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 1725: Charles Sibourg 1733: George Wade (also Governor of Fort George and Fort Augustus) 1743: Humphrey Bland 1752: Richard Onslow 1759: William Kingsley 1769: John Burgoyne 1779: The Hon. John Vaughan 1780: James Murray 1794: The Hon. William Harcourt 1795: Edmund Stevens Lieutenant-Governors of Fort William ... Campbell 1752: John Leighton 1764–1804: James Forbes, 16th Lord Forbes 1804–1812: Donald Macdonald 1812: Sir James Kempt References Fort William History of the Scottish Highlands