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

Governors

• 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

• 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

1. "No. 6168". The London Gazette . 28 May – 1 June 1723. p. 1.
2. "No. 8898". The London Gazette . 31 October – 4 November 1749. p. 2.
3. "No. 15398". The London Gazette . 18–22 August 1801. p. 1016.
4. "No. 15915". The London Gazette . 3–6 May 1806. p. 557.
5. "No. 18422". The London Gazette . 11 December 1827. p. 2530.
6. "No. 18714". The London Gazette . 3 August 1830. p. 1659.
7. "No. 8701". The London Gazette . 12–15 December 1747. p. 3.
8. "No. 11673". The London Gazette . 8–11 June 1776. p. 1.
9. "No. 12442". The London Gazette . 20–24 May 1783. p. 1.
10. "No. 12824". The London Gazette . 23–27 January 1787. p. 40.
11. "No. 13139". The London Gazette . 10–13 October 1789. p. 649.
12. "No. 18542". The London Gazette . 20 January 1829. p. 114.