| Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. |
Murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170. |
Constable of the Tower |
1162–70 |
| Sir Henry Bedingfield |
appointed by Queen Mary, accused of harsh treatment by Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth while she was a prisoner. |
Constable of the Tower |
1554–55 |
| Anne Boleyn, 2nd wife of Henry VIII |
Imprisoned in great hall where she had also lodged before her coronation in 1533. |
Prison |
1536 |
| Sir Robert Brackenbury |
Killed fighting for Richard III against Henry Tudor at battle of Bosworth. |
Constable of the Tower |
1483–85 |
| Fernando Buschman |
Arrested as a German spy. Executed by eight-man firing squad from 3rd Battalion Scots Guards. |
Prison |
1915 |
| Sir Roger Casement |
Committed to Tower accused of high treason after trying to form an Irish Brigade for the German Army. |
Prison |
1916 |
| William Chaloner |
Hanged for counterfeiting after apprehension by Isaac Newton |
Warden of the Mint |
1699 |
| Thomas Colby |
Appointed to work with William Mudge at Ordnance Survey. |
Ordnance Survey |
1802 |
| General Charles Cornwallis, Earl and Marquess Cornwallis |
Leading British general who had surrendered at Yorktown to General George Washington in 1781. |
Constable of the Tower |
1740–62 & 1784–1806 |
| General The Lord Dannat, Francis Richard Dannett |
Former Chief of the General Staff. |
Constable of the Tower |
2009–present |
| Richard Dean |
Ratcatcher |
Board of Ordnance |
about 1850 |
| Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex |
Executed on Tower Green. |
Prison |
1601 |
| Prince Edward, later Edward I |
Appointed by his father, Henry III. |
Constable of the Tower |
1269–70 |
| Prince Edward and Richard, Duke of York |
Imprisoned in Wakefield Tower by their uncle, Richard III. |
Prison |
1483 |
| John Ellys, painter |
Appointed Keeper in recognition of his services to the Prime Minister, Robert Walpole. |
Menagerie |
1739 |
| Sir Thomas Fairfax |
Appointed by Parliament. |
Constable of the Tower |
1647–60 |
| James Fiennes, Lord Saye and Sele |
Executed by Jack Cade’s rebels from Kent in July 1450. |
Constable of the Tower |
1447–50 |
| Ranulf Flambard, Bishop of Durham |
Appointed by William II. |
Constable of the Tower |
1096–1100 |
| Ranulf Flambard, Bishop of Durham and former Constable of Tower |
Imprisoned in Tower in 1100 by Henry I but able to escape using rope smuggled into him in a large flagon of wine. |
Prison |
1100 |
| John Flete |
‘Keeper of part of the King’s Wardrobe in the Tower of London’ (Privy Wardrobe). |
Office of the Ordnance |
1323 |
| William Foxley, potmaker for the Royal Mint |
Falls asleep for fourteen days and fifteen nights during which time he ‘could not be wakened with pricking, cramping, or otherwise, burning whatsoever’. |
Royal Mint |
1546 |
| John Gerard and John Arden |
Escape from Cradle Tower by a rope stretched across the moat. |
Prison |
1599 |
| Field Marshal Sir William Maynard Gomm |
Veteran of Peninsular Wars and Waterloo campaign. |
Constable of the Tower |
1872–75 |
| Lord George Gordon |
Committed to house of Yeoman Warder Burford’s house accused of high treason for inciting the ‘No Popery’ riots. |
Prison |
1780 |
| Lady Jane Grey |
Imprisoned in Beauchamp Tower under Queen Mary. |
Prison |
1553 |
| Giles of Hartesbury, Master of the Mint |
Imprisoned for six weeks in Marshalsea prison for producing substandard coinage. |
Royal Mint |
1318 |
| Lord Hastings, Master of the Mint |
Executed at the Tower for opposing Richard III. |
Royal Mint |
1483 |
| Henry VI, last King of House of Lancaster |
Probably murdered in the Wakefield Tower. |
Prison |
1471 |
| Katherine Howard, 5th wife of Henry VIII |
Has block brought to her room to rehearse her execution. |
Prison |
1542 |
| Field Marshal Sir Claud William Jacob. |
Commanded Meerut Division of Indian Corps in France during First World War. |
Constable of the Tower |
1937–43 |
| Josef Jakobs |
Captured parachuting into England and tried as a spy. Committed to Tower overnight in east turret room on top floor of Waterloo Block before his execution the following day. |
Prison |
1941 |
| King John II of France |
Imprisoned in White Tower. |
Prison |
1359 |
| Henry Laurens, Vice-President of South Carolina |
Captured at sea and committed to house of Yeomen Warder James Futterell on Tower Green. |
Prison |
1780 |
| George Legge, Baron Dartmouth |
Master General of the Ordnance from 1682-9 and Constable of the Tower from 1685-88. |
Constable of the Tower & Board of Ordnance |
1682–89 |
| Simon, Lord Lovat, Jacobite peer |
Executed on Tower Hill. |
Prison |
1746 |
| John Malpas |
Keeper of Armour at Tower of London given custody of ‘artillery house’. |
Office of the Ordnance |
1427 |
| Geoffrey de Mandeville, a leading baron of William the Conqueror |
first recorded Constable of Tower. |
Constable of the Tower |
1078-96 |
| John Martin |
Appointed Keeper of Menagerie with his income paid from visitor fees only. |
Menagerie |
1717 |
| Nicholas Merbury |
Appointed ‘Master of the Works of the King’s engines and guns and other ordnance for war’. |
Office of the Ordnance |
1414 |
| Sir Jonas Moore |
Appointed Surveyor-General of the Ordnance |
Board of Ordnance |
1669 |
| William Mudge |
Appointed Superintendant of Ordnance Survey under authority of Master General of Ordnance. |
Ordnance Survey |
1798 |
| Field Marshal Sir George Pollock |
Veteran of Afghan Wars. |
Constable of the Tower |
1871–72 |
| Sir Walter Raleigh |
Imprisoned in Wakefield Tower. |
Prison |
1603-16 |
| William Roy |
Appointed surveyor-general of the coasts and engineer for making and directing military surveys in Great Britain. Advocates national mapping survey. |
Ordnance Survey |
1765 |
| James Turnbull |
An operator of a screw press, steals 2,000 newly struck guineas on 20 December. |
Royal Mint |
1798 |
| William de Turnemire |
Appointed Master Moneyer throughout England. |
Royal Mint |
1279 |
| Thomas Vaughan |
First recorded appointment as Master of Ordnance by Royal Letters Patent. |
Office of the Ordnance |
1450 |
| Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) |
Victor at battle of Waterloo in 1815. |
Constable of the Tower 1826–52 |
| John Wilkes |
Committed to Tower for committing libel against George III. |
Prison |
1762 |
| Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson, First Baron Wilson. |
Served in Second Boer War, in France during First World War, and in North Africa, Middle East and Mediterranean during Second World War. |
Constable of the Tower |
1955–60 |
| Field Marshal Sir Henry Evelyn Wood |
Veteran of Crimean Wars, Zulu Wars, and the Sudan campaign. |
Constable of the Tower |
1911–19 |
| Sir Christopher Wren |
Instructed to prepare an estimate for converting Beauchamp and Bloody Towers into prison lodgings and to design a prison behind the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula. |
Prison |
1695 |
| Sir Christopher Wren |
Surveyor of the King’s Works, oversees refurbishment of Menagerie buildings. |
Menagerie |
1669-1718 |
