List of governors of Kingston upon Hull

Below is a list of those who have held the office of Governor of Kingston upon Hull:

Governors of Kingston upon Hull

• 1536: John Hallam
• 1546–1552: Sir Michael Stanhope^[1] (beheaded, 1552)
• ?-1639: Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet
• 1639–1641: Sir Thomas Glemham^[2]
• 1642–?: William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (Royalist)
• 1642–?1645: Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet (Parliamentary) (beheaded by Parliament, 1645)
• 1645: Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (Parliamentary)^[1]
• 1645: Sir Thomas Fairfax (Parliamentary)^[1] Robert Overton served as his nominee until 1648;
• 1648–1654: Robert Overton (arrested for his alleged involvement in the Wildman conspiracy)
• 1655-1659: Henry Smith^[1]
• 1659: Robert Overton^[1]
• 1660–1661: Charles Fairfax
• 1661–1673: John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse
• 1673–1679: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
• 1679–1682: John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave^[3]
• 1682–1687: Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth
• 1687–1689: Marmaduke Langdale, 2nd Baron Langdale
• 1689–1699: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
• 1699–1711: John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• 1711–1715: Richard Sutton
• 1715–1721: Rich Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine^[4]
• 1721–1725: Thomas Stanwix
• 1725–1732: George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley
• 1732–1738: Edward Montagu
• 1738–1740?: Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough
• 1740–1741: James Dormer^[5]
• 1743–1766: Harry Pulteney^[6]
• 1766–1785: Philip Honywood
• 1785–1794: James Murray^[7]
• 1794–1795: George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
• 1795–1801: William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt^[8]
• 1801–1808: John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde^[9]
• 1808–1813: Sir William Medows^[10]
• 1813–1814: Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond^[11]
• 1814–1830: Rowland Hill, 1st Baron Hill^[12]
• 1830–1843: William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart^[13]

Lieutenant-Governors of Hull

• 1645–1648: Robert Overton
• 1711–1714: Bernard Granville^[14]
• 1749–1782: Lord Robert Manners^[15]
• 1782–1789: William Cashell^[16]
• 1789–1801: Thomas Jones^[17]
• 1801–1816: Francis Cunynghame^[9]
• 1816–1854: Sir Charles Wade Thornton