title: Governor of Upnor Castle
text: # 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.
  * 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
  * 1778–1784: William Brown
  * 1784–1796: Paulus Aemilius Irving
  * 1796–1816: Jeffrey Amherst
  * 1816–1835: Alexander Lawrence
  