List of governors of the Isle of Wight explained

Below is a list of those who have held the office of Governor of the Isle of Wight in England. Lord Mottistone was the last lord lieutenant to hold the title governor, from 1992 to 1995; since then there has been no governor appointed.

Governors of the Isle of Wight

• 1509–1520: Sir Nicholas Wadham (1472-1542) of Merryfield and Edge, "Captain of the Isle of Wight".^[1]
• 1520–1538: Sir James Worsley^[2]
• 1538 - 1540: Thomas Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell (later Earl of Essex)
• 1540–1553: Richard Worsley^[3]
• 1553–1558: Sir William Girling
• 1558–1560: William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester
• 1560–1565: Richard Worsley (reappointed)^[3]
• 1565–1583: Sir Edward Horsey
• 1583–1603: Sir George Carey, 2nd Lord Hunsdon
• 1603–1624: Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton
• 1633–1642: Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland
• 1642–1647: Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke
• 1647–1647: Robert Hammond
• 1648–1659: Col. William Sydenham
• 1660: Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
• 1660–1661: Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland
• 1661–1667: Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper
• 1668–1692: Sir Robert Holmes
• 1693: Hon. Thomas Tollemache
• 1693–1707: John Cutts, 1st Baron Cutts
• 1707–1710: Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton
• 1710–1715: General John Richmond Webb
• 1715–1726: William Cadogan (later Earl Cadogan)
• 1726–1733: Charles Paulet, 3rd Duke of Bolton
• 1733–1734: John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu
• 1734–1742: John Wallop, 1st Viscount Lymington
• 1742–1746: Charles Paulet, 3rd Duke of Bolton
• 1746–1762: John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth
• 1763–1764: Thomas Holmes, 1st Baron Holmes
• 1764–1766: Hans Stanley
• 1766–1770: Harry Paulet, 6th Duke of Bolton
• 1770–1780: Hans Stanley
• 1780–1782: Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet
  • • 1782–1791: Harry Paulet, 6th Duke of Bolton 1791–1807: Thomas Orde-Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton 1807–1841: James Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury
• 1841–1857: William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury
• 1857–1888: Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley
• 1889–1896: Prince Henry of Battenberg
• 1896–1944: Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
• 1957–1965: Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington
• 1965–1974: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (Lord Lieutenant 1974–1979)
• 1992–1995: David Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone

Lieutenant-governors of the Isle of Wight

• c.1689–1693: William Stephens^[4]
• 1694–1701: Joseph Dudley^[5]
• 1702–1710: Anthony Morgan^[6]
• 1710–1714: Henry Holmes^[7]
• 1715–1729: Anthony Morgan^[6]
• 1731–1733: Maurice Morgan^[8]
• 1733–1751: Charles Armand Powlett^[9]
• 1754–1762: Henry Holmes^[10]
• 1763–1766: John Stanwix^[11]
• ?1766–1768: John Mompesson^[12]
• 1768–1795: William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe^[12]
• 1795–1798: Sir Ralph Abercrombie^[13]
• 1798–1808: Sir William Medows
• 1808–1812: Francis Edward Gwyn
• 1812–1815: Charles Leigh^[14]
• 1815–1839: Mervyn Archdall^[15]

Deputy Governors

• 1899–1910: Thomas Belhaven Henry Cochrane
• 1910–1913: Francis John Stuart Hay-Newton
• 1913–1928: Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson

See also

• Isle of Wight
• Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight

References

Sources

• The London Gazette
• Robert Walcott, English Politics in the Early Eighteenth Century (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1956)

Notes and References

1. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/wadham-sir-nicholas-1472-1542 Virgoe, Roger, Biography of Wadham, Sir Nicholas (by 1472-1542), of Merrifield, nr. Ilton, Som., Published in The History of Parliament: House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982
2. Web site: Minor Fortifications of the Isle of Wight . Isle of Wight History Centre.
3. Web site: WORSLEY, Richard (by 1517-65), of Appuldurcombe in Godshill, I.o.W.. History of Parliament Online. 1 October 2016.
4. Web site: Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys . STEPHENS, Sir William (c.1641-97), of Barton, I.o.W. . History of Parliament Online . 2017-10-10.
5. Web site: Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys . DUDLEY, Joseph (1647-1720), of Cowes, I.o.W. and Roxbury, Massachusetts . History of Parliament Online . 2017-10-10.
6. Web site: Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys . MORGAN, Anthony (d.1729), of Freshwater, I.o.W. . History of Parliament Online . 2017-10-10.
7. Web site: Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys . HOLMES, Henry (d. 1738), of Thorley, Yarmouth, I.o.W. . History of Parliament Online . 2017-10-10.
8. Web site: Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys . MORGAN, Maurice (1692-1733). . History of Parliament Online . 2017-10-10.
9. The Historical Register, 1733
10. Web site: Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys . HOLMES, Henry (1703-62). . History of Parliament Online . 2017-10-10.
11. Web site: Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys . STANWIX, John (1693-1766), of Carlisle, Cumb. . History of Parliament Online . 2017-10-10.
12. The Scots Magazine, Volume 30, page 615
13. Web site: Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys . ABERCROMBY, Sir Ralph (1734-1801), of Tullibody, Clackmannan. . History of Parliament Online . 2017-10-10.
14. Web site: Royal Military Calendar. 63. 1815. Philippart. John.
15. New Army List, 1839