This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of County Monaghan.
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
- Edward Blayney, 1st Baron Blayney 1604– (died 1629)
- Cadwallader Blayney, 7th Baron Blayney c.1713–
- Charles Talbot Blayney, 8th Baron Blayney c.1735–
- William Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont:[2] 1775–1806
- Warner Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore: –1831[3]
- Charles Powell Leslie: 1802–1831[4]
Lord Lieutenants
- The 2nd Baron Rossmore: 7 October 1831 – 1836
- The 3rd Baron Rossmore: 13 June 1836 – 6 December 1858
- Charles Powell Leslie: 1858 – 26 June 1871
- The 1st Earl of Dartrey: 18 October 1871 – 12 May 1897
- The 5th Baron Rossmore: 18 June 1897 – 31 January 1921
- Sir John Leslie, 2nd Bt.: 18 March 1921 – 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).
- ↑ Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 373.
- ↑ The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
- ↑ Stephen Farrell, LESLIE, Charles Powell (?1767-1831), of Glasslough, co. Monaghan. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (2009).
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