Governor of Upnor Castle

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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