Lord Lieutenant of Clare
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Clare.
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
- Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of Thomond 1714 [2]
- William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin 1741–1777
- The Marquess of Thomond[3]
- The Hon. Sir Francis Nathaniel Burton 1805[4]–1831[5]
- The Right Hon. William Vesey FitzGerald 1815[6]–1831[5]
Lord Lieutenants
- William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey 7 October 1831 – 11 May 1843
- Lucius O'Brien, 13th Baron Inchiquin May 1843 – 22 March 1872
- Hon. Charles William White 28 May 1872 – January 1879
- Edward O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin 13 January 1879 – 9 April 1900
- Hector Stewart Vandeleur 20 August 1900 – 3 October 1909
- Sir Michael O'Loghlen, 4th Baronet 7 October 1910 – 1922
References
- Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831-2005". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
- G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).
- "O'BRIEN, Henry, 7th Earl of Thomond [I] (1688-1741), of Great Billing, Northants. and co. Clare". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 371.
- Arthur Aspinall, BURTON, Hon. Francis Nathaniel (1766-1832), of Buncraggy, co. Clare. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
- The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
- P. J. Jupp, FITZGERALD (afterwards VESEY FITZGERALD), William (?1782-1843), of Inchicronan, co. Clare. in History of Parliament 1790–1820.
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