Lord Lieutenant of Westmeath

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. 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