Lord Lieutenant of Clare

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

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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.

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References

  1. G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage , vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).
  2. "O'BRIEN, Henry, 7th Earl of Thomond [I] (1688-1741), of Great Billing, Northants. and co. Clare". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  3. Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 371.
  4. Arthur Aspinall, BURTON, Hon. Francis Nathaniel (1766-1832), of Buncraggy, co. Clare. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
  5. 1 2 The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
  6. P. J. Jupp, FITZGERALD (afterwards VESEY FITZGERALD), William (?1782-1843), of Inchicronan, co. Clare. in History of Parliament 1790–1820.