Lord Lieutenant
noun
the title of various high officials holding authority deputed from a sovereign.
Lord Lieutenancy
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a word derived from
Lord Lieutenant.
Example Sentences
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The Duke of Norfolk, Papa has heard, just after accepting the Lord Lieutenancy of Surrey, at the Whig Club gave his old toasts—"The Sovereignty of the People."
From The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 by A. M. W. Stirling
For this he was dismissed from the command of a militia regiment and from the Lord Lieutenancy of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
From William Pitt and the Great War by John Holland Rose
He was generally disliked and distrusted, but held for a short time, from 1708, the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland, when he had Addison as his chief sec.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin
But now Chesterfield was to combine the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland with a special embassy to the Hague.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Archibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery
He wrote to me the other day about the abolition of the Lord Lieutenancy, rather apologizing for bringing it on.
From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
