Governor of Limerick
The Governor of Limerick was a military officer who commanded the garrison at Limerick in Ireland.
List of Governors
- William de Burgh
- 1651: Hugh O'Neal
- c.1693: John Simpson
- Sir William King
- Sir John Cope
- c.1726: Thomas Pierse
- 1761: The Duke of Argyll
- 1770: John Hale
- 1775: Sir Henry Clinton[1]
- 10 July 1794: Gerard Lake[2]
- 1797–1804: The Lord Clarina [3]
- 23 May 1804: William Fawcett[4]
- 4 October 1826: William Knollys[5]
- 20 March 1834: The post was abolished on the death of Knollys.
References
- ↑ 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.
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