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Governor of Cork

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The Governor of Cork was a military officer who commanded the garrison at Cork in Ireland. The office became a sinecure and in 1833 was abolished from the next vacancy.

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Governors

  • 1644: Major Muschamp
  • 1651: Colonel Phair (for Parliament)
  • 1678: Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon
  • 1689: Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount Clare and M. Boileau (for King James II)
  • 1690: Richard Power, 1st Earl of Tyrone and Roger MacElliot
  • 1690: Colonel Hales and Colonel Hastings (for King William)
  • 1691: Sir Richard Cox
  • 1692: Sir Toby Purcell
  • 1701: Sir James Jefferies
  • 1722: James Jefferies (son of above)
  • 1746–?1750: Gervais Parker
  • 1752–1764: Lieut-General Sir James St Clair
  • 1764–1768: Lord Robert Bertie
  • 1768–1778: Col. John Wynne
  • 1778–1782: Nicholas Lysaght
  • 1782–1789: Thomas Pigott
  • 1789–1792: Mountifort Longfield
  • 1792–1811: The Earl of Massereene
  • 1811–1820: The Lord Beresford
  • 1820–1828: Sir Brent Spencer
  • 1829–1835: Sir William Inglis

    • Lieutenant-Governors

  • c.1760–1765?: James Molesworth
  • 1764–1768: John Wynne
  • 1772–1778: William Hull a.k.a. William Tonson, 1st Baron Riversdale
  • 1778–: John Leland
  • St John Jefferies
  • 1796–1808: John Leland
  • 1808–1815: Col. William Dickson
  • 1815–1834: James Stirling

    • References

    Governor of Cork Wikipedia
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