Lord Lieutenant of Wicklow
This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Wicklow.
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
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- Edward Brabazon, 4th Earl of Meath: 1699– [2] (died 1707)
- Chaworth Brabazon, 6th Earl of Meath: (died 1763) [2]
- Edward Stratford, 2nd Earl of Aldborough: 1778- (died 1801)
- Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Baronet: (died 1797)
- John Stratford, 3rd Earl of Aldborough: 1795– [3]1823 (died 1823)
- The Hon. Hugh Howard: –1831[4]
- Benjamin O'Neale Stratford, 4th Earl of Aldborough: 1777–1831[4]
- William Howard, 3rd Earl of Wicklow: 1814– (died 1818) [5]
- William Howard, 4th Earl of Wicklow: –1831[4]
Lord Lieutenants
- William Howard, 4th Earl of Wicklow, 7 October 1831 – 22 March 1869
- William Brabazon, 11th Earl of Meath, 1869 – 26 May 1887
- Edward Leeson, 6th Earl of Milltown, 14 June 1887 – 30 May 1890
- William Proby, 5th Earl of Carysfort, 25 July 1890 – 4 September 1909
- Mervyn Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt, 15 February 1910 – 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).
- ^ a b Lodge, Hohn. The Peerage of Ireland; Or, a Genealogical History of the Present ..., Volume 1. p. 190.
- ^ Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 374.
- ^ a b c The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
- ^ https://www.nli.ie/pdfs/mss%20lists/wicklow%20papers.pdf
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