Lord Lieutenant of Wexford

This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Wexford.

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

Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran: [2] 1760–1768
Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris: [2] 1768–1816 (died 1816)
George Ogle:[2] 1784 [3]–1814 (died 1814)
Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely: –1806 (died 1806)
John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely: 1805–1831[4]
George Annesley, 2nd Earl of Mountnorris: –1831[4]
Charles Tottenham: 1815[5]–1831
James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown: 1813–1831[4]

Lord Lieutenants

Robert Carew, 1st Baron Carew, 7 October 1831 – 2 June 1856
Robert Carew, 2nd Baron Carew, 5 July 1856 – 8 September 1881
Lord Maurice FitzGerald, 2 November 1881 – 14 April 1901
James Stopford, 6th Earl of Courtown, 27 July 1901 – 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).
Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 374.
History of Parliament Online
The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
J. M. Collinge, TOTTENHAM, Charles (1768-1843), of Ballycurry, co. Wicklow. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).

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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. 374.

[3] History of Parliament Online

[RK1831-4] The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.

[5] J. M. Collinge, TOTTENHAM, Charles (1768-1843), of Ballycurry, co. Wicklow. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).