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.