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 ...
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 revis ...
'', vol. I (1910
p. 174
The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831.
Lord-Lieutenants
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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
Alexander MacDonnell, 3rd Earl of Antrim PC (Ire) (1615–1699) was a Catholic peer and military commander in Ireland. He fought together with his brother Randal on the losing side in the Irish Confederate Wars (1641–1653); and then, having ...
1685–89 (died 1699)
Governors
* Alexander MacDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
(died 1775)
* Randal William MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim
Randal William MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim (4 November 1749 - 29 July 1791) KB was an Irish peer.
Biography
He was born on 4 November 1749, the only son and heir of Alexander MacDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim by his second wife Anne, dau ...
–1801 (died 1801)
* George Chichester, 2nd Marquess of Donegall
George Augustus Chichester, 2nd Marquess of Donegall KP, PC (Ire) (14 August 1769 – 5 October 1844), styled Viscount Chichester until 1791 and Earl of Belfast from 1791 to 1799, was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and politician.
He was born into ...
: –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
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
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
David William McCorkell (born 26 February 1955) is a British businessman and Lord Lieutenant of County Antrim, the third successive generation of the McCorkell family to be appointed as one of Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenants.
Early life
McCo ...
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See also
*Lists of Lord Lieutenancies
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. Lord-lieutenant is now an honorary titular posit ...
*
Official Antrim Lieutenancy Website
References
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People from County Antrim
Politics of County Antrim
Antrim
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