The Governor of Cork was a military officer who commanded the garrison at

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in Ireland. The office became a

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and in 1833 was abolished from the next vacancy.

List of governors of Cork

Governors

*1644: Major Muschamp *1651: Colonel Robert Phaire (for Parliament) (page 175) *1672:

Francis Boyle, 1st Viscount Shannon Francis Boyle, 1st Viscount Shannon (1623–1699) was a Privy Counsellor of Ireland and held the office of Governor of County Cork. He was the sixth son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork by his second wife, Catherine Fenton. Upon his father's ...

*1678:

Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon Field Marshal Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, PC (1675 – 20 December 1740) was a British Army officer and statesman. After serving as a junior officer at the Battle of the Boyne during the Williamite War in Ireland and at the Battle of Lan ...

*1689:

Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount Clare Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount Clare (died 1691), was with King Charles II in exile during the interregnum. At the Restoration, he obtained the title of Viscount Clare for his grandfather and full restoration of the family's lands. At the G ...

and M. Boileau (for King James II) *1690:

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and Roger McElligott (for King James II) *1690: Colonel Hales and Colonel Hastings (for King William) *1691:

Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington Charles Boyle, 3rd Earl of Cork and 2nd Earl of Burlington, 4th Baron Clifford, PC (died 9 February 1704) was an English peer, courtier and politician. Early life Hon. Charles Boyle was the eldest son of Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan ...

*1691: Sir Richard Cox *1692: Sir Toby Purcell *1698: Sir James Jeffreys *1698–1700: ''Position abolished'' *1701: Sir James Jeffreys *1722: James Jeffreys (son of above) *1746–?1750:

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*1752–1764: Lieut-General Sir James St Clair *1764–1768:

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*1768–1778: Col. John Wynne *1778–1782:

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*1782–1789: Thomas Pigott *1789–1792:

Mountifort Longfield Samuel Mountifort Longfield (1802 – 21 November 1884) was an Irish lawyer, judge, mathematician, and academic. He was the first Professor of Political Economy at Trinity College, Dublin. Life He was son of Mountifort Longfield, vicar of Desert ...

*1792–1811: The Earl of Massereene *1811–1820: The Lord Beresford *1820–1828: Sir Brent Spencer *1829–1835:

Sir William Inglis {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2012 Sir William Inglis was a Scottish knight. He is remembered for his role in a Border foray in 1395 where he answered the challenge of an English champion, Sir Thomas Struthers, and killed him in single combat. As a r ...

Lieutenant-governors

*c.1760–1765?: James Molesworth *1764–1768: John Wynne *1768–1769:

James St John Jeffereyes James St John Jeffereyes (1734 – 14 September 1780), also recorded as St John Jeffreys, was an Anglo-Irish soldier, landowner and politician. Jeffereyes was the son of the diplomat James Jeffreys and Anne Brodrick, and the grandson of Sir Ja ...

*1772–1778: William Hull a.k.a.

William Tonson, 1st Baron Riversdale Lieutenant-Colonel William Tonson, 1st Baron Riversdale (3 May 1724 – 4 December 1787), was an Irish landowner, soldier and politician. Tonson was the son of Richard Tonson, for many years Member of Parliament for Baltimore, by his second wife ...

*1778–: John Leland *1796–1808: John Leland *1808–1815: Col. William Dickson *1815–1834: James Stirling

References

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