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The Governor of Chester was a military officer responsible for the garrison at
Chester Castle . The equivalent or related role from the 11th to 14th centuries was
Constable of Chester .
Governors
Lieutenant-governors
References
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b Eveline Cruickshanks and Richard Harrison,
SHAKERLEY, Peter (c.1650-1726), of Hulme and Somerford, Cheshire and Chapel Street, Westminster in
The History of Parliament : the House of Commons 1690-1715 , 2002. Accessed 20 March 2013.
^ D. W. Hayton,
MORGAN, Sir John, 2nd Bt. (c.1650-93), of Kinnersley Castle, Herefs. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715 , 2002. Accessed 10 May 2014.
^ Eveline Cruickshanks and Richard Harrison,
KIRKBY, Roger (c.1649-1709), of Kirkby Ireleth, Lancs. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715 , 2002. Accessed 20 March 2013.
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b Charles Dalton, English Army Lists and Commission Registers 1661-1714 , volume V (1902)
page 158 .
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b Dalton, English Army Lists , volume VI (1904)
page 184 .
^ Eveline Cruickshanks and Richard Harrison,
CHOLMONDELEY, Hon. George (1666-1733), of Cholmondeley, Cheshire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715 , 2002. Accessed 10 April 2012.
^ Eveline Cruickshanks,
CHOLMONDELEY, Hon. George (1703-70). in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754 , 1970. Accessed 10 April 2012.
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b Romney R. Sedgwick,
CHOLMONDELEY, Hon. James (1708-75). in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754 , 1970. Accessed 10 April 2012.
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"No. 11071" .
The London Gazette . 28 August 1770. p. 2.
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"No. 11617" . The London Gazette . 28 November 1775. p. 2.
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"No. 13948" . The London Gazette . 5 November 1796. p. 1062.
^ Dalton, English Army Lists , volume VI,
page 183 .
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"No. 12021" . The London Gazette . 12 October 1779. p. 4.
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"No. 12804" . The London Gazette . 18 November 1796. p. 552.
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"No. 15487" . The London Gazette . 12 June 1802. p. 597.
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"No. 17279" . The London Gazette . 23 August 1817. p. 1807.
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"No. 18526" . The London Gazette . 25 November 1828. p. 2172.
Sources
Firth, Charles Harding (1892), "Legge, William (1609?-1672)", Dictionary of National Biography , London: Smith, Elder & Co, pp. 141–146
Warburton, Eliot (1849),
Memoirs of Prince Rupert and the Cavaliers , vol. 2, London: R. Bentley
Governors and constables in England and Wales
Governors Constables Captains