Governor of Chester
# Governor of Chester

The Governor of Chester was a military officer responsible for the garrison at Chester Castle. The equivalent or related role from the 11th to 14th centuries was Constable of Chester.

## Governors

* 1399: John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
* 1643: (11 November–) John Byron, 1st Baron Byron
* 1644 (19 May–): William Legge
* 1644: John Marrow (shot by Parliamentary forces)
* 1644: Sir Nicholas Byron (captured during siege)
* 1644: John Byron, 1st Baron Byron
* 1646–?: Michael Jones (Parliamentarian)
* 1647- Col. William Massey of Audlem arrested by mutineers 30 June 1647- (Dore)
* 1650: Robert Dukenfield
* 1650s: Thomas Croxton
* 1659: Richard Dutton
* ?–1660: Robert Venables
* 1660–1663: Sir Evan Lloyd, 1st Baronet
* 1663–1682: Sir Geoffrey Shakerley
* 1682–1689: Peter Shakerley
* 1689–1693: Sir John Morgan, 2nd Baronet
* 1693–1702: Roger Kirkby
* 1702–1705: Peter Shakerley (again)
* 1705–1713: Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley
* 1713–1714: Thomas Ashton
* 1714–1725: Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley (again)
* 1725–1733: George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley
* 1725–1770: George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley
* 1770–1775: James Cholmondeley
* 1775–1796: Charles Rainsford
* 1796–1844: Edward Morrison

## Lieutenant-governors

* 1644: Sir Francis Gamell
* 1705– : Thomas Brooke
* 1712–1713: Thomas Ashton
* 1715–1730: William Newton
* 1731–1770: James Cholmondeley
* 1770–1779: David Home
* 1779–1786: Thomas Fraser
* 1786–1802: William Gunn
* 1802–1817: William Grey
* 1817–1828: Edmund Coghlan
* 1828–1843: Sir John Fraser
