This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Meath, Ireland.
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- Jenico Preston, 7th Viscount Gormanston, 1689–1691[2]
- Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda: c.1748 (died 1758)
- Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda, 1759–1822[3]
- Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort, 1823–1829 [4]
- Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley: 1830–1831[5]
- James Lenox William Naper: –1831[6]
- Sir Marcus Somerville, 4th Baronet: –1831[6]
- The Hon. Edward Bligh: –1831[6]
Lord Lieutenants
edit- The 5th Earl of Darnley: 28 October 1831 – 11 February 1835
- The 14th Baron of Dunsany: 11 April 1835 – 11 December 1848
- The 9th Earl of Fingall: 10 January 1849 – 21 April 1869
- General The 2nd Marquess Conyngham: 31 May 1869 – 17 July 1876
- The 3rd Marquis of Headfort: 15 September 1876 – 22 July 1894
- Simon Mangan of Dunboyne Castle: 18 June 1895 – 1906
- Sir Nugent Everard, 1st Baronet: 17 August 1906 – 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).
- ^ Bergin, John (October 2009). "Preston, Nicholas". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800, vol. V (2002) p. 292.
- ^ "Irish Counties". worldleadersindex.org.
- ^ Stephen Farrell, BLIGH, Edward, Lord Clifton (1795-1835), of Cobham Hall, nr. Gravesend, Kent and Clifton Lodge, nr. Athboy, co. Meath. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (2009).
- ^ a b c The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
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