Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh

A list of the Lord Lieutenants of Fermanagh, located County Fermanagh of Northern Ireland, U.K.

The Lord Lieutenant is a ceremonial local government position. There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors.^[1] The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831.

Governors

Sir John Hume, 2nd Baronet: c.1662– (died 1695)
Roger Maguire: 1689–1691 (Jacobite)
James Corry: 1705– (died 1718)
Henry Brooke: 1709– (died 1761)
Mervyn Archdall: 1756 ^[2]–1772 ^[3]
William Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen: –1803 (Governor of Enniskillen) (died 1803)
Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 2nd Earl of Ely: 1767–1769
John Creighton, 1st Earl Erne: 1772–1828 ^[4]
Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely: –1806 (died 1806)
Sir John Caldwell, 5th Baronet: 1793– (died 1830)
Mervyn Archdall: 1813^[5]–1831^[6]
John Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen: –1831^[6]
John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely: –1831^[6]
The Hon. John Creighton: 1830–1831^[6]

Lord Lieutenants

The 2nd Earl of Enniskillen: 17 October 1831 – 31 March 1840
The 3rd Earl Erne: April 1840 – 3 October 1885
The 4th Earl Erne: 1885 – 2 December 1914
John Ernest Francis Collum: 31 March 1915 – 1948
The 5th Earl of Enniskillen: 25 September 1948 – 19 February 1963
The 1st Viscount Brookeborough: 26 April 1963 – February 1969
vacant
Major-General Thomas Scott: 17 June 1971 – 30 July 1976
The 5th Duke of Westminster: 7 February 1977 – 19 February 1979
Viola, Duchess of Westminster: 20 August 1979 – 1986
The 6th Earl Erne: 20 August 1986 – July 2012
The 3rd Viscount Brookeborough: 2 July 2012 – present

Deputy lieutenant of Fermanagh

A deputy lieutenant of Fermanagh is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75.

21st Century

5 May 2000: Mary Blake^[7]
5 May 2000: Melanie Little^[7]
5 May 2000: Jane Styles^[7]
5 May 2000: Rosemary Wilkinson^[7]

References

^ G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).
^ Arthur Aspinall, ARCHDALL, Mervyn I (?1724-1813), of Castle Archdall, Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh and Trilleck, co. Tyrone. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
^ "Lord Lieutenancies of Ireland". Retrieved 11 July 2019.
^ Patrick Cracroft-Brennan, Erne, Earl (I, 1789) Archived 26 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 5 January 2019.
^ P. J. Jupp, ARCHDALL, Mervyn II (1763-1839), of Castle Archdall, Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh. in History of Parliament 1790–1820.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The Belfast Gazette Issue 6137". 12 May 2000. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

External links

Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831-2005". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2008.

[1] G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).

[2] Arthur Aspinall, ARCHDALL, Mervyn I (?1724-1813), of Castle Archdall, Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh and Trilleck, co. Tyrone. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).

[3] "Lord Lieutenancies of Ireland". Retrieved 11 July 2019.

[4] Patrick Cracroft-Brennan, Erne, Earl (I, 1789) Archived 26 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 5 January 2019.

[5] P. J. Jupp, ARCHDALL, Mervyn II (1763-1839), of Castle Archdall, Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh. in History of Parliament 1790–1820.

[RK1831-6] The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.

[5_May_2000-7] "The Belfast Gazette Issue 6137". 12 May 2000. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

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