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...
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Look up Galway in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Galway is a city in Ireland. Galway may also refer to: County Galway Galway Bay Galway's Land National...
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Viscount Galway, GCMG, DSO, OBE, KStJ, PC (24 March 1882 – 27 March 1943) was a British politician. He served as the fifth Governor-General of New Zealand...
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-9.0417 Galway Belfast Dublin The siege of Galway took place from August 1651 to 12 May 1652 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Galway was the...
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Stratford Eyre (category High sheriffs of County Galway)
was an Anglo-Irish soldier and governor of Galway. Eyre was a descendant of John Eyre, who had settled in County Galway in the 1650s and established a...
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John Elley (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
served as the last Governor of Galway and as Member of Parliament for Windsor. Information about Elley is scarce, perhaps partly because of his humble origins...
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serve as Lord President of Connaught from 1604 to 1616, Governor of Galway from 1616, and as a member of the Privy Council of Ireland (1625). Having established...
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Colonel Sir Henry Lionel Galway, KCMG, DSO (25 September 1859 – 17 June 1949) was a British Army officer and the Governor of South Australia from 18 April...
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Williamite War in Ireland (redirect from The War of the Two Kings)
follower of Tyrconnell, of treachery, while Saint-Ruhe's subordinate d'Usson sided with Tyrconnell, who appointed him governor of Galway. Unaware of the location...
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1992), American singer and songwriter John Elley (1764–1839), Governor of Galway, Colonel of the 17th Lancers, a British cavalry officer who fought with...
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appointed Governor of Galway from 1636, and served as Lieutenant-General and Commander in Connaught from 1644 and was appointed a member of the Privy...
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John Ussher (died 1741) (category Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Leitrim constituencies)
former constituency of Carrick, sitting until his death. He later also served as Governor of Galway and, from 1735, Vice-Admiral of Connaught. His son...
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of University of Galway people, including notable alumni and faculty members of the University of Galway and its forerunners: Queen's College, Galway...
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9°2′56″W / 53.27194°N 9.04889°W / 53.27194; -9.04889 Galway Belfast Dublin The city of Galway Ireland was built as a naval base and military fort by...
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Oranmore Castle (category Castles in County Galway)
supplied the Fort of Galway from the sea until 1643, when, without the Marquess's sanction, Captain Willoughby Governor of Galway surrendered. While...
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New Zealand. He was born on 16 January 1868 in Woodend, around 26 km north of Christchurch. He was educated at Cook's private school and was first employed...
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1652 in Ireland (category Years of the 17th century in Ireland)
Siege of Galway: Thomas Preston, the military governor of Galway, surrenders the city to English Parliamentarians commanded by Charles Coote. Galway is the...
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Viscount Galway (Irish: Víosa na Gaillimhe) is a title that has been created four times in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation came in 1628 in favour...
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married to Sir Henry Galway, Governor of South Australia. Galway was born at Mayfair, London, the only daughter of two leaders of the English Liberal Catholic...
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Martin Sheen (category People associated with the University of Galway)
end of filming of The West Wing, Sheen planned to further his education: "My plan is to read English literature, philosophy and theology in Galway, Ireland...
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Irish peer who was Governor of Galway (1712–14) and a Privy Counsellor in Ireland (1726). Burke was the son of John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde and educated...
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Gambia Governors Henry Lionel Galway, Governor (1911–1914) Edward John Cameron, Governor (1914–1920) Gold Coast Governors Hugh Charles Clifford, Governor (1912–1919)...
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Henri de Massue, 2nd Marquis de Ruvigny, Earl of Galway, PC (9 April 1648 – 3 September 1720) was a French Huguenot soldier and diplomat who was influential...
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Lieut, of Roscommon 1689, and col. [colonel] in James's army and gov. [governor] of Galway, m. [married] July 1687, Frances, 2nd dau. [daughter] of Count...
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area in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. It is located on the country's west coast in the Gaeltacht, about 50 km west of Galway city. Carna is an extremely...
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The governor-general of New Zealand (Māori: Te kāwana tianara o Aotearoa) is the representative of the monarch of New Zealand, currently King Charles...
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The spouse of the governor-general of New Zealand generally assists the office-holder in welcoming ambassadors and their spouses, and in performing their...
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County Galway was a United Kingdom parliamentary constituency in Ireland, comprised the whole of County Galway, except for the Borough of Galway. It replaced...
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William Henry Gregory (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Galway constituencies (1801–1922))
County Galway. He was appointed High Sheriff of County Galway in 1849. He had inherited a large fortune, mainly derived from the earnings of his grandfather...
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William Hobson (redirect from Governor Hobson)
British Royal Navy, who served as the first Governor of New Zealand. He was a co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi. Hobson was dispatched from London in...
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