Governor of Galway explained

The Governor of Galway was a military officer who commanded the garrison at Galway in the west of Ireland. The post became a sinecure and in 1833 was to be abolished from the next vacancy.

List of governors

• 1616: Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde (died 1635)
• Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde (died 1657)
• Henry de Burgh
• 1651: General Preston (fled to France, 1651)
• 1652: Colonel Peter Stubbers (for Parliament)
• 1655: Colonel Thomas Sadleir
• –1691: Henry Dillon, 8th Viscount Dillon
• 1691: Sir Henry Belasyse
• John Eyre
• 1712: Michael Burke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde
• 1714: John Ussher
• 1718: George St George, 1st Baron St George
• 1747–: Stratford Eyre (died 1765)
• 1768–1793: Robert Sandford^[1]
• 1793–1825: Peter Daly
• 1826–1839: Sir John Elley

Notes and References

1. [Robert Beatson]