List of Captains, Lieutenants and Lords Deputies of English Calais
Lords Deputies of Calais

List of Captains, Lieutenants and Lords Deputies of English Calais

Section Title: Lords Deputies of Calais
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Date(s)	Holder	Position

1509	Sir Gilbert Talbot	Lord Deputy. He continued in a joint appointment with Richard Wingfield.

1513–1519	Richard Wingfield	Initially marshal in 1511, Lord Deputy from 1513. Robert Wingfield shared his duties from that time.

1520–1526	John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners	Lord Deputy. John Wallop was made high marshal in 1524.

1526–1531	Robert Wingfield	Lieutenant 1523-1526, Lord Deputy 1526-1531. Sir William FitzWilliam was Captain of Calais Castle from 1526 to 1530, having been Captain of Guînes 1523-1526.

1533–1540	Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle	Lord Deputy. His stepson John Dudley was appointed deputy governor in 1538.

1540–1543	Lord Maltravers	Lord Deputy. Edward Bray was lieutenant of Calais Castle in 1541.

1544–1550	George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham	Lord Deputy.

1550–1552	William Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby of Parham	Lord Deputy.

1552–1553	Lord William Howard	Lord Deputy.

1553–1558	Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baron Wentworth	Lord Deputy, in charge when the French captured the town. Sir Ralph Chamberlaine was lieutenant of Calais Castle 1554-1558.

1555	William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1501–1570)	In place as governor.

Sentence(s)

In 1552, Howard was appointed as Lord Deputy of Calais.

final_sentence: In 1552, Howard was appointed as Lord Deputy of Calais.