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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