Governor of Limerick facts for kids

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
1651 - 1653: Sir Hardress Waller
1653 - 1659: Sir Henry Ingoldsby, 1st Baronet
c.1693: John Simpson
c.1726: Thomas Pierse
Sir William King
1751 - 1760: Sir John Cope
1761: The Duke of Argyll
1770: John Hale
1775: Sir Henry Clinton
10 July 1794: Gerard Lake
1797–1804: The Lord Clarina
23 May 1804: William Fawcett
4 October 1826: William Knollys
20 March 1834: The post was abolished on the death of Knollys.

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