Talk:Governor of Fort William

Sir William Gordon of Afton, 1st Bt.
He was commissioned in 1670 with the rank of officer, in the service of the army of Frederick, Duke of Brandenburg. He fought in the Duke of Monmouth's uprising in 1685. He was a member of King William III's entourage, landing with him at Torbay on 5 November 1688. He fought in the Battle of Steenkirk in July 1692. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He held the office of Governor of Fort William. - Source: The Peerage Shipsview (talk) 23:08, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Earlier Governors
In addition to the above: • The Caledonian Mercury, of October 16, 1745, contains details of a letter dated April 20, 1692, referring to matters in Glenco (sic), which refers to 'Colonel Hill, Governor of Fort William at Ibverlochy'. • In March 1715, 'The current governor Alexander Campbell was a "careful and good man", but there were doubts about his competence; on 15 March 1746, he was replaced by Captain Caroline Frederick Scott of Guise's Regiment'. Shipsview (talk) 14:28, 9 February 2021 (UTC) • To bring the Highlands to heel, William required the Chiefs of the hostile clans to sign an oath of allegiance to him by 31 December 1691. Most were not keen but did so. MacIain, chief of the MacDonald’s of Glencoe, went to Fort William to sign on December 30, 1691 but the governor, Colonel John Hill, was not empowered to administer the oath. Shipsview (talk) 11:50, 15 October 2021 (UTC) • The poor state of repair of most forts is also revealed by correspondence between Sir Robert Pollock, Governor of Fort William, and government officials in London. (C1715) • Fort William’s governor between 1733 and 1748 was also governor of Forts Augustus and George Shipsview (talk) 12:13, 15 October 2021 (UTC)