Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry

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This is a list of people to have been Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry.

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[]

Lord Lieutenants[]

  • The 1st Baron Garvagh: 7 October 1831 – 20 August 1840
  • Sir Robert Ferguson, 2nd Bt.: 1840 – 13 March 1860
  • Acheson Lyle: 10 April 1860 – 22 April 1870
  • Robert Peel Dawson: 25 June 1870 – 2 September 1877
  • Sir Henry Bruce, 3rd Bt.: 1877 – 8 December 1907
  • John Cooke: 24 January 1908 – December 1910
  • David Cleghorn Hogg: 7 January 1911 – 22 August 1914
  • James Jackson Clark: 31 March 1915 – 1926
  • Maurice Marcus McCausland: 30 October 1926 – 14 January 1938
  • Sir Charles Stronge, 7th Bt.: 28 June 1938 – 5 December 1939
  • William Lowry Lenox-Conyngham: 2 February 1940 – 5 June 1957
  • Sir Dudley McCorkell: 10 October 1957 – 30 May 1960
  • Sir Henry Mulholland, 1st Bt.: 17 October 1960 – 1965
  • John C. Drennan, CBE, JP: 1965 - 1974
  • Colonel Sir Michael McCorkell: 13 June 1975 – 2000
  • Sir Denis Desmond KCVO, CBE: 14 June 2000 – 11 May 2018[5]
  • Helen Rosemary Alison Millar: 12 June 2018 – present[6]

See also[]

References[]

  • Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831-2005". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
  1. ^ G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).
  2. ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. III, p. 467.
  3. ^ Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 382.
  4. ^ The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
  5. ^ "Queen appoints new Lord-Lieutenant for Londonderry". gov.uk (Press release). Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  6. ^ "No. 8086". The Belfast Gazette. 17 September 2018. p. 702.

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