Governor of Londonderry

The Governor of Londonderry and Culmore was a British military appointment. The Governor was the officer who commanded the garrison and fortifications of the city of Derry and of Culmore fort. The Governor was paid by The Honourable The Irish Society.

Governors of Londonderry and Culmore

1612–? William Cockayne
1648–1649 Charles Coote, 2nd Earl of Mountrath
1649–? Robert Venables
1688–1689: Robert Lundy
1689 George Walker / Henry Baker
1690 John Mitchelborne
1691 Matthew Bridges
1714 Thomas Meredith
1719–1734?: Henry Barry, 3rd Baron Barry of Santry
1735?–1737: Owen Wynne
1737–1739: Thomas Pearce
1739?–1749: Phineas Bowles
1749–1756: Henry Cornewall^[1]
1756–1774: Sir Robert Rich, 5th Baronet^[2]
1774–1775: George Augustus Eliott
1775–1776: John Irwin^[3]
1776–1806: John Hale
1806: John Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Baron Hutchinson^[4]
1806–1820: John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk^[5]
1820–1832: Gen. George Vaughan Hart
1832–1860: Sir John Byng^[6]

References

^ London Gazette: no. 8898. p. 2. 31 October 1749.
^ London Gazette: no. 9576. p. 4. 20 April 1756.
^ London Gazette: no. 11558. p. 1. 2 May 1775.
^ London Gazette: no. 15904. p. 388. 25 March 1806.
^ London Gazette: no. 15912. p. 512. 22 April 1806.
^ London Gazette: no. 18957. p. 1674. 20 July 1832.