Lord Lieutenant of Westmeath explained

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

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

• George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard: 1740-1756 ^[2]
• George Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere: 1772^[3] –1815
• George Nugent, 7th Earl of Westmeath:^[4] –1814
• Gustavus Hume Rochfort: 1815–1824^[5]
• William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine: 1824–1831^[6]
• George Nugent, 1st Marquess of Westmeath: –1831^[6]

Lord Lieutenants

• The 1st Marquess of Westmeath: 7 October 1831 – April 1871
• The 1st Baron Greville: 3 April 1871 – 26 January 1883
• Sir Benjamin Chapman, 4th Baronet: 28 March 1883 – 3 November 1888
• The 4th Baron Castlemaine: 14 January 1889 – 26 April 1892
• Francis Travers Dames-Longworth: 13 June 1892 – 3 December 1898
• The 5th Baron Castlemaine: 26 May 1899 – 1922

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 . 2012-08-04 . dead .

Notes and References

1. [George Edward Cokayne|G. E. C.]
2. Book: Lodge, John. The Peerage Of Ireland: Or,A Genealogical History Of The Present ..., Volume 2. 149.
3. E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. VI, p. 174.
4. [Robert Beatson|Beatson]
5. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. VI, p. 177.
6. The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.