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
editGovernors
edit- 1690: Charles Churchill
- 1693: The Earl of Inchiquin
- 1719: Lord Harry Powlett
- 1723: Humphrey Gore[1]
- 1726: Gervais Parker
- 1739–1740: John Ligonier
- 1749: Robert Frazer[2]
- Philip Anstruther
- 1759–1764: John Folliott
- 1765–1770: The Earl of Drogheda
- 20 March 1770: James Gisborne
- 8 September 1770–1801: The Lord Rossmore
- 1801–1806: William Neville Gardiner[3]
- 1806–1819: Sir Cornelius Cuyler[4]
- 1819–1827: Sir David Baird
- 1827–1830: William Guard[5]
- 1830–1849: Sir Warren Marmaduke Peacocke[6]
Lieutenant-governors
edit- c. 1697: James Waller (died 1702)
- Henry Hawley (died 1724)
- 1724: George Bate
- 1725: Gervais Parker
- 1747–1759: John Folliott[7]
- –1776: Nicholas Price
- 1776– : Sir Francis James Buchanan[8]
- 1783–1786: John Hancock[9]
- 1786–1789: George Bernard[10]
- 1789–1827: Arthur Browne[11]
- 1827–1829: Sir William Inglis
- 1829–1833: John Sulivan Wood[12]
References
edit- ^ "No. 6168". The London Gazette. 28 May – 1 June 1723. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 8898". The London Gazette. 31 October – 4 November 1749. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 15398". The London Gazette. 18–22 August 1801. p. 1016.
- ^ "No. 15915". The London Gazette. 3–6 May 1806. p. 557.
- ^ "No. 18422". The London Gazette. 11 December 1827. p. 2530.
- ^ "No. 18714". The London Gazette. 3 August 1830. p. 1659.
- ^ "No. 8701". The London Gazette. 12–15 December 1747. p. 3.
- ^ "No. 11673". The London Gazette. 8–11 June 1776. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 12442". The London Gazette. 20–24 May 1783. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 12824". The London Gazette. 23–27 January 1787. p. 40.
- ^ "No. 13139". The London Gazette. 10–13 October 1789. p. 649.
- ^ "No. 18542". The London Gazette. 20 January 1829. p. 114.