Lord Lieutenant of Limerick
Representative of the British monarch in County Limerick
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Limerick.
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. The title Lord Lieutenant was always pronounced as 'Lord Lef-tenant'.
Governors
- William Bourke, 8th Baron Bourke of Connell: 1689–1691 (died 1691)[2]
- Thomas Southwell, 1st Viscount Southwell: 1762– (died 1780)
- Robert Deane, 1st Baron Muskerry:[3] 1780–1818
- Richard FitzGibbon: 1818–1831[4]
Lord Lieutenants
- Richard FitzGibbon (who later became, in 1851, 3rd Earl of Clare): 7 October 1831 – September 1848
- John FitzGibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare: 13 September 1848 – 13 August 1851
- Richard FitzGibbon, 3rd Earl of Clare: 1851 – 10 January 1864
- Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl: 20 February 1864 – 6 October 1871
- William Monsell, 1st Baron Emly: 8 December 1871 – 20 April 1894
- Thomas Enraght O'Brien: 29 November 1894 – 18 January 1896
- Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl: 5 March 1896 – 1922
