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Lord Lieutenant of Kildare

Lord Lieutenant of Kildare

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

Grave of Robert Kennedy (of Baronrath); it describes him as "His Majesty's Lieut. and Custos Rotulorum, Co. Kildare."

There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors.[1] The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831. The main function of the office was to raise, train and manage the local militia bodies, in line with the Militia (Ireland) Act 1802. Beyond that, the Lords Lieutenant had a figurehead function representing the monarch at the local level.

Governors

Lord Lieutenants

References

  • Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831-2005". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
  1. [1]
    G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).
  2. [2]
    E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. VI, p. 550.
  3. [3]
    Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 372.
  4. [4]
    The Royal Kalendar for 1825, p. 386.
  5. [5]
    The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.


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