The following is a list of those who have been Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim.
There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors.[1] The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831.
Leitrim became part of the Irish Free State upon its founding in 1922 after the war of independence.
Governors
[edit]- Nathaniel Clements: 1758–1777[2]
- Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim: 1777[3]–1804
- Walter Jones: 1805[4]–1831[5]
- Henry John Clements: 1808[6]–1831[5]
- Luke White: 1817–1824[7]
Lord Lieutenants
[edit]- The 2nd Earl of Leitrim: 7 October 1831 – 31 December 1854
- Edward King Tenison: 31 January 1855 – December 1856
- The 7th Earl of Granard: 4 December 1856 – September 1872
- The 4th Viscount Southwell: 10 September 1872 – 26 April 1878
- The 2nd Baron Harlech: 27 June 1878 – 25 June 1904
- The 3rd Baron Harlech: 19 August 1904 – 1922
References
[edit]- Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831-2005". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
- ^ G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).
- ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. III, p. 426.
- ^ Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 432.
- ^ Arthur Aspinall, JONES, Walter (1754-1839), of Cork Abbey, co. Wicklow. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
- ^ a b The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
- ^ P. J. Jupp, CLEMENTS, Henry John (1781-1843), of Ashfield Lodge, co. Cavan. in The History of Parliament 1790–1820.
- ^ Jupp, WHITE, Luke (c.1740-1824), of Woodlands and Luttrell's Town, co. Dublin. in The History of Parliament 1790–1820.