Lord Lieutenants of Donegal

This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Donegal.

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 office is pronounced as 'Lord Lef-tenant'.

Lieutenant

• Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell: 28 March 1605–^[2]

Governors

• Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham: 1746–1781^[3]
• Ralph Gore, 1st Earl of Ross: 1781–
• William Conyngham: 1781–1796 ^[4]
• Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim: 1781–1804 ^[5]
• Sir Samuel Hayes, 1st Baronet: 1781–1807 ^[6]
• John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn (died 1818)^[6]
• Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim: –1831^[7]
• Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham: 1803–1831^[7]
• Sir Samuel Hayes, 3rd Baronet: –1831^[7]

Lord Lieutenants

• The 2nd Marquess of Donegall: 17 October 1831 – 5 October 1844
• The 1st Duke of Abercorn: 13 November 1844 – 31 October 1885
• The 2nd Duke of Abercorn: 1885 – 3 January 1913
• Sir John Olphert: 9 August 1913 – 11 March 1917
• The 6th Earl of Arran: 25 August 1917 – 1920
• Sir Emerson Herdman: 17 December 1920 – 1922