Lord Lieutenant of Meath

This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Meath, Ireland.

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.

Governors

• Jenico Preston, 7th Viscount Gormanston, 1689–1691^[2]
• Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda: c.1748 (died 1758)
• Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda, 1759–1822^[3]
• Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort, 1823–1829 ^[4]
• Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley: 1830–1831^[5]
• James Lenox William Naper: –1831^[6]
• Sir Marcus Somerville, 4th Baronet: –1831^[6]
• The Hon. Edward Bligh: –1831^[6]

Lord Lieutenants

• The 5th Earl of Darnley: 28 October 1831 – 11 February 1835
• The 14th Baron of Dunsany: 11 April 1835 – 11 December 1848
• The 9th Earl of Fingall: 10 January 1849 – 21 April 1869
• General The 2nd Marquess Conyngham: 31 May 1869 – 17 July 1876
• The 3rd Marquis of Headfort: 15 September 1876 – 22 July 1894
• Simon Mangan of Dunboyne Castle: 18 June 1895 – 1906
• Sir Nugent Everard, 1st Baronet: 17 August 1906 – 1922