Governor of Worcester

Civil War

• Sir John Byron — was commander of a Royalist military garrison for part of September 1642.
• Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex who was commander-in-chief of the Parliamentary army occupied the city on 24 September 1642 and remained there for about a month before marching of to the Battle of Edgehill.
• Colonel Thomas Essex — October–November 1642. — Parliamentarian governor appointed by Parliament.
• Sir William Russell — 1642–1643. — Royalist governor
• Colonel Gilbert Gerard — December 1643 – beginning of 1646. — Royalist governor
• Colonel Samuel Sandys — Beginning of 1646. — Royalist governor
• Lord Astley— Royalist governor who had succeeded colonel Samuel Sandys, was taken prisoner and confined at Warwick.
• Sir Henry Washington. — Royalist governor during the Siege of Worcester at the end of the First Civil War
• Major-General Massey. — Parliamentarian governor