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Below is a list of those who have held the office of Governor of
Berwick-upon-Tweed , including the garrison at
Holy Island (during English occupation of the Royal Burgh):
Governors of Berwick-upon-Tweed
1484-?:
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
?–1539:
Sir Thomas Clifford
1539–?:
William Eure, 1st Baron Eure (died 1548)
1553–?:
John Conyers, 3rd Baron Conyers (died 1557)
1559–1562:
William Grey, 13th Baron Grey de Wilton
1564-1568:
Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford
1568-1596:
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon
1596–1598:
John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon
1598-1601:
Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
1601–1603:
John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon (2nd term)
c.1610:
Sir James Dundas of Arniston
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1639-?:
Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey
1649–: Colonel George Fenwick
1660-1675:
William Widdrington, 2nd Baron Widdrington
1675-1686:
Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1686-1688:
William Widdrington, 3rd Baron Widdrington
1689–1690:
Philip Babington
1691–1699:
Richard Leveson (died 1699)
1702–1707:
Edmund Maine
For Great Britain (post 1707 Act of Union)
^
"Sir Alexander de Seton" . Archived from
the original on 6 October 2011.
^
Gazetteer for Scotland
^
"No. 7097" .
The London Gazette . 3 June 1732. p. 1.
^
"No. 7205" .
The London Gazette . 16 June 1733. p. 1.
^
"No. 7428" .
The London Gazette . 12 August 1735. p. 1.
^
"No. 7909" .
The London Gazette . 10 May 1740. p. 2.
^
"No. 8119" .
The London Gazette . 15 May 1742. p. 2.
^
"No. 8161" .
The London Gazette . 9 October 1742. p. 2.
^
"No. 9264" .
The London Gazette . 1 May 1753. p. 2.
^ John Brooke,
MONCKTON, Hon. Robert (1726-82). in The
History of Parliament : The House of Commons 1754-1790 , 1964.
^
Robert Beatson , A political index to the histories of Great Britain and Ireland , volume 2 (London, 1806),
page 157
^
"No. 11867" .
The London Gazette . 18 April 1778. p. 1.
^
"No. 12132" .
The London Gazette . 31 October 1780. p. 1.
^
"No. 13801" .
The London Gazette . 1 August 1795. p. 805.
^
"No. 16122" .
The London Gazette . 23 February 1808. p. 284.
^
"No. 19019" .
The London Gazette . 5 February 1833. p. 247.
^ Charles Dalton, English Army Lists and Commission Registers , volume V (London, 1902)
page 156 .
^ Dalton, English Army Lists , volume V,
page 158 .
^
"No. 7205" .
The London Gazette . 16 June 1733. p. 1.
^
Notes and Queries , 12th series, volume III,
page 11 . 6 January 1917.
^
"No. 8874" .
The London Gazette . 8–12 August 1749. p. 1.
^
"No. 10767" . The London Gazette . 26–29 September 1767. p. 2.
^
"No. 13583" . The London Gazette . 19–22 October 1793. p. 926.
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"No. 13706" . The London Gazette . 20–23 September 1794. p. 963.
^
"No. 13796" . The London Gazette . 14–18 July 1795. p. 743.
Governors and constables in England and Wales
Governors Constables Captains