Lord Lieutenant of Sligo

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

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.

Governors

William Blayney, 6th Baron Blayney c1690– (died 1705) Joshua Cooper: 1746–1755E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. III, p. 490. Joshua Cooper: 1758Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 491.–1800The Royal Kalendar for 1801, p. 361. Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston: 1772–1797 Charles O'Hara, 1789–1822P. J. Jupp, O'HARA, Charles (1746-1822), of Nymphsfield, co. Sligo. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986). Owen Wynne, 1789Jupp, WYNNE, Owen (c.1756-1841), of Hazelwood, co. Sligo. in History of Parliament 1790–1820.–1831The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389. Henry King, 1795Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 26.–1821Royal Kalendar for 1821, p. 386. (died 1821) Joshua Edward Cooper, 1802Arthur Aspinall, COOPER, Joshua Edward (?1761-1837), of Markree Castle, co. Sligo. in The History of Parliament 1790–1820.–1831 John Irwin, –1831

Lord Lieutenants Sir Francis Knox-Gore, 1st Baronet, 5 December 1831 – December 1868 Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Baronet, 18 December 1868 – 21 December 1876 Edward Henry Cooper, 10 March 1877 – 26 February 1902 Charles Kean O'Hara, 27 May 1902 – 1922

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