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Below is a list of those who have held the office of 'Governor of the Isle of Wight':

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Governors of the Isle of Wight

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Governors of the Isle of Wight

★ 1538-1540: Thomas Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell (later Earl of Essex)

★ 1558-?: John Paulet, 2nd Baron St John (later Marquess of Winchester)

★ 1633-1642: Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland

★ 1642-1647: Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke

★ 1660: Anthony Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

★ 1660-1661: Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland

★ 1684-1690: Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton

★ 1693-?: Hon. Thomas Tollemache

★ 1707-1710: Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton

★ 1715-1726: William Cadogan (later Earl Cadogan)

★ 1726-1733: Charles Paulet, 3rd Duke of Bolton

★ 1733-1734: John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu

★ 1734-1742: John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth

★ 1742-1746: Charles Paulet, 3rd Duke of Bolton

★ 1746-1762: John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth

★ 1763-1764: Thomas Holmes, 1st Baron Holmes

★ 1766-1770: Harry Paulet, 6th Duke of Bolton

★ 1782-1791: Harry Paulet, 6th Duke of Bolton

★ 1841-1857: William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury

★ 1889-1896: Prince Henry of Battenberg

★ 1896-1944: Princess Henry of Battenberg

★ 1957-1965: Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington

★ 1992-1995: David Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone

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★ The London Gazette