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Lord Lieutenant Of County Londonderry
This is a list of people to have been Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry. There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors. The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831. Governors *John Skeffington, Viscount Massareene: 1678- *Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham: –1781 * Thomas Conolly: 1761–1795 * Edward Cary: 1789–1794 *Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh: 1805–1822 * Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry:1822–1831''The Royal Kalendar'' for 1831p. 389 Lord Lieutenants * The 1st Baron Garvagh: 7 October 1831 – 20 August 1840 * Sir Robert Ferguson, 2nd Bt.: 1840 – 13 March 1860 *Acheson Lyle: 10 April 1860 – 22 April 1870 *Robert Peel Dawson: 25 June 1870 – 2 September 1877 * Sir Henry Bruce, 3rd Bt.: 1877 – 8 December 1907 *John Cooke: 24 January 1908 – December 1910 * David Cleghorn Hogg: 7 January 1911 – 22 August 1914 *James Jackson Clark: 31 March 1915 – 1926 *M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Lieutenant
A lord-lieutenant ( ) is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically, each lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia. In 1871, the lieutenant's responsibility over the local militia was removed. However, it was not until 1921 that they formally lost the right to call upon able-bodied men to fight when needed. Lord-lieutenant is now an honorary titular position usually awarded to a retired notable person in the county. Origins England and Wales Lieutenants were first appointed to a number of English counties by King Henry VIII in the 1540s, when the military functions of the sheriffs were handed over to them. Each lieutenant raised and was responsible for the efficiency of the local militia units of his county, and afterwards of the yeomanry and volunteers. He was commander of these forces, whose officers he appointed. These commissions were originally of temporary duration, and only when the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Bruce, 3rd Baronet
Sir Henry Hervey Bruce, 3rd Baronet (22 September 1820 – 8 December 1907) was an Irish Conservative politician. He was Member of Parliament for Coleraine from 1862 to 1874, and from 1880 to 1885. In 1842 he married Marianne Margaret Clifton (d 1891), daughter of Sir Juckes Granville Juckes-Clifton, 8th Baronet of Clifton Hall, Nottingham. He held the office of High Sheriff of County Londonderry in 1846. Bruce was elected to the House of Commons at an unopposed by-election in 1862, following the death of the Conservative MP John Boyd. He was re-elected unopposed at the general elections in 1865 and 1868, but was defeated at the 1874 general election by the Liberal candidate Daniel Taylor.Walker, op. cit., pages 115 He defeated Taylor (by 222 votes to 193) at the 1880 general election, and held the seat until the borough of Coleraine lost its separate parliamentary representation at the 1885 general election. He held the office of County Grand Master of the County Grand Oran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Lieutenant Of The City Of Londonderry
This is a list of people to have served as Lord Lieutenant of the city of Londonderry (originally formally "County of the City of Londonderry", later the "County Borough of Londonderry"). County of the City of Londonderry *William Tillie: 20 February 1900 – 1904 * The 5th Earl of Leitrim: 29 June 1904 – February 1921 * Thomas Fitzpatrick Cooke: 1 March 1921 – 1926 *William Maxwell Scott Moore: 26 November 1926 – 1939 County Borough of Londonderry * Sir Basil McFarland, 2nd Bt.: 20 September 1939 – 1975 * Thomas Fitzpatrick Cooke: 13 June 1975 – 1985 *James Eaton: 15 April 1986 – 2002 *Donal Keegan: 2 August 2002 – 8 October 2013 *Angela Garvey: 9 October 2013 – March 2022 *Ian Crowe MBE: 12 January 2023 - Present See also * Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry This is a list of people to have been Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry. There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors. The office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Precedence In Northern Ireland
An ''unofficial'' order of precedence in Northern Ireland, according to ''Burke's Peerage''106th Edition this is not officially authorised by or published with authority (''cum privilegio'') from either Buckingham Palace (the Royal Household) or the College of Arms, or the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice or the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, or the Northern Ireland Assembly, or the Northern Ireland Executive. History The first official "Scale of Local Precedence for Northern Ireland" was made by royal warrant of George V on 30 January 1923 transmitted James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, who was Governor of Northern Ireland. The Governor ranked next in the scale after the Sovereign. The 1923 scale replaced the order of precedence in Ireland consequent on the partition of Ireland and abolition of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whose functions the Governor carried out in Northern Ireland. The 1923 scale was drawn up by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Desmond
Sir Denis Fitzgerald Desmond, KCVO, CBE (born 1943) is a retired British company director and public administrator, who was Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry from 2000 to 2018. Desmond was born in 1943, the son of an army officer. He served as an officer in the Territorial Army from 1964 to 1969, for the two years as aide-de-camp to Governor of Northern Ireland. In 1970, he became chairman of Desmond and Sons Ltd, his family's clothing business; he stepped down as chairman in 2005. He also sat on the board of Ulster Bank in the 1990s and was council member for The Prince's Trust Northern Ireland between 2008 and 2012."Desmond, Sir Denis (Fitzgerald)" ''Who's Who'' (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 6 June 2019. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael McCorkell
Colonel Sir Michael William McCorkell (3 May 1925 – 13 November 2006) was an Irish born soldier and British public servant, serving as Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry for 25 years. Early life McCorkell was the son of Capt. B. F. McCorkell DL, of Templeard, Culmore, County Londonderry. His uncle, Sir Dudley McCorkell, had also been Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry. He was born in Buncrana, Inishowen, County Donegal in 1925 and was educated at Rockport School in Holywood, County Down, and at Aldenham School. The outbreak of World War II and the subsequent curtailment of travel caused him to finish his education at Campbell College. Military career During the war, he joined the Royal Artillery as a gunner before being commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) at Sandhurst. The Royal Military College had closed on the outbreak of war. He served with the 16th/5th Lancers, choosing that regiment because of its Irish heritage; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order. Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were originally made on the nomination of the United Kingdom, the self-governing Dominions of the Empire (later Commonwealth) and the Viceroy of India. Nominations continue today from Commonwealth countries that participate in recommending British honours. Most Commonwealth countries ceased recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire when they cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Mulholland, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry George Hill Mulholland, 1st Baronet, PC(NI), DL (20 December 1888 – 5 March 1971) was a Northern Ireland politician. Mulholland was the third son of The 2nd Baron Dunleath and Norah Louisa Fanny Ward. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.MULHOLLAND, Rt Hon. Sir Henry George Hill ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014, accessed 13 Nov 2016) He was a good er at where he won a |
Dudley McCorkell
Sir Dudley Evelyn Bruce McCorkell, MBE, KStJ, JP, DL, (22 February 1883 – 30 May 1960) was a Mayor of Derry (1929–35), Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry (1957–60) and ''ex officio'' member of the Senate of Northern Ireland. Career McCorkell was educated at Shrewsbury School and Pembroke College, Cambridge University, where he won a blue for hockey; playing for two seasons. At the outbreak of World War I, McCorkell offered himself for active service but his offer was declined on medical grounds. He devoted his time to the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John where he served as Director for Derry and County Donegal during the war. In 1918, he was invested as an MBE for his work during the war. He was a Knight of Justice of the Order of St. John. In 1917 he was made a Justice of the Peace of the County, he was High Sheriff of County Londonderry from 1925–26 and was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for County Londonderry in 1926. Like his grandfather, Bartho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Charles Stronge, 7th Baronet
The Stronge family are Northern Irish landowners of Tynan Abbey, County Armagh, the family also had the residence of Lizard Manor, Aghadowey, County Londonderry. The Baronets, of Tynan The Stronge baronetcy (Stronge of Tynan) was conferred in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 June 1803: # (1750 – 1 December 1804), born at Tynan Abbey, County Armagh, the country house built by his father. #, DL, DCL (6 April 1786 – 2 December 1864), son of the first Baronet. Sir James served as a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber. In 1810 he married Isabella Calvert, daughter of Nicolson Calvert, of Hunsdon House, Hertfordshire, and had four sons, including the third and fourth baronets. #, DL, JP (25 November 1811 – 11 March 1885), was a military officer and landowner, eldest son of the second baronet. He was succeeded by his brother. # DL JP, BL (21 February 1813 – 29 December 1899). Stronge was a barrister. He was born, and baptised, at his grandfather's home, Hertfordsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Marcus McCausland
Maurice Marcus McCausland (1872–14 January 1938) was a landowner and political figure in Ireland. McCausland was born in Drenagh, County Londonderry, the grandson of St Andrew St John, 15th Baron St John of Bletso. He studied at Eton College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, before becoming a magistrate. He was High Sheriff of County Londonderry in 1908, and in 1926, he was appointed as Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry, serving until his death. In 1934, he was appointed to the Privy Council of Northern Ireland. , '' Who Was Who
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