Governor of Fort William explained

The Governor of Fort William was a British Army officer who commanded the garrison at Fort William in Inverness-shire. The office became a sinecure and was abolished in 1833.

Governors of Fort William

• 1691: Colonel Hill
• 1725: Charles Sibourg
• 1733: George Wade (also Governor of Fort George and Fort Augustus)
• 1743: Humphrey Bland
• 1752: Richard Onslow
• 1759: William Kingsley
• 1769: John Burgoyne
• 1779: The Hon. John Vaughan
• 1780: James Murray
• 1794: The Hon. William Harcourt
• 1795: Edmund Stevens^[1]

Lieutenant-Governors of Fort William

• ... Campbell
• 1752: John Leighton
• 1764–1804: James Forbes, 16th Lord Forbes
• 1804–1812: Donald Macdonald
• 1812: Sir James Kempt

Notes and References

1. Correcting