Governor of Londonderry
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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
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Derry
Derry or Londonderry is the second-biggest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-biggest city on the island of Ireland. The name Derry is an anglicisation of the Irish name Doire or Doire Cholmcille meaning "oak-wood of Colmcille"...
and of Culmore
Culmore
Culmore is a village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is between Derry and Muff, at the mouth of the River Foyle. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 2,960 people.- History :...
fort. The Governor was paid by The Honourable The Irish Society
The Honourable The Irish Society
The Honourable The Irish Society is the organisation created by royal charter consisting of members nominated by livery companies of the City of London, set up to colonise County Londonderry during the plantation of Ulster. Notably it was involved in the construction of the city of Londonderry,...
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Governors of Londonderry and Culmore
- 1612–? William CockayneWilliam CockayneSir William Cockayne , London, England, was a seventeenth-century London merchant, alderman, and, in 1619, Lord Mayor.-Life:...
- 1648–1649 Charles Coote, 2nd Earl of Mountrath
- 1649–? Robert VenablesRobert VenablesRobert Venables , was a soldier during the English Civil War and noted angler.Venables was lieutenant-colonel in the parliamentary army. He was wounded at Chester in 1645. He was appointed governor of Liverpool in 1648. He served with success in Ireland from 1649 until 1654...
- 1688–1689: Robert LundyRobert LundyRobert Lundy, , was Governor of Derry during the Siege of Derry.Nothing is known of Lundy's parentage or early life; but he had seen service in the foreign wars before 1688, when he was at Dublin with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the regiment of Lord Mountjoy...
- 1689 George WalkerGeorge Walker (soldier)Sir George Walker was an Irish soldier and Anglican priest, known as the Defender of Derry. He was joint Governor of Derry during the Siege in 1689. He was killed at the Battle of the Boyne while going to the aid of the wounded Duke of Schomberg.- Family :George Walker was born in about 1618 in...
/ 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 BowlesPhineas Bowles (1690–1749)Lieutenant-General Phineas Bowles was a British Army officer.He was the son of Major-General Phineas Bowles ....
- 1749–1756: Henry Cornewall
- 1756–1774: Sir Robert Rich, 5th BaronetSir Robert Rich, 5th BaronetLieutenant-General Sir Robert Rich, 5th Baronet was a British Army general and Governor of Londonderry and Culmore.He fought at the battle of Culloden as colonel of Barrel's regiment where he lost his left hand to a sword cut and nearly lost the right forearm to another, in addition to six cuts to...
- 1774–1775: George Augustus EliottGeorge Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron HeathfieldGeorge Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, KB was a British Army officer who took served in three major wars during the eighteenth century. He rose to distinction during the Seven Years War when he fought in Germany and participated in the British attacks on Belle Île and Cuba...
- 1775–1776: John IrwinJohn Irwin (British Army officer)General Sir John Irwin KB was a British Army officer.-Career:Educated in Ireland, Irwin was commissioned into the 5th Regiment of Foot in 1736...
- 1776–1806: John Hale
- 1806: John Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Baron HutchinsonJohn Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of DonoughmoreGeneral John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore GCB was an Anglo-Irish politician, hereditary peer and soldier.-Background:He was the son of John Hely-Hutchinson and the Baroness Donoughmore...
- 1806–1820: John Howard, 15th Earl of SuffolkJohn Howard, 15th Earl of SuffolkGeneral John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk, 8th Earl of Berkshire, FSA was a British soldier and nobleman.Howard was the third son of Capt. Philip Howard of the Royal Marines, grandson of Philip Howard. His father died in 1741...
- 1820–1832: Gen. George Vaughan HartGeorge Vaughan HartLieutenant-General George Vaughan Hart was a British Army officer and politician.He served with the 46th Regiment of Foot during the American War of Independence. He moved to India, where he took part in the battles of Seringa, Patan and Bangalore...
- 1832–1860: Sir John ByngJohn Byng, 1st Earl of StraffordField Marshal John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford, GCB, GCH, PC was a British peer, politician and soldier.-Early years:...