Governor of Chester
The Governor of Chester was a military officer responsible for the garrison at Chester Castle. The equivalent or related role from the 11th to 14th centuries was Constable of Chester.
Governors
- 1399: John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
- 1643: John Byron, 1st Baron Byron
- 1644 : William Legge
- 1644: John Marrow
- 1644: Sir Nicholas Byron
- 1644: John Byron, 1st Baron Byron
- 1646–?: Michael Jones
- 1647- Col. William Massey of Audlem arrested by mutineers 30 June 1647-
- 1650: Robert Dukenfield
- 1650s: Thomas Croxton
- 1659: Richard Dutton
- ?–1660: Robert Venables
- 1660–1663: Sir Evan Lloyd, 1st Baronet
- 1663–1682: Sir Geoffrey Shakerley
- 1682–1689: Peter Shakerley
- 1689–1693: Sir John Morgan, 2nd Baronet
- 1693–1702: Roger Kirkby
- 1702–1705: Peter Shakerley
- 1705–1713: Hugh [Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley]
- 1713–1714: Thomas Ashton
- 1714–1725: Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley
- 1725–1733: George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley
- 1725–1770: George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley
- 1770–1775: James Cholmondeley
- 1775–1796: Charles Rainsford
- 1796–1844: Edward Morrison
Lieutenant-governors
- 1644: Sir Francis Gamell
- 1705– : Thomas Brooke
- 1712–1713: Thomas Ashton
- 1715–1730: William Newton
- 1731–1770: James Cholmondeley
- 1770–1779: David Home
- 1779–1786: Thomas Fraser
- 1786–1802: William Gunn
- 1802–1817: William Grey
- 1817–1828: Edmund Coghlan
- 1828–1843: John Fraser (British Army [officer, born 1760)|Sir John Fraser]