Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry explained

This is a list of people to have been Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry.

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

• John Skeffington, Viscount Massareene: 1678- ^[2]
• Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham

–1781

• Thomas Conolly

1761–1795^[3]

• Edward Cary

1789–1794^[4]

• Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh

1805–1822

• Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry

1822–1831^[5]

Lord Lieutenants

• George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh

7 October 1831 – 20 August 1840

• Sir Robert Ferguson, 2nd Baronet

1840 – 13 March 1860

• Acheson Lyle: 10 April 1860 – 22 April 1870
• Robert Peel Dawson

25 June 1870 – 2 September 1877

• Sir Henry Bruce, 3rd Baronet

1877 – 8 December 1907

• John Cooke: 24 January 1908 – December 1910
• David Cleghorn Hogg

7 January 1911 – 22 August 1914

• James Jackson Clark: 31 March 1915 – 1926
• Maurice Marcus McCausland

30 October 1926 – 14 January 1938

• Sir Charles Stronge, 7th Baronet

28 June 1938 – 5 December 1939

• William Lowry Lenox-Conyngham: 2 February 1940 – 5 June 1957
• Sir Dudley McCorkell

10 October 1957 – 30 May 1960

• Sir Henry Mulholland, 1st Baronet

17 October 1960 – 1965

• John Cherry Drennan

1965 - 1974

• Colonel Sir Michael McCorkell

13 June 1975 – 2000

• Sir Denis Desmond: 14 June 2000 – 11 May 2018^[6]
• Helen Rosemary Alison Millar: 12 June 2018 – present

Deputy lieutenants

A deputy lieutenant of County Londonderry is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75.

21st Century

• 29 October 2015: Helen Mark^[7]

See also

• Lord Lieutenant of the City of Londonderry

References

• Web site: Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831-2005 . Sainty . J. C. . John Sainty (civil servant) . 2008-06-07 . https://archive.today/20120804102750/http://www.history.ac.uk/office/lieutenants_ire.html . 4 August 2012 . dead .

1. [George Edward Cokayne|G. E. C.]
2. Web site: Skeffington,John. Dictionary of Irish Biography. 17 December 2022.
3. E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. III, p. 467.
4. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 382.
5. The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
6. Queen appoints new Lord-Lieutenant for Londonderry . gov.uk. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 17 May 2018. 14 October 2018.
7. Web site: Deputy Lieutenant Commissions. 6 November 2015. 28 July 2022.

External links

• Official website