This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Donegal.
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, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b). The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831. The office is pronounced as 'Lord Lef-tenant'.
Lieutenant Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell: 28 March 1605–
Governors
Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham: 1746–1781E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. III, p. 483. Ralph Gore, 1st Earl of Ross: 1781– William Conyngham: 1781–1796 Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 327. Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim: 1781–1804 Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 432. Sir Samuel Hayes, 1st Baronet: 1781–1807 Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 371. John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn (died 1818) Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim: –1831The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389. Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham: 1803–1831 Sir Samuel Hayes, 3rd Baronet: –1831
Lord Lieutenants George Chichester, 2nd Marquess of Donegall: 17 October 1831 – 5 October 1844 James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn: 13 November 1844 – 31 October 1885 James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn: 1885 – 3 January 1913 Sir John Olphert: 9 August 1913 – 11 March 1917 Arthur Gore, 6th Earl of Arran: 25 August 1917 – 1920 Sir Emerson Herdman: 17 December 1920 – 1922
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