This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of County Tyrone.
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- Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland:[2] –1818
- John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn:[2] –1818
- Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore: –1831[3]
- Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon: –1831[3]
- Charles Gardiner, 1st Earl of Blessington: –1829 (died 1829)
Lord Lieutenants
edit- Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon: 17 October 1831 – 8 April 1839
- Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont: June 1839 – 26 December 1863
- James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont: 3 March 1864 – 12 January 1892
- Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore: 10 February 1892 – 6 April 1913
- Sir Edward Archdale, 1st Baronet: 5 August 1913 – 4 July 1916
- James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn: 26 April 1917 – 1945
- James Ponsonby Galbraith: 25 September 1945 – 1 October 1950
- James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn: 8 January 1951 – 1979
- John Hamilton-Stubber: 1 March 1979 – 3 October 1986
- James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn: 20 March 1987 – 4 July 2009
- Robert Lowry Scott: 5 July 2009 – present
Deputy lieutenants
editA deputy lieutenant of Tyrone is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75.
21st Century
edit- 24 March 2010: Countess Castle Stewart[4]
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).
- ^ a b Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 373.
- ^ a b The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
- ^ "Deputy Lieutenant Commissions". 2 April 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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