This is a list of people who have 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 ...

Longford Longford () is the county town of County Longford in Ireland. It has a population of 10,008 according to the 2016 census. It is the biggest town in the county and about one third of the county's population lives there. Longford lies at the meet ...

. There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of

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, when they were renamed governors. The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831.

Governors

* George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard, 1740–1756 * George Forbes, 4th Earl of Granard, 1756– (died 1769) * Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen, 2nd Viscount Newcomen, 1801–1825''The Royal Kalendar'' for 1825
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* George Forbes, 6th Earl of Granard, –1831''The Royal Kalendar'' for 1831
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Lord Lieutenants

* George Forbes, Viscount Forbes, 7 October 1831 – 13 November 1836 * Luke White, 22 November 1836 – 1841 * Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly, 1841 – 3 September 1873 * Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly, 7 November 1873 – March 1874 * William Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford, 27 March 1874 – 19 April 1887 * Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford, 14 June 1887 – 21 August 1915 * ''vacant'' *

Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, (17 September 1874 – 10 September 1948), styled Viscount Forbes from 1874 to 1889, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Liberal politician. Background Granard was the son of ...

, 26 August 1916 – 1922

References

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