Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim
Ceremonial officer in Leitrim, Ireland
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The following is a list of those who have been Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim.
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.
Leitrim became part of the Irish Free State upon its founding in 1922 after the war of independence.
Governors
- Nathaniel Clements: 1758–1777[2]
- Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim: 1777[3]–1804
- Walter Jones: 1805[4]–1831[5]
- Henry John Clements: 1808[6]–1831[5]
- Luke White: 1817–1824[7]
Lord Lieutenants
- Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim: 7 October 1831 – 31 December 1854
- Edward King Tenison: 31 January 1855 – December 1856
- George Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard: 4 December 1856 – September 1872
- Thomas Southwell, 4th Viscount Southwell: 10 September 1872 – 26 April 1878
- William Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech: 27 June 1878 – 25 June 1904
- George Ormsby-Gore, 3rd Baron Harlech: 19 August 1904 – 1922
