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.
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