Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim

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The Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim was the British monarch’s chief representative in County Leitrim, Ireland, responsible for local ceremonial duties and oversight of the county’s militia and magistracy.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim canonical 6
Governor of Leitrim 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Crown appointment in Ireland ⓘ
ceremonial office ⓘ
county lieutenancy ⓘ
person ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction County Leitrim ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
associatedWith County militia ⓘ
local magistrates ⓘ
country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
duty local ceremonial duties ⓘ
oversight of the county magistracy ⓘ
oversight of the county militia ⓘ
endTime 1854 ⓘ
1878 ⓘ
1883 ⓘ
1909 ⓘ
1922 ⓘ
firstHolder Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
lastHolder Sir Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh, 7th Baronet ⓘ
location County Leitrim ⓘ
officeAbolished 1922 ⓘ
officeCreated 23 August 1831 ⓘ
officeHolder Edward King-Tenison ⓘ
Francis William Brady ⓘ
Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim ⓘ
Sir Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh, 7th Baronet ⓘ
Thomas Edward Taylor ⓘ
officeHolderOf representative of the British monarch in County Leitrim ⓘ
partOf Irish county lieutenancies ⓘ
positionHeld Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim ⓘ
precededBy Governor of Leitrim ⓘ
reasonForAbolition establishment of the Irish Free State ⓘ
replacedBy no direct equivalent in the Irish Free State ⓘ
residenceRequirement typically a major local landowner ⓘ
role chief representative of the British monarch in County Leitrim ⓘ
startTime 1854 ⓘ
1878 ⓘ
1883 ⓘ
1909 ⓘ
23 August 1831 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim → precededBy → Governor of Leitrim ⓘ
linked to: Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim
Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim ⓘ
Edward King-Tenison → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim ⓘ
Thomas Edward Taylor → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim ⓘ
Francis William Brady → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim ⓘ
Sir Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh, 7th Baronet → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim ⓘ