Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim

The following is a list of those who have been Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim.

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.

Leitrim was lost to the United Kingdom in 1922 upon the formation of the Irish Free State.

Governors

Nathaniel Clements: 1758–1777[2]
Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim: 1787[3]–1804
Henry Theophilus Clements: 1789–1794[4]
Walter Jones: 1805[5]–1831[6]
Henry John Clements: 1808[7]–1831[6]
Luke White: 1817–1824[8]

Lord Lieutenants

The 2nd Earl of Leitrim: 7 October 1831 – 31 December 1854
Edward King Tenison: 31 January 1855 – December 1856
The 7th Earl of Granard: 4 December 1856 – September 1872
The 4th Viscount Southwell: 10 September 1872 – 26 April 1878
The 2nd Baron Harlech: 27 June 1878 – 25 June 1904
The 3rd Baron Harlech: 19 August 1904 – 1922

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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).
E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. III, p. 426.
Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 432.
Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 423.
Arthur Aspinall, JONES, Walter (1754-1839), of Cork Abbey, co. Wicklow. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
P. J. Jupp, CLEMENTS, Henry John (1781-1843), of Ashfield Lodge, co. Cavan. in The History of Parliament 1790–1820.
Jupp, WHITE, Luke (c.1740-1824), of Woodlands and Luttrell's Town, co. Dublin. in The History of Parliament 1790–1820.

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

[2] E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. III, p. 426.

[3] Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 432.

[4] Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 423.

[5] Arthur Aspinall, JONES, Walter (1754-1839), of Cork Abbey, co. Wicklow. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).

[RK1831-6] The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.

[7] P. J. Jupp, CLEMENTS, Henry John (1781-1843), of Ashfield Lodge, co. Cavan. in The History of Parliament 1790–1820.

[8] Jupp, WHITE, Luke (c.1740-1824), of Woodlands and Luttrell's Town, co. Dublin. in The History of Parliament 1790–1820.