en 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

The Viscount de Vesci: 17 October 1831 – 19 October 1855
The Lord Castletown: 17 November 1855 – 22 January 1883
The Viscount de Vesci: 28 March 1883 – December 1900
Sir Algernon Coote, Bt: 28 December 1900 – 22 October 1920
Sir Hutcheson Poë, Bt: 11 November 1920 – 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.
^ ^a ^b Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 373.
^ 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).
^ ^a ^b The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.

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[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.

[Beatson-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).

[RK1831-5] The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.

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