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 became part of the Irish Free State upon its founding in 1922 after the war of independence.

Governors

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

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

References

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

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. Arthur Aspinall, JONES, Walter (1754-1839), of Cork Abbey, co. Wicklow. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
5. The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
6. P. J. Jupp, CLEMENTS, Henry John (1781-1843), of Ashfield Lodge, co. Cavan. in The History of Parliament 1790–1820.
7. Jupp, WHITE, Luke (c.1740-1824), of Woodlands and Luttrell's Town, co. Dublin. in The History of Parliament 1790–1820.