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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
âÂÂ1622: Sir Maurice Berkeley
1622âÂÂ1642:
George Courtenay, 1st Baronet, of Newcastle
1650âÂÂ51:
Hugh Dubh O'Neill
(during
Ireton
's siege of the town)
1651âÂÂ1653: Sir
Hardress Waller
1653âÂÂ1659:
Sir Henry Ingoldsby, 1st Baronet
c. 1670âÂÂ1685: 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
1751âÂÂ1760:
Sir John Cope
1761:
John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll
1770:
John Hale
1775:
Sir Henry Clinton
10 July 1794:
Gerard Lake
1797âÂÂ1804:
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
â Scotland & Ireland
â Parliaments & Biographies (PDF downloadable from given URL)
â (Preview)