Governor of Chester

The Governor of Chester was a military officer responsible for the garrison at Chester Castle. The equivalent or related role from the 11th to 14th centuries was Constable of Chester.

Governors

For earlier holders, see Constable of Chester.

• 1399: John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
• 1643: (11 November–) John Byron, 1st Baron Byron^[1]
• 1644 (19 May–): William Legge^[2][3]
• 1644: John Marrow (shot by Parliamentary forces)
• 1644: Sir Nicholas Byron (captured during siege)
• 1644: John Byron, 1st Baron Byron
• 1646–?: Michael Jones (Parliamentarian)
• 1647- Col. William Massey of Audlem arrested by mutineers 30 June 1647- (Dore)
• 1650: Robert Dukenfield
• 1650s: Thomas Croxton
• 1659: Richard Dutton
•  ?–1660: Robert Venables
• 1660–1663: Sir Evan Lloyd, 1st Baronet
• 1663–1682: Sir Geoffrey Shakerley
• 1682–1689: Peter Shakerley^[4]
• 1689–1693: Sir John Morgan, 2nd Baronet^[5]
• 1693–1702: Roger Kirkby^[6]
• 1702–1705: Peter Shakerley (again)^[4]
• 1705–1713: Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley^[7][8]
• 1713–1714: Thomas Ashton^[8]
• 1714–1725: Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley (again)
• 1725–1733: George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley^[9]
• 1725–1770: George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley^[10]
• 1770–1775: James Cholmondeley^[11][12]
• 1775–1796: Charles Rainsford^[13]
• 1796–1844: Edward Morrison^[14]

Lieutenant-governors

• 1644: Sir Francis Gamell^[15]
• 1705–  : Thomas Brooke^[7]
• 1712–1713: Thomas Ashton^[16]
• 1715–1730: William Newton
• 1731–1770: James Cholmondeley^[11]
• 1770–1779: David Home^[12]
• 1779–1786: Thomas Fraser^[17]
• 1786–1802: William Gunn^[18]
• 1802–1817: William Grey^[19]
• 1817–1828: Edmund Coghlan^[20]
• 1828–1843: Sir John Fraser^[21]