Lord Lieutenant of Sligo

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Sligo.

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

William Blayney, 6th Baron Blayney c1690– (died 1705)[2]
Joshua Cooper: 1746–1755[3]
Joshua Cooper: 1758[4]–1800[5]
Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston: 1772–1797
Charles O'Hara, 1789–1822[6]
Owen Wynne, 1789[7]–1831[8]
Henry King, 1795[9]–1821[10] (died 1821)
Joshua Edward Cooper, 1802[11]–1831[8]
John Irwin, –1831[8]

Lord Lieutenants

Sir Francis Knox-Gore, 1st Baronet, 5 December 1831 – December 1868
Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Baronet, 18 December 1868 – 21 December 1876
Edward Henry Cooper, 10 March 1877 – 26 February 1902
Charles Kean O'Hara, 27 May 1902 – 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).
Lodge, John. The Peerage of Ireland; Or, a Genealogical History of the Present ..., Volume 4. p. 127.
E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. III, p. 490.
Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 491.
The Royal Kalendar for 1801, p. 361.
P. J. Jupp, O'HARA, Charles (1746-1822), of Nymphsfield, co. Sligo. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
Jupp, WYNNE, Owen (c.1756-1841), of Hazelwood, co. Sligo. in History of Parliament 1790–1820.
The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 26.
Royal Kalendar for 1821, p. 386.
Arthur Aspinall, COOPER, Joshua Edward (?1761-1837), of Markree Castle, co. Sligo. in The History of Parliament 1790–1820.

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[1] G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).

[2] Lodge, John. The Peerage of Ireland; Or, a Genealogical History of the Present ..., Volume 4. p. 127.

[3] E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. III, p. 490.

[4] Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 491.

[5] The Royal Kalendar for 1801, p. 361.

[6] P. J. Jupp, O'HARA, Charles (1746-1822), of Nymphsfield, co. Sligo. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).

[7] Jupp, WYNNE, Owen (c.1756-1841), of Hazelwood, co. Sligo. in History of Parliament 1790–1820.

[RK1831-8] The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.

[9] Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 26.

[10] Royal Kalendar for 1821, p. 386.

[11] Arthur Aspinall, COOPER, Joshua Edward (?1761-1837), of Markree Castle, co. Sligo. in The History of Parliament 1790–1820.