This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Louth.
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.
Governors
edit- Oliver Plunkett, 6th Baron Louth (died 1679) [2]
- Matthew Plunkett, 7th Baron Louth: 1687–1689[3]
- Viscount Limerick: 1756–1758 [4]
- James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil: 1769–1798 (died 1798)
- John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel 1798–1828[5]
- Thomas Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Ferrard 1805–1831 (jointly until 1828)[6]
Lord Lieutenants
edit- Patrick Bellew, 1st Baron Bellew 9 December 1831 – 10 December 1866
- John McClintock, 1st Baron Rathdonnell 14 January 1867 – 17 April 1879
- Clotworthy Skeffington, 11th Viscount Massereene 13 November 1879 – March 1898
- George Bellew-Bryan, 4th Baron Bellew 14 March 1898 – 15 July 1911
- Sir Alan Bellingham, 4th Baronet 4 November 1911 – 9 June 1921
- Sir Edward Bellingham, 5th Baronet 22 July 1921 – 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).
- ^ Debrett, John. Scotland and Ireland. p. 1195.
- ^ O'Sullivan, Harold (1992). "The Jacobite Ascendancy and Williamite Revolution and Confiscations in County Louth 1684-1701". Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society. 22 (4): 432. doi:10.2307/27729726. JSTOR 27729726. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ History of Parliament Online
- ^ Philip Salmon, FOSTER, John (1740-1828), of Collon, co. Louth. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (2009).
- ^ Salmon, SKEFFINGTON (formerly FOSTER), Hon. Thomas Henry (?1772-1843), of Collon, co. Louth in The History of Parliament 1820–1832.
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