This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Cavan.
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) p. 174, n. (b). The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831, and is pronounced as 'Lord Lef-tenant'. The Lord Lieutenant also acted as Custos Rotulorum for the county. Governors
Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont John Maxwell, 2nd Earl of FarnhamBeatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 371. John Maxwell-Barry, 5th Baron Farnham: 1805–1831David R. Fisher and Stephen Farrell, BARRY, John Maxwell (1767-1838), of Newtownbarry, co. Wexford in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (2009),
Lord Lieutenants Thomas Taylour, 2nd Marquess of Headfort: 17 October 1831 – 6 December 1870 John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar: 3 April 1871 – 6 October 1876 John Butler, 6th Earl of Lanesborough: 18 December 1876 – July 1900 Somerset Maxwell, 10th Baron Farnham: 18 July 1900 – 22 November 1900 Colonel Edward James Saunderson: 21 December 1900 – 21 October 1906 Thomas Lough: 15 March 1907 – 11 January 1922
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