List of governors of Kingston upon Hull
# List of governors of Kingston upon Hull

Below is a list of those who have held the office of Governor of Kingston upon Hull:

## Governors of Kingston upon Hull

* 1536: John Hallam
* 1546–1552: Sir Michael Stanhope (beheaded, 1552)
* ?-1639: Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet
* 1639–1641: Sir Thomas Glemham
* 1642–?: William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (Royalist)
* 1642–?1645: Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet (Parliamentary) (beheaded by Parliament, 1645)
* 1645: Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (Parliamentary)
* 1645: Sir Thomas Fairfax (Parliamentary) Robert Overton served as his nominee until 1648;
* 1648–1654: Robert Overton (arrested for his alleged involvement in the Wildman conspiracy)
* 1655-1659: Henry Smith
* 1659: Robert Overton
* 1660–1661: Charles Fairfax
* 1661–1673: John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse
* 1673–1679: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
* 1679–1682: John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave
* 1682–1687: Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth
* 1687–1689: Marmaduke Langdale, 2nd Baron Langdale
* 1689–1699: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
* 1699–1711: John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
* 1711–1715: Richard Sutton
* 1715–1721: Rich Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine
* 1721–1725: Thomas Stanwix
* 1725–1732: George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley
* 1732–1738: Edward Montagu
* 1738–1740?: Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough
* 1740–1741: James Dormer
* 1743–1766: Harry Pulteney
* 1766–1785: Philip Honywood
* 1785–1794: James Murray
* 1794–1795: George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
* 1795–1801: William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt
* 1801–1808: John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde
* 1808–1813: Sir William Medows
* 1813–1814: Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond
* 1814–1830: Rowland Hill, 1st Baron Hill
* 1830–1843: William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart

## Lieutenant-Governors of Hull

* 1645–1648: Robert Overton
* 1711–1714: Bernard Granville
* 1749–1782: Lord Robert Manners
* 1782–1789: William Cashell
* 1789–1801: Thomas Jones
* 1801–1816: Francis Cunynghame
* 1816–1854: Sir Charles Wade Thornton
