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Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of
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Lieutenant Governorship was vested in the General Officer Commanding
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The
Warship Mary Rose: the Life and Times of King Henry VIII's Flagship
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Constables of the King's Castle at
Portchester and Town of Portsmouth
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487:
1647-?: Colonel Thomas
Betsworth (or Bettesworth or Bettisworth)
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Prince
William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
1467:"The Governors & Lieutenant Governors of Portsmouth"
1074:. The National Archives, War Office Records, WO65/49.
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from 1793 to 1865, in the General Officer Commanding
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1487:English Politics in the Early Eighteenth Century
1523:Governors and constables in England and Wales
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848:. Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
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350:William North, 6th Baron North and Grey
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681:1857: Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir
128:Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury
107:Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel
95:Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel
86:Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel
34:from the 13th Century to the reign of
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719:Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
598:20 May 1813: Lieutenant-General Hon.
544:15 February 1752: Captain John Murray
326:Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough
244:William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
167:Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel
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556:16 January 1796: Lieutenant-General
547:27 March 1775: Colonel Robert Watson
416:Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke
332:James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
250:Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon
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434:William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt
380:Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon
225:Henry Radclyffe, 4th Earl of Sussex
134:John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester
122:John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
13:
800:
452:Lieutenant-Governors of Portsmouth
232:Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy
14:
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1276:. 20 December 1814. p. 2487.
1196:. 21 December 1805. p. 1597.
1037:. 14 September 1790. p. 573.
831:. Chatham Publishing. p. 59.
610:25 September 1814: Major-General
580:22 June 1805: Major-General Hon.
374:John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
320:George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth
1436:. 14 October 1806. p. 1362.
1316:. 30 October 1819. p. 1914.
1134:. 6 November 1804. p. 1367.
1094:. 23 February 1799. p. 190.
968:. 9 November 1827. p. 2298.
760:16 October 1753: Patrick Douglas
737:Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
586:24 December 1805: Major-General
562:21 February 1799: Major-General
463:1593/4?–1605: Sir Benjamin Berry
398:James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley
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1296:. 17 August 1819. p. 1475.
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769:18 October 1806: Nathan Ashurst
623:20 October 1819: Major-General
604:27 January 1814: Major-General
592:26 January 1808: Major-General
532:1717: Hon. Colonel Peter Hawker
284:George Goring, 1st Baron Goring
256:George Goring, 1st Baron Goring
1456:. 13 January 1821. p. 93.
1336:. 4 August 1821. p. 1617.
997:. 11 February 1752. p. 2.
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616:21 August 1819: Major-General
262:Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet
1:
1396:. 16 October 1753. p. 3.
1057:. 6 January 1796. p. 64.
842:Markham, Clements R. (1888).
747:1898: Lieutenant General Sir
735:1890: Lieutenant-General the
693:1865: Lieutenant-General Sir
637:20 March 1828: Major-General
1416:. 6 January 1781. p. 2.
1356:. 1 April 1828. p. 629.
1236:. 25 May 1813. p. 1018.
1154:. 18 June 1805. p. 797.
948:. 2 January 1827. p. 2.
630:23 July 1821: Major-General
568:25 June 1799: Major-General
7:
1371:The United Service Magazine
1114:. 25 June 1799. p. 63.
1017:. 25 March 1775. p. 1.
908:. 11 April 1778. p. 1.
775:2 October 1823: Henry White
729:1889: General the Hon. Sir
659:Lord Frederick FitzClarence
550:18 September 1790: Colonel
153:1483–1484: William Mirfield
22:The Round Tower, Portsmouth
10:
1760:
1166:"The Gentleman's Magazine"
888:. 27 July 1773. p. 2.
782:
574:10 November 1804: Colonel
499:1665: Sir Phillip Honywood
475:1624: Sir Richard Morrison
460:1558–1559?: Edward Turnour
314:Prince James, Duke of York
102:1361-1367: John de Edyndon
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928:. 28 May 1782. p. 5.
868:. 10 May 1740. p. 2.
755:Town Majors of Portsmouth
657:1846: Lieutenant-General
651:1839: Lieutenant-General
490:1656: Major Peter Murford
150:1483: Sir William Uvedale
1734:Portsmouth-related lists
741:1893: Major General Sir
669:1852: Major-General Sir
663:1851: Major-General Sir
612:Kenneth Alexander Howard
523:1697: Hon. Robert Fregue
457:1514: Sir Thomas Wyndham
444:3 November 1827 – 1834:
49:Hospital of St. Nicholas
1739:Lists of English people
795:Governors of Portsmouth
528:Colonel Sir John Gibson
519:Colonel Sir John Gibson
195:(Captain of Portsmouth)
182:(Captain of Portsmouth)
173:Governors of Portsmouth
140:William Fiennes de Saye
117:1441: Sir John Cherowin
78:1316: Eustace de Haeche
75:1289–1290: Henry Hussey
827:Childs, David (2007).
707:Charles Hastings Doyle
466:1615: Sir John Burlace
99:1347: Eustace de Hocke
28:Governor of Portsmouth
23:
1566:Gravesend and Tilbury
797:History in Portsmouth
653:Sir Hercules Pakenham
514:1689: Colonel Rearsby
484:1640-1: Robert Willis
30:was the Constable of
21:
687:1860: Major-General
677:Henry William Breton
675:1855: Major-General
644:1834: Major-General
495:Sir William Berkeley
227:(Warden and Captain)
81:1327: John de Basing
749:Baker Creed Russell
701:Viscount Templetown
689:Lord William Paulet
541:1751: John Leighton
535:1731: General Hon.
219:Sir Adrian Poynings
60:South-West District
1536:Berwick-upon-Tweed
1453:The London Gazette
1433:The London Gazette
1413:The London Gazette
1393:The London Gazette
1353:The London Gazette
1333:The London Gazette
1313:The London Gazette
1293:The London Gazette
1273:The London Gazette
1253:The London Gazette
1233:The London Gazette
1213:The London Gazette
1193:The London Gazette
1151:The London Gazette
1131:The London Gazette
1111:The London Gazette
1091:The London Gazette
1054:The London Gazette
1034:The London Gazette
1014:The London Gazette
994:The London Gazette
965:The London Gazette
945:The London Gazette
925:The London Gazette
905:The London Gazette
885:The London Gazette
865:The London Gazette
845:The Fighting Veres
763:1781: Thomas Smelt
723:1884: General Sir
711:1877: General Sir
705:1874: General Sir
646:Sir Thomas McMahon
639:Sir Colin Campbell
588:Sir George Prevost
440:Sir William Keppel
162:1511: Stephen Cope
32:Portchester Castle
24:
1721:
1720:
1662:Carisbrook Castle
1546:Canterbury Castle
1373:, vol. 29 (1839)
368:George MacCartney
338:Thomas Tollemache
302:Nathaniel Whetham
279:1648: Robert Legg
206:Richard Wingfield
113:Sir Robert Ashton
90:1338: John Hacket
64:Southern District
1751:
1682:Lancaster Castle
1667:Criccieth Castle
1606:Rochester Castle
1586:Pendennis Castle
1517:
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1485:Robert Walcott,
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238:Sir Francis Vere
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618:Sir James Kempt
606:William Houston
600:Thomas Maitland
570:John Whitelocke
469:1620–1624: Sir
454:
410:Robert Monckton
386:Philip Honywood
296:John Desborough
269:William Jephson
264:(Parliamentary)
212:Chidiock Paulet
193:John Chadderton
185:1544–1545: Sir
178:1538-1540: Sir
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