This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Meath, Ireland.
There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors. The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831.
Governors
- Jenico Preston, 7th Viscount Gormanston, 1689–1691
- Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda: c.1748 (died 1758)
- Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda, 1759–1822
- Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort, 1823–1829
- Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley: 1830–1831
- James Lenox William Naper: –1831
- Sir Marcus Somerville, 4th Baronet: –1831
- The Hon. Edward Bligh: –1831
Lord Lieutenants
- The 5th Earl of Darnley: 28 October 1831 – 11 February 1835
- The 14th Baron of Dunsany: 11 April 1835 – 11 December 1848
- The 9th Earl of Fingall: 10 January 1849 – 21 April 1869
- General The 2nd Marquess Conyngham: 31 May 1869 – 17 July 1876
- The 3rd Marquis of Headfort: 15 September 1876 – 22 July 1894
- Simon Mangan of Dunboyne Castle: 18 June 1895 – 1906
- Sir Nugent Everard, 1st Baronet: 17 August 1906 – 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).
- Bergin, John (October 2009). "Preston, Nicholas". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800, vol. V (2002) p. 292.
- "Irish Counties". worldleadersindex.org.
- Stephen Farrell, BLIGH, Edward, Lord Clifton (1795-1835), of Cobham Hall, nr. Gravesend, Kent and Clifton Lodge, nr. Athboy, co. Meath. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (2009).
- ^ The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
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