Lord Lieutenant of Sligo explained

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Sligo.

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

• William Blayney, 6th Baron Blayney c1690– (died 1705)^[2]
• Joshua Cooper: 1746–1755^[3]
• Joshua Cooper: 1758^[4] –1800^[5]
• Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston: 1772–1797
• Charles O'Hara, 1789–1822^[6]
• Owen Wynne, 1789^[7] –1831^[8]
• Henry King, 1795^[9] –1821^[10] (died 1821)
• Joshua Edward Cooper, 1802^[11] –1831^[8]
• John Irwin, –1831^[8]

Lord Lieutenants

• Sir Francis Knox-Gore, 1st Baronet, 5 December 1831 – December 1868
• Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Baronet, 18 December 1868 – 21 December 1876
• Edward Henry Cooper, 10 March 1877 – 26 February 1902
• Charles Kean O'Hara, 27 May 1902 – 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 4. 127.
3. E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. III, p. 490.
4. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 491.
5. The Royal Kalendar for 1801, p. 361.
6. P. J. Jupp, O'HARA, Charles (1746-1822), of Nymphsfield, co. Sligo. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
7. Jupp, WYNNE, Owen (c.1756-1841), of Hazelwood, co. Sligo. in History of Parliament 1790–1820.
8. The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
9. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 26.
10. Royal Kalendar for 1821, p. 386.
11. Arthur Aspinall, COOPER, Joshua Edward (?1761-1837), of Markree Castle, co. Sligo. in The History of Parliament 1790–1820.