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]
[3]
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
^"James Knight". HBC Heritage. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
^ abcDodge, Ernest S. (1979) [1969]. "Knight, James". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. II (1701–1740) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
^ abcdeJohnson, Alice M. (1979) [1969]. "Beale, Anthony". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. II (1701–1740) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
^ abcJohnson, Alice M. (1974). "McCliesh, Thomas". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
^ abRich, E. E. (1974). "Staunton, Richard". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
^ abThorman, G.E. (1979) [1969]. "Myatt, Joseph". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. II (1701–1740) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
^Thorman, G.E. (1979) [1969]. "Adams, Joseph". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. II (1701–1740) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
^Johnson, Alice M. (1979) [1969]. "Bird, Thomas". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. II (1701–1740) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
^Thorman, G.E. (1979) [1969]. "Waggoner, Rowland". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. II (1701–1740) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
^ abVan Kirk, Sylvia (1979). "Isbister, Joseph". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
^Thorman, George E. (1974). "Wappisis". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
^Pannekoek, F. (1979). "Marten, Humphrey". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
^Williams, Glyndwr (1979). "Hutchins, Thomas". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
^ abPannekoek, F. (1979). "Jarvis, Edward". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
^ ab"M’Nab, John (Dr.) (ca. 1755-ca. 1820) (fl.1779-1812) January 1987 (MGM:wg based on research by MF); REV. June 1992, 99/07 JHB". Hudson's Bay Company Archives. Archives Winnipeg.
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