Governor of Kinsale

The governor of Kinsale was a military officer who commanded the garrison at Kinsale and Charles Fort in County Cork. The office became a sinecure and in 1833 was to be abolished from the next vacancy.

Governors

 * 1690: Charles Churchill
 * 1693: The Earl of Inchiquin
 * 1719: Lord Harry Powlett
 * 1723: Humphrey Gore
 * 1726: Gervais Parker
 * 1739–1740: John Ligonier
 * 1749: Robert Frazer
 * Philip Anstruther
 * 1759–1764: John Folliott
 * 1765–1770: The Earl of Drogheda
 * 20 March 1770: James Gisborne
 * 8 September 1770–1801: The Lord Rossmore
 * 1801–1806: William Neville Gardiner
 * 1806–1819: Sir Cornelius Cuyler
 * 1819–1827: Sir David Baird
 * 1827–1830: William Guard
 * 1830–1849: Sir Warren Marmaduke Peacocke

Lieutenant-governors

 * c. 1697: James Waller (died 1702)
 * Henry Hawley (died 1724)
 * 1724: George Bate
 * 1725: Gervais Parker
 * 1747–1759: John Folliott
 * –1776: Nicholas Price
 * 1776–   : Sir Francis James Buchanan
 * 1783–1786: John Hancock
 * 1786–1789: George Bernard
 * 1789–1827: Arthur Browne
 * 1827–1829: Sir William Inglis
 * 1829–1833: John Sulivan Wood