Governor of Worcester

Governors of the city of Worcester, England, include:

Civil War

List of governors of Worcester during the English Civil War

Name	Details
Sir John Byron	Commander of a Royalist military garrison for part of September 1642.[1]
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex	Commander-in-chief of the Parliamentary army, occupied the city on 24 September 1642 and remained there for about a month before marching off to the Battle of Edgehill (23 October 1642).[2]
Colonel Thomas Essex	October–November 1642.[1] — Parliamentarian governor appointed by Parliament.[1]
Sir William Russell	1642–1643.[3] — Royalist governor
Colonel Gilbert Gerard	December 1643 – beginning of 1646.[4][a] — Royalist governor
Colonel Samuel Sandys	Beginning of 1646.[1][b] — Royalist governor (having been acting governor during the Siege of Worcester (1643))
Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading	Royalist governor who had succeeded colonel Samuel Sandys, was taken prisoner and confined at Warwick.[7]
Sir Henry Washington[7][8]	Royalist governor during the Siege of Worcester (1646) at the end of the First Civil War
Major-General Edward Massey[citation needed]	Parliamentarian governor