This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Westmeath.
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- George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard: 1740-1756 [2]
- George Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere: 1772[3]–1815
- George Nugent, 7th Earl of Westmeath:[4] –1814
- Gustavus Hume Rochfort: 1815–1824[5]
- William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine: 1824–1831[6]
- George Nugent, 1st Marquess of Westmeath: –1831[6]
Lord Lieutenants
edit- The 1st Marquess of Westmeath: 7 October 1831 – April 1871
- The 1st Baron Greville: 3 April 1871 – 26 January 1883
- Sir Benjamin Chapman, 4th Baronet: 28 March 1883 – 3 November 1888
- The 4th Baron Castlemaine: 14 January 1889 – 26 April 1892
- Francis Travers Dames-Longworth: 13 June 1892 – 3 December 1898
- The 5th Baron Castlemaine: 26 May 1899 – 1922
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).
- ^ Lodge, John. The Peerage Of Ireland: Or,A Genealogical History Of The Present ..., Volume 2. p. 149.
- ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. VI, p. 174.
- ^ Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 373.
- ^ Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. VI, p. 177.
- ^ a b The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
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