Lord Lieutenant of Sligo

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

County Sligo County in the Republic of Ireland

County Sligo is a county in Ireland. It is located in the Border Region and is part of the province of Connacht. Sligo is the administrative capital and largest town in the county. Sligo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 65,535 according to the 2016 census, making it the 3rd most populated county in the province, and 26th in the country. It is noted for Benbulben Mountain, one of Ireland’s most distinctive natural landmarks.

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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.

James II of England 17th-century King of England and Ireland, and of Scotland (as James VII)

James II and VII was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685 until he was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. The last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Scotland and Ireland, his reign is now remembered primarily for struggles over religious tolerance. However, it also involved the principles of absolutism and divine right of kings and his deposition ended a century of political and civil strife by confirming the primacy of Parliament over the Crown.

Governors

Joshua Cooper was an Irish landowner and politician from Markree Castle, near Collooney in County Sligo.

Joshua Cooper was an Irish landowner and politician from County Sligo.

Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston PC (I) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.

Lord Lieutenants

Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Baronet was an Anglo-Irish politician and landowner, who built Lissadell House, located in County Sligo.

Edward Henry Cooper Irish landowner and politician, British Army officer

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Henry Cooper was an Irish officer in the British Army, a landlord in County Sligo, and a Conservative politician.

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The High Sheriff of Sligo was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Sligo, Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Sligo County Sheriff. The sheriff had judicial, electoral, ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs. In 1908, an Order in Council made the Lord-Lieutenant the Sovereign's prime representative in a county and reduced the High Sheriff's precedence. However the sheriff retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in the county. The usual procedure for appointing the sheriff from 1660 onwards was that three persons were nominated at the beginning of each year from the county and the Lord Lieutenant then appointed his choice as High Sheriff for the remainder of the year. Often the other nominees were appointed as under-sheriffs. Sometimes a sheriff did not fulfil his entire term through death or other event and another sheriff was then appointed for the remainder of the year. The dates given hereunder are the dates of appointment. All addresses are in County Sligo unless stated otherwise.

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  1. ↑ G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage , vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).
  2. ↑ Lodge, John. The Peerage of Ireland; Or, a Genealogical History of the Present ..., Volume 4. p. 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. 1 2 3 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.
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