Lord Lieutenant of Armagh

{{Short description|Ceremonial officer in Armagh, Northern Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=October 2013}} This is a list of people who have served as '''Lord-Lieutenant of Armagh'''.

There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors.<ref>G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, ''The Complete Peerage'', vol. I (1910) [https://archive.org/stream/completepeerageo01coka#page/174/mode/1up p. 174, n. (b)].</ref> The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831.

==Lord Lieutenants== {| class="wikitable" ! Name !! Image!! Term began !! Term ended |- |Sir Neil O'Neill, 2nd Baronet<ref>G. E. C., ''The Complete Baronetage'', vol. IV (1904) [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092524408#page/n221/mode/1up p. 202].</ref> || [[File:John Michael Wright (1617-1694) - Sir Neil O'Neill - T00132 - Tate.jpg|150px|Portrait Sir Neil O'Neill of John Michael Wright (1680), now in the Tate]] || 1689 ||1690 |}

==Governors== {{incomplete list|date=December 2018}} * Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford 1805<ref>Arthur Aspinall, [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/acheson-hon-archibald-1776-1849 ACHESON, Hon. Archibald (1776–1849), of Market Hill, co. Armagh.] in ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820'' (1986).</ref>–1831<ref>''The Royal Kalendar'' for 1831, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044090351271;view=1up;seq=397 p. 389].</ref>

==Lord Lieutenants== {| class="wikitable" ! !!Name !! Image!! Term began !! Term ended |- |1. ||Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford || 60px|center || 17 October 1831|| 27 March 1849 |- |2. ||James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont|| 100px || 3 July 1849 || 1864 |- |3. ||Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford|| 100px || 8 February 1864 || 15 June 1864 |- |4. ||Charles Brownlow, 2nd Baron Lurgan|| 100px || 9 July 1864 || 15 January 1882 |- |5. ||Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford|| 100px || 5 April 1883 || 1920 |- |6. ||John Lonsdale, 1st Baron Armaghdale|| 100px || 16 September 1920 || 8 June 1924 |- |7. ||Henry Bruce Armstrong|| 100px || 7 July 1924 || 1939 |- |8. ||Sir Norman Stronge, 8th Baronet|| 100px || 5 December 1939 || 21 January 1981 |- |9. ||Michael Torrens-Spence|| 100px || 20 July 1981 || 1989 |- |10. ||Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon|| 100px || 15 May 1989 || '''Present''' |}

==Deputy lieutenants== A '''deputy lieutenant of Armagh''' is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Armagh. 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=== *14 June 2010: Jill Armstrong<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/B-7203-1111-20|title=Deputy Lieutenant Commissions|date=25 June 2010|accessdate=28 July 2022}}</ref> *5 July 2016: Simon Dougan<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2575250|title=Deputy Lieutenant Commissions|date=15 July 2016|accessdate=28 July 2022}}</ref> *11 November 2018: Simon Cassells<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3157965|title=Deputy Lieutenant Commissions|date=23 November 2018|accessdate=28 July 2022}}</ref>

==References== *{{cite web | title=Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831-2005 | last=Sainty | first=J. C. | author-link=John Sainty (civil servant) | url=http://www.history.ac.uk/office/lieutenants_ire.html | access-date=2008-06-07 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804102750/http://www.history.ac.uk/office/lieutenants_ire.html | archive-date=4 August 2012 | url-status=dead }} {{reflist}}

==See also== *County Armagh *List of lord lieutenants in the United Kingdom {{Lord Lieutenancies}} {{Clear}}

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