Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry

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

John Skeffington, Viscount Massareene: 1678- ^[2]
Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham: –1781
Thomas Conolly: 1761–1795^[3]
Edward Cary: 1789–1794^[4]
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh: 1805–1822
Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry:1822–1831^[5]

Lord Lieutenants

George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh: 7 October 1831 – 20 August 1840
Sir Robert Ferguson, 2nd Baronet: 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 Baronet: 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 Baronet: 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 Baronet: 17 October 1960 – 1965
John Cherry Drennan: 1965 - 1974
Colonel Sir Michael McCorkell: 13 June 1975 – 2000
Sir Denis Desmond: 14 June 2000 – 11 May 2018^[6]
Helen Rosemary Alison Millar: 12 June 2018 – present^[7]

Deputy lieutenants

A deputy lieutenant of County Londonderry is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry. 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

29 October 2015: Helen Mark^[8]

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).
^ "Skeffington,John". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. III, p. 467.
^ Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 382.
^ The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
^ "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.
^ "No. 8086". The Belfast Gazette. 17 September 2018. p. 702.
^ "Deputy Lieutenant Commissions". 6 November 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

External links

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[1] G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).

[2] "Skeffington,John". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

[3] E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. III, p. 467.

[4] Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 382.

[RK1831-5] The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.

[6] "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.

[7] "No. 8086". The Belfast Gazette. 17 September 2018. p. 702.

[8] "Deputy Lieutenant Commissions". 6 November 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

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