List of chief factors of Fort Albany

This is a list of Chief Factors of Fort Albany, the men who governed the trading post at whose site the present-day Fort Albany First Nation was established.

Following the Hudson's Bay Company's rigid corporate structure, the original trading post of Fort Albany was run by a man with the title "Chief Factor", who oversaw the business of the fort (and consequently, the district). Some of the Chief Factors are listed below, along with the year of their appointment. The term "Governor" is sometimes used to refer to the employee overseeing the operations of the fort.

Term Chief Factor Notes Ref
1682-1685 James Knight [1][2]
1686-1692 -- The French controlled the fort at this time. [2]
1692-1700 James Knight [2]
1700-1705 John Fullartine [3]
1705-1708 Anthony Beale Returned to England in 1708 at his own request. [3]
1708-1711 John Fullartine [3]
August 1711 Henry Kelsey Formerly Deputy Governor (i.e. Second); replaced Fullartine after his departure before Beale arrived the following month. [3]
1711-1714 Anthony Beale Recalled in the aftermath of the Treaty of Utrecht as the Company re-oriented itself.

Beginning in 1715, above the governor/chief factor of the fort, there seems to have been the position of "governor-in-chief" overseeing the whole region from York Factory.[4]

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1714-1715 Richard Staunton Recalled upon his own request in 1715, following the rejection of a pay raise, though he may have been abused by the "unruly men" at the fort. [5]
1716-1721 Thomas McCliesh Returned to England in 1721. [4]
1721-1723 Joseph Myatt Demoted in 1723 to Deputy Governor (i.e. Second) following a price drop caused by intervention of coureurs des bois and for teaching an indigenous boy to read and write. [6]
1723-1726 Richard Staunton [5]
1726-1730 Joseph Myatt Served until his death from "gout of the stomach". [6]
1730-1737 Joseph Adams [7]
1735, 1736 Thomas McCliesh Appointed in 1735, and then again in 1736, but was unable to take up his post at Albany both times due to illness and returned to England. [4]
1737-1739 Thomas Bird Served until his death, believed to be "hastened by an immoderate use of liquors". [8]
1739-1740 Rowland Waggoner Died before the orders for a three-year appointment as Chief Factor could reach Albany. [9]
1740-1747 Joseph Isbister Established the first inland HBC post, Henley House. Had to relinquish his post due to illness. [10]
1747-1752 George Spence [11]
1752-1756 Joseph Isbister [10]
1764-1775 Humphrey Marten [12]
1775-1781 Thomas Hutchins [13]
1781-1790 Edward Jarvis [14]
1790-1791 John McNab [15]
1792 Edward Jarvis Retired due to ill health. [14]
1793-1799 John McNab [15]
1800-1810 John Hodgson Was in England for the 1807-08 year. Dismissed following much mismanagement of the fort and its subsidiaries. [16]
1810-1815 Thomas Vincent [17]
1821 Merger of the Hudson's Bay Company with the North-West Company
1824-1826 Thomas Vincent [17]
1826-1829 Alexander Kennedy [18]:456
1829-1830 Alexander McTavish Chief Trader, no Chief Factor present [18]:456
1830-1837 Jacob Corrigal Chief Trader, no Chief Factor present [18]:457
1830 Alexander Stewart Governor George Simpson appointed Stewart to be Chief Factor, but on his journey to the fort he suffered a "slight paralytic affection" and was given leave of absence. [18]:461
1837-1855 Thomas Corcoran Chief Trader, no Chief Factor present. Departed in 1851–52 to receive medical attention. [18]:458, 461
1855- William H. Watt Chief Trader, no Chief Factor present [18]:461
-1858 John MacKenzie [18]:450
1858-1860 William H. Watt Chief Trader, no Chief Factor present. Given leave of absence in 1860. [18]:462

References

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