List of governors of Berwick-upon-Tweed

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Below is a list of those who have held the office of Governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed, including the garrison at Holy Island (during English occupation of the Royal Burgh):

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Governors of Berwick-upon-Tweed

For Great Britain (post 1707 Act of Union)

1707–1711: Edmund Maine
1713–1715: Sir Henry Belasyse
1715–1718: Charles Wills
1718–1719: George MacCartney
1719–1732: Joseph Sabine
1732–1733: George Wade^[3]
1733–1735: Rich Russell^[4]
1735–1740: Philip Honywood^[5]
1740–1741: Thomas Whetham^[6]
1742: James Tyrrell^[7]
1742–1753: Thomas Howard^[8]
1753–1765: John Guise^[9]
1765–1778: Robert Monckton^[10]
1778: Sir John Clavering^[11] (in fact Clavering had died in the East Indies the previous year)
1778–1780: Sir John Mordaunt^[12]
1780–1795: Hon. John Vaughan^[13]
1795–1808: Hon. William Howe, later Viscount Howe^[14]
1808–1833: Banastre Tarleton^[15]
1833–1850: Sir James Bathurst^[16]

Lieutenant-Governors

1702–1705: Edward Nott^[17]
1705: William Dobyns^[18]
?–1733: Rich Russell
1733–1737: James St. Clair^[19]
1737–1747: John Price^[20]
1749–1764: John Barrington^[21]
1765?-1767: Roderick Gwynne
1767–1793: William Hill^[22]
1793–1794: Gerard Lake^[23]
1794–1795: Edmund Stevens^[24]
1795–?1842: George Ludlow^[25]

References

The London Gazette

^ "Sir Alexander de Seton". Archived from the original on 6 October 2011.
^ Gazetteer for Scotland
^ "No. 7097". The London Gazette. 3 June 1732. p. 1.
^ "No. 7205". The London Gazette. 16 June 1733. p. 1.
^ "No. 7428". The London Gazette. 12 August 1735. p. 1.
^ "No. 7909". The London Gazette. 10 May 1740. p. 2.
^ "No. 8119". The London Gazette. 15 May 1742. p. 2.
^ "No. 8161". The London Gazette. 9 October 1742. p. 2.
^ "No. 9264". The London Gazette. 1 May 1753. p. 2.
^ John Brooke, MONCKTON, Hon. Robert (1726-82). in The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1754-1790, 1964.
^ Robert Beatson, A political index to the histories of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2 (London, 1806), page 157
^ "No. 11867". The London Gazette. 18 April 1778. p. 1.
^ "No. 12132". The London Gazette. 31 October 1780. p. 1.
^ "No. 13801". The London Gazette. 1 August 1795. p. 805.
^ "No. 16122". The London Gazette. 23 February 1808. p. 284.
^ "No. 19019". The London Gazette. 5 February 1833. p. 247.
^ Charles Dalton, English Army Lists and Commission Registers, volume V (London, 1902) page 156.
^ Dalton, English Army Lists, volume V, page 158.
^ "No. 7205". The London Gazette. 16 June 1733. p. 1.
^ Notes and Queries, 12th series, volume III, page 11. 6 January 1917.
^ "No. 8874". The London Gazette. 8–12 August 1749. p. 1.
^ "No. 10767". The London Gazette. 26–29 September 1767. p. 2.
^ "No. 13583". The London Gazette. 19–22 October 1793. p. 926.
^ "No. 13706". The London Gazette. 20–23 September 1794. p. 963.
^ "No. 13796". The London Gazette. 14–18 July 1795. p. 743.

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