Governor of Pendennis Castle

The Governor of Pendennis Castle was a military officer who commanded the fortifications at Pendennis Castle, part of the defenses of the River Fal and Carrick Roads. Originally fortified under Henry VIII, defenses in the area were intermittently maintained through World War II. The office of governor was abolished in 1837, when Gen. Anderson received the colonelcy of the 78th Regiment of Foot.

Governors of Pendennis

c.1643–1646: Sir John Arundell
1646–1648: Richard Fortescue
1648–1658?: Sir Hardres Waller
1658?–1659: John Fox
1659–1660: Anthony Rowse
1660–1662: Sir Peter Killigrew
1662: Richard Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Trerice
1680–1696: John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
1696–1703: Bevil Granville
1703–1714: George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
1714–1726: Richard Munden
1726–1734: John Hobart
1735–1737: James Tyrrell
1737–1749: William Barrell
1749–1753: John Laforey
1753–1774: Arthur Owen^[1]
1774–1775: Charles Beauclerk^[2]
1775–1793: Robert Robinson
1793–1823: Felix Buckley
1823–1832: Sir Martin Hunter
1832–1837: Paul Anderson^[3]
office abolished

Lieutenant-Governors of Pendennis

1729–1739?: John Folliott
?–1747: Daniel Houghton
1747–?: John Waite^[4]
1749–1769: Richard Bowles^[5]
1769–1776: William Fawcett
1776–1797: Nevinson Poole^[6]
1797–1811: Philip Melvill
1811–1814: James Considine^[7]
1814–1832: William Fenwick^[8]
1832–1835: Loftus Grey
office abolished

References

^ London Gazette: no. 9312. p. 3. 16 October 1753.
^ London Gazette: no. 11511. p. 1. 19 November 1774.
^ London Gazette: no. 18959. p. 1703. 24 July 1832.
^ London Gazette: no. 8725. p. 2. 5 March 1747.
^ London Gazette: no. 8874. p. 1. 8 August 1749.
^ London Gazette: no. 11719. p. 1. 16 November 1776.
^ London Gazette: no. 16539. p. 2167. 9 November 1811.
^ London Gazette: no. 16848. p. 211. 25 January 1814.