Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Armagh
. The office was created on 23 August 1831.
Armagh
Armagh is a large settlement in Northern Ireland, and the county town of County Armagh. It is a site of historical importance for both Celtic paganism and Christianity and is the seat, for both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland, of the Archbishop of Armagh...
. The office was created on 23 August 1831.
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| 1. | Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford GCB , styled The Honourable Archibald Acheson from 1790 to 1806 and Lord Acheson from 1806 to 1807, was a British politician who served as Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada and Governor General of British North America in the 19th century.-Background:Born at... |
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17 October 1831 | 27 March 1849 |
| 2. | James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont Sir James Molyneux Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont KP was an Irish politician and peer.He was the son of Hon. Henry Caulfeild and Elizabeth Margaret Browne. Lord Charlemont married on two occasions;* Hon... |
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3 July 1849 | 1864 |
| 3. | Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford KP , styled Viscount Acheson between 1807 and 1849, was a British peer... |
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8 February 1864 | 15 June 1864 |
| 4. | Charles Brownlow, 2nd Baron Lurgan Charles Brownlow, 2nd Baron Lurgan Charles Brownlow, 2nd Baron Lurgan KP , was a Anglo-Irish Liberal politician.Lurgan was the son of Charles Brownlow, 1st Baron Lurgan, and his second wife Jane , and succeeded his father in the barony in 1847... |
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9 July 1864 | 15 January 1882 |
| 5. | Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford KP was a British Peer. The son of Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford, he succeeded to the earldom upon the death of his father in 1864. Since there are two United Kingdom peerages subsumed in that Irish Earldom, he was entitled to an... |
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5 April 1883 | 1920 |
| 6. | John Lonsdale, 1st Baron Armaghdale John Lonsdale, 1st Baron Armaghdale John Brownlee Lonsdale, 1st Baron Armaghdale , known as Sir John Lonsdale, Bt, between 1911 and 1918, was a British businessman and Conservative politician.- Early life :... |
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16 September 1920 | 8 June 1924 |
| 7. | Henry Bruce Wright Armstrong Henry Bruce Armstrong Henry Bruce Wright Armstrong was a Northern Irish barrister and politician, Unionist MP for Mid Armagh from January 1921 until 1922.... |
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7 July 1924 | 1939 |
| 8. | Sir Norman Stronge, 8th Baronet Norman Stronge Captain Sir Charles Norman Lockhart Stronge, 8th Baronet, MC, PC , JP was a senior Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.... |
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5 December 1939 | 21 January 1981 |
| 9. | Michael Torrens-Spence Michael Torrens-Spence Captain Frederick Michael Alexander Torrens-Spence DSO, DSC, AFC was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm pilot in the Second World War... |
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20 July 1981 | 1989 |
| 10. | Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon Nicholas James Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon is the son of Denis Alexander, 6th Earl of Caledon and Baroness Anne Louise de Graevenitz .... |
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15 May 1989 | Present |