Governor of Kinsale
The Governor of Kinsale was a military officer who commanded the garrison at Kinsale and Charles Fort in County Cork. The office became a sinecure and in 1833 was to be abolished from the next vacancy.
List of Governors of Kinsale and Charles Fort
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Governors
- 1690: Charles Churchill
- The Earl of Inchiquin
- 1719: Lord Harry Powlett
- 1726: Gervais Parker
- 1739–1740: John Ligonier
- Philip Anstruther
- 1759–1764: John Folliott (died 1765)
- 1765–1770: The Earl of Drogheda
- 20 March 1770: James Gisborne
- 8 September 1770–1801: The Lord Rossmore
- 1802–1806: William Gardiner
- 1806–1819: Sir Cornelius Cuyler
- 1819–1827: Sir David Baird
- 1827–1830: William Guard
- 1830–1849: Sir Warren Marmaduke Peacocke[1]
Lieutenant-Governors
- c.1697 James Waller (died 1702)
- Henry Hawley (died 1724)
- 1724: George Bate
- 1725: Gervase Parker
- 1753–1759: John Folliott
- Nicholas Price
- 1768–: John Hancock (died 1786)
- 1786–1789: George Bernard[2]
- 1789–1827: Arthur Browne
- 1827–1829: Sir William Inglis
- 1829–1833: John Sullivan Wood[3]
References
- ^ "No. 18714". The London Gazette. 3 August 1830. p. 1659.
- ^ "No. 12824". The London Gazette. 23 January 1787. p. 40.
- ^ "No. 18542". The London Gazette. 20 January 1829. p. 114.