A list of people who have served as
Lord-Lieutenant of
Antrim, located in
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
.
There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of
James II, when they were renamed governors.
[ G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, '']The Complete Peerage
''The Complete Peerage'' (full title: ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant''; first edition by George Edward Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms; 2nd edition rev ...
'', vol. I (1910
p. 174
The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831.
Lord-Lieutenants
*
Randal MacDonnell, 1st Earl of Antrim
Randall MacSorley MacDonnell, 1st Earl of Antrim, PC (Ire) (died 1636), rebelled together with Tyrone and Tyrconnell in the Nine Years' War but having succeeded his brother, Sir James mac Sorley MacDonnell, as Lord of the Route and the Glynn ...
: 1620–1636
[(died 1636)
* Alexander MacDonnell, 3rd Earl of Antrim 1685–89 (died 1699)
]
Governors
* Alexander MacDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim (died 1775)
* Randal William MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim –1801 (died 1801)
* George Chichester, 2nd Marquess of Donegall: –1831 [''The Royal Kalendar'' for 1831]
p. 389
* Charles O'Neill, 1st Earl O'Neill: –1831 [
]
Lord-Lieutenants
* The 1st Earl O'Neill: 17 October 1831 – 25 March 1841
* The 3rd Marquess of Donegall: 24 April 1841 – 20 October 1883
* The 1st Baron Waveney: 4 December 1883 – 15 February 1886
* Sir Edward Porter Cowan: 2 April 1886 – 24 March 1890
* Sir Francis Workman-Macnaghten, 3rd Bt.: 21 May 1890 – 21 July 1911
* The 9th Earl of Shaftesbury: 2 November 1911 – 1916
* The 12th Viscount Massereene: 9 June 1916 – 1938
* The 3rd Baron O'Neill: 14 April 1938 – 24 October 1944
* Senator James Graham Leslie: 12 March 1945 – 16 May 1949
* The 1st Baron Rathcavan: 22 September 1949 – 1959
* Sir Richard Dobbs: 24 March 1959 – 1994
* The 4th Baron O'Neill: 19 April 1994 – 31 August 2008
* Joan Christie: 1 September 2008 – 28 June 2019
* David McCorkell:
See also
* Lists of Lord Lieutenancies
*
Official Antrim Lieutenancy Website
References
*
People from County Antrim
Politics of County Antrim
Antrim
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