Governor of Limerick

For governors of County Limerick, see Lord Lieutenant of Limerick.

The Governor of Limerick was a military officer who commanded the garrison at Limerick in Ireland.

List of governors

• William de Burgh
• –1622: Sir Maurice Berkeley
• 1622–1642: George Courtenay, 1st Baronet, of Newcastle^[1]
• 1650–51: Hugh Dubh O'Neill (during Ireton's siege of the town)
• 1651–1653: Sir Hardress Waller^[2]
• 1653–1659: Sir Henry Ingoldsby, 1st Baronet^[3]
• c. 1670–1685: Sir William King^[4]
• 1685: Antoine Hamilton^[5]
• 1690: Alexandre de Rainier de Droue, Marquis de Boisseleau (Jacobite)
• c. 1693: John Simpson
• c. 1726: Thomas Pierse
• Thomas Southwell, 2nd Baron Southwell^[6]
• Thomas Butler, 2nd son of Brinsley Butler, 1st Viscount Lanesborough^[7]
• 1751–1760: Sir John Cope^[8]
• 1761: John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll^[8]
• 1770: John Hale^[8]
• 1775: Sir Henry Clinton^[8]
• 10 July 1794: Gerard Lake^[9]
• 1797–1804: Eyre Massey, 1st Baron Clarina^[10]
• 23 May 1804: William Fawcett^[11]
• 4 October 1826: William Knollys^[12]
• 20 March 1834: The post was abolished on the death of Knollys.