Lord Lieutenant of Queen's County

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Queen's County.

There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors. The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831. Appointments to the position ended with the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922.

Governors

Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath: July–December 1661

William Dawson, 1st Viscount Carlow: 1750–1779

John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington: –1774

Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda: 1774–1799; again in 1805

William Wellesley-Pole, 1st Baron Maryborough: 1783–1831

Charles Coote, 2nd Baron Castle Coote: –1823

Thomas Cosby: –1831

Lord Lieutenants

The Viscount de Vesci 17 October 1831 – 19 October 1855

The Lord Castletown 17 November 1855 – 22 January 1883

The Viscount de Vesci 28 March 1883 – December 1900

Sir Algernon Coote, Bt 28 December 1900 – 22 October 1920

Sir Hutcheson Poë, Bt 11 November 1920 – 1922

References

Queen's County