This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Donegal.
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. The office is pronounced as 'Lord Lef-tenant'.
Lieutenant
- Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell: 28 March 1605–[2]
Governors
- Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham: 1746–1781[3]
- Ralph Gore, 1st Earl of Ross: 1781–
- William Conyngham: 1781–1796 [4]
- Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim: 1781–1804 [5]
- Sir Samuel Hayes, 1st Baronet: 1781–1807 [6]
- John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn (died 1818)[6]
- Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim: –1831[7]
- Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham: 1803–1831[7]
- Sir Samuel Hayes, 3rd Baronet: –1831[7]
Lord Lieutenants
- The 2nd Marquess of Donegall: 17 October 1831 – 5 October 1844
- The 1st Duke of Abercorn: 13 November 1844 – 31 October 1885
- The 2nd Duke of Abercorn: 1885 – 3 January 1913
- Sir John Olphert: 9 August 1913 – 11 March 1917
- The 6th Earl of Arran: 25 August 1917 – 1920
- Sir Emerson Crawford Herdman: 17 December 1920 – 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).
- ^ Russell, C.W.; Prendergast, John P. (1872). Calendar of the State Papers, Relating to Ireland. James I. 1603-1606. Longman. p. 268, No.454. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. III, p. 483.
- ^ Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 327.
- ^ Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 432.
- ^ a b Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 371.
- ^ a b c The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.