This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Limerick.
Overview
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Limerick.
There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors. The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831. The title Lord Lieutenant was always pronounced as 'Lord Lef-tenant'.
Governors
William Bourke, 8th Baron Bourke of Connell: 1689–1691 (died 1691)
Thomas Southwell, 1st Viscount Southwell: 1762– (died 1780)
The Lord Muskerry: 1780–1818
The Hon. Richard Hobart FitzGibbon: 1818–1831
