The Governor of Londonderry and Culmore was a British military appointment. The Governor was the officer who commanded the garrison and fortifications of the city of Derry and of Culmore fort. The Governor was paid by The Honourable The Irish Society. Governors of Londonderry and Culmore 1603–1606: The 1st Baron Docwra of Culmore 1606–1608: Sir George Paulet 1611–1643: Sir John Vaughan 1643–1644: Sir Robert Stewart 1644–1645: Colonel Audley Mervyn 1645–1648: Thomas Folliott, 2nd Baron Folliott 1648–1649: The 2nd Earl of Mountrath 1649–?: Robert Venables (left Ireland 1654) 1660–1661: Sir Robert Stewart (d. c.1670) (second term) 1661–: Colonel John Gorges 1678–1688: John Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Massereene 1688–1689: Colonel Robert Lundy (deserted 1689) 1689: Sir George Walker / Henry Baker (died 1689)(jointly) 1690: John Mitchelburne 1691–1699: Sir Matthew Bridges 1699–1714: Clotworthy Skeffington, 3rd Viscount Massereene 1714–1719: Thomas Meredyth 1719–1734?: Henry Barry, 3rd Baron Barry of Santry 1735?–1737: Lieutenant-General Owen Wynne 1737–1739: Lieutenant-General Thomas Pearce 1739–1740: Charles Cathcart, 8th Lord Cathcart 1745–1749: Lieutenant-General Phineas Bowles 1749–1756: Lieutenant-General Henry Cornewall 1756–1774: Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Rich, 5th Bt 1774–1775: General Sir George Augustus Eliott 1775–1776: General Sir John Irwin 1776–1806: John Hale 1806: General The 1st Baron Hutchinson 1806–1820: General The 15th Earl of Suffolk 1820–1832: Lieutenant-General George Vaughan Hart, M.P. 1832–1860: Field Marshal The 1st Earl of Strafford References History of Derry (city) British military appointments Military history of County Londonderry Londonderry