Lord Lieutenant of King's County

This is a list of those who have served as Lord Lieutenant of King's County.

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

Charles Moore, 6th Earl of Drogheda, 1752–1784;E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800, vol. V (2002) p. 292. again in 1805Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 372. Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse, 1792Arthur Aspinall, PARSONS, Sir Lawrence, 5th Bt. (1758-1841), of Parsonstown, King's Co. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).–1831The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389. Henry Peisley L'EstrangeBurke's Irish Family Records, p. 723. –1831 Thomas Bernard, 1828P. J. Jupp, BERNARD, Thomas (?1769-1834), of Castle Bernard, King's Co. in The History of Parliament 1790–1820.–1831

Lord Lieutenants William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, 7 October 1831 – 31 October 1867 Thomas Bernard, 17 December 1867 – 13 December 1882 Francis Travers Dames-Longworth, 20 March 1883 – 1892 Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse, 13 June 1892 – 29 August 1908 William Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse, 5 February 1909 – 10 June 1918 Edward Beaumont-Nesbitt, 3 September 1918 – 1922

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