. Seely was born in 1920. He was the eldest son of the 1st Baron Mottistone from his second marriage to Evelyn Izme Mu ...

Lieutenant-governors of the Isle of Wight

*c.1689–1693: William Stephens *1694–1701:

Joseph Dudley Joseph Dudley (September 23, 1647 – April 2, 1720) was a colonial administrator, a native of Roxbury in Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the son of one of its founders. He had a leading role in the administration of the Dominion of New England ...

*1702–1710: Anthony Morgan *1710–1714: Henry Holmes *1715–1729: Anthony Morgan *1731–1733:

Maurice Morgan Maurice Morgan (1692–1733) of Freshwater, Isle of Wight, was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1725 to 1733. Morgan was baptized on 27 September 1692, the second son of Anthony Morgan, of Freshwater, a ...

*1733–1751:

Charles Armand Powlett Major General Sir Charles Armand Powlett, KB (c. 1694 – 14 November 1751), of Leadwell (now Ledwell), Oxfordshire, was a British Army officer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1729 and 1751. Powlett was the younger s ...

*1754–1762: Henry Holmes *1763–1766: John Stanwix *?1766–1768: John MompessonThe Scots Magazine, Volume 30, page 615 *1768–1795:

William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, (10 August 1729 – 12 July 1814), was a British Army officer who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of British land forces in the Colonies during the American War of Independence. Howe was one of three broth ...

*1795–1798: Sir

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*1798–1808: Sir William Medows *1808–1812: Francis Edward Gwyn *1812–1815: Charles Leigh *1815–1839: Mervyn Archdall

Deputy Governors

*1899–1910: Thomas Belhaven Henry Cochrane *1910–1913: Francis John Stuart Hay-Newton *1913–1928:

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References

Sources

The London Gazette
* Robert Walcott, ''English Politics in the Early Eighteenth Century'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1956) {{DEFAULTSORT:Governors of the Isle of Wight Local government on the Isle of Wight

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Political office-holders in England

Governors of the Isle of Wight

Lieutenant-governors of the Isle of Wight

Deputy Governors

See also

References

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