Lord Lieutenant of County Wexford

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Crown representative ⓘ
ceremonial office ⓘ
county lieutenancy ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction County Wexford ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
associatedWith County militia ⓘ
local magistracy ⓘ
authorityOver county militia officers ⓘ
ceremonialRole participation in civic ceremonies ⓘ
representing the Crown at local events ⓘ
country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
duty local ceremonial duties ⓘ
oversight of county administration ⓘ
oversight of the county militia ⓘ
endCause establishment of the Irish Free State ⓘ
endTime 1856 ⓘ
firstHolder Robert Carew, 1st Baron Carew ⓘ
governingSystem British administration in Ireland ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century Ireland ⓘ
early 20th century Ireland ⓘ
legalStatus Crown appointment ⓘ
location County Wexford ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Leinster ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder Lord Maurice FitzGerald ⓘ
linked to: Maurice FitzGerald

Mallowes Archdall ⓘ
Robert Carew, 1st Baron Carew ⓘ
Robert Shapland Carew, 2nd Baron Carew ⓘ
officeAbolished 1922 ⓘ
officeCreated 1831 ⓘ
officeHolderOf British monarch ⓘ
officeScope county-level ⓘ
partOf Irish county lieutenancies ⓘ
positionHeld Lord Lieutenant of County Wexford ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of County Wexford ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of County Wexford ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of County Wexford ⓘ
precededBy Governor of County Wexford ⓘ
relatedPosition High Sheriff of County Wexford ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ
replacedBy Irish Free State local administrative structures ⓘ
residenceRequirement County Wexford ⓘ
role chief representative of the British monarch in County Wexford ⓘ
startTime 1831 ⓘ
subordinateTo Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ

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James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of County Wexford ⓘ
Robert Carew, 1st Baron Carew → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of County Wexford ⓘ
Robert Shapland Carew, 2nd Baron Carew → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of County Wexford ⓘ
Lord Maurice FitzGerald → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of County Wexford ⓘ
Mallowes Archdall → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of County Wexford ⓘ
John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough → position held → Lord Lieutenant of Wexford ⓘ
linked to: Lord Lieutenant of County Wexford