Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim explained

The following is a list of those who have been Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim.

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.

Leitrim became part of the Irish Free State upon its founding in 1922 after the war of independence.

Governors

• Nathaniel Clements: 1758–1777^[2]
• Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim: 1777^[3] –1804
• Walter Jones: 1805^[4] –1831^[5]
• Henry John Clements: 1808^[6] –1831^[5]
• Luke White: 1817–1824^[7]

Lord Lieutenants

• The 2nd Earl of Leitrim: 7 October 1831 – 31 December 1854
• Edward King Tenison: 31 January 1855 – December 1856
• The 7th Earl of Granard: 4 December 1856 – September 1872
• The 4th Viscount Southwell: 10 September 1872 – 26 April 1878
• The 2nd Baron Harlech: 27 June 1878 – 25 June 1904
• The 3rd Baron Harlech: 19 August 1904 – 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. E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. III, p. 426.
3. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 432.
4. Arthur Aspinall, JONES, Walter (1754-1839), of Cork Abbey, co. Wicklow. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
5. The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
6. P. J. Jupp, CLEMENTS, Henry John (1781-1843), of Ashfield Lodge, co. Cavan. in The History of Parliament 1790–1820.
7. Jupp, WHITE, Luke (c.1740-1824), of Woodlands and Luttrell's Town, co. Dublin. in The History of Parliament 1790–1820.