The governor of Kinsale was a military officer who commanded the garrison at Kinsale and Charles Fort 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 1739–1740: John Ligonier 1749: Robert Frazer Philip Anstruther 1759–1764: John Folliott 1765–1770: The Earl of Drogheda 20 March 1770: James Gisborne 8 September 1770–1801: The Lord Rossmore 1801–1806: William Neville Gardiner 1806–1819: Sir Cornelius Cuyler 1819–1827: Sir David Baird 1827–1830: William Guard 1830–1849: Sir Warren Marmaduke Peacocke
Lieutenant-governors : James Waller (died 1702) Henry Hawley (died 1724) 1724: George Bate 1725: Gervais Parker 1747–1759: John Folliott –1776: Nicholas Price 1776– : Sir Francis James Buchanan 1783–1786: John Hancock 1786–1789: George Bernard 1789–1827: Arthur Browne 1827–1829: Sir William Inglis 1829–1833: John Sulivan Wood
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