Former Governors of Wakefield prison

Governors of Wakefield Prison over the years

1595	Maister Key ??
1611	Thomas Somester
1641	John Somester (removed for supporting Charles I)
1647	George Ratcliffe (appointed by Parliamentary forces)
1661	John Somester (reinstated with the restoration of Charles I)
1662	Francis Somester
1675	Robert Rayner
1696	Samuel Shelton
1699	Henry Clareborough
1699	Joseph Sill
1700	Richard Cowper
1718	Robert Bevors
1728	Richard Cowper
1736	William Downes
1766	John Waugh
1794	Benjamin Waugh
1800	Samuel Hill
1802	Charles Van Straubenzee
1816	Henry Magill
1817	James Shepherd
1824	Thomas Shepherd (died in prison of Cholera, also 29 prisoners)
1832	Edward Shepherd
1864	Godfrey Armitage
1882	John Burgess Manning
1890	Captain Edward Cowtan
1893	Captain George Crickitt
1904	John Raymond Farewell
1908	Commander L F W Saunders RN
1916	Prison was under Military Control housing conscientious objectors
1922	Major N Burrows
1923	Captain A E Scott
1931	Captain R C Williams
1939	Reverend William Smith
1946	Major B S K G Guise-Moores MC
1952	F C Ransley DFC
1956	Major G B Harvey
1960	Alan Bainton
1966	Rundle Harris
1970	John R Watson
1973	Major M Oldfield MC
1976	Brian A Emes
1979	Ian Dunbar
1983	John E Simmons
1986	Trevor J Gadd OBE
1992	Robert S Duncan

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