Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim

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 was lost to the United Kingdom in 1922 upon the formation of the Irish Free State.

Governors[]

Nathaniel Clements: 1758–1777^[2]
Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim: 1787^[3]–1804
: 1789–1794^[4]
Walter Jones: 1805^[5]–1831^[6]
Henry John Clements: 1808^[7]–1831^[6]
Luke White: 1817–1824^[8]

Lord Lieutenants[]

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[]

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.
^ Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 423.
^ 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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[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. 426.

[3] Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 432.

[4] Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 423.

[5] Arthur Aspinall, JONES, Walter (1754-1839), of Cork Abbey, co. Wicklow. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).

[RK1831-6] The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.

[7] P. J. Jupp, CLEMENTS, Henry John (1781-1843), of Ashfield Lodge, co. Cavan. in The History of Parliament 1790–1820.

[8] 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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