This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Clare.

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

  • Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of Thomond 1714
  • William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin 1741–1777
  • Murrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond
  • Sir Francis Nathaniel Burton 1805–1831
  • William Vesey FitzGerald 1815–1831