Governor of Fort William
Former British Army office
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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[1]
- 1733: George Wade (also Governor of Fort George and Fort Augustus)[2]
- 1743: Humphrey Bland
- 1752: Richard Onslow[3]
- 1759: William Kingsley
- 1769: John Burgoyne
- 1779: John Vaughan[4]
- 1780: James Murray[5]
- 1794: William Harcourt[6]
- 1795: Edmund Stevens[7]
Lieutenant-Governors of Fort William
- ... Campbell
- 1752: John Leighton[3]
- 1764–1804: James Forbes, 16th Lord Forbes
- 1804–1812: Donald Macdonald[8]
- 1812: Sir James Kempt[9]