Governor of Galway

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

• Stratford Eyre
• 1774–1793: Robert Sandford^[1]
• 1793–1825: Peter Daly^[2]
• 1826–1839: Sir John Elley^[3]

References

1. Robert Beatson, A Political Index to the Histories of Great Britain & Ireland, vol. III (1806) p. 349.
2. The London Gazette: no. 13562. p. 727. 24–27 August 1793.
3. The London Gazette: no. 18215. p. 179. 28 January 1826.