List of Governors of Minorca

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Below is a list of (known) Governors of Minorca from the time of the British occupation in 1708.

Contents 1 British occupation (1708-1756) 2 French occupation (1756-1763) 3 British occupation (1763-1782) 4 British occupation (1798-1802) 5 See also 6 Sources

[edit] British occupation (1708-1756)

• 1708-1711: James Stanhope
• 1711-1713: John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (first time)
• 1713-1714: Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough
• 1714-1716: John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (second time)
• 1716-1718: George Carpenter
• 1718-1719: George Forbes
• 1720-1736: Richard Kane
• 1737-1742: Algernon Seymour, Earl of Hertford
• 1742-1747: John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
• 1747-1756: James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley

[edit] French occupation (1756-1763)

• 1756-1758: Hyacinthe Gaëtan de Lannion (first time)
• 1758-1759: Jean Toussaint de la Pierre, marquis de Frémeur
• 1759-1760: Louis-Félicien de Boffin d'Argenson et Pusignieu (first time)
• 1760-1762: Hyacinthe Gaëtan de Lannion (second time)
• 1762-1763: Louis-Félicien de Boffin d'Argenson et Pusignieu (second time)

[edit] British occupation (1763-1782)

• 1763-1766: Richard Lyttelton
• 1766-1768: George Howard
• 1768-1778: John Mostyn
• 1778-1782: James Murray

Restored to Spain (1782-1798)

[edit] British occupation (1798-1802)

• 1798-1800: Charles Stuart
• 1800-1802: Henry Edward Fox

Restored to Spain (1802-present)

[edit] See also

• Minorca - History section

[edit] Sources

• Rulers.org, B. Schemmel