List of Governors of Berwick-upon-Tweed

Below is a list of those who have held the office of Governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed:

Governors of Berwick-upon-Tweed

1328 - 1333 Sir Alexander de Seton, Lord of Seton & Winchburgh ^[1]

1440-?: Sir Henry Percy

1484-?: Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland

(Henry VIII): Sir Thomas Clifford

(Mary I): John Conyers, 3rd Baron Conyers

1564-?: Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford

1568-?: Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon

(James I): John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon

c.1610: Sir James Dundas of Arniston^[2]

1639-?: Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey

1660-1675: William Widdrington, 2nd Baron Widdrington
1675-1686: Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1686-1688: William Widdrington, 3rd Baron Widdrington

1702–1711: 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–?: Richard Russell
1740–1741: Thomas Whetham^[4]
1742: James Tyrrell^[5]
1742–1753: Thomas Howard^[6]
1753–1765: John Guise^[7]
1765–1776? Robert Monckton
1776–1777: Sir John Clavering
1778–1780: Sir John Mordaunt^[8]
1780–1795: Hon. John Vaughan^[9]
1795–1808: Hon. William Howe, later Viscount Howe^[10]
1808–1833: Banastre Tarleton^[11]
1833–1850: Sir James Bathurst^[12]

References

The London Gazette

^ http://www.cyberancestors.com/cummins/ps111/ps111_291.htm
^ Gazetteer for Scotland
^ London Gazette: no. 7097. p. 1. 3 June 1732.
^ London Gazette: no. 7909. p. 2. 10 May 1740.
^ London Gazette: no. 8119. p. 2. 15 May 1742.
^ London Gazette: no. 8161. p. 2. 9 October 1742.
^ London Gazette: no. 9264. p. 2. 1 May 1753.
^ London Gazette: no. 11867. p. 1. 18 April 1778.
^ London Gazette: no. 12132. p. 1. 31 October 1780.
^ London Gazette: no. 13801. p. 805. 1 August 1795.
^ London Gazette: no. 16122. p. 284. 23 February 1808.
^ London Gazette: no. 19019. p. 247. 5 February 1833.