Lord Lieutenant of Queen's County explained

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Queen's County.

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. Appointments to the position ended with the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922.

Governors

• Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath: July–December 1661
• William Dawson, 1st Viscount Carlow: 1750–1779
• John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington: –1774
• Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda: 1774–1799;^[2] again in 1805
• William Wellesley-Pole, 1st Baron Maryborough: 1783^[3] –1831
• Charles Coote, 2nd Baron Castle Coote:^[4] –1823
• Thomas Cosby: –1831^[5]

Lord Lieutenants

• The Viscount de Vesci: 17 October 1831 – 19 October 1855
• The Lord Castletown: 17 November 1855 – 22 January 1883
• The Viscount de Vesci: 28 March 1883 – December 1900
• Sir Algernon Coote, Bt: 28 December 1900 – 22 October 1920
• Sir Hutcheson Poë, Bt: 11 November 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. E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800, vol. V (2002) p. 292.
3. David R. Fisher, WELLESLEY POLE, Hon. William (1763–1845), of 3 Savile Row, Mdx. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820–1832 (2009).
4. [Robert Beatson|Beatson]
5. The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.