Lord Lieutenant of Monaghan explained

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

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

• Edward Blayney, 1st Baron Blayney 1604– (died 1629)
• Cadwallader Blayney, 7th Baron Blayney c.1713–
• Charles Talbot Blayney, 8th Baron Blayney c.1735–
• William Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont:^[2] 1775–1806
• Warner Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore: –1831^[3]
• Charles Powell Leslie: 1802–1831^[4]

Lord Lieutenants

• The 2nd Baron Rossmore: 7 October 1831 – 1836
• The 3rd Baron Rossmore: 13 June 1836 – 6 December 1858
• Charles Powell Leslie: 1858 – 26 June 1871
• The 1st Earl of Dartrey: 18 October 1871 – 12 May 1897
• The 5th Baron Rossmore: 18 June 1897 – 31 January 1921
• Sir John Leslie, 2nd Bt.: 18 March 1921 – 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. [Robert Beatson|Beatson]
3. The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
4. Stephen Farrell, LESLIE, Charles Powell (?1767-1831), of Glasslough, co. Monaghan. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (2009).