CHRISTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 
Samuel Robert Stewart; Privy Seal, Westminster, April 11, 1638—Patent, 1638—Life. 
—(14 Charles 1. 7 a pars d. R. 1.) 
John Gorges, Esq.—Captain, Commander, and Governor—Patent, Dec. 3, 1670,—Beh r . 
—(22 Charles 2. 2 a pars d. R . 49 J 
Col. Wm. Cecill,—vice Gorges,—Privy Seal, Whitehall, Eeb, 2, 1673, Patent, Dublin, 
March 9, 1673,—Pleasure.—(26. 2* pars f. R. 12.) 
Col. Wm. Cecill, former patent revoked,—’Patent, Nov. 16,1680,—Pleasure.—(32. 1 * pars 
f. R. 36.) 
George Phillips, Esq. Cecill surrendered 29th,—Patent, June 30, 1681,—Pleasure.—33. 
1 pars f. R. 37, 38.) 
Capt. Mathew Bridges,—vice Phillips,—Patent, Sept. 13, 1684—Pleasure.—(36. 2 a pars 
f R. 54.) 
William Adair, Esq. of Ballymena, was governor in 1688-89; after which period there was 
no garrison kept up, and the fort was allowed to fall to ruin. 
Colonel Mitchelburne, solicited the Irish Society in March, 1690, “ to recommend him to 
his majesty, as governor of Culmore fort, which thing the society took into consideration ; and 
finding in the charter that they were obliged only to maintain such a garrison in the said fort as 
should be thought necessary by their majesties; and, considering that the said fort was then 
quite demolished, and not capable of any garrison, the society were of opinion that in regard 
there was no forte, there could be no occasion for a governor, and therefore, no obligation on the 
society to pay any stipend or salary.”— (Hist. Irish Society.) 
Sir Charles Fielding was appointed governor, by his majesty, 6th of May, 1691; and a war¬ 
rant was made out by* the society, for payment of £50 to him.— lb. 
1692—7th April. The society ordered the salary to be paid, and the acres to be enjoyed 
the governors of Culmore fort in future.— lb. 
Of the succeeding governors no account has been obtained. 
General Appearance and Scenery. The general character of the parish is that of a 
rich well cultivated country. As much interest attaches to the neighbourhood of the river, 
whose broad and placid waters, with the long line of its light wooden bridge, combining with 
the battlemented walls and buildings of the town, the numerous demesnes and ornamented 
villas spread along its shores, and with the distant view of Lough Foyle and the mountains of 
Inishowen and Benevena, form a succession of landscapes possessing no ordinary share 
of beauty and picturesque effect. The city itself, with its towering spire, seated on a com¬ 
manding and nearly insulated hill—its merchant vessels thronging the port—the steamers 
arriving from or starting on their voyages, with numerous small boats of fishermen and others— 
and all the activity and bustle which attends its present state of commercial prosperity, 
associated with the recollections which history supplies of its trials past, is the great central 
object of this interesting and beautiful district. 
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