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

• George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard, 1740–1756 ^[2]
• George Forbes, 4th Earl of Granard, 1756– (died 1769) ^[2]
• Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen, 2nd Viscount Newcomen,^[3] 1801–1825^[4]
• George Forbes, 6th Earl of Granard, –1831^[5]

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

• 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: Lodge, John. The Peerage Of Ireland: Or,A Genealogical History Of The Present ..., Volume 2. 149.
3. 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).
4. The Royal Kalendar for 1825, p. 386.
5. The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.