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 ...

Westmeath "Noble above nobility" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Westmeath.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = , subdivis ...

. 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

George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard PC (21 October 1685 – 19 June 1765) was an Anglo-Irish naval commander and diplomat. He was at the Capture of Gibraltar. He took a very valuable prize ship and was briefly a Governor of the Leeward Islands. ...

: 1740-1756 *

George Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere George Augustus Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere (12 October 1738 – 13 May 1814) was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. Early years George Augustus Rochfort was born on 12 October 1738, son of Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere and Hon. ...

: 1772–1815 *

George Nugent, 7th Earl of Westmeath George Frederick Nugent, 7th Earl of Westmeath PC (18 November 1760 – 30 December 1814), styled Lord Delvin until 1792, was an Irish peer. He gained notoriety in his own lifetime, due to his unhappy first marriage to Maryanne Jeffries, which e ...

: Beatson's ''Political Index'' (1806) vol. III
p. 373
–1814 * Gustavus Hume Rochfort: 1815–1824Johnston-Liik, ''History of the Irish Parliament'', vol. VI, p. 177. *

William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine, PC (Ire) (28 August 1761 – 7 January 1839) was an Irish MP and supporter of Union with Great Britain. Life He was born in Dublin, Ireland to Reverend Richard Handcock and Sarah Toler. In 1783, Han ...

: 1824–1831''The Royal Kalendar'' for 1831
p. 389
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George Nugent, 1st Marquess of Westmeath George Thomas John Nugent, 1st Marquess of Westmeath (17 July 1785 – 5 May 1871), styled Lord Delvin between 1792 and 1814 and known as The Earl of Westmeath between 1814 and 1821, was an Anglo-Irish peer. Background Nugent was born in Clo ...

: –1831

Lord Lieutenants

* The 1st Marquess of Westmeath: 7 October 1831 – April 1871 * The 1st Baron Greville: 3 April 1871 – 26 January 1883 *

Sir Benjamin Chapman, 4th Baronet Sir Benjamin James Chapman, 4th Baronet (9 February 1810 – 3 November 1888) was an Anglo-Irish Whig politician and barrister. Chapman was the son of Sir Thomas Chapman, 2nd Baronet and Margaret Anne Fetherstonhaugh, and the brother of Sir Mo ...

: 28 March 1883 – 3 November 1888 * The 4th Baron Castlemaine: 14 January 1889 – 26 April 1892 *

Francis Travers Dames-Longworth Francis Travers Dames-Longworth (26 April 1834 – 3 December 1898) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer. Biography Dames-Longworth was the son of Francis Longworth-Dames and Anna Hume. He was educated at Cheltenham College and Trinity College Dublin, and ...

: 13 June 1892 – 3 December 1898 * The 5th Baron Castlemaine: 26 May 1899 – 1922

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