This is a list of those who have served as Lord Lieutenant of King's County.
There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors. The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831.
Governors
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- Charles Moore, 6th Earl of Drogheda, 1752–1784; again in 1805
- Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse, 1792–1831
- Henry Peisley L'Estrange –1831
- Thomas Bernard, 1828–1831
Lord Lieutenants
- William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, 7 October 1831 – 31 October 1867
- Thomas Bernard, 17 December 1867 – 13 December 1882
- Francis Travers Dames-Longworth, 20 March 1883 – 1892
- Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse, 13 June 1892 – 29 August 1908
- William Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse, 5 February 1909 – 10 June 1918
- Edward Beaumont-Nesbitt, 3 September 1918 – 1922
References
- Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831-2005". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
- G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).
- E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800, vol. V (2002) p. 292.
- Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 372.
- Arthur Aspinall, PARSONS, Sir Lawrence, 5th Bt. (1758-1841), of Parsonstown, King's Co. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
- ^ The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
- Burke's Irish Family Records, p. 723.
- P. J. Jupp, BERNARD, Thomas (?1769-1834), of Castle Bernard, King's Co. in The History of Parliament 1790–1820.
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