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 Clare County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,817 ...

. 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

* Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of Thomond 1714 *

William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin {{Infobox officeholder , honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable , name = The Earl of Inchiquin , honorific-suffix = KB PC(I) , image = William_O’Brien,_4th_Earl_of_Inchiquin.jpg , caption = , alt ...

1741–1777 * The Marquess of Thomond Beatson's ''Political Index'' (1806) vol. III
p. 371
* The Hon. Sir

Francis Nathaniel Burton Sir Francis Nathaniel Pierpoint Burton (26 December 1766 – 27 January 1832) was a British colonial administrator in Lower Canada and Irish politician. Burton was the younger of twin sons born to Francis Conyngham, 2nd Baron Conyngham (born B ...

1805–1831''The Royal Kalendar'' for 1831
p. 389
* The Right Hon. William Vesey FitzGerald 1815P. J. Jupp
FITZGERALD (afterwards VESEY FITZGERALD), William (?1782-1843), of Inchicronan, co. Clare.
in ''History of Parliament 1790–1820''.–1831

Lord Lieutenants

William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey, (24 July 1783 – 11 May 1843) was an Anglo-Irish statesman. A Tory, he served in the governments of Lord Wellington and Robert Peel, but is best known for his defeat in the 1828 Clare b ...

7 October 1831 – 11 May 1843 *

Lucius O'Brien, 13th Baron Inchiquin Lucius (McEdward) O'Brien, 13th Baron Inchiquin (5 December 1800 – 22 March 1872), known as Sir Lucius O'Brien, 5th Baronet from 1837 to 1855, was an Irish politician and nobleman. He is remembered respectfully in County Clare for his relief ...

May 1843 – 22 March 1872 * Hon.

Charles William White Charles William White (9 September 1838 – 15 October 1890) was an Irish Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was elected as one of the two MPs for County Tipperary at a by-elec ...

28 May 1872 – January 1879 *

Edward O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin Edward Donough O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin Order of St Patrick, KP (14 May 1839 – 9 April 1900) was the holder of a hereditary peerage in the Peerage of Ireland, as well as Chief of the Name of O'Brien dynasty, O'Brien and Prince of Thomond ...

13 January 1879 – 9 April 1900 *

Hector Stewart Vandeleur In Greek mythology, Hector (; grc, Ἕκτωρ, Hektōr, label=none, ) is a character in Homer's Iliad. He was a Trojan prince and the greatest warrior for Troy during the Trojan War. Hector led the Trojans and their allies in the defense o ...

20 August 1900 – 3 October 1909 *

Sir Michael O'Loghlen, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

7 October 1910 – 1922

References

* Clare 1831 establishments in Ireland {{Ireland-bio-stub