This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Meath, Ireland.
There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors.G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b). The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831.
Governors Jenico Preston, 7th Viscount Gormanston, 1689–1691 Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda: c.1748 (died 1758) Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda, 1759–1822E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800, vol. V (2002) p. 292. Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort, 1823–1829 Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley: 1830–1831Stephen Farrell, BLIGH, Edward, Lord Clifton (1795-1835), of Cobham Hall, nr. Gravesend, Kent and Clifton Lodge, nr. Athboy, co. Meath. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (2009). James Naper: –1831The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389. Sir Marcus Somerville, 4th Baronet: –1831 Edward Bligh: –1831
Lord Lieutenants Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley: 28 October 1831 – 11 February 1835 Edward Plunkett, 14th Baron Dunsany: 11 April 1835 – 11 December 1848 Arthur Plunkett, 9th Earl of Fingall: 10 January 1849 – 21 April 1869 General Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham: 31 May 1869 – 17 July 1876 Thomas Taylour, 3rd Marquess of Headfort: 15 September 1876 – 22 July 1894 Simon Mangan of Dunboyne Castle: 18 June 1895 – 1906 Sir Nugent Everard, 1st Baronet: 17 August 1906 – 1922
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