The Governor of Inverness or Governor of Fort George and Fort Augustus was a British Army officer who commanded the garrisons at Fort George and Fort Augustus in Inverness-shire. The office became a sinecure and was abolished in 1833. Governors of Fort George and Fort Augustus 1725: Jasper Clayton 1733: George Wade (also Governor of Fort William) 1748: Henry Hawley 1752: Sir Charles Howard 1765: Studholme Hodgson 1798: Sir Ralph Abercromby 1801: Sir David Dundas 1804: William Dalrymple 1804: Alexander Ross 1827: Sir David Baird 1829: Sir George Murray Deputy Governors of Fort George James Cunningham 1736: William Kennedy 1743: George Grant c.1747: William Caulfield 1767: Charles Beauclerk 1774: Alexander Campbell 1779: John Campbell 1790: Sir Robert Sinclair 1795: The Hon. James Stewart 1808: James Robertson 1811: Alexander Mair Deputy Governors of Fort Augustus 1753: Alexander Trapaud 1796: George Brodie 1812: Archibald Campbell References Inverness History of the Scottish Highlands