A list of the Lord Lieutenants of Fermanagh, located County Fermanagh of Northern Ireland, U.K.
The Lord Lieutenant is a ceremonial local government position. There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors.[1] The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831.
Governors
edit- Sir John Hume, 2nd Baronet: c.1662– (died 1695)
- Roger Maguire: 1689–1691 (Jacobite)
- James Corry: 1705– (died 1718)
- Henry Brooke: 1709– (died 1761)
- Mervyn Archdall: 1756 [2]–1772 [3]
- William Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen: –1803 (Governor of Enniskillen) (died 1803)
- Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 2nd Earl of Ely: 1767–1769
- John Creighton, 1st Earl Erne: 1772–1828 [4]
- Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely: –1806 (died 1806)
- Sir John Caldwell, 5th Baronet: 1793– (died 1830)
- Mervyn Archdall: 1813[5]–1831[6]
- John Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen: –1831[6]
- John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely: –1831[6]
- The Hon. John Creighton: 1830–1831[6]
Lord Lieutenants
edit- The 2nd Earl of Enniskillen: 17 October 1831 – 31 March 1840
- The 3rd Earl Erne: April 1840 – 3 October 1885
- The 4th Earl Erne: 1885 – 2 December 1914
- John Ernest Francis Collum: 31 March 1915 – 1948
- The 5th Earl of Enniskillen: 25 September 1948 – 19 February 1963
- The 1st Viscount Brookeborough: 26 April 1963 – February 1969
- vacant
- Major-General Thomas Scott: 17 June 1971 – 30 July 1976
- The 5th Duke of Westminster: 7 February 1977 – 19 February 1979
- Viola, Duchess of Westminster: 20 August 1979 – 1986
- The 6th Earl Erne: 20 August 1986 – July 2012
- The 3rd Viscount Brookeborough: 2 July 2012 – present
Deputy lieutenant of Fermanagh
editA deputy lieutenant of Fermanagh is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh. 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
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).
- ^ Arthur Aspinall, ARCHDALL, Mervyn I (?1724-1813), of Castle Archdall, Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh and Trilleck, co. Tyrone. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
- ^ "Lord Lieutenancies of Ireland". Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ Patrick Cracroft-Brennan, Erne, Earl (I, 1789) Archived 26 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 5 January 2019.
- ^ P. J. Jupp, ARCHDALL, Mervyn II (1763-1839), of Castle Archdall, Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh. in History of Parliament 1790–1820.
- ^ a b c d The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
- ^ a b c d "The Belfast Gazette Issue 6137". 12 May 2000. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
External links
edit- Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831-2005". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
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