Lord Lieutenant of Meath

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.^[1] The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831.

Governors

• Jenico Preston, 7th Viscount Gormanston, 1689–1691^[2]
• Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda: c.1748 (died 1758)
• Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda, 1759–1822^[3]
• Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort, 1823–1829 ^[4]
• Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley: 1830–1831^[5]
• James Lenox William Naper: –1831^[6]
• Sir Marcus Somerville, 4th Baronet: –1831^[6]
• The Hon. Edward Bligh: –1831^[6]

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.

1. G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).
2. Bergin, John (October 2009). "Preston, Nicholas". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
3. E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800, vol. V (2002) p. 292.
4. "Irish Counties". worldleadersindex.org.
5. 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).
6. The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.