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 ...

County Monaghan County Monaghan ( ; ga, Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of Border strategic planning area of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County Cou ...

. 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

Edward Blayney, 1st Baron Blayney Edward Blayney, 1st Baron Blayney, also Blainey or Blaney (1570–1629) was a Welsh soldier and politician in Ireland. He became Baron Blayney of Monaghan in the Peerage of Ireland. He gave his name to the town of Castleblayney, which he founded i ...

1604– (died 1629) *

Cadwallader Blayney, 7th Baron Blayney Cadwallader may refer to: *Cadwallader (name), a surname and given name; the article list of people with this name *Cadwaladr (name), the standard Welsh form of this name; the article lists other variant spellings *Cadwalader (disambiguation), a f ...

c.1713– *

Charles Talbot Blayney, 8th Baron Blayney Charles Talbot Blayney, 8th Baron Blayney (27 January 1714 – 29 September 1761) was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the eighteenth century. Blayney was born in Dublin and educated at St John's College, Cambridge. He was Dean of Killaloe fro ...

c.1735– *

William Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont William Henry Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont, KP (5 August 1722 – 30 September 1806), was an Irish peer and politician. Origins He was the eldest son of Thomas Fortescue (1683–1769), a Member of Parliament for Dundalk. His younger b ...

: Beatson's ''Political Index'' (1806) vol. III
p. 373
1775–1806 *

Warner Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore Warner William Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore (14 October 1765 – 10 August 1842), was an Anglo-Irish landowner and politician. Background and education Westenra was the son of Henry Westenra, Member of Parliament for County Monaghan, by Harri ...

: –1831''The Royal Kalendar'' for 1831
p. 389
* Charles Powell Leslie: 1802–1831Stephen Farrell
LESLIE, Charles Powell (?1767-1831), of Glasslough, co. Monaghan.
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The History of Parliament The History of Parliament is a project to write a complete history of the United Kingdom Parliament and its predecessors, the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of England. The history will principally consist of a prosopography, in w ...

: the House of Commons 1820-1832'' (2009).

Lord Lieutenants

* The 2nd Baron Rossmore: 7 October 1831 – 1836 * The 3rd Baron Rossmore: 13 June 1836 – 6 December 1858 * Charles Powell Leslie: 1858 – 26 June 1871 * The 1st Earl of Dartrey: 18 October 1871 – 12 May 1897 * The 5th Baron Rossmore: 18 June 1897 – 31 January 1921 *

Sir John Leslie Sir John Leslie, FRSE KH (10 April 1766 – 3 November 1832) was a Scottish mathematician and physicist best remembered for his research into heat. Leslie gave the first modern account of capillary action in 1802 and froze water using an a ...

, 2nd Bt.: 18 March 1921 – 1922

References

Monaghan Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It also provides the name of its Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish and Monaghan (barony), barony. The population of the town as of the 2016 census was 7 ...

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