Editing Lord-lieutenant (section)

===Ireland===
In the [[counties of Ireland]], the [[Commanding officer|officer in charge]] of [[militia#Irish militia|the county militia]] was styled "Lieutenant" until [[James II of England|James II]] and "Governor" thereafter.<ref>{{cite book |first1=George Edward  |last1=Cokayne |author-link1=George Edward Cokayne  |first2=Vicary  |last2=Gibbs |author-link2=Vicary Gibbs (St Albans MP) |title=The Complete Peerage |volume=I |date=1910 |url=https://archive.org/stream/completepeerageo01coka#page/174 |page=174, fn (b) |access-date=11 July 2019}}</ref> There could be up to three Governors in one [[county]].<ref name="hansard1872">{{cite web |title=Ireland—Lord Lieutenancy of Clare—Resolution |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1872-05-07/debates/68937d86-131a-460f-a7e4-a079700d66b8/Ireland%E2%80%94LordLieutenancyOfClare%E2%80%94Resolution |access-date=11 July 2019 |no-pp=y|pages=HL Deb Vol.211 cc.409–410 |date=7 May 1872}}</ref> Responsibility for recommending [[County magistrate]]s lay with the [[Custos Rotulorum]].<ref name="hansard1872"/> The [[List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1831|Custos Rotulorum (Ireland) Act 1831]]<ref>
[[1 & 2 Will. 4]]. c. 17 [https://archive.org/details/statutesunitedk00britgoog ''An Act to provide for the better Order and Government of Ireland, by Lieutenants for the several Counties, Counties of Cities, and Counties of Towns therein'']; [[short title]] assigned by [[Short Titles Act 1896]]</ref> cancelled the [[commission (document)|commission]]s of the Governors, transferred the [[militia]] and [[county magistrate]] functions to the (re)established office of Lieutenant (appointed by [[letters patent]] and styled "Lord Lieutenant"), and empowered the [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] to appoint deputy lieutenants.<ref name="hansard1872"/> 

In the [[Republic of Ireland]] no Lord Lieutenants have been appointed since the creation of the [[Irish Free State]] in 1922, and all relevant statutes have been repealed.