Lord Lieutenant of Longford

This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Longford.

There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors.G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) [https://archive.org/stream/completepeerageo01coka#page/174/mode/1up p. 174, n. (b)]. The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831.

Governors

George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard, 1740–1756 {{cite book|title=The Peerage Of Ireland: Or,A Genealogical History Of The Present ..., Volume 2|first=John|last=Lodge|page=149}}
George Forbes, 4th Earl of Granard, 1756– (died 1769)
Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen, 2nd Viscount Newcomen,Arthur Aspinall, [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/gleadowe-newcomen-hon-thomas-1776-1825 GLEADOWE NEWCOMEN, Hon. Thomas (1776–1825), of Carrickglass, co. Longford and Killester, co. Dublin.] in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986). 1801–1825The Royal Kalendar for 1825, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.a0004033155;view=1up;seq=396 p. 386].
George Forbes, 6th Earl of Granard, –1831The Royal Kalendar for 1831, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044090351271;view=1up;seq=397 p. 389].

Lord Lieutenants

George Forbes, Viscount Forbes, 7 October 1831 – 13 November 1836
Luke White, 22 November 1836 – 1841
Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly, 1841 – 3 September 1873
Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly, 7 November 1873 – March 1874
William Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford, 27 March 1874 – 19 April 1887
Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford, 14 June 1887 – 21 August 1915
vacant
Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, 26 August 1916 – 1922

References

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Longford