Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh explained

A list of the Lord Lieutenants of Fermanagh, located County Fermanagh of Northern Ireland, U.K.

The Lord Lieutenant is a ceremonial local government position. 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

• Sir John Hume, 2nd Baronet: c.1662– (died 1695)
• Roger Maguire: 1689–1691 (Jacobite)
• James Corry: 1705– (died 1718)
• Henry Brooke: 1709– (died 1761)
• Mervyn Archdall: 1756 ^[2] –1772 ^[3]
• William Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen: –1803 (Governor of Enniskillen) (died 1803)
• Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 2nd Earl of Ely: 1767–1769
• John Creighton, 1st Earl Erne: 1772–1828 ^[4]
• Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely: –1806 (died 1806)
• Sir John Caldwell, 5th Baronet: 1793– (died 1830)
• Mervyn Archdall: 1813^[5] –1831
• John Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen: –1831^[6]
• John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely: –1831^[6]
• The Hon. John Creighton: 1830–1831^[6]

Lord Lieutenants

• The 2nd Earl of Enniskillen

17 October 1831 – 31 March 1840

• The 3rd Earl Erne

April 1840 – 3 October 1885

• The 4th Earl Erne

1885 – 2 December 1914

• John Ernest Francis Collum

31 March 1915 – 1948

• The 5th Earl of Enniskillen

25 September 1948 – 19 February 1963

• The 1st Viscount Brookeborough

26 April 1963 – February 1969

• vacant
• Major-General Thomas Scott: 17 June 1971 – 30 July 1976
• The 5th Duke of Westminster

7 February 1977 – 19 February 1979

• Viola, Duchess of Westminster

20 August 1979 – 1986

• The 6th Earl Erne

20 August 1986 – July 2012

• The 3rd Viscount Brookeborough

2 July 2012 – present

Deputy lieutenant of Fermanagh

A deputy lieutenant of Fermanagh is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh. 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

• 5 May 2000: Mary Blake^[7]
• 5 May 2000: Melanie Little^[7]
• 5 May 2000: Jane Styles^[7]
• 5 May 2000: Rosemary Wilkinson^[7]

See also

• List of lord lieutenants in the United Kingdom

External links

• 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 .

Notes and References

1. [George Edward Cokayne|G. E. C.]
2. Arthur Aspinall, ARCHDALL, Mervyn I (?1724-1813), of Castle Archdall, Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh and Trilleck, co. Tyrone. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
3. Web site: Lord Lieutenancies of Ireland. 11 July 2019.
4. Patrick Cracroft-Brennan, Erne, Earl (I, 1789) . Accessed 5 January 2019.
5. P. J. Jupp, ARCHDALL, Mervyn II (1763-1839), of Castle Archdall, Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh. in History of Parliament 1790–1820.
6. The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
7. Web site: The Belfast Gazette Issue 6137. 12 May 2000. 28 July 2022.