Lord Lieutenant of King’s County

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The Lord Lieutenant of King’s County was the British Crown’s chief representative and leading local dignitary in what is now County Offaly, Ireland, responsible for overseeing county administration and militia affairs before Irish independence.

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Lord Lieutenant of King’s County canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial county office ⓘ
county lieutenancy ⓘ
abolishedBy establishment of the Irish Free State ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction County Offaly ⓘ
King’s County ⓘ
linked to: King's County
appliesToPeriod 19th century Ireland ⓘ
early 20th century Ireland ⓘ
appointedBy British Crown ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ
country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
endTime 1922 ⓘ
follows Governor of King’s County ⓘ
hasDuty act as leading local dignitary ⓘ
oversee county administration ⓘ
represent the British Crown in King’s County ⓘ
supervise local militia affairs ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasLegalForm Crown appointment ⓘ
historicalRegion King’s County ⓘ
linked to: King's County
location Ireland ⓘ
Leinster ⓘ
officeHolderOf King’s County militia ⓘ
partOf Irish county lieutenancies ⓘ
local government in Ireland (pre-independence) ⓘ
replacedBy County Offaly local administrative offices of the Irish Free State ⓘ
replaces Governor of King’s County ⓘ
seat Tullamore (de facto county town) ⓘ
linked to: Tullamore
startTime 1831 ⓘ
subordinateTo British government in Ireland ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ
successor largely ceremonial county representation under the Irish state ⓘ
usedFor coordination of county justices of the peace ⓘ
local defence organization ⓘ
organization of county grand juries ⓘ

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Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of King’s County ⓘ