Lord Lieutenant of Queen's County

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Queen's County .

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. Appointments to the position ended with the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922.

Governors

• Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath: July–December 1661
• William Dawson, 1st Viscount Carlow: 1750–1779
• John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington: –1774
• Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda: 1774–1799; ^[2] again in 1805 ^[3]
• William Wellesley-Pole, 1st Baron Maryborough: 1783 ^[4] –1831 ^[5]
• Charles Coote, 2nd Baron Castle Coote: ^[3] –1823
• Thomas Cosby: –1831 ^[5]

Lord Lieutenants

• John Vesey, 2nd Viscount de Vesci: 17 October 1831 – 19 October 1855
• John FitzPatrick, 1st Baron Castletown: 17 November 1855 – 22 January 1883
• John Vesey, 4th Viscount de Vesci: 28 March 1883 – December 1900
• Sir Algernon Coote, 12th Baronet: 28 December 1900 – 22 October 1920
• Sir Hutcheson Poë, 1st Baronet: 11 November 1920 – 1922

References

• Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831–2005" . Retrieved 7 June 2008.

1. G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage , vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).
2. E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800, vol. V (2002) p. 292.
3. Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 373.
4. David R. Fisher, WELLESLEY POLE, Hon. William (1763–1845), of 3 Savile Row, Mdx. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820–1832 (2009).
5. The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.