Lord Lieutenant of Antrim
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Antrim
. The office was created on 23 August 1831.
County Antrim
County Antrim is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 2,844 km², with a population of approximately 616,000...
. The office was created on 23 August 1831.
- Charles O'Neill, 1st Earl O'NeillCharles O'Neill, 1st Earl O'NeillCharles Henry St John O'Neill, 1st Earl O'Neill KP PC was an Irish politician, peer and landowner....
17 October 1831 – 25 March 1841 - George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of DonegallGeorge Chichester, 3rd Marquess of DonegallGeorge Hamilton Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall KP, GCH, PC , styled Viscount Chichester until 1799 and Earl of Belfast between 1799 and 1844, was an Anglo-Irish landowner, courtier and politician...
24 April 1841 – 20 October 1883 - Robert Adair, 1st Baron WaveneyRobert Adair, 1st Baron WaveneyRobert Alexander Shafto Adair, 1st Baron Waveney was a British Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Cambridge for 8 of the years from 1847 to 1857....
4 December 1883 – 15 February 1886 - Sir Edward Porter Cowan 2 April 1886 – 24 March 1890
- Sir Francis Workman-Macnaghten, 3rd Baronet 21 Mary 1890 – 21 July 1911
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of ShaftesburyAnthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of ShaftesburyAnthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury, KP, PC, GCVO, CBE, was the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury and Lady Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester , the daughter of George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall and Lady Harriet Anne Butler.-Family life:On 15 July...
2 November 1911 – 1916 - Algernon Skeffington, 12th Viscount MassereeneAlgernon Skeffington, 12th Viscount MassereeneAlgernon William John Clotworthy Skeffington, 12th Viscount Massereene and 5th Viscount Ferrard DSO was an Ulster Unionist member of the Senate of Northern Ireland from 1921-1929. During this period he served as Deputy Leader of the Senate and Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of the Prime...
9 June 1916 – 1938 - Shane O'Neill, 3rd Baron O'Neill 14 April 1938 – 24 October 1944
- James Graham LeslieJames Graham LeslieJames Graham Leslie was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Leslie studied at Gray's Inn and briefly went into the law, before joining the Contract Department of the British Foreign Office. In 1907, he served as High Sheriff of Antrim. He resigned when given control of his family estates,...
12 March 1945 – 16 May 1949 - Hugh O'Neill, 1st Baron RathcavanHugh O'Neill, 1st Baron RathcavanRobert William Hugh O'Neill, 1st Baron Rathcavan PC , known as Sir Hugh O'Neill, Bt, from 1929 to 1953, was an Ulster Unionist member of both the UK Parliament and the Parliament of Northern Ireland....
22 September 1949 – 1959 - Sir Richard Dobbs 24 March 1959 – 1994
- Raymond O'Neill, 4th Baron O'Neill 19 April 1994 – 31 August 2008
- Joan Christie 1 September 2008 - present