This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Longford.

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

Lord Lieutenants

References

  • Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831-2005". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
  1. G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).
  2. 1 2 Lodge, John. The Peerage Of Ireland: Or,A Genealogical History Of The Present ..., Volume 2. p. 149.
  3. Arthur Aspinall, GLEADOWE NEWCOMEN, Hon. Thomas (1776-1825), of Carrickglass, co. Longford and Killester, co. Dublin. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
  4. The Royal Kalendar for 1825, p. 386.
  5. The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.


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