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Governor of Fort William
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
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