Lord Lieutenant of Down

This is a list of lords lieutenants of County Down.

Monument to Lord Dufferin, one-time Governor General of Canada and Viceroy of India, in the grounds of Belfast City Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire –1793
Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry 1793–1821 [2]
James Blackwood, 2nd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye: –1831[3]
Robert Ward: 1805–1831
Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry: –1831[3]

Lord Lieutenants

The 3rd Marquess of Downshire: 7 October 1831 – 12 April 1845
The 4th Marquess of Londonderry: 17 May 1845 – 1864
The Lord Dufferin and Clandeboye: 13 April 1864 – 12 February 1902, later Earl of Dufferin and Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
The 6th Marquess of Londonderry: 16 April 1902 – 8 February 1915
The 7th Marquess of Londonderry: 8 September 1915 – 11 February 1949
The 4th Earl of Kilmorey: 2 June 1949 – 1959
Sir Roland Nugent, 1st Bt.: 10 March 1959 – 18 August 1962
The 6th Earl of Clanwilliam: 25 September 1962 – 1979
Colonel William Norman Brann O.B.E, E.R.D, D.L.: 2 October 1979 – 1990[4]
William Stephen Brownlow: 17 August 1990 – 1996
Sir William Joseph Hall: 10 October 1996 – 1 August 2009
David Lindsay:[5] 25 August 2009 – Present

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References

G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).
Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 371.
The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
Belfast Gazette, 5 October 1979 Issue:3730 Page:809
number10.gov.uk Archived 27 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine

Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831-2005". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2008.

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

[Beatson-2] Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 371.

[RK1831-3] The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.

[4] Belfast Gazette, 5 October 1979 Issue:3730 Page:809

[5] umber10.gov.uk Archived 27 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine