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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) • 1678: Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon • 1691: Sir Richard Cox • 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 • 1815–1834: James Stirling ==References==
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