Lord Deputy of Ireland
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The Lord Deputy was the King's representative and head of the Irish executive under English rule, during the Lordship of Ireland and later the Kingdom of Ireland.[1] The plurals form is "Lords Deputy".
- Sir Thomas Mortimer (1382–1383)
- Sir John Grey (knight) (1427–1428)
- Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond (1462–1467)
- Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare (1477), (1479–1494), (1496–1513)
- Henry Grey, 4th (7th) Baron Grey of Codnor (1478–1479)
- Robert Preston, 1st Viscount Gormanston (1493–1494)
- Walter Fitzsimon, Archbishop of Dublin (1494–1496)
- Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (1513–1518)
- Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey (1520–1522)[2]
- Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormonde (1522–1524)
- Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (1524–1529)
- Sir William Skeffington (1529–1532)
- Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (1532–1534)
- Sir William Skeffington (1534–1535)
- Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane (1536–1540)
- Anthony St Leger (1540–1548)
- Edward Bellingham (1548–1549)
- Lord Justices (1549–1550)
- Anthony St Leger (1550–1551)
- James Croft (1551–1552)
- Lord Justices (1552–1553)
- Anthony St Leger (1553–1556)
- Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex (1556–1558) (Lord Lieutenant 1560–1564)[3]
- Sir Nicholas Arnold(1564–1565)
- Sir Henry Sidney (1565–1571) (1575–1578)[4]
- William FitzWilliam (1571–1575) (1588–1594)
- Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton (1580–1582)
- Sir John Perrot (1584–1588)
- William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh (1594–1597)
- Thomas Burgh, 7th Baron Strabolgi (1597)
- Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (Lord Lieutenant 1599)
- Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy (later 1st Earl of Devonshire) (1600–1603) (Lord Lieutenant 1603–1604)
- Sir George Cary (1603–1604)
- Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester (1605–1616)[5]
- Sir Oliver St John (1616–1622)[6]
- Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland (1622–1629)
- Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1632–1640)
- Christopher Wandesford (1640)
- Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1640–1643) (Lord Lieutenant)
- Henry Ireton (1650–1651)
- Charles Fleetwood (1652–1657)
- Henry Cromwell (1657–1658) (Lord Lieutenant 1658–1659)
- Edmund Ludlow (1659–1660)
- Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (1687–1688)
The title subsequently became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with the holder also known informally as the Viceroy.
References
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- ↑ Wagner, John, Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World, Oryx, 1999, p. 278
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- ↑ Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VI, page 74
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