This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Roscommon.
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. Roscommon was lost to the United Kingdom in 1922 upon the formation of the Irish Free State.
Governors
- Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston: 1772–1797 [2]
- Maurice Mahon, 1st Baron Hartland[3] (died 1819)
- Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet: 1782–1797[4]
- Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon:[3] 1797–1813
- Thomas Mahon, 2nd Baron Hartland: –1831[5]
- Robert King, 1st Viscount Lorton: –1831[5]
- Arthur French: 1821–1831[6]
Lord Lieutenants
- The 1st Viscount Lorton: 7 October 1831 – 20 November 1854
- The 1st Baron de Freyne: 18 December 1854 – 29 September 1856
- Edward King Tenison: 4 December 1856 – 19 June 1878
- Edward Robert King-Harman: 5 October 1878 – 10 June 1888
- The 8th Earl of Kingston: 25 July 1888 – 13 January 1896
- Charles Owen O'Conor, The O'Conor Don: 5 March 1896 – 30 June 1906
- Charles O'Conor Don: 5 September 1906 – 23 February 1917
- William John Talbot: 25 August 1917 – 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).
- ^ http://worldleadersindex.org/irish%20counties.html
- ^ a b Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 373.
- ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. III, p. 539.
- ^ a b The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
- ^ Stephen Farrell, FRENCH, Arthur II (?1788-1856), of French Park, co. Roscommon in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (2009).