Lord Lieutenant of Wexford
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Wexford.
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.
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- The Hon. Edward FitzGerald Villiers:[2] 1691–ca.1693 † ca.1693 Villiers family
- Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran: [3] 1760–1768
- Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris: [3] 1768–1816 (died 1816)
- George Ogle:[3] 1784 [4]–1814 (died 1814)
- Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely: –1806 (died 1806)
- John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely: 1805–1831[5]
- George Annesley, 2nd Earl of Mountnorris: –1831[5]
- Charles Tottenham: 1815[6]–1831
- James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown: 1813–1831[5]
Lord Lieutenants
[edit]- Robert Carew, 1st Baron Carew, 7 October 1831 – 2 June 1856
- Robert Carew, 2nd Baron Carew, 5 July 1856 – 8 September 1881
- Lord Maurice FitzGerald, 2 November 1881 – 14 April 1901
- James Stopford, 6th Earl of Courtown, 27 July 1901 – 1922
References
[edit]- 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).
- ^ Charles Dalton English Army List & Commission Registers 1601–1714(1896) p. 214
- ^ a b c Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 374.
- ^ History of Parliament Online
- ^ a b c The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
- ^ J. M. Collinge, TOTTENHAM, Charles (1768-1843), of Ballycurry, co. Wicklow. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
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