This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Mayo.
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.
Governors
James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley: –1774 John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont: 1774–1776 Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan: 1776– John Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine: –1794 John Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo 1779–1808 Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran:Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 372. 1794–1809 James Cuffe, 1st Baron Tyrawley: 1778?E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800, vol. III (2002) p. 559.–1821The Royal Kalendar for 1821, p. 386. Perhaps 1809-1821 Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon: 1809–1813 James Cuffe: 1818P. J. Jupp, CUFFE, James (by 1780-1828), of Deal Castle, co. Mayo. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).–1828The Royal Kalendar for 1828, p. 386. James Caulfeild Browne, 2nd Baron Kilmaine: 1821–1825 Dominick Geoffrey Browne: –1831The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389. Howe Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo: –1831
Lord Lieutenants Howe Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo: 7 October 1831 – 26 January 1845 Field Marshal George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan: 25 February 1845 – 10 November 1888 Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran: 14 January 1889 – 14 March 1901 Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan: 27 July 1901 – 5 June 1914 George Browne, 6th Marquess of Sligo: 1 September 1914 – 1922
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