This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Westmeath.
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.
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Governors
George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard: 1740-1756
George Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere: 1772–1815
George Nugent, 7th Earl of Westmeath: –1814
Gustavus Hume Rochfort: 1815–1824
William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine: 1824–1831
George Nugent, 1st Marquess of Westmeath: –1831
Lord Lieutenants
George Nugent, 1st Marquess of Westmeath: 7 October 1831 – April 1871
Fulke Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville: 3 April 1871 – 26 January 1883
Sir Benjamin Chapman, 4th Baronet: 28 March 1883 – 3 November 1888
Richard Handcock, 4th Baron Castlemaine: 14 January 1889 – 26 April 1892
Francis Travers Dames-Longworth: 13 June 1892 – 3 December 1898
Albert Handcock, 5th Baron Castlemaine: 26 May 1899 – 1922