Governor of Upnor Castle
# Governor of Upnor Castle

The Governor of Upnor Castle was a military officer who commanded the fortifications at Upnor Castle, part of the defenses of the Medway estuary. Upnor became largely obsolete as a fortress after 1668, but it continued to serve as a magazine and ordnance facility until 1945.

## Governors of Upnor

* ?–1694: Robert Mynors Esq.
* 1695–1696: Sir Thomas Taylor, 2nd Baronet
* 1697: Edward Rouse
* ?–1711: Edward Hastings
* 1711–1733: John Webb
* bef. 1756–1775: William Deane
* 1775–1778: James Murray
* 1778–1784: William Brown
* 1784–1796: Paulus Aemilius Irving
* 1796–1816: Jeffrey Amherst
* 1816–1835: Alexander Lawrence
