title: Governor of Worcester
text: # Governor of Worcester
  
  Governors of the city of Worcester, England, include:
  
  ## Civil War
  
  List of governors of Worcester during the English Civil War :
  
  | Name | Details |
  | - | - |
  | Sir John Byron | Commander of a Royalist military garrison for part of September 1642. |
  | Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex | Commander-in-chief of the Parliamentary army, occupied the city on 24 September 1642 and remained there for about a month before marching off to the Battle of Edgehill (23 October 1642). |
  | Colonel Thomas Essex | October–November 1642. — Parliamentarian governor appointed by Parliament. |
  | Sir William Russell | 1642–1643. — Royalist governor |
  | Colonel Gilbert Gerard | December 1643 – beginning of 1646. — Royalist governor |
  | Colonel Samuel Sandys | Beginning of 1646. — Royalist governor (having been acting governor during the Siege of Worcester (1643)) |
  | Lord Astley | Royalist governor who had succeeded colonel Samuel Sandys, was taken prisoner and confined at Warwick. |
  | Sir Henry Washington | Royalist governor during the Siege of Worcester (1646) at the end of the First Civil War |
  | Major-General Massey | Parliamentarian governor |
  