This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of County Cork.

There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors.^[1] The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831, and is pronounced in the usual British fashion as 'Lord Lef-tenant'.

Governors

• Charles Wilmot, 1st Viscount Wilmot 1601- ^[2] (died 1644)
• Robert Phayre 1651–54
• Francis Boyle, 1st Viscount Shannon 1686–1689
• Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington 1690– (died 1704)
• Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon 1756– (died 1764)
• Richard Longfield, 1st Viscount Longueville 1758–1761^[3]
• Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon 1786– (died 1807)
• Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston 1789 (died 1799)
• Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald 1805–1814
• Hayes St Leger, 2nd Viscount Doneraile: 1809–1819^[4]
• William Tonson, 2nd Baron Riversdale: 1820–1831^[5]
• William O'Brien, 2nd Marquess of Thomond: –1831^[5]
• Hayes St Leger, 3rd Viscount Doneraile: –1831^[5]
• George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston: –1831^[5]
• William Hodder: –1831^[5]

Lord Lieutenants

• The 3rd Earl of Shannon: 7 October 1831 – 22 April 1842
• The 2nd Earl of Bandon: 1842 – 31 October 1856
• The 1st Baron Fermoy: 4 December 1856 – 17 September 1874
• The 3rd Earl of Bandon: 10 November 1874 – 17 February 1877
• The 4th Earl of Bandon: 13 June 1877 – 1922