Captains
Since it was first built, Deal Castle has had a Captain. Until the early 18th century, the captain commanded the garrison. However, since that time the title has become purely honorary.
| Year | Captain |
|---|---|
| 1540 | Thomas Wingfield |
| 1551 | Thomas Boys |
| 1569 | John Baker |
| 1572 | Peter Hammond |
| 1599 | Matthew Bredgate |
| 1611 | Erasmus Finch |
| 1611 | William Byng |
| 1625 | Thomas Pulnetby |
| 1643 | William Batten |
| 1648 | Thomas Rainsborough |
| 1648 | Captain Wyne |
| 1648 | Re. Maj. Samuel Kemm |
| 1648 | Col. Nathaniel Rich |
| 1653 | Samuel Taverner |
| 1660 | William Byng |
| 1661 | Col. Silius Titus |
| 1671 | Capt. Francis Digby |
| 1672 | Francis, Lord Hawley |
| 1673 | Sir John Berry, Bt. |
| 1690 | Lt. Col. Sir John Granville |
| 1690 | Sir Francis Wheeler, Kt. (died 1694) |
| 1745 | John Norris |
| 1777 | Francis Godolphin Osborne, Marquis of Carmarthen |
| 1786 | George Augustus, 9th Lord North |
| 1799 | Hon. Francis North |
| 1802 | Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington |
| 1838 | William Wellesley-Pole, Lord Maryborough |
| 1843 | James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie |
| 1847 | Richard Charles Francis Meade, Earl of Clanwilliam |
| 1879 | John Robert Townshend, Earl of Sydney |
| 1890 | Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell |
| 1899 | Rt. Hon. Lord George Francis Hamilton, P.C. |
| 1923 | Field Marshal, The Earl of Ypres, John French |
| 1925 | Field Marshal Lord Allenby |
| 1927 | Rufus Isaacs, Marquis of Reading |
| 1934 | Field Marshal Lord Birdwood |
| 1951 | vacant |
| 1972 | General Sir Norman Tailyour, K.C.B., D.S.O. |
| 1980 | Maj. Gen. Ian Harrison |
| 2009 | Maj. Gen. G S Robison, and henceforth tied to the appointment of Commandant General Royal Marines |
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