The governor of Edinburgh Castle, also sometimes known as the Keeper or Captain, had overall control of the royal castle of Edinburgh, Scotland. The governor was usually assisted by a Deputy-Governor and a Constable, the latter being under the command of the Lord High Constable of Scotland.
The governor had lodgings within the castle, with a governor's house being built in 1742. Although the post was never formally abolished, governors ceased to be appointed after the death in 1876 of Henry Dundas, 3rd Viscount Melville.
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