Governor of Duncannon Fort explained

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

• 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
• 1741–1751: Gervais Parker^[3]
• 1751–1767: John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes
• 1768–1782: Lord Robert Bertie
• 1782–1795: James Johnston
• 1795–1802: Sir Robert Sloper
• 1802–1814: Ralph Dundas
• 1814–1835: Sir John Hamilton

See also

• Siege of Duncannon

Notes and References

1. 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
2. A. A. Hanham, ‘Honywood, Sir Philip (c.1677–1752)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, May 2006 accessed 16 April 2014
3. The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. XVIII, November 1748, p. 508.