title: Lord Lieutenant of Carlow
text: # Lord Lieutenant of Carlow
  
  This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Carlow.
  
  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
  
  * Dudley Bagenal 1689–1690 (Jacobite)
  * Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet 1699–
  * Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of Thomond 1714–1741
  * Sir Thomas Burdett, 1st Baronet, of Dunmore 1725–1727
  * William Burton 1741–
  * Beauchamp Bagenal 1767–1800
  * Clement Wolseley
  * William Henry Burton 1767–1800
  * John Staunton Rochfort: 1779–1798–1831
  * David La Touche: 1798–1816
  * William Browne: –1831
  * Henry Bruen: 1816–1831
  * The Lord Downes: 1820–1831
  * Thomas Kavanagh: –1831
  
  ## Lord Lieutenants
  
  * The 4th Earl of Bessborough: 17 October 1831 – 1838
  * The 5th Earl of Bessborough: November 1838 – 28 January 1880
  * Arthur MacMorrough Kavanagh: 25 March 1880 – 25 December 1889
  * The 2nd Baron Rathdonnell: 26 February 1890 – 1922
  