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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 Cork County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns are ...

. 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, and is pronounced in the usual British fashion as 'Lord ''Lef''-tenant'.

Governors

Charles Wilmot, 1st Viscount Wilmot Charles Wilmot, 1st Viscount Wilmot of Athlone (c. 1572 – 1644) was an English soldier active in Ireland. Life He was the son of Edward Wilmot of Culham (otherwise of Newent, Gloucestershire and Witney, Oxfordshire) and Elizabeth Stafford. O ...

1601- (died 1644) *

Robert Phayre Colonel Robert Phaire, (1619?–1682), was an officer in the Irish Protestant and then the New Model armies and a Regicide. He was one of the three officers to whom the warrant for the execution of Charles I was addressed, but he escaped severe ...

1651–54 *

Francis Boyle, 1st Viscount Shannon Francis Boyle, 1st Viscount Shannon (1623–1699) was a Privy Counsellor of Ireland and held the office of Governor of County Cork. He was the sixth son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork by his second wife, Catherine Fenton. Upon his father's ...

1686–1689 *

Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington Charles Boyle, 3rd Earl of Cork and 2nd Earl of Burlington, 4th Baron Clifford, PC (died 9 February 1704) was an English peer, courtier and politician. Early life Hon. Charles Boyle was the eldest son of Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan ...

1690– (died 1704) *

Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon, PC (1682 – 28 December 1764), was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer who served as the speaker of the Irish House of Commons from 1733 to 1756. A prominent parliamentarian who sat for almost fifty years in ...

1756– (died 1764) *

Richard Longfield, 1st Viscount Longueville Richard Longfield, 1st Viscount Longueville (1734–1811) was an Irish Member of Parliament and later a peer. He was High Sheriff of County Cork in 1758–61. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Charleville in County Cork (1761–68), and fo ...

1758–1761 Beatson's ''Political Index'' (1806) vol. III
p. 371
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Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon KP, PC (Ire) (30 January 1727 – 20 May 1807), was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. He represented Dungarvan and Cork County, and succeeded his father as Earl of Shannon.Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston (1754 – 17 April 1799) was an Anglo-Irish peer. He was styled Viscount Kingsborough between 1768 and 1797. Biography He was the eldest surviving son of Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston and Jane Caulfeild. From ...

1789 (died 1799) *

Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald Colonel Robert Uniacke-FitzGerald (17 March 1751 – 20 December 1814) was an Irish politician. He was the eldest son of Robert Uniacke (afterwards Fitzgerald) of Corkbeg and descended from the Munster Kingdom of Desmond, Desmond FitzGerald Kni ...

1805–1814 *

Hayes St Leger, 2nd Viscount Doneraile Hayes St Leger, 2nd Viscount Doneraile (9 March 1755 — 8 November 1819) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. Doneraile was the son of St Leger St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile, and the great-grandson of Arthur St Leger, 1st Viscount Donerail ...

: 1809–1819E. M. Johnston-Liik, ''History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800'' (2002) vol. VI, p. 226. *

William Tonson, 2nd Baron Riversdale Baron Riversdale, of Rathcormuck in the County of Cork, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 13 October 1783 for William Tonson, who had earlier represented Rathcormack and Tuam in the Irish House of Commons. His eighth son, th ...

: 1820–1831''The Royal Kalendar'' for 1831
p. 389
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William O'Brien, 2nd Marquess of Thomond William O'Brien, 2nd Marquess of Thomond, 6th Earl of Inchiquin, 1st Baron Tadcaster KP PC (I) (176521 August 1846) was an Irish peer. He succeeded by special remainder as Marquess of Thomond in 1808 on the death of his uncle Murrough O'Brien, ...

: –1831 *

Hayes St Leger, 3rd Viscount Doneraile Hayes St Leger, 3rd Viscount Doneraile (9 May 1786 – 27 March 1854) was an Anglo-Irish peer. Doneraile was the son of Hayes St Leger, 2nd Viscount Doneraile and Charlotte Bernard. He served as an officer in the South Cork Militia, eventuall ...

: –1831 *

George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston (9 April 1771 – 18 October 1839), styled Viscount Kingsborough from 1797 to 1799, was an Irish nobleman. He was the son of Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston of Mitchelstown Castle, who he succeeded in 1799. ...

: –1831 *

William Hodder William Hodder (born: 31 August 1947) is a sailor from Australia, who represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain as helmsman in the Soling The Soling is an open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International ...

: –1831

Lord Lieutenants

* The 3rd Earl of Shannon: 7 October 1831 – 22 April 1842 * The 2nd Earl of Bandon: 1842 – 31 October 1856 * The 1st Baron Fermoy: 4 December 1856 – 17 September 1874 * The 3rd Earl of Bandon: 10 November 1874 – 17 February 1877 * The 4th Earl of Bandon: 13 June 1877 – 1922

References

Cork Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container ***Wine cork Places Ireland * Cork (city) ** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...

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