Lord Lieutenant of Monaghan

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

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

• Edward Blayney, 1st Baron Blayney 1604– (died 1629)
• Cadwallader Blayney, 7th Baron Blayney c.1713–
• Charles Talbot Blayney, 8th Baron Blayney c.1735–
• William Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont:^[2] 1775–1806
• Warner Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore: –1831^[3]
• Charles Powell Leslie: 1802–1831^[4]

Lord Lieutenants

• The 2nd Baron Rossmore: 7 October 1831 – 1836
• The 3rd Baron Rossmore: 13 June 1836 – 6 December 1858
• Charles Powell Leslie: 1858 – 26 June 1871
• The 1st Earl of Dartrey: 18 October 1871 – 12 May 1897
• The 5th Baron Rossmore: 18 June 1897 – 31 January 1921
• Sir John Leslie, 2nd Bt.: 18 March 1921 – 1922

References

• Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831-2005". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2008.

1. G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).
2. Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 373.
3. The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
4. Stephen Farrell, LESLIE, Charles Powell (?1767-1831), of Glasslough, co. Monaghan. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (2009).