Lord Lieutenant of Louth
Appearance
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Louth.
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.
Governors
- Oliver Plunkett, 6th Baron Louth (died 1679) [2]
- Viscount Limerick: 1756–1758 [3]
- James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil: 1769–1798 (died 1798)
- John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel 1798–1828[4]
- Thomas Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Ferrard 1805–1831 (jointly until 1828)[5]
Lord Lieutenants
- Patrick Bellew, 1st Baron Bellew 9 December 1831 – 10 December 1866
- John McClintock, 1st Baron Rathdonnell 14 January 1867 – 17 April 1879
- Clotworthy Skeffington, 11th Viscount Massereene 13 November 1879 – March 1898
- George Bellew-Bryan, 4th Baron Bellew 14 March 1898 – 15 July 1911
- Sir Alan Bellingham, 4th Baronet 4 November 1911 – 9 June 1921
- Sir Edward Bellingham, 5th Baronet 22 July 1921 – 1922
References
- Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831-2005". Archived from the original on 2012-08-04. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ^ G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).
- ^ Debrett, John. Scotland and Ireland. p. 1195.
- ^ History of Parliament Online
- ^ Philip Salmon, FOSTER, John (1740-1828), of Collon, co. Louth. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (2009).
- ^ Salmon, SKEFFINGTON (formerly FOSTER), Hon. Thomas Henry (?1772-1843), of Collon, co. Louth in The History of Parliament 1820–1832.