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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He was re-appointed to the Irish Lord Lieutenancy in 1727, and it was during this second term that he was criticised for the conduct Swift vindicates in the following tract.
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish by Temple Scott
All honours, however, clustered about him, though he never sought them, and in the same year he tumbled into the Lord Lieutenancy of his country, unexpectedly vacant, and became the youngest Knight of the Garter.
From Endymion by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
As early as 1823 Joseph Hume ventilated the question of the abolition of the Lord Lieutenancy, and a motion introduced by him to that effect in 1830 received a considerable measure of support.
From Ireland and the Home Rule Movement by Michael F. J. McDonnell
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
