This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of

Louth Louth may refer to: Australia *Hundred of Louth, a cadastral unit in South Australia * Louth, New South Wales, a town * Louth Bay, a bay in South Australia **Louth Bay, South Australia, a town and locality Canada * Louth, Ontario Ireland * 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

* Oliver Plunkett, 6th Baron Louth (died 1679) * Viscount Limerick: 1756–1758 *

James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil, KG, KP, PC (I) (23 August 1730 – 6 February 1798), was an Anglo-Irish peer, styled Viscount Limerick from 1756 to 1758. Lord Clanbrassil was the son of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil, and L ...

: 1769–1798 (died 1798) *

John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel PC (Ire) (1740 – 23 August 1828) was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician, who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland (1784–1785, 1804–1806, 1807–1811) and as the last Speaker of the Irish House of ...

1798–1828 *

Thomas Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Ferrard Thomas Henry Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Ferrard (January 1772 – 18 January 1843), styled The Honourable from 1790 until 1824, was an Irish peer and politician. Background Born Thomas Henry Foster, he was the son of John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel ...

1805–1831 (jointly until 1828)Salmon
SKEFFINGTON (formerly FOSTER), Hon. Thomas Henry (?1772-1843), of Collon, co. Louth
in ''The History of Parliament 1820–1832''.

Lord Lieutenants

Patrick Bellew, 1st Baron Bellew Patrick Bellew, 1st Baron Bellew (29 January 1798 – 10 December 1866), known as Sir Patrick Bellew, 7th Baronet, from 1827 to 1848, was an Irish Whig politician. Early life Born in London, he was born as the second son of Sir Edward Bellew, ...

9 December 1831 – 10 December 1866 *

John McClintock, 1st Baron Rathdonnell John McClintock, 1st Baron Rathdonnell (26 August 1798 – 17 May 1879), was an Irish Conservative peer and Member of Parliament. Biography He was the eldest son of John McClintock, an Irish magistrate for County Louth, and formerly Serj ...

14 January 1867 – 17 April 1879 *

Clotworthy Skeffington, 11th Viscount Massereene Clotworthy John Eyre Skeffington, 11th Viscount Massereene (9 October 1842 – 26 June 1905) was an Anglo-Irish peer. He was the son of John Skeffington, 10th Viscount Massereene and Olivia Grady. He inherited his father's titles in the Peerage ...

13 November 1879 – March 1898 *

George Bellew-Bryan, 4th Baron Bellew George Bellew-Bryan, 4th Baron Bellew (1857–1935) was an Irish peer, the son of Edward Joseph Bellew, 2nd Baron Bellew. Biography He was born on 22 January 1857. He fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War from 1878 to 1879. From 1884 to 1885, ...

14 March 1898 – 15 July 1911 *

Sir Alan Bellingham, 4th Baronet Sir Alan Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet, (23 August 1846 – 9 June 1921) was an Anglo-Irish Conservative Member of Parliament. He was Justice of the Peace, High Sheriff of Louth and Lord Lieutenant of Louth. He was Senator of the Royal University ...

4 November 1911 – 9 June 1921 *

Sir Edward Bellingham, 5th Baronet Sir Edward Henry Charles Patrick Bellingham, 5th Baronet CMG, DSO, DL (26 January 1879 – 19 May 1956) was a British and Irish soldier, politician and finally diplomat. Background and education Bellingham was the eldest son of Sir Alan Henr ...

22 July 1921 – 1922

References

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