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Lord Lieutenant Of Waterford
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Waterford. 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 * George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford: 1766–1800 * Henry Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford Beatson's ''Political Index'' (1806) vol. IIIp. 373 1801–1826 * Lord George Beresford: 1826–1831''The Royal Kalendar'' for 1831p. 389 Lord Lieutenants * The 1st Baron Stuart de Decies: 17 October 1831 – 23 January 1874 * Sir Richard Musgrave, 4th Bt.: 9 March 1874 – 8 July 1874 * The 5th Marquess of Waterford: 19 August 1874 – 23 October 1895 * The 8th Duke of Devonshire: 7 December 1895 – 24 March 1908 * Henry Charles Windsor Villiers-Stuart 7 July 1908 – 8 September 1908 * Edmond de la Poer 5 February 1909 – 30 August 1915 * John William Rivallon de la Poer 22 December 1915 – 1922 References * ... [...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] |
Henry Villiers-Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart De Decies
Henry Villiers-Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Decies PC (8 June 1803 – 23 January 1874), was a British politician. Background and education Born Henry Crichton-Stuart, in London, he was the eldest son of Lord Henry Crichton-Stuart, third son of John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute. His mother was Lady Gertrude Amilia, daughter and heiress of George Mason-Villiers, 2nd Earl Grandison. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1822 he assumed by royal licence the surname of Villiers-Stuart in lieu of Crichton-Stuart. Political career Stuart sat as Member of Parliament for County Waterford from 1826 to 1830 and for Banbury from 1830 to 1831. He was appointed the first ever Lord-Lieutenant of County Waterford in 1831, a post he held until his death, and was admitted to the Irish Privy Council in 1837. In 1839, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Stuart de Decies, of Dromana within the Decies in the County of Waterford. Family Lord Stuart de Decies was alleged to have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond De La Poer, 1st Count De La Poer
Edmond James de Poher de la Poer, 1st Count de la Poer (6 March 1841 – 30 August 1915), known as Edmond James Power until 1863, and 18th Baron le Power and Coroghmore from 1851 to 1864, was an Irish Liberal politician. Family De la Poer was born as Edmond James Power to John William Power and Frances (née Power), daughter of John Power. On 12 May 1851, he succeeded to the Irish peerage as 18th Baron le Power and Coroghmore The Earl of Tyrone is a title created three times in the Peerage of Ireland. It was first created as part of the Tudor attempt to establish a uniform social structure in Ireland by converting the Gaelic kings and chiefs into hereditary nobles of ... of County Waterford. In 1863, he commissioned the building of Castle Gurteen de la Poer, an Elizabethan Revival house in County Waterford, Ireland, replacing an earlier house on the estate. On 19 August 1864, he was made 1st Count de la Poer in the Papal States. In 1881, he married Mary Olivia Augusta Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
