Lord Lieutenants of Donegal explained

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

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. The office is pronounced as 'Lord Lef-tenant'.

Lieutenant

• Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell: 28 March 1605–^[2]

Governors

• Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham: 1746–1781^[3]
• Ralph Gore, 1st Earl of Ross: 1781–
• William Conyngham: 1781–1796 ^[4]
• Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim: 1781–1804 ^[5]
• Sir Samuel Hayes, 1st Baronet: 1781–1807 ^[6]
• John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn (died 1818)^[6]
• Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim: –1831^[7]
• Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham: 1803–1831^[7]
• Sir Samuel Hayes, 3rd Baronet: –1831^[7]

Lord Lieutenants

• The 2nd Marquess of Donegall

17 October 1831 – 5 October 1844

• The 1st Duke of Abercorn

13 November 1844 – 31 October 1885

• The 2nd Duke of Abercorn

1885 – 3 January 1913

• Sir John Olphert

9 August 1913 – 11 March 1917

• The 6th Earl of Arran

25 August 1917 – 1920

• Sir Emerson Crawford Herdman

17 December 1920 – 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: Calendar of the State Papers, Relating to Ireland . James I. 1603-1606 . C.W. . Russell . John P. . Prendergast . 1872 . Longman . 268, No.454 . 11 July 2019 . en.
3. E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. III, p. 483.
4. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 327.
5. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 432.
6. [Robert Beatson|Beatson]
7. The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.