Lord Lieutenant of Kerry
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Kerry
. The office was created on 23 August 1831.
County Kerry
Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...
. The office was created on 23 August 1831.
- Valentine Browne, 2nd Earl of KenmareValentine Browne, 2nd Earl of KenmareValentine Browne, 2nd Earl of Kenmare PC , styled Viscount Castlerosse from 1801 to 1812, was Earl of Kenmare and Lord Lieutenant of Kerry. He succeeded Valentine Browne, 1st Earl of Kenmare....
7 October 1831 – 31 October 1853 - Henry Arthur HerbertHenry Arthur Herbert (1815-1866)Colonel Henry Arthur Herbert PC , was an Irish politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.Herbert was the grandson of Henry Arthur Herbert, MP for Kerry from 1806 to 1813...
22 November 1854 – 26 February 1866 - Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of KenmareValentine Browne, 4th Earl of KenmareValentine Augustus Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare KP, PC , styled Viscount Castlerosse from 1853 to 1871, was a British courtier and Liberal politician...
24 March 1866 – 9 February 1905 - Valentine Browne, 5th Earl of KenmareValentine Browne, 5th Earl of KenmareValentine Charles Browne, 5th Earl of Kenmare was Lord Lieutenant of Kerry and Earl of Kenmare. He was one of the peers of the realm who were members of the Senate of Southern Ireland, 1921....
4 May 1905 – 1922