Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Armagh.
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.
Lord Lieutenants
Name | Image | Term began | Term ended |
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Sir Niall Ua Néill, 2nd Baronet[2] | 1689 | 1690 |
Governors
Lord Lieutenants
Name | Image | Term began | Term ended | |
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1. | The 2nd Earl of Gosford | 17 October 1831 | 27 March 1849 | |
2. | The 3rd Earl of Charlemont | 3 July 1849 | 1864 | |
3. | The 3rd Earl of Gosford | 8 February 1864 | 15 June 1864 | |
4. | The 2nd Baron Lurgan | 9 July 1864 | 15 January 1882 | |
5. | The 4th Earl of Gosford | 5 April 1883 | 1920 | |
6. | The 1st Baron Armaghdale | 16 September 1920 | 8 June 1924 | |
7. | Henry Bruce Wright Armstrong | 7 July 1924 | 1939 | |
8. | Sir Norman Stronge, 8th Baronet | 5 December 1939 | 21 January 1981 | |
9. | Michael Torrens-Spence | 20 July 1981 | 1989 | |
10. | The 7th Earl of Caledon | 15 May 1989 | Present |
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).
- G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. IV (1904) p. 202.
- Arthur Aspinall, ACHESON, Hon. Archibald (1776-1849), of Market Hill, co. Armagh. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
- The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
See also
- County Armagh
- List of lord lieutenants in the United Kingdom
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