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
• –1622: Sir Maurice Berkeley
• 1622–1642: George Courtenay, 1st Baronet, of Newcastle
• 1650–51: Hugh Dubh O'Neill (during Ireton's siege of the town)
• 1651–1653: Sir Hardress Waller
• 1653–1659: Sir Henry Ingoldsby, 1st Baronet
• c. 1670–1685: Sir William King
• 1685: Antoine Hamilton
• 1690: Alexandre de Rainier de Droue, Marquis de Boisseleau (Jacobite)
• c. 1693: John Simpson
• c. 1726: Thomas Pierse
• Thomas Southwell, 2nd Baron Southwell
• Thomas Butler, 2nd son of Brinsley Butler, 1st Viscount Lanesborough
• 1751–1760: Sir John Cope
• 1761: John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll
• 1770: John Hale
• 1775: Sir Henry Clinton
• 10 July 1794: Gerard Lake
• 1797–1804: Eyre Massey, 1st Baron Clarina
• 23 May 1804: William Fawcett
• 4 October 1826: William Knollys
• 20 March 1834: The post was abolished on the death of Knollys.

References

Sources

• – Scotland & Ireland
• – Parliaments & Biographies (PDF downloadable from given URL)
• – (Preview)