This is a list of people who served as

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 ...

County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconne ...

. 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. The office is pronounced as 'Lord ''Lef''-tenant'.

Lieutenant

Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell Rory O'Donnell (; 1575 – 30 July 1608), younger brother of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, was the last King of Tyrconnell and 1st Earl of Tyrconnell.An apparent original of the letters patent of the Earldom were in the possession of Count Maximilian Kar ...

: 28 March 1605–

Governors

Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham PC (1705 – 3 April 1781) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and politician. He was the second son of General Henry Conyngham of Slane Castle and his wife Mary Williams, daughter of Sir John Williams, 2nd Baronet, ...

: 1746–1781 *

Ralph Gore, 1st Earl of Ross General The Rt Hon. Ralph Gore, 1st Earl of Ross (23 November 1725 – September 1802), known as Sir Ralph Gore, 6th Baronet, from 1746 until 1764, subsequently as The Baron Gore until 1768, and then as The Viscount Belleisle until 1772, was an ...

: 1781– *

William Conyngham William Burton Conyngham (1733 – 31 May 1796) was an Irish politician and improver. Life He was born William Burton, the second son of Francis Burton and Mary Conyngham, sister of Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham. In 1781, his name was c ...

: 1781–1796 *

Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim (25 November 1732 – 27 July 1804)Collen, G.W. (1840)''Debrett's Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland'' London. p. 444. Accessed 5 February 2020. was an Irish nobleman and politician. Son of Cavan Borough ...

: 1781–1804 Johnston-Liik, ''History of the Irish Parliament'', vol. III, p. 432. *

Sir Samuel Hayes, 1st Baronet Sir Samuel Hayes, 1st Baronet (1737–1807) of Drumboe Castle, County Donegal was a Baronet in the Baronetage of Ireland and Member of Parliament for Augher in the Irish House of Commons between 1783 and 1790. Family Hayes’s father Charles Haye ...

: 1781–1807 Beatson's ''Political Index'' (1806) vol. III
p. 371
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John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

(died 1818) *

Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim, KP PC (Ire) (9 May 1768 – 31 December 1854), styled The Honourable from 1783 to 1795, and then Viscount Clements to 1804, was an Irish nobleman and politician. Early life Clements was born in Dublin o ...

: –1831''The Royal Kalendar'' for 1831
p. 389
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Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham Henry Burton Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham, (26 December 1766 – 28 December 1832), known as The Lord Conyngham between 1787 and 1789, as The Viscount Conyngham (2nd creation) between 1789 and 1797 and as The Earl Conyngham (2nd creation) b ...

: 1803–1831 * Sir Samuel Hayes, 3rd Baronet: –1831

Lord Lieutenants

* The 2nd Marquess of Donegall: 17 October 1831 – 5 October 1844 * The 1st Duke of Abercorn: 13 November 1844 – 31 October 1885 * The 2nd Duke of Abercorn: 1885 – 3 January 1913 * Sir John Olphert: 9 August 1913 – 11 March 1917 * The 6th Earl of Arran: 25 August 1917 – 1920 * Sir Emerson Crawford Herdman: 17 December 1920 – 1922

References

Donegal Donegal may refer to: County Donegal, Ireland * County Donegal, a county in the Republic of Ireland, part of the province of Ulster * Donegal (town), a town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland * Donegal Bay, an inlet in the northwest of Ireland b ...

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