This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Queen's County.
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. Appointments to the position ended with the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922.
Governors
- Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath: July–December 1661
- William Dawson, 1st Viscount Carlow: 1750–1779
- John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington: –1774
- Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda: 1774–1799;[2] again in 1805[3]
- William Wellesley-Pole, 1st Baron Maryborough: 1783[4]–1831[5]
- Charles Coote, 2nd Baron Castle Coote:[3] –1823
- Thomas Cosby: –1831[5]
Lord Lieutenants
- The Viscount de Vesci 17 October 1831 – 19 October 1855
- The Lord Castletown 17 November 1855 – 22 January 1883
- The Viscount de Vesci 28 March 1883 – December 1900
- Sir Algernon Coote, Bt 28 December 1900 – 22 October 1920
- Sir Hutcheson Poë, Bt 11 November 1920 – 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, vol. V (2002) p. 292.
- ^ a b Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 373.
- ^ David R. Fisher, WELLESLEY POLE, Hon. William (1763-1845), of 3 Savile Row, Mdx. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (2009).
- ^ a b The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.