Lord Lieutenant of Waterford explained

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

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 Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford: 1766–1800 ^[2]
• Henry Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford^[3] 1801–1826
• Lord George Beresford: 1826–1831^[4]

Lord Lieutenants

• The 1st Baron Stuart de Decies: 17 October 1831 – 23 January 1874
• Sir Richard Musgrave, 4th Bt.: 9 March 1874 – 8 July 1874
• The 5th Marquess of Waterford: 19 August 1874 – 23 October 1895
• The 8th Duke of Devonshire: 7 December 1895 – 24 March 1908
• Henry Charles Windsor Villiers-Stuart 7 July 1908 – 8 September 1908
• Edmond de la Poer 5 February 1909 – 30 August 1915
• John William Rivallon de la Poer 22 December 1915 – 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. Web site: Irish Counties . worldleadersindex.org.
3. [Robert Beatson|Beatson]
4. The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.