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.[1]
  • 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[2]
  • 1778–1784: William Brown[3]
  • 1784–1796: Paulus Aemilius Irving[4]
  • 1796–1816: Jeffrey Amherst[5]
  • 1816–1835: Alexander Lawrence[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Will of Robert Mynors, Governor of Their Majesty's Castle of Upnor of Frindsbury, Kent".
  2. ↑ "No. 11595". The London Gazette. 9 September 1775. p. 1.
  3. ↑ "No. 11867". The London Gazette. 18 April 1778. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "No. 12518". The London Gazette. 10 February 1784. p. 6.
  5. ↑ "No. 13888". The London Gazette. 30 April 1796. p. 403.
  6. ↑ "No. 17111". The London Gazette. 17 February 1816. p. 308.


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