This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Wicklow. A lord-lieutenant is the British monarch's personal representative, in this case of County Wicklow, Ireland. 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 Brabazon, 4th Earl of Meath Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...

: 1699– (died 1707) * Chaworth Brabazon, 6th Earl of Meath: (died 1763) *

Edward Stratford, 2nd Earl of Aldborough Edward Augustus Stratford, 2nd Earl of Aldborough, FRS (1736 – 2 January 1801) of Belan house, styled The Honourable from 1763 to 1777 and Viscount Amiens in the latter year, was an Irish peer, Whig politician, and member of the Noble Hous ...

: 1778- (died 1801) *

Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Baronet Sir Skeffington Edward Smyth, 1st Baronet (May 1745 – 9 September 1797) was an Anglo-Irish politician and baronet. Biography Smyth was born in Tinny Park, Wicklow, County Wicklow, the son of James Smyth, a Member of Parliament of Ireland f ...

: (died 1797) *

John Stratford, 3rd Earl of Aldborough John Stratford, 3rd Earl of Aldborough (–1823) was an Irish peer and member of the House of Stratford. He was known as the Hon. John Stratford until 1801, when he inherited the Earldom from his brother Edward Stratford, 2nd Earl of Aldborough. ...

: 1795– Beatson's ''Political Index'' (1806) vol. III
p. 374
1823 (died 1823) * The Hon. Hugh Howard: –1831 * Benjamin O'Neale Stratford, 4th Earl of Aldborough: 1777–1831 * William Howard, 3rd Earl of Wicklow: 1814– (died 1818) https://www.nli.ie/pdfs/mss%20lists/wicklow%20papers.pdf *

William Howard, 4th Earl of Wicklow William Howard, 4th Earl of Wicklow KP (13 February 1788 – 22 March 1869) was an Anglo-Irish peer, styled Lord Clonmore from 1815 to 1818. He was the eldest son of William Howard, 3rd Earl of Wicklow and Eleanor Caulfeild. He became Earl o ...

: –1831''The Royal Kalendar'' for 1831
p. 389

Lord Lieutenants

, 7 October 1831 – 22 March 1869 *

William Brabazon, 11th Earl of Meath William Brabazon, 11th Earl of Meath (1803 – 26 May 1887) was an Irish Peer and MP. He was the eldest surviving son of John Chambre Brabazon, 10th Earl of Meath and Lady Melosina Adelaide Meade, daughter of John Meade, 1st Earl of Clanwilliam ...

, 1869 – 26 May 1887 *

Edward Leeson, 6th Earl of Milltown Edward Nugent Leeson, 6th Earl of Milltown, KP, PC (I) (9 October 1835 – 30 May 1890), was an Anglo-Irish peer. He was the second son of Joseph Leeson, 4th Earl of Milltown and his wife Barbara, dowager Lady Caste Coote, daughter of ...

, 14 June 1887 – 30 May 1890 *

William Proby, 5th Earl of Carysfort William Proby, 5th Earl of Carysfort KP (18 January 1836 – 4 September 1909), known as William Proby until 1872, was a British peer. Carysfort was the fourth son and youngest child of Admiral Granville Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort, and his ...

, 25 July 1890 – 4 September 1909 *

Mervyn Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt Mervyn Richard Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt (16 July 1880 – 21 March 1947) was an Irish peer. Life Wingfield was born to Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt, whom he succeeded as Viscount Powerscourt in 1904. He was commissi ...

, 15 February 1910 – 1922

References

Wicklow Wicklow ( ; ga, Cill Mhantáin , meaning 'church of the toothless one'; non, Víkingaló) is the county town of County Wicklow in Ireland. It is located south of Dublin on the east coast of the island. According to the 2016 census, it has a ...

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