Lord Lieutenant of Kerry

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Kerry.

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 and incorporated the previous position of Custos Rotulorum of Kerry.

Governors

Charles Wilmot, 1st Viscount Wilmot: 1605–>1615 Maurice Crosbie, 1st Baron Brandon: 1747–1753 Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Earl of KerryBeatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 372. John Crosbie, 2nd Earl of Glandore: 1790–1815 James Crosbie: 1803–1831Stephen Farrell, CROSBIE, James (c.1760-1836), of Ballyheigue, co. Kerry in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (2009).

Lord Lieutenants Valentine Browne, 2nd Earl of Kenmare: 7 October 1831 – 31 October 1853 Henry Herbert: 22 November 1854 – 26 February 1866 Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare: 24 March 1866 – 9 February 1905 Valentine Browne, 5th Earl of Kenmare: 4 May 1905 – 1922

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