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Governor of Kinsale

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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.

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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

    • 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
  • 1789–1827: Arthur Browne
  • 1827–1829: Sir William Inglis
  • 1829–1833: John Sullivan Wood

    • References

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