title: Governor of Chester
text: # 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
  