Lord Lieutenant of King's County

Governors

• Charles Moore, 6th Earl of Drogheda, 1752–1784; again in 1805
• Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse, 1792–1831
• Henry Peisley L'Estrange –1831
• Thomas Bernard, 1828–1831

  Lord Lieutenants

• William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, 7 October 1831 – 31 October 1867
• Thomas Bernard, 17 December 1867 – 13 December 1883
• Francis Travers Dames-Longworth, 20 March 1883 – 1892
• Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse, 13 June 1892 – 29 August 1908
• William Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse, 5 February 1909 – 10 June 1918
• Edward John Beaumont-Nesbitt, 3 September 1918 – 1922