castle for King Charles I, and withstood a five-month long siege by Parliamentarian forces, at the end of which his forces were reduced by hunger to eating their horses. He obtained an honourable surrender. 1646–1648: Col. Richard Fortescue (d.1657), for Parliament. His relationship to the prominent Devonshire family of Fortescue of Filleigh and Weare Giffard is unclear. He was seated at Hickfield in the county of Southampton, and was later Commander-in-Chief in Jamaica, where he died in 1657. 1648-1649: John Fox, for Parliament/Commonwealth. 1649–1658?: Sir Hardres Waller, for Parliament/Commonwealth. 1659–1660: Anthony Rowse, for Parliament/Commonwealth. 1660–1662: Sir Peter Killigrew, 2nd Baronet (c. 1634-1704), appointed at the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, by General George Monck. A grandson of the 3rd Governor John V Killigrew (c. 1557 – 1605), of Arwennack. 1662: Richard Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Trerice (c. 1616 – 1687), 2nd son of Governor Sir John VII Arundell (1576–1654), of Trerice, "Jack-for-the-King". 1680–1696: John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628-1701), of Stowe, Kilkhampton, Cornwall, who played a leading role in the Restoration of the Monarchy of 1660. He was a cousin of the Arundells of Trerice. 1696–1703: Bevil Granville (d.1706), a nephew of the previous Governor John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628-1701) 1703–1714: George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne, successor to his brother, Governor Bevil Granville (d.1706) 1714–1725: Brig-Gen. Richard Munden 1726–1734: John Hobart 1735–1737: Lt-Gen. James Tyrrell 1737–1749: Lt-Gen. William Barrell 1749–1753: Lt-Col. John Laforey 1753–1774: Lt-Col. Arthur Owen 1774–1775: Lt-Col. Charles Beauclerk 1775–1793: Lt-Col. Robert Robinson (previously Colonel of 32nd Foot) 1793–1823: General Felix Buckley 1823–1832: General Sir Martin Hunter (Governor of Stirling Castle, 1832–46) 1832–1837: General Paul Anderson(Colonel of 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, 1837–51) office abolished Lieutenant-Governors of Pendennis c.1613: Sir Nicholas Halse c.1628: John Tresahar 1658–: Robert Roberts 1663–: Colonel Legg 1666–: Sir John Stevens 1697-1717 Captain Richard Trevanion 1729–1739?: John Folliott ?–1747: Daniel Houghton 1747–?: John Waite 1749–1769: Richard Bowles 12 January 1770 – 1776: William Fawcett 1776–1797: Nevinson Poole 1797–1811: Philip Melvill 1811–1814: James Considine 1814–1832: William Fenwick 1832–1835: Loftus Grey office abolished References Military history of Cornwall Pendennis Castle People from Falmouth, Cornwall