Governor of Duncannon Fort
The Governor of Duncannon Fort was a military officer who commanded the garrison at Duncannon in County Wexford. In later years the post became a sinecure and was abolished on the death of the last holder in 1835.
List of Governors
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- Sir John Dowdall
- 1604–1606: Sir Josias Bodley[1]
- 1606–1646: Laurence Esmonde, 1st Baron Esmonde
- Thomas Roche
- 1649–1650: Edward Wogan
- 1650–1654: Maj. Overstreet
- 1654–1659: Capt. Betts (Bates)
- 1659–: Col. Simon Rugeley
- 1690–1698: Sir James Jefferyes
- 1698–1711: Toby Purcell
- 1711–1728: Robert Stearne
- 1728–1735: Philip Honywood[2]
- 1735–1740: Charles Cathcart, 8th Lord Cathcart[3]
- 1741–1751: Gervais Parker[4]
- 1751–1767: John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes
- 1768–1782: Lord Robert Bertie
- 1782–1795: James Johnston[5]
- 1795–1802: Sir Robert Sloper[6]
- 1802–1814: Ralph Dundas[7]
- 1814–1835: Sir John Hamilton
See also
References
- ↑ J. J. N. McGurk, ‘Bodley, Sir Josias (c.1550–1617)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 16 April 2014
- ↑ A. A. Hanham, ‘Honywood, Sir Philip (c.1677–1752)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, May 2006 accessed 16 April 2014
- ↑ G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs with H. Arthur Doubleday, The Complete Peerage, volume III (London, 1913) p. 105.
- ↑ The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. XVIII, November 1748, p. 508.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 12289. p. 1. 20–23 April 1782.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 13893. p. 474. 14–17 May 1796.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 15509. p. 898. 24–28 August 1802.