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 on the southeast coast near the Old Head of Kinsale, it sits at the mouth of the River Bandon, and has a population of 5,281 (a ...

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 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 *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 of the Royal Irish Army during the reign of George II. He was the elder surviving so ...

*1739–1740:

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*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:

William Neville Gardiner Lieutenant General William Neville Gardiner (23 April 1748 – 7 February 1806) was an Anglo-Irish army officer, diplomat, and politician. During a career that spanned the 1760s to 1800s, Gardiner was involved in major historical events including ...

*1806–1819: Sir Cornelius Cuyler *1819–1827:

Sir David Baird General Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet, of Newbyth, GCB (6 December 1757 – 18 August 1829) was a British Army officer. Military career He was born at Newbyth House in Haddingtonshire, Scotland, the son of an Edinburgh merchant family, and enter ...

*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:

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*1829–1833: John Sulivan Wood

References

{{Governors of Ireland History of County Cork