Lord Lieutenant of Down explained

This is a list of lords lieutenants of County Down.

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

• Bryan Magennis, 5th Viscount Iveagh 1689–1691 (Jacobite)
• Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire –1793
• Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry 1793–1821 ^[2]
• James Blackwood, 2nd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye: –1831^[3]
• Robert Ward: 1805–1831
• Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry: –1831^[3]

Lord Lieutenants

• Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire

7 October 1831 – 12 April 1845

• Frederick Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry

17 May 1845 – 1864

• Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava

13 April 1864 – 12 February 1902, later Earl of Dufferin and Marquess of Dufferin and Ava

• Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry

16 April 1902 – 8 February 1915

• Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry

8 September 1915 – 11 February 1949

• Francis Needham, 4th Earl of Kilmorey

2 June 1949 – 1959

• Sir Roland Nugent, 1st Baronet

10 March 1959 – 18 August 1962

• The 6th Earl of Clanwilliam

25 September 1962 – 1979

• Colonel William Norman Brann: 2 October 1979 – 1990^[4]
• Colonel William Stephen Brownlow: 17 August 1990 – 1996
• Sir William Joseph Hall

10 October 1996 – 1 August 2009

• David Lindsay

^[5] 25 August 2009 – 2021

• Gawn William Rowan Hamilton

12 May 2021 – present

Deputy lieutenants

A deputy lieutenant of County Down is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of County Down. 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

• 19 May 2010: John Witchell^[6]
• 2 September 2016: Peter Campbell Conway^[7]
• 2 September 2016: Professor Neil McClure^[8]

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 . 4 August 2012 . dead .

Notes and References

1. [George Edward Cokayne|G. E. C.]
2. [Robert Beatson|Beatson]
3. The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
4. [Belfast Gazette]
5. http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page20398 number10.gov.uk
6. Web site: Deputy Lieutenant Commissions. 28 May 2010. 28 July 2022.
7. Web site: Deputy Lieutenant Commissions. 9 September 2016. 28 July 2022.
8. Web site: Deputy Lieutenant Commissions. 9 September 2016. 28 July 2022.