Lord Lieutenant of Longford explained
This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Longford.
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
Lord Lieutenants
- George Forbes, Viscount Forbes, 7 October 1831 – 13 November 1836
- Luke White, 22 November 1836 – 1841
- Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly, 1841 – 3 September 1873
- Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly, 7 November 1873 – March 1874
- William Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford, 27 March 1874 – 19 April 1887
- Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford, 14 June 1887 – 21 August 1915
- vacant
- Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, 26 August 1916 – 1922
References
Notes and References
- [George Edward Cokayne|G. E. C.]
- Book: Lodge, John. The Peerage Of Ireland: Or,A Genealogical History Of The Present ..., Volume 2. 149.
- Arthur Aspinall, GLEADOWE NEWCOMEN, Hon. Thomas (1776–1825), of Carrickglass, co. Longford and Killester, co. Dublin. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
- The Royal Kalendar for 1825, p. 386.
- The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.