The governor of Kinsale was a military officer who commanded the garrison at

Kinsale Kinsale ( ; ) is a historic port and fishing town in County Cork, Ireland. Located approximately south of Cork (city), Cork City on the southeast coast near the Old Head of Kinsale, it sits at the mouth of the River Bandon, and has a populatio ...

and

Charles Fort Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 – May 3, 1932) was an American writer and researcher who specialized in anomalous phenomena. The terms "Fortean" and "Forteana" are sometimes used to characterize various such phenomena. Fort's books sold w ...

in County Cork. The office became a

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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 *1726:

Gervais Parker General Gervais Parker (also spelt Gervase; 1695 – 19 June 1750) was a British Army officer. For the final decade of his life, he served as Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Irish Army during the reign of George II of ...

*1739–1740:

John Ligonier Field Marshal John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier, (born Jean Louis de Ligonnier; 7 November 168028 April 1770), styled Sir John Ligonier from 1743 to 1757, was a French-born British soldier and politician who fought for the English and British ...

*1749: Robert Frazer * Philip Anstruther *1759–1764: John Folliott *1765–1770: The Earl of Drogheda *20 March 1770:

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*8 September 1770–1801: The Lord Rossmore *1801–1806:

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*1806–1819: Sir Cornelius Cuyler *1819–1827: Sir David Baird *1827–1830: William Guard *1830–1849: Sir Warren Marmaduke Peacocke

Lieutenant-governors

*: James Waller (died 1702) * Henry Hawley (died 1724) *1724: George Bate *1725:

*1747–1759: John Folliott * –1776: Nicholas Price *1776– : Sir Francis James Buchanan *1783–1786:

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*1786–1789:

George Bernard General George Bernard (died May 1820) was a British Army officer. Military career Bernard was appointed a captain in the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons on 7 July 1774 and then promoted to major in the 20th Light Dragoons on 3 December 1782 and to ...

*1789–1827: Arthur Browne *1827–1829: Sir William Inglis *1829–1833: John Sulivan Wood

References

{{Governors of Ireland History of County Cork