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