Governor of Duncannon Fort

British military appointment

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 Cary Reynolds
Sir John Brockett
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

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
^ "No. 7428". The London Gazette. 12 August 1735. p. 1.
^ The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. XVIII, November 1748, p. 508.
^ "No. 12289". The London Gazette. 20–23 April 1782. p. 1.
^ "No. 13893". The London Gazette. 14–17 May 1796. p. 474.
^ "No. 15509". The London Gazette. 24–28 August 1802. p. 898.