This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Roscommon.
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. Roscommon was lost to the United Kingdom in 1922 upon the formation of the Irish Free State.
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Governors
Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston: 1772–1797
Maurice Mahon, 1st Baron Hartland (died 1819)
Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet: 1782–1797
Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon: 1797–1813
Thomas Mahon, 2nd Baron Hartland: –1831
Robert King, 1st Viscount Lorton: –1831
Arthur French: 1821–1831
Lord Lieutenants
Robert King, 1st Viscount Lorton: 7 October 1831 – 20 November 1854
Arthur French, 1st Baron de Freyne: 18 December 1854 – 29 September 1856
Edward King Tenison: 4 December 1856 – 19 June 1878
Edward Robert King-Harman: 5 October 1878 – 10 June 1888
Henry King-Tenison, 8th Earl of Kingston: 25 July 1888 – 13 January 1896
Charles Owen O'Conor, The O'Conor Don: 5 March 1896 – 30 June 1906
Denis Charles Joseph O'Conor: 5 September 1906 – 23 February 1917
William Talbot: 25 August 1917 – 1922