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.

People who have been Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry include:

Governors

John Skeffington, Viscount Massareene: 1678- Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham: –1781 Thomas Conolly: 1761–1795E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. III, p. 467. Edward Cary: 1789–1794Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 382. Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh: 1805–1822 Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry:1822–1831The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.

Lord Lieutenants George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh: 7 October 1831 – 20 August 1840 Sir Robert Ferguson, 2nd Baronet: 1840 – 13 March 1860 Acheson Lyle: 10 April 1860 – 22 April 1870 Robert Peel Dawson: 25 June 1870 – 2 September 1877 Sir Henry Bruce, 3rd Baronet: 1877 – 8 December 1907 John Cooke: 24 January 1908 – December 1910 David Cleghorn Hogg: 7 January 1911 – 22 August 1914 James Jackson Clark: 31 March 1915 – 1926 Maurice Marcus McCausland: 30 October 1926 – 14 January 1938 Sir Charles Stronge, 7th Baronet: 28 June 1938 – 5 December 1939 William Lowry Lenox-Conyngham: 2 February 1940 – 5 June 1957 Sir Dudley McCorkell: 10 October 1957 – 30 May 1960 Sir Henry Mulholland, 1st Baronet: 17 October 1960 – 1965 John Cherry Drennan: 1965 - 1974 Colonel Sir Michael McCorkell: 13 June 1975 – 2000 Sir Denis Desmond: 14 June 2000 – 11 May 2018 Helen Rosemary Alison Millar: 12 June 2018 – present

Deputy lieutenants A deputy lieutenant of County Londonderry is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75.

21st Century 29 October 2015: Helen Mark

See also Lord Lieutenant of the City of Londonderry

References

External links Official website