Lord Lieutenant of Down

Lord Lieutenant of Down

This is a list of Lord Lieutenants of County Down. The office was created on 23 August 1831.

*Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire 7 October 183112 April 1845
*Frederick Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry 17 May 1845 – 1864
*Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava 13 April 186412 February 1902
*Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry 16 April 19028 February 1915
*Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry 8 September 191511 February 1949
*Francis Needham, 4th Earl of Kilmorey 2 June 1949 – 1959
*Sir Roland Nugent, 1st Baronet 10 March 195918 August 1962
*John Meade, 6th Earl of Clanwilliam 25 September 1962 – 1979
*William Norman Brann 2 October 1979 – 1990
*William Stephen Brownlow 17 August 1990 – 1996
*William Joseph Hall 10 October 1996 – present

References

*cite web | title=Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831-2005 | last=Sainty | first=J. C. | authorlink=John Sainty | url=http://www.history.ac.uk/office/lieutenants_ire.html | accessdate=2008-06-07


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