The Governor of Pendennis Castle was a military officer who commanded the fortifications at Pendennis Castle

Pendennis Castle

Pendennis Castle is a Henrician castle, also known as one of Henry VIII's Device Forts, in the English county of Cornwall. It was built in 1539 for King Henry VIII to guard the entrance to the River Fal on its west bank, near Falmouth. St Mawes Castle is its opposite number on the east bank and...

, part of the defenses of the River Fal

River Fal

The River Fal flows through Cornwall, United Kingdom, rising on the Goss Moor and reaching the English Channel at Falmouth. On or near the banks of the Fal are the castles of Pendennis and St Mawes as well as Trelissick Garden. The River Fal separates the Roseland peninsula from the rest of...

 and Carrick Roads

Carrick Roads

Carrick Roads is located on the southern Cornish coast in the UK, near Falmouth. It is a large waterway created after the Ice age from an ancient valley which flooded as the melt waters caused the sea level to rise dramatically , creating a large natural harbour which is navigable from Falmouth to...

. Originally fortified under Henry VIII, defenses in the area were intermittently maintained through World War II

World War II

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. The office of governor was abolished in 1837, when Gen. Anderson received the colonelcy of the 78th Regiment of Foot

78th Regiment of Foot

The 78th Regiment of Foot was a Highland Infantry Regiment of the Line raised in late 18th Century Scotland for service against the French during the Napoleonic Wars.- History :The original 78th Foot was raised by the Earl of Seaforth in 1778...

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Governors of Pendennis

• c.1643–1646: Sir John Arundell
  John Arundell (born 1576)
  Sir John Arundell , nicknamed "Jack for the King", was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1640. He was Royalist governor of Pendennis Castle during the English Civil War....
  
  
• 1646–1648: Richard Fortescue
• 1648–1658?: Sir Hardres Waller
  Hardress Waller
  Sir Hardress Waller , cousin of Sir William Waller, was an English parliamentarian of note.-Life:Born in Groombridge, Kent, and descendant of Sir Richard Waller of Groombridge Place, Waller was knighted by Charles I in 1629...
  
  
• 1658?–1659: John Fox
• 1659–1660: Anthony Rowse
• 1660–1662: Sir Peter Killigrew
• 1662: Richard Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Trerice
  Richard Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Trerice
  Richard Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Trerice was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1664 when he was raised to the peerage...
  
  
• 1680–1696: John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
  John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
  John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath PC was an English royalist statesman, whose highest position was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland....
  
  
• 1696–1703: Bevil Granville
  Bevil Granville
  Sir Bevil Grenville or Granville was an English soldier, governor of Barbados.Grenville was the grandson of Sir Bevil Grenville, and the son of Bernard Grenville, M.P., and groom of the bedchamber to Charles II, by his wife Anne, daughter and sole heiress of Cuthbert Morley of Hornby, Yorkshire....
  
  
• 1703–1714: George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
  George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
  George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne PC was an English poet, playwright, and politician who served as a Privy Counsellor from 1712.-Early life:...
  
  
• 1714–1726: Richard Munden
• 1726–1734: John Hobart
• 1735–1737: James Tyrrell
• 1737–1749: William Barrell
• 1749–1753: John Laforey
• 1753–1774: Arthur Owen
• 1774–1775: Charles Beauclerk
• 1775–1793: Robert Robinson
• 1793–1823: Felix Buckley
• 1823–1832: Sir Martin Hunter
  Martin Hunter (British Army officer)
  General Sir Martin Hunter, GCH, GCMG was a British Army officer, and governor of Stirling Castle.In 1797, he married Scottish heiress Jean Dickson . They had a large family....
  
  
• 1832–1837: Paul Anderson
• office abolished

Lieutenant-Governors of Pendennis

• 1729–1739?: John Folliott
• ?–1747: Daniel Houghton
• 1747–?: John Waite
• 1749–1769: Richard Bowles
• 1769–1776: William Fawcett
• 1776–1797: Nevinson Poole
• 1797–1811: Philip Melvill
  Philip Melvill
  Philip Melvill was a nineteenth century philanthropist of Falmouth, Cornwall .He was born in 1762 in Dunbar, in East Lothian on the southeast coast of Scotland.-Military service:...
  
  
• 1811–1814: James Considine
• 1814–1832: William Fenwick
• 1832–1835: Loftus Grey
• office abolished