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.
List of governors of Cork
[edit]Governors
[edit]- 1644: Major Muschamp [1]
- 1651: Colonel Robert Phaire (for Parliament) [1] (page 175)
- 1672: Francis Boyle, 1st Viscount Shannon[2]
- 1678: Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon[1]
- 1689: Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount Clare and M. Boileau (for King James II) [1]
- 1690: Richard Power, 1st Earl of Tyrone and Roger McElligott (for King James II)[1]
- 1690: Colonel Hales and Colonel Hastings (for King William) [1]
- 1691: Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington[3]
- 1691: Sir Richard Cox [1]
- 1692: Sir Toby Purcell[1]
- 1698: Sir James Jeffreys[1]
- 1698–1700: Position abolished[1]
- 1701: Sir James Jeffreys[1]
- 1722: James Jeffreys (son of above) [1]
- 1746–?1750: Gervais Parker[1]
- 1752–1764: Lieut-General Sir James St Clair[1]
- 1764–1768: Lord Robert Bertie[1]
- 1768–1778: Col. John Wynne
- 1778–1782: Nicholas Lysaght[4]
- 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
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- c.1760–1765?: James Molesworth
- 1764–1768: John Wynne
- 1768–1769: James St John Jeffereyes
- 1772–1778: William Hull a.k.a. William Tonson, 1st Baron Riversdale
- 1778–: John Leland[4]
- 1796–1808: John Leland
- 1808–1815: Col. William Dickson[5]
- 1815–1834: James Stirling[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Smith, Charles. The ancient and present state of the county and city of Cork. Vol. II. p. 420.
- ^ Lodge, John. The Peerage of Ireland; Or, a Genealogical History of the Present ..., Volume 1. p. 91.
- ^ "BOYLE, Hon. Charles I (1660-1704). | History of Parliament Online".
- ^ a b "No. 11848". The London Gazette. 10 February 1778. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 16125". The London Gazette. 5 March 1808. p. 340.
- ^ "No. 17025". The London Gazette. 17 June 1815. p. 1163.