Lord Lieutenant of County Westmeath

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Crown representative ⓘ
ceremonial office ⓘ
county lieutenancy ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction County Westmeath ⓘ
appliesToPeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
authorityOver county magistracy (in a ceremonial and coordinating capacity) ⓘ
basedOn English and Welsh lord-lieutenancy model ⓘ
category Lord Lieutenants of Irish counties ⓘ
country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dissolved 1922 ⓘ
endCause establishment of the Irish Free State ⓘ
firstHolder George Nugent, 1st Marquess of Westmeath ⓘ
governingLaw acts and orders of the British administration in Ireland ⓘ
hasRole chief representative of the British monarch in County Westmeath ⓘ
oversight of civic functions in County Westmeath ⓘ
oversight of the county militia ⓘ
performance of local ceremonial duties ⓘ
historicalRegion Leinster ⓘ
inception 1831 ⓘ
languageOfOfficialActs English ⓘ
lastHolder Sir Walter Nugent, 4th Baronet ⓘ
location County Westmeath ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder Francis Thomas Dease ⓘ
Francis Travers Dames-Longworth ⓘ
George Nugent, 1st Marquess of Westmeath ⓘ
James Lenox William Naper ⓘ
Sir Benjamin Chapman, 4th Baronet ⓘ
Sir Richard Nagle ⓘ
Sir Thomas Chapman, 7th Baronet ⓘ
Sir Walter Nugent, 4th Baronet ⓘ
William Smyth ⓘ
officeCreatedUnder Lord Lieutenants (Ireland) system ⓘ
officeHolderOf Westmeath county militia ⓘ
partOf local government structure of Ireland under British rule ⓘ
precededBy Governor of Westmeath ⓘ
relatedTo Irish county militia system ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ
replacedOffice Governor of Westmeath ⓘ
represents British Crown in County Westmeath ⓘ
scope ceremonial and military ⓘ
seat County town of Mullingar ⓘ
subdivisionType county ⓘ

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James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of County Westmeath ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of County Westmeath → category → Lord Lieutenants of Irish counties ⓘ
linked to: Lord Lieutenant of County Westmeath