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