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 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)