Lord Lieutenant of Longford
This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Longford.
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[]
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- George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard, 1740–1756 [2]
- George Forbes, 4th Earl of Granard, 1756– (died 1769) [2]
- Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen, 2nd Viscount Newcomen, [3]1801–1825[4]
- George Forbes, 6th Earl of Granard, –1831[5]
Lord Lieutenants[]
- George Forbes, Viscount Forbes, 7 October 1831 – 13 November 1836
- Luke White, 22 November 1836 – 1841
- Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly, 1841 – 3 September 1873
- Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly, 7 November 1873 – March 1874
- William Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford, 27 March 1874 – 19 April 1887
- Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford, 14 June 1887 – 21 August 1915
- vacant
- Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, 26 August 1916 – 1922
References[]
- Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831-2005". Archived from the original on 2012-08-04. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ^ G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).
- ^ a b Lodge, John. The Peerage Of Ireland: Or,A Genealogical History Of The Present ..., Volume 2. p. 149.
- ^ Arthur Aspinall, GLEADOWE NEWCOMEN, Hon. Thomas (1776-1825), of Carrickglass, co. Longford and Killester, co. Dublin. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
- ^ The Royal Kalendar for 1825, p. 386.
- ^ The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
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