List of Governors of Berwick-upon-Tweed

Below is a list of those who have held the office of Governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed, including the garrison at Holy Island (during English occupation of the Royal Burgh):

Governors of Berwick-upon-Tweed

For Scotland

• 1295 -1296 Sir William Douglas
• 1328 - 1333 Sir Alexander de Seton, Lord of Seton & Winchburgh [1]
• 1333 Sir William Keith
• 1333 Patrick de Dunbar

For England

• 1302: Edmund Hasting
• 1440-?: Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland

For Scotland

• 1461 Sir Robert Lauder
• 1474: David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford
• 1478: Sir Robert Lauder (again)
• 1482: Patrick Hepburn, 1st Lord Hailes

For England

• 1484-?: Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
• ?–1539: Sir Thomas Clifford
• 1539–?: William Eure, 1st Baron Eure (died 1548)
• 1553–?: John Conyers, 3rd Baron Conyers (died 1557)
• 1559–1562: William Grey, 13th Baron Grey de Wilton
• 1564-1568: Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford
• 1568-1596: Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon
• 1596–1598: John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon
• 1598-1601: Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
• 1601–1603: John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon (2nd term)
• c.1610: Sir James Dundas of Arniston[2]
• 1639-?: Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey
• 1649–: Colonel George Fenwick
• 1660-1675: William Widdrington, 2nd Baron Widdrington
• 1675-1686: Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• 1686-1688: William Widdrington, 3rd Baron Widdrington
• 1689–1690: Philip Babington
• 1691–1699: Richard Leveson (died 1699)
• 1702–1707: Edmund Maine

For Great Britain (post 1707 Act of Union)

• 1707–1711: Edmund Maine
• 1713–1715: Sir Henry Belasyse
• 1715–1718: Charles Wills
• 1718–1719: George MacCartney
• 1719–1732: Joseph Sabine
• 1732–1733: George Wade[3]
• 1733–1735: Rich Russell[4]
• 1735–1740: Philip Honywood[5]
• 1740–1741: Thomas Whetham[6]
• 1742: James Tyrrell[7]
• 1742–1753: Thomas Howard[8]
• 1753–1765: John Guise[9]
• 1765–1778: Robert Monckton[10]
• 1778: Sir John Clavering[11] (in fact Clavering had died in the East Indies the previous year)
• 1778–1780: Sir John Mordaunt[12]
• 1780–1795: Hon. John Vaughan[13]
• 1795–1808: Hon. William Howe, later Viscount Howe[14]
• 1808–1833: Banastre Tarleton[15]
• 1833–1850: Sir James Bathurst[16]

Lieutenant-Governors

• 1702–1705: Edward Nott[17]
• 1705: William Dobyns[18]
• ?–1733: Rich Russell
• 1733–1737: James St. Clair[19]
• 1737–1747: John Price[20]
• 1749–1764: John Barrington[21]
• 1765?-1767: Roderick Gwynne
• 1767–1793: William Hill[22]
• 1793–1794: Gerard Lake[23]
• 1794–1795: Edmund Stevens[24]
• 1795–?1842: George Ludlow[25]

References

• The London Gazette

1. http://www.cyberancestors.com/cummins/ps111/ps111_291.htm
2. Gazetteer for Scotland
3. "No. 7097". The London Gazette. 3 June 1732. p. 1.
4. "No. 7205". The London Gazette. 16 June 1733. p. 1.
5. "No. 7428". The London Gazette. 12 August 1735. p. 1.
6. "No. 7909". The London Gazette. 10 May 1740. p. 2.
7. "No. 8119". The London Gazette. 15 May 1742. p. 2.
8. "No. 8161". The London Gazette. 9 October 1742. p. 2.
9. "No. 9264". The London Gazette. 1 May 1753. p. 2.
10. John Brooke, MONCKTON, Hon. Robert (1726-82). in The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1754-1790, 1964.
11. Robert Beatson, A political index to the histories of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2 (London, 1806), page 157
12. "No. 11867". The London Gazette. 18 April 1778. p. 1.
13. "No. 12132". The London Gazette. 31 October 1780. p. 1.
14. "No. 13801". The London Gazette. 1 August 1795. p. 805.
15. "No. 16122". The London Gazette. 23 February 1808. p. 284.
16. "No. 19019". The London Gazette. 5 February 1833. p. 247.
17. Charles Dalton, English Army Lists and Commission Registers, volume V (London, 1902) page 156.
18. Dalton, English Army Lists, volume V, page 158.
19. "No. 7205". The London Gazette. 16 June 1733. p. 1.
20. Notes and Queries, 12th series, volume III, page 11. 6 January 1917.
21. "No. 8874". The London Gazette. 8–12 August 1749. p. 1.
22. "No. 10767". The London Gazette. 26–29 September 1767. p. 2.
23. "No. 13583". The London Gazette. 19–22 October 1793. p. 926.
24. "No. 13706". The London Gazette. 20–23 September 1794. p. 963.
25. "No. 13796". The London Gazette. 14–18 July 1795. p. 743.