Lord-Lieutenancies of Ireland
The office of Lord-Lieutenant for the counties of Ireland were established in 1831. With the recognition of the independent Irish Free State by the British government on 06 December 1922, the post was discontinued; but is retained in the counties of British ruled Northern Ireland. The counties are still used for local goverment in the Republic of Ireland but not in Northern Ireland, where they have been purely ceremonial since 1972.
Antrim (Aotroma)
Lord-Lieutenants
1620 - 10 Dec 1636 Randal Macsorley MacDonnell,
1st Earl of Antrim
1685 - 1689 Alexander MacDonnell, 3rd Earl of Antrim .... 1615-1699
Governors
.... - .... Alexander MacDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim
17.. - 1801 Randal William MacDonnell,
1st Marquess of Antrim ..................... 1749-1801
18.. - 1831 George Augustus Chichester,
2nd Marquess of Donegall ................... 1769-1844
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Oct 1831 - 25 Mar 1841 Charles Henry St. John O'Neill,
1st Earl O'Neill ........................... 1779-1841
24 Apr 1841 - 20 Oct 1883 George Hamilton Chichester,
Marquess of Donegall ....................... 1797-1883
04 Dec 1883 - 15 Feb 1886 Robert Alexander Shafto Adair,
1st Baron Waveney .......................... 1811-1886
02 Apr 1886 - 24 Mar 1890 Sir Edward Porter Cowan
21 May 1890 - 21 Jul 1911 Sir Francis Alexander Workman-Macnaghten,
8th Baronet of Bushmills House ............. 1863-1951
02 Nov 1911 - 1916 Anthony Ashley-Cooper,
9th Earl of Shaftesbury .................... 1869-1961
09 Jul 1916 - 1938 Algernon William John Clotworthy Skeffington,
12th Viscount Massereene, Viscount Ferrard . 1873-1952
14 Apr 1938 - 24 Oct 1944 Shane O'Neill, 3rd Baron O'Neill
12 Apr 1945 - 16 May 1949 James Graham Leslie ......................... 1868-1949
22 Sep 1949 - 24 Mar 1959 Robert William Hugh O'Neill,
Baron Rathcavan ............................ 1883-1982
24 Mar 1959 - 19 Apr 1994 Sir Richard Dobbs
19 Apr 1994 - 31 Aug 2008 Raymond Arthur O'Neill,
4th Baron O'Neill .......................... 1933-
01 Sep 2008 - Joan Christie
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Armagh (Mhacha Armagh)
Lord-Lieutenants
1689 - 1690 Sir Niall Ua Néill,
2nd Baronet of Shane's Castle .............. 1658-1690
1805 - 27 Mar 1849 Archibald Acheson,
2nd Earl of Gosford ........................ 1776-1849
(Governor to 17 Oct 1831)
03 Jul 1849 - 1864 James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont ..... 1820-1892
08 Feb - 15 Jun 1864 Archibald Acheson,
3rd Earl of Gosford ........................ 1806-1864
09 Jul 1864 - 15 Jan 1882 Charles Brownlow, 2nd Baron Lurgan .......... 1832-1882
05 Apr 1883 - 1920 Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson,
4th Earl of Gosford ........................ 1841-1922
16 Sep 1920 - 08 Jun 1924 John Lonsdale, 1st Baron Armaghdale ......... 1850-1924
07 Jul 1924 - 1939 Henry Bruce Wright Armstrong ................ 1844-1943
05 Dec 1939 - 21 Jan 1981 Capt. Sir Charles Norman Lockhart Norman
Stronge, 8th Baronet of Tyann .............. 1894-1981
20 Jul 1981 - 15 May 1989 Michael Torrens-Spence ...................... 1914-2001
15 May 1989 - Nicholas James Alexander,
7th Earl of Caledon ........................ 1955-
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Belfast (Béal Feirste)
Lord-Lieutenants
20 Feb 1900 - 1904 Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart,
6th Marquess of Londonderry ................ 1852-1915
19 Jan 1904 - 1911 Anthony Ashley-Cooper,
Earl of Sharftesbury ....................... 1869-1891
04 Nov 1911 - 06 Jun 1924 William James Pirrie, Viscount Pirrie ....... 1847-1924
07 Jul 1924 - 10 May 1950 Sir Thomas James Dixon,
Baron of Ballymock ......................... 1868-1950
11 Jul 1950 - 1985 Daniel Stewart Bingham Dixon,
Baron Glentoran ............................ 1912-1995
12 Aug 1985 - 1991 Sir Robert George Caldwell Kinahan .......... 1916-1997
25 Mar 1991 - 2000 Eliott Wilson
26 May 2000 - 08 Aug 2009 Lady Romayne Winifed Carswell
09 Aug 2009 - 06 Jul 2014 Dame Mary Elizabeth Peters .................. 1939-
06 Jul 2014 - Finnouala Jay-O'Boyle ....................... 1960-
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Carlow (Ceatharlach)
Governors
1714 - 1741 Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of Thomond .......... 1688-1741
1741 - 17.. William Burton
17.. - 17.. Beauchamp Bagenal
17.. - 17.. Clement Wolseley
1779 - 1798 John Staunton Rochfort
1798 - 1816 David La Touche
1816 - 1820 Col. Henry Bruen
1820 - 1831 Gen. Ulysses de Burgh,
2nd Baron Downes ........................... 1788-1864
18.. - 1831 William Browne
18.. - 1831 Thomas Kavanagh, The MacMorrough ............ 1767-1837
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Oct 1831 - Nov 1838 John William Ponsonby,
Earl of Bessborough ........................ 1781-1847
Nov 1838 - 28 Jan 1880 John George Brabazon Ponsonby,
Earl of Bessborough ........................ 1809-1880
25 Mar 1880 - 15 Dec 1889 Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh ................. 1831-1889
26 Feb 1890 - 06 Dec 1922 Thomas Leopold McClintock-Bunbury,
Baron Rathdonnell .......................... 1881-1937
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Cavan (Chabhain)
Governors
17.. - 17.. Charles Bellomont, 1st Earl Bellomont,
Baron Coote ................................ 1738-1800
17.. - 1805 John James Maxwell, 2nd Earl of Farnham ..... 1760-1823
1805 - 1831 John Maxwell-Barry, 5th Baron Farnham ....... 1767-1838
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Oct 1831 - 06 Dec 1870 Thomas Taylour, Marquess of Headfort ........ 1787-1870
03 Apr 1871 - 06 Oct 1876 John Young, Baron of Lisgar ................. 1807-1876
18 Dec 1876 - 18 Jul 1900 John Vansittart Danvers Butler-Danvers,
Earl of Lanesbrough ........................ 1839-1905
18 Jul - 22 Nov 1900 Somerset Henry Maxwell,
Baron of Farnham ........................... 1849-1900
21 Dec 1900 - 21 Oct 1906 Col. Edward James Sauderson ................. 1837-1906
15 Mar 1907 - 11 Jan 1922 Thomas Lough ................................ 1850-1922
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Chlair (Clare)
Governors
16.. - 1714 Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of Thomond ......... s.a
17.. - 17.. Sir Murrough O'Brien, 10th Baron of Inchiquin,
5th Baron O'Brien of Burren, 1st Marquess
of Thomond Taplow, 5th Earl of Inchiquin ... 1726-1808
1805 - 1831 Sir Francis Nathaniel Pierpoint Burton ...... 1766-1832
Lord-Lieutenants
07 Oct 1831 - 11 May 1843 William Vesey-FitzGerald,
2nd Baron Vesey-FitzGerald ................. 1783-1843
May 1843 - 22 Mar 1872 Sir Lucius McEdward O'Brien, Baron Inchiquin,
2nd Baronet of Leaghmenagh ................. 1800-1872
28 May 1872 - 13 Jan 1879 Charles William White ....................... 1838-1890
13 Jan 1879 - 09 Apr 1900 Edward Donough O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchquin,
Prince of Thomond .......................... 1839-1900
20 Aug 1900 - 03 Oct 1909 Hector Stewart Vandeleur
07 Oct 1909 - 06 Dec 1922 Sir Michael O'Loghlen, 4th Baronet
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Cork (Chorcai)
Governors
1686 - 1689 Francis Boyle, 1st Viscount Shannon ......... 1623-1699
1758 - 1761 Richard Longfield,
1st Viscount Longueville ................... 1734-1811
17.. - 17.. Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl Shannon
1805 - 1809 Col. Robert Uniacke-FitzGerald .............. 1751-1814
1809 - 08 Nov 1819 Hayes St. Leger,
2nd Viscount Doneraile ..................... 1755-1819
1820 - 1831 William Tonson,
Baron Riversdale of Rathcormuck
18.. - 1831 William O'Brien, 2nd Marquess of Thomond,
6th Earl of Inchiquin ...................... 1765-1846
18.. - 1831 Hayes St Leger, 3rd Viscount Doneraile ...... 1786-1854
18.. - 1831 George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston ........... 1771-1839
Lord-Lieutenants
07 Oct 1831 - 22 Apr 1842 Henry Boyle, Earl of Shannon ................ 1771-1842
May 1842 - 31 Oct 1856 James Bernard, Earl of Bandon ............... 1785-1856
04 Dec 1856 - 17 Sep 1874 Edmond Burke Roche, Earl of Fermoy .......... 1815-1874
10 Nov 1874 - 17 Feb 1877 Francis Bernard, Earl Bandon ................ 1810-1877
13 Jun 1877 - 06 Dec 1922 James Bernard, Earl Bandon .................. 1850-1924
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Donegall (Dhun na nGall)
Governors
1746 - 03 Apr 1781 Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham ......... 1705-1781
1781 - 17.. Gen. Ralph Gore, 1st Earl of Ross ........... 1725-1802
1781 - 1804 Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim ........ 1732-1804
1781 - 31 May 1796 William Burton Conyngham .................... 1733-1796
1781 - 1807 Sir Samuel Hayes, 1st Baronet Hayes ......... 1737-1707
18.. - 18.. John James Hamilton,
1st Marquess of Abercorn ................... 1756-1818
18.. - 1831 Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim ..... 1798-1854
1803 - 1831 Henry Burton Conyngham,
1st Marquess Conyngham ..................... 1766-1832
18.. - 1831 Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes, 3rd Baronet Hayes .. 1806-1860
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Oct 1831 - 05 Oct 1844 George Augustus Chichester,
Marquess of Donegall ....................... 1769-1844
13 Nov 1844 - 31 Oct 1885 James Hamilton, Viscount of Abercorn ........ 1811-1885
Nov 1885 - 03 Jan 1913 James Hamilton, Duke of Abercorn ............ 1838-1883
09 Aug 1913 - 11 Mar 1917 Sir John Olphert ............................ 18..-1917
25 Aug 1917 - Apr 1920 Arthur Jocelyn Charles Gore,
Earl of Arran .............................. 1868-1958
17 Dec 1920 - 06 Dec 1922 Sir Emerson Crawford Herdman ................ 1872-1949
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Down (Duin)
Governors
17.. - 1793 Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire ....... 1718-1793
1793 - 1821 Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry . 1739-1821
18.. - 1831 Col. Robert Ward ............................ 1754-1831
18.. - 1831 Charles William Vane,
3rd Marquess of Londonderry ................ 1778-1854
Lord-lieutenants
1830 - 12 Apr 1845 Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill,
Marquess of Downshire ...................... 1778-1845
17 May 1845 - 1864 Frederick William Robert Stewart,
4th Marquess of Londonderry ................ 1805-1872
13 Apr 1864 - 12 Feb 1902 Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood,
1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava ........... 1826-1902
16 Apr 1902 - 08 Feb 1915 Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart,
6th Marquess of Londonderry ................ 1852-1915
08 Feb 1915 - 11 Feb 1949 Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart,
7th Marquess of Londonderry ................ 1878-1949
02 Jun 1949 - 1959 Francis Charles Adelbert Henry Needham,
4th Earl of Kilmorey ....................... 1883-1961
10 Mar 1959 - 18 Aug 1962 Sir Roland Thomas Nugent,
1st Baronet of Portaferry .................. 1886-1962
25 Sep 1962 - 02 Oct 1979 John Charles Edmund Carson Meade,
Earl of Clanwilliam ........................ 1914-1989
02 Oct 1979 - 1990 William Norman Brann
17 Aug 1990 - 1996 William Stephan Brownlow
10 Oct 1996 - 01 Aug 2009 Sir William Joseph Hall
25 Aug 2009 - David Lindsay
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Dublin and the City of Dublin (Bhaile Atha Cliath)
Governors
17.. - 17.. Luke Gardiner, 1st Viscount Mountjo ......... 1745-1798
17.. - 17.. Thomas St Lawrence, 1st Earl of Howth ....... 1730-1801
1792 - 25 Apr 1821 Henry Lawes Luttrell,
2nd Earl of Carhampton ..................... 1743-1821
1803 - 1822 George Vesey
18.. - 1822 Hans Hamilton ............................... 1752-1822
1822 - 1831 Sir Compton Domvile, 1st Baronet ............ 1775-1857
18.. - 1831 Thomas White
Lord-Lieutenants
07 Oct 1831 - 15 Mar 1851 John Chambre Brabazon, Earl of Meath ........ 1772-1851
07 Apr 1851 - 04 Feb 1874 Thomas St Lawrence, Earl of Howth ........... 1803-1874
09 Mar 1874 - 11 Aug 1892 Charles Stanley Monck, Viscount Monck ....... 1819-1894
11 Aug 1892 - 06 Mar 1898 Ion Trant Hamilton,
Baron of HolmPatrick ....................... 1839-1898
12 May 1898 - 06 Dec 1922 Brig-Gen. Reginald Le Normand Brabazon,
Earl of Meath .............................. 1869-1949
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Fermanagh (Fear Manach)
Governors
1756 - 1772 Mervyn Archdall ............................. 1724-1813
17.. - 22 May 1803 William Willoughby Cole,
1st Earl of Enniskillen .................... 1736-1803
17.. - 1806 Charles Tottenham Loftus,
1st Marquess of Ely ........................ 1738-1806
1772 - 15 Dec 1828 John Creighton, 1st Earl Erne ............... 1731-1828
1813 - 1831 Gen. Mervyn Archdall ........................ 1736-1839
18.. - 1831 John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely ............ 1770-1845
1830 - 1831 John Creighton
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Oct 1831 - 31 Mar 1840 John Wiloughby Cole,
2nd Earl of Enniskillen .................... 1768-1840
01 Apr 1840 - 03 Oct 1885 John Crichton, 3rd Earl Erne ................ 1802-1885
03 Oct 1885 - 02 Dec 1914 John Henry Crichton, 4th Earl Erne .......... 1839-1914
31 Mar 1915 - 25 Sep 1948 John Ernest Collum
25 Sep 1948 - 19 Feb 1963 John Henry Michael Cole,
5th Earl of Enniskillen .................... 1876-1963
26 Apr 1963 - Feb 1969 Basil Stanlake Brooke,
1st Viscount Brookeborough ................. 1888-1973
17 Jun 1971 - 30 Jul 1976 Maj-Gen. Thomas Scott ....................... 1905-1976
07 Feb 1977 - 19 Feb 1979 Ltd-Col. Robert George Grosvenor,
Duke of Westminster ........................ 1910-1979
20 Aug 1979 - 03 May 1987 Viola Maud Grosvenor,
Dowager Duchess of Westminster .............. 1912-1987
20 Aug 1987 - 02 Jul 2012 Henry George Victor John Crichton,
6th Earl Erne .............................. 1937-2015
02 Jul 2012 - Alan Henry Brooke,
3rd Viscount Brookeborough ................. 1952-
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Galway (Gaillimhe)
Governors
17.. - 10 Oct 1791 Denis Daly .................................. 1748-1791
1792 - 08 Dec 1797 Henry de Burgh,
1st Marquess of Clanricarde ................ 1742-1797
1798 - 28 Mar 1803 Joseph Henry Blake, 1st Baron Wallscourt .... 1765-1803
1803 - 27 Apr 1805 William Power Keating Trench,
1st Earl of Clancarty ...................... 1741-1805
1805 - 1831 Richard Le Poer Trench,
2nd Earl of Clancarty,
1st Marquess of Heusden .................... 1767-1837
1812 - 23 May 1817 John Prendergast-Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort ... 1743-1817
1817 - 1831 Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort .......... 1768-1842
Lord-Lieutenants
07 Oct 1831 - 10 Apr 1874 Ulrick John de Burgh,
Marquess of Clanricarde .................... 1808-1874
28 May 1874 - Jun 1892 Robert Dillon, Baron Clonbrock .............. 1807-1893
13 Jun 1892 - 12 Apr 1917 Luke Gerald Dillon, Baron Clonbrock ......... 1834-1917
17 Apr 1917 - 06 Dec 1922 Martin Henry FitzPatrick Morris,
Baron Killanin ............................. 1867-1922
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Kerry (Chiarrai)
Governors
1747 - 1753 Maurice Crosbie, 1st Baron Brandon .......... 1689-1762
17.. - 17.. Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice,
3rd Earl of Kerry .......................... 1740-1818
1790 - 23 Oct 1815 John Crosbie, 2nd Earl of Glandore .......... 1753-1815
1815 - 1831 James Crosbie ............................... 1760-1836
Lord-Lieutenants
07 Oct 1831 - 31 Oct 1853 Valentine Browne. Earl of Kenmare ........... 1788-1853
22 Nov 1853 - 26 Feb 1866 Col. Henry Arthur Herbert ................... 1815-1866
24 Mar 1866 - 09 Feb 1905 Valentine Augustus Browne,
Earl of Kenmare ............................ 1825-1905
04 May 1905 - 06 Dec 1922 Valentine Charles Browne,
Earl of Kenmare ............................ 1860-1941
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Kildare (Chill Dara)
Governors
1762 - 19 Nov 1773 Lt-Gen. James FitzGerald,
1st Duke of Leinster ....................... 1722-1773
19 Nov 1773 - 20 Oct 1804 William Robert FitzGerald,
2nd Duke of Leinster ....................... 1749-1804
1804 - 1816 John Wolfe
1816 - 10 Aug 1820 Walter Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde ...... 1770-1820
1820 - 1825 Lord Henry Moore
1825 - 1831 Augustus Frederick FitzGerlad,
Duke of Leinster ........................... 1791-1874
Lord-Lieutenants
07 Oct 1831 - 10 Nov 1874 Augustus Frederick FitzGerlad,
Duke of Leinster ........................... s.a
04 Dec 1874 - 29 Jun 1892 Henry Francis Seymour Moore,
Marquess of Drogheda ....................... 1825-1892
05 Jul 1892 - 01 Dec 1893 Gerald FitzGerald, Duke of Leinster ......... 1851-1893
24 Feb 1894 - 07 Oct 1913 Robert Kennedy
02 Dec 1913 - 29 Jun 1917 Sir Anthony Weldon
23 Apr 1918 - 06 Dec 1922 Henry Charles Ponsonby Moore,
Earl of Drogheda ........................... 1884-1957
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Kilkenny (Chill Chainnigh)
Governors
17.. - 17.. William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough
17.. - 10 Aug 1820 Walter Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde ...... 1770-1820
Lord-Lieutenants
07 Oct 1831 - 18 May 1838 James Wandesford Butler,
Marquess of Ormonde ........................ 1777-1838
Nov 1838 - 16 May 1847 John William Ponsonby, Earl of Bessborough .. s.a
25 Jun 1847 - 11 Jun 1878 William Frederick Fownes Tighe .............. 1794-1878
05 Oct 1878 - 26 Oct 1919 James Edward Liam Theobald Butler,
Marquess of Ormonde ........................ 1844-1919
23 Jun 1920 - 06 Dec 1922 Hamilton John Agmondesham Cuff,
Earl of Desart ............................. 1848-1934
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King's County / Offaly (Uibh Fhaili)
Governors
1752 - 1784 FM. Charles Moore,
1st Marquess of Drogheda
1792 - 1831 Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse ......... 1758-1841
18.. - 1831 Henry Paisley L'Estrange
1828 - 1831 Thomas Bernard .............................. 1769-1843
Lord-Lieutenants
07 Oct 1831 - 31 Oct 1867 William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse .......... 1800-1867
17 Dec 1867 - 13 Dec 1883 Thomas Bernard
20 Mar 1884 - Apr 1892 Francis Travers Dames-Longworth ............. 1834-1898
13 Jun 1892 - 29 Aug 1908 Laurence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse ......... 1840-1908
05 Feb 1909 - 10 Jun 1918 William Edward Parsons,
5th Earl of Rosse .......................... 1873-1918
03 Sep 1918 - 06 Dec 1922 Edward John Beaumont-Nesbitt ................ 1860-19..
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Leitrim (Liatroma)
Governors
1758 - 1777 Nathaniel Clements .......................... 1705-1777
1787 - 27 Jul 1804 Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim ........ 1732-1804
1789 - 1794 Henry Theophilus Clements
1805 - 1831 Walter Jones ................................ 1754-1839
1808 - 1831 Col. Henry John Clements .................... 1781-1843
1817 - 1824 Luke White .................................. 1750-1824
Lord-Lieutenants
07 Oct 1831 - 31 Dec 1854 Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim ..... 1768-1854
31 Jan 1855 - Nov 1856 Edward King Tenison
04 Dec 1856 - 10 Sep 1872 George Arthur Hastings Forbes,
Earl of Granard ............................ 1833-1889
10 Sep 1872 - 26 Apr 1878 Thomas Arthur Joseph Southwell,
Viscount Southwell ......................... 1836-1878
27 Jun 1878 - 25 Jun 1904 Liam Richard Ormsby-Gore,
Baron Harlech .............................. 1819-1904
19 Aug 1904 - 06 Dec 1922 George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore,
Baron Harlech .............................. 1855-1938
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Limerick (Luimnigh)
Governors
1780 - 1818 Robert Tilson Deane, 1st Baron Muskerry ..... 1745-1818
1818 - 1831 Richard Hobart FitzGibbon ................... 1793-1864
Lord-Lieutenants
07 Oct 1831 - 09 Sep 1848 Richard Hobart FitzGibbon, Earl of Clare
13 Sep 1848 - 13 Aug 1851 John FitzGibbon, Earl of Clare .............. 1792-1851
Sep 1851 - 10 Jan 1864 Richard Hobard FitzGibbon,
Earl of Clare (2nd Time)
20 Feb 1864 - 06 Oct 1871 Edwin Richard Wyndham-Quin,
Earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl ............ 1812-1871
08 Dec 1871 - 20 Apr 1894 William Monsell, Baron Emly of Terveo ....... 1812-1894
29 Nov 1894 - 18 Jan 1896 Thomas Enraght O'Brian
05 Mar 1896 - 06 Dec 1922 Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin,
Earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl ............ 1841-1926
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City of Londonderry / Derry (Dhoire)
Lord-Lieutenants
20 Feb 1900 - 1904 William Tillie
29 Jun 1904 - 1921 Charles Clements, Earl of Leitrim ........... 1879-1952
01 Mar 1921 - 02 Feb 1926 Thomas Fitzpatrick Cooke .................... 1860-1926
26 Nov 1926 - 20 Sep 1939 William Maxwell Scott Moore ................. 1871-1939
20 Sep 1939 - 1975 Sir Basil Alexander Talbot McFarland,
Baron of Aberfoyle ......................... 1898-1986
13 Jun 1975 - 1985 Thomas Fitzpatrick Cooke .................... 1911-1994
15 Apr 1986 - 02 Aug 2002 James Eaton ................................. 1926-
02 Aug 2002 - 08 Oct 2013 Donal Arthur John Keegan .................... 1938-
09 Oct 2013 - Dr. Angela Garvey ........................... 1953-
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Londonderry / Derry (Dhoire)
Governors
17.. - 03 Apr 1781 Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham ......... 1705-1781
1781 - 1795 Thomos Conolly
1789 - 1794 Edward Cary
1805 - 12 Aug 1822 Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry . 1769-1822
1822 - 1831 Charles William Vane,
3rd Marquess of Londonderry ................ 1778-1854
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Oct 1831 - 20 Aug 1840 George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh ........... 1778-1840
20 Aug 1840 - 13 Mar 1860 Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson,
1st Baronet of The Farm .................... 1796-1860
10 Apr 1860 - 22 Apr 1870 Acheson Lyle
25 Jun 1870 - 02 Sep 1877 Col. Robert Peel Dawson ..................... 1818-1877
02 Sep 1877 - 07 Dec 1907 Sir Henry Hervey Bruce,
3rd Baronet of Downhill .................... 1820-1907
24 Jan 1908 - Dec 1910 John Cooke
07 Jan 1911 - 22 Aug 1914 David Cleghorn Hogg ......................... 1840-1914
31 Mar 1915 - 30 Oct 1926 James Jackson Clark
30 Oct 1926 - 14 Jan 1938 Maurice Marcus McCausland ................... 1872-1938
28 Jun 1938 - 05 Dec 1939 Sir Charles Edmond Sinclair Stronge,
Baron of Tynan ............................. 1862-1939
02 Feb 1940 - 05 Jun 1957 William Lowry Lenox-Conyngham ............... 1903-1957
10 Oct 1957 - 30 May 1960 Sir Dudley Evelyn Bruce McCorkell ........... 1883-1960
17 Oct 1960 - 1965 Sir Henry George Hill Mulholland,
1st Baronet of Ballyscullion ............... 1898-1971
13 Jun 1975 - 14 Jun 2000 Col. Sir Michael McCorkell .................. 1925-2006
14 Jun 2000 - Denis Desmond
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Longfoirt (Longfort)
Governors
1801 - 18.. Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen,
2nd Viscount Newcome ....................... 1776-1825
18.. - 1831 George Forbes, 6th Earl of Granard
Lord-Lieutenants
07 Oct 1831 - 13 Nov 1836 George Forbes, Viscount Forbes
22 Nov 1836 - 1841 Luke White
1841 - 03 Sep 1873 Henry Whire, Baron Annaly ................... 1791-1873
07 Sep 1873 - 27 Mar 1874 Luke White, Baron Annaly .................... 1829-1888
27 Mar 1874 - 19 Apr 1887 William Lygon Pakenham,
Earl of Longford ........................... 1819-1887
14 Jun 1887 - 21 Aug 1915 Thomas Pakenham, Earl of Longford ........... 1864-1915
21 Aug 1915 - 26 Aug 1926 Vacant
26 Aug 1916 - 06 Dec 1922 Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hasting Forbes,
Viscount Forbes, Earl of Granard ........... 1874-1948
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Louth (Lú)
Governors
1769 - 06 Feb 1798 James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil ..... 1730-1798
1798 - 23 Aug 1828 John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel ................ 1740-1828
1805 - 1831 Thomas Henry Skeffington,
2nd Viscount Ferrard ....................... 1772-1843
Lord-Lieutenants
09 Dec 1831 - 10 Dec 1866 Patrick Bellew, Baron Bellew ................ 1798-1866
14 Jan 1867 - 17 Apr 1879 Sean McClintock, Baron Rathdonnell .......... 1798-1879
13 Nov 1879 - 14 Mar 1898 Clotworthy John Eyre Skeffington,
Viscount Massereene ........................ 1842-1905
14 Mar 1898 - 15 Jul 1911 George Bellew-Bryan, Baron Bellew ........... 1857-1935
04 Nov 1911 - 09 Jun 1921 Sir Alan Henry Bellingham ................... 1846-1921
22 Jul 1921 - 06 Dec 1922 Sir Edward Henry Charles Patrick Bellingham,
5th Baronet of Castle Bellingham ........... 1879-1956
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Mayo (Mhaigh)
Governors
17.. - 1774 James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley
and 1st Baron Kilmaine ..................... 1682-1774
1774 - 1776 John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont ........... 1709-1776
1776 - 17.. Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan .......... 1735-1799
17.. - 1794 John Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine
1779 - 1809 John Denis Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo .....1756-1809
1794 - 1809 Arthur Saunders Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran ..... 1734-1809
1809 - 1821 James Cuffe, 1st Baron Tyrawley ............. 1747-1821
1809 - 1813 Charles Dillon-Lee, 12th Viscount Dillon .... 1745-1813
1818 - 1828 James Cuffe ................................. 1778-1828
1821 - 1825 James Caulfeild Browne, 2nd Baron Kilmaine .. 1765-1825
18.. - 1831 Dominick Geoffrey Browne
Lord-Lieutenants
07 Oct 1831 - 26 Jan 1845 Howe Peter Browne, Marquess of Sligo ........ 1788-1845
25 Feb 1845 - 10 Nov 1888 George Charles Bingham, Earl of Lucan ....... 1800-1888
14 Jan 1889 - 14 Mar 1901 Arthur Saunders Gore, Earl of Arran ......... 1839-1901
27 Jul 1901 - 05 Jun 1914 Charles George Bingham, Earl of Lucan ....... 1830-1914
01 Sep 1914 - 06 Dec 1922 George Browne, Marquess of Sligo ............ 1856-1935
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Meath (Mhi)
Governors
1759 - 22 Dec 1822 Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda ..... s.a
1823 - 24 Oct 1829 Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort .... 1766-1829
18.. - 1831 James Lenox William Naper
18.. - 1831 Sir Marcus Somerville, 4th Baronet
18.. - 1831 Edward Bligh ................................ 1769-1840
Lord-Lieutenants
28 Oct 1831 - 11 Feb 1835 Edward Bligh, Earl of Darnley ............... 1795-1835
11 Apr 1835 - 11 Dec 1848 Edward Wadding Plunkett, Baron of Dunsway ... 1773-1848
10 Jan 1849 - 21 Apr 1869 Arthur James Plunkett, Earl of Fingall ...... 1791-1869
31 May 1869 - 17 Jul 1876 Gen. Francis Nathaniel Conyngham,
Marquess Conyngham ......................... 1797-1876
15 Sep 1876 - 22 Jul 1894 Thomas Taylour, Marquess of Headfort ........ 1822-1894
Aug 1894 - 17 Aug 1906 Simon Mangan ................................ 18..-1906
17 Aug 1906 - 06 Dec 1922 Sir Nugent Talbot Evarard,
1st Baronet of of Randlestown .............. 1849-1829
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Mhuineachain (Monaghan)
Governors
1775 - 1806 William Henry Fortescue,
1st Earl of Clermont ....................... 1752-1806
1802 - 1831 Charles Powell Leslie ....................... 1769-1831
18.. - 1831 Warner William Westenra,
2nd Baron Rossmore ......................... 1765-1842
Lord-Lieutenants
07 Oct 1831 - Apr 1836 William Westenra, Baron Rossmore ............ 1765-1842
13 Jun 1836 - 06 Dec 1858 Henry Robert Westerna, Baron Rossmore ....... 1792-1860
06 Dec 1858 - 26 Jun 1871 Charles Powell Leslie ....................... 1821-1871
18 Oct 1871 - 12 May 1897 Richard Dawson, Earl of Dartrey ............. 1817-1897
18 Jun 1897 - 31 Jan 1921 Derrick Warner William Westenra,
Baron Rossmore ............................. 1853-1921
18 Mar 1921 - 06 Dec 1922 Sir John Leslie, 2nd Baronet of Glaslough ... 1857-1944
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Queen's County / Laois (Laoise)
Governors
17.. - 1774 John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington
1774 - 1799 Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda ..... 1730-1822
1799 - 1831 William Wellesley-Pole,
3rd Earl of Mornington ..................... 1763-1845
18.. - 1823 Charles Henry Coote, 2nd Baron Castle Coote . 1754-1823
18.. - 1831 Thomas Cosby
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Oct 1831 - 19 Oct 1855 John Vesey, Viscount de Vesci ............... 1771-1855
17 Nov 1855 - 22 Jan 1883 John William FitzParick, Baron Castletown ... 1811-1883
28 Mar 1883 - 26 Dec 1900 John Robert William Vesey,
Viscount de Vesci .......................... 1844-1903
26 Dec 1900 - 22 Oct 1920 Sir Algernon Coote
11 Nov 1920 - 06 Dec 1922 Sir William Hutchenson Poë,
Baronet of Heywood ......................... 1848-1934
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Ros Comain (Roscommon)
Governors
1772 - 08 Nov 1797 Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston ........... 1726-1797
17.. - 17.. Maurice Mahon, 1st Baron Hartland ........... 1738-1819
1782 - 30 Sep 1797 Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet ............. 1748-1797
1797 - 09 Nov 1813 Charles Dillon-Lee, 12th Viscount Dillon .... 1745-1813
18.. - 1831 Thomas Mahon, 2nd Baron Hartland ............ 1766-1835
Lord-Lieutenants
07 Oct 1831 - 20 Nov 1854 Gen. Robert Edward King,
Viscount Lorton ............................ 1773-1854
18 Dec 1854 - 29 Sep 1856 Arthur French, Baron de Freyne
and de Freyne............................... 1786-1856
04 Dec 1856 - 19 Jun 1878 Edward King Tenison
05 Oct 1878 - 10 Jun 1888 Edward Robert King-Harman ................... 1838-1888
25 Jul 1888 - 13 Jan 1896 Lt-col. Henry Ernest Newcomen King-Tenison,
Earl of Kingston ........................... 1848-1896
05 Mar 1896 - 30 Jun 1906 Cathal Eóghan Ó Conchubhair Donn ............ 1838-1906
(Charles Owen O'Conor, O'Conor Don)
05 Sep 1906 - 23 Feb 1917 Charles O'Conor Don
25 Aug 1917 - 06 Dec 1922 William John Talbot
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Shligigh (Sligo)
Governors
1746 - 1755 Joshua Cooper ............................... 1696-1757
1758 - 16 Dec 1800 Joshua Cooper ............................... 1732-1800
1772 - 1797 Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston ........... 1726-1797
1789 - 19 Sep 1822 Charles O'Hara .............................. 1746-1822
1789 - 1831 Owen Wynne .................................. 1755-1841
1796 - 1831 Henry King .................................. 1733-1821
1802 - 1831 Col. Joshua Edward Cooper ................... 1761-1837
18.. - 1831 John Irwin
Lord-Lieutenants
05 Dec 1831 - 18 Dec 1868 Sir Frances Knox-Gore,
1st Baronet of Belleek Manor ............... 1803-1873
18 Dec 1868 - 21 Dec 1876 Sir Robert Gore-Booth,
4th Baronet of Artarman .................... 1805-1876
10 Mar 1877 - 26 Feb 1902 Lnt-Col. Edward Henry Cooper ................ 1827-1902
27 May 1902 - 06 Dec 1922 Charles Kean O'Hara ......................... 1860-1947
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Tipperary (Thiobraid Arann)
1838 - 2014 Divided into North and South Tipperary
Governors
1746 - 1777 Richard Pennefather ......................... 17..-1777
1777 - 1831 Richard Pennefather ......................... 17..-1831
17.. - 17.. Francis Mathew, 1st Earl Landaff ............ 1738-1806
17.. - 12 Jul 1797 Cornelius O'Callaghan, 1st Baron Lismore .... 1741-1797
17.. - 1803 Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden ..... 1729-1803
1792 - 21 Dec 1816 John Bagwell ................................ 1751-1816
17.. - 18.. Stephen Moore
18.. - 22 Aug 1825 Richard Hely Hely-Hutchinson,
1st Earl of Donoughmore .................... 1756-1825
18.. - 1826 William Bagwell ............................ 1776-1826
1829 - 1831 Richard Butler, 2nd Earl of Glengall ........ 1794-1858
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Oct 1831 - 29 Jun 1832 Gen. John Hely-Hutchinson,
2nd Earl of Donoughmore .................... 1757-1832
14 Aug 1832 - 14 Sep 1851 John Hely-Hutchinson,
3rd Earl of Donoughmore .................... 1787-1851
20 Oct 1851 - 30 May 1857 Cornelius O'Callaghan, Viscount Lismore ..... 1775-1857
24 Jun 1857 - 1885 George Ponsonby O'Callaghan,
Viscount Lismore ........................... 1815-1898
1885 - 09 Jun 1905 Cornwallis Maude, Earl de Montalt ........... 1817-1905
15 May 1905 - 06 Dec 1922 Henry O'Callaghan Prittie,
Baron Dunalley ............................. 1851-1927
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Tyrone (Tir Eoghain)
Governors
17.. - 05 Nov 1818 Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland ......... 1729-1818
17.. - 1818 John James Hamilton,
1st Marquess of Abercorn ................... s.a
17.. - 18.. Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore ...... 1774-1841
18.. - 1831 Charles John Gardiner,
1st Earl of Blessington .................... 1782-1829
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Oct 1831 - 08 Apr 1839 Du Pré Alexander,
2nd Earl of Caledon ........................ 1777-1839
Jun 1839 - 26 Dec 1863 Francis William Caulfeild,
2nd Earl of Charlemont ..................... 1775-1863
03 Mar 1864 - 12 Jan 1892 Sir James Molyneux Caulfeild
3rd Earl of Charlemont ..................... 1820-1892
10 Feb 1892 - 06 Apr 1913 Somerset Lowry-Corry,
4th Earl Belmore ........................... 1835-1913
05 Aug 1913 - 04 Jul 1916 Sir Edward Mervyn Archdale,
1st Baronet of Riverside ................... 1853-1943
26 Apr 1917 - 25 Sep 1945 James Albert Edward Hamilton,
Duke of Abercorn ........................... 1869-1953
25 Sep 1945 - 01 Oct 1950 James Ponsonby Galbraith
08 Jan 1951 - 28 Feb 1979 James Edward Hamilton,
Duke of Abercorn ........................... 1904-1979
01 Mar 1979 - 03 Oct 1986 John Hamilton-Stubber
20 Mar 1987 - 04 Jul 2009 James Hamilton, Duke of Abercorn ............ 1934-
05 Jul 2009 - Robert Lowry Scott .......................... 1951-
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Waterford (Phort Láirge)
Governors
1766 - 03 Dec 1800 George de la Poer Beresford,
1st Marquess of Waterford .................. 1735-1800
1801 - 16 Jul 1826 Henry de La Poer Beresford,
2nd Marquess of Waterford .................. 1772-1826
1826 - 1831 Gen. Lord George Thomas Beresford ........... 1781-1839
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Oct 1831 - 23 Jan 1874 Henry Villiers-Stuart,
Baron Stuart de Decies ..................... 1803-1874
09 Mar - 08 Jul 1874 Sir Richard Musgrave
19 Aug 1874 - 23 Oct 1895 John Henry de la Poer Beresford,
Marquess of Waterford ...................... 1844-1895
07 Dec 1895 - 24 Mar 1908 Spensor Compton Cavendish,
Duke of Devonshire ......................... 1833-1908
07 Jul - 08 Sep 1908 Henry Charles Windsor Viliers-Stuart
05 Feb 1909 - 30 Aug 1915 Edmond de la Poer
22 Dec 1915 - 06 Dec 1922 John William Rivallon de la Poer
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Westmeath (na hlarmhi)
Governors
1772 - 1814 George Augustus Rochfort,
2nd Earl of Belvedere ...................... 1738-1814
- 30 Dec 1814 George Frederick Nugent,
7th Earl of Westmeath ...................... 1760-1814
31 Dec 1814 - 20 Jan 1824 Gustavus Rochfort Hume ...................... 1780-1824
1824 - 1831 William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine .. 1761-1839
Lord-Lieutenants
07 Oct 1831 - 01 Apr 1871 George Thomas John Nugent,
Marquess of WestMeath ...................... 1785-1871
03 Apr 1871 - 26 Jan 1883 Col. Fulke Southwell Greville-Nugent,
Baron Greville ............................. 1821-1883
28 Mar 1883 - 03 Nov 1888 Sir Benjamin Chapman
14 Jan 1889 - 26 Apr 1892 Richard Handcock, Baron Castlemaine ......... 1826-1892
13 Jun 1892 - 03 Dec 1898 Francis Travers Dames-Longworth
26 May 1899 - 06 Dec 1922 Albert Edward Handcock,
Baron Castlemaine .......................... 1863-1937
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Wexford (Loch Garman)
Governors
1761 - 1768 Arthur Saunders Gore, 2nd Earl of Arra ...... s.a
1768 - 1816 Arthur Annesley,
1st Earl of Mountnorris .................... 1744-1816
17.. - 1806 Charles Tottenham Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely
17.. - 1814 George Ogle ................................. 1742-1814
17.. - 18.. George Annesley, 2nd Earl of Mountnorris .... 1770-1844
1805 - 1824 John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely ............ 1770-1845
1815 - 1831 Charles Tottenham
18.. - 1831 James George Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown . 1765-1835
Lord-Lieutenants
07 Oct 1831 - 02 Jun 1856 Robert Shapland Carew,
1st Baron of Carew ......................... 1787-1856
05 Jul 1856 - 08 Sep 1881 Robert Shapland Carew,
2nd Baron of Carew ......................... 1818-1881
01 Nov 1881 - 14 Apr 1901 Lord Maurice FitzGerald
27 Jul 1901 - 06 Dec 1922 James Stopford, 6th Earl of Courtown
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Wicklow (Chill Mhantain)
Governors
17.. - 17.. Edward Augustus Stratford,
2nd Earl of Aldborough ..................... 1736-1801
17.. - 17.. Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Baronet
17.. - 1823 John Stratford, 3rd Earl of Aldborough
1823 - 18.. Benjamin O'Neale Stratford,
4th Earl of Aldborough ..................... 1746-1833
18.. - 1831 Hugh Howard ................................. 1761-1840
Lord-Lieutenants
07 Oct 1831 - 22 Mar 1869 William Howard, Earl of Wicklow ............. 1788-1869
22 Apr 1869 - 26 May 1887 William Brabazon, Earl of Meath ............. 1803-1887
14 Jun 1887 - 30 May 1890 Edward Nugent Leeson, Earl of Milltown ...... 1835-1890
25 Jul 1890 - 04 Sep 1909 William Proby, Earl of Carysfort ............ 1836-1909
15 Feb 1910 - 06 Dec 1922 Mervyn Richard Wingfield,
Viscount Powerscourt ....................... 1880-1947
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