Governor of Limerick
The Governor of Limerick was a military officer who commanded the garrison at Limerick in Ireland.
List of governors[]
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- William de Burgh
- 1651: Hugh O'Neal
- 1651 - 1653: Sir Hardress Waller [1]
- 1653 - 1659: Sir Henry Ingoldsby, 1st Baronet [2]
- c.1693: John Simpson
- c.1726: Thomas Pierse
- Sir William King
- 1751 - 1760: Sir John Cope
- 1761: The Duke of Argyll
- 1770: John Hale
- 1775: Sir Henry Clinton[3]
- 10 July 1794: Gerard Lake[4]
- 1797–1804: The Lord Clarina[5]
- 23 May 1804: William Fawcett[6]
- 4 October 1826: William Knollys[7]
- 20 March 1834: The post was abolished on the death of Knollys.
References[]
- ^ Little 2004.
- ^ McGrath 1997, p. 293.
- ^ Robert Beatson, A Political Index to the Histories of Great Britain & Ireland, vol. III (1806) p. 348.
- ^ "No. 13703". The London Gazette. 13–16 September 1794. p. 932.
- ^ The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1.
- ^ "No. 15708". The London Gazette. 5–9 June 1804. p. 700.
- ^ "No. 18295". The London Gazette. 10 October 1826. p. 2410.
Sources[]
- Little, Patrick (2004). "Waller, Sir Hardress (1604-1666)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28557. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- McGrath, Brid (1997). A Biographical Dictionary of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641 (Thesis). Trinity College, Dublin.
Categories:
- History of Limerick (city)
- Governors in the British Islands
- 1834 disestablishments in the United Kingdom