Governor of Cork
# Governor of Cork

The Governor of Cork was a military officer who commanded the garrison at Cork in Ireland. The office became a sinecure and in 1833 was abolished from the next vacancy.

## List of governors of Cork

### Governors

* 1644: Major Muschamp
* 1651: Colonel Robert Phaire (for Parliament) (page 175)
* 1672: Francis Boyle, 1st Viscount Shannon
* 1678: Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon
* 1689: Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount Clare and M. Boileau (for King James II)
* 1690: Richard Power, 1st Earl of Tyrone and Roger McElligott (for King James II)
* 1690: Colonel Hales and Colonel Hastings (for King William)
* 1691: Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington
* 1691: Sir Richard Cox
* 1692: Sir Toby Purcell
* 1698: Sir James Jeffreys
* 1698–1700: Position abolished
* 1701: Sir James Jeffreys
* 1722: James Jeffreys (son of above)
* 1746–?1750: Gervais Parker
* 1752–1764: Lieut-General Sir James St Clair
* 1764–1768: Lord Robert Bertie
* 1768–1778: Col. John Wynne
* 1778–1782: Nicholas Lysaght
* 1782–1789: Thomas Pigott
* 1789–1792: Mountifort Longfield
* 1792–1811: The Earl of Massereene
* 1811–1820: The Lord Beresford
* 1820–1828: Sir Brent Spencer
* 1829–1835: Sir William Inglis

### Lieutenant-governors

* c.1760–1765?: James Molesworth
* 1764–1768: John Wynne
* 1768–1769: James St John Jeffereyes
* 1772–1778: William Hull a.k.a. William Tonson, 1st Baron Riversdale
* 1778–: John Leland
* 1796–1808: John Leland
* 1808–1815: Col. William Dickson
* 1815–1834: James Stirling
