Lord Lieutenants of Donegal

This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Donegal.

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. The office is pronounced as 'Lord Lef-tenant'.

Lieutenant

• Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell: 28 March 1605–[2]

Governors

• Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham: 1746–1781[3]
• Ralph Gore, 1st Earl of Ross: 1781–
• William Conyngham: 1781–1796 [4]
• Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim: 1781–1804 [5]
• Sir Samuel Hayes, 1st Baronet: 1781–1807 [6]
• John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn (died 1818)[6]
• Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim: –1831[7]
• Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham: 1803–1831[7]
• Sir Samuel Hayes, 3rd Baronet: –1831[7]

Lord Lieutenants

• The 2nd Marquess of Donegall: 17 October 1831 – 5 October 1844
• The 1st Duke of Abercorn: 13 November 1844 – 31 October 1885
• The 2nd Duke of Abercorn: 1885 – 3 January 1913
• Sir John Olphert: 9 August 1913 – 11 March 1917
• The 6th Earl of Arran: 25 August 1917 – 1920
• Sir Emerson Crawford Herdman: 17 December 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.

1. G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).
2. Russell, C.W.; Prendergast, John P. (1872). Calendar of the State Papers, Relating to Ireland. Vol. James I. 1603-1606. Longman. p. 268, No.454. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
3. E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. III, p. 483.
4. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 327.
5. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 432.
6. Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 371.
7. The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.