This list of Lords Lieutenant of Ireland

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was the British King's representative and head of the Irish executive during the Lordship of Ireland , the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...

(sometimes also called Viceroy) terminates with abolition following the creation of the Irish Free State

Irish Free State

The Irish Free State was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by the British government and Irish representatives exactly twelve months beforehand...

 on 6 December 1922; Reasons for difficulty in stating terms of office include that many left the office empty for a period (sometimes to return to the Court of St. James's

Court of St. James's

The Court of St James's is the royal court of the United Kingdom. It previously had the same function in the Kingdom of England and in the Kingdom of Great Britain .-Overview:...

, sometimes to return to their British estates) before either being replaced or returning.

There is difficulty in getting clear information before 1529; in the earlier years, there were frequent long vacancies, during which a Lord Deputy

Lord Deputy of Ireland

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...

 or Lord Justice would act as chief governor. The Irish Act of Union

Act of Union 1800

The Acts of Union 1800 describe two complementary Acts, namely:* the Union with Ireland Act 1800 , an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, and...

 merged the Kingdom of Ireland

Kingdom of Ireland

The Kingdom of Ireland refers to the country of Ireland in the period between the proclamation of Henry VIII as King of Ireland by the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 and the Act of Union in 1800. It replaced the Lordship of Ireland, which had been created in 1171...

 with the Kingdom of Great Britain

Kingdom of Great Britain

The former Kingdom of Great Britain, sometimes described as the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain', That the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England, shall upon the 1st May next ensuing the date hereof, and forever after, be United into One Kingdom by the Name of GREAT BRITAIN. was a sovereign...

 to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom during the period when what is now the Republic of Ireland formed a part of it....

. The new United Kingdom came into being on 1 January 1801 resulting in the disappearance of the separate Irish Parliament: Though many expect the office of Lord Lieutenant to be abolished, it survives. Periodic debates throughout the nineteenth century erupt over whether it should be replaced by a 'Secretary of State for Ireland'. The office of Chief Secretary for Ireland

Chief Secretary for Ireland

The Chief Secretary for Ireland was a key political office in the British administration in Ireland. Nominally subordinate to the Lord Lieutenant, from the late 18th century until the end of British rule he was effectively the government minister with responsibility for governing Ireland; usually...

 (in effect number two in Irish government ranking) grows in importance, with the Lord Lieutenant gradually reduced to a largely though not completely ceremonial role.

The office was replaced by the Governor-General of the Irish Free State

Governor-General of the Irish Free State

The Governor-General was the representative of the King in the 1922–1937 Irish Free State. Until 1927 he was also the agent of the British government in the Irish state. By convention the office of Governor-General was largely ceremonial...

. In Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 the position was replaced by that of Governor of Northern Ireland

Governor of Northern Ireland

The Governor of Northern Ireland was the principal officer and representative in Northern Ireland of the British monarch. The office was established on 9 December 1922 and abolished on 18 July 1973.-Overview:...

.

United Kingdom

• The Earl of Hardwicke
  Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke
  Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke KG, PC, FRS , known as Philip Yorke until 1790, was a British politician.-Background and education:...
  
  : 27 April 1801
• The Earl of Powis
  Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis
  Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis , known as the Lord Clive between 1774 and 1804, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...
  
  : 21 November 1805 (did not serve)
• The Duke of Bedford
  John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
  John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford KG, PC, LLD, FSA , known as Lord John Russell until 1802, was a British Whig politician and notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the Ministry of All the Talents...
  
  : 12 March 1806
• The Duke of Richmond
  Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond
  Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox KG, PC was a British soldier and politician and Governor General of British North America.-Background:...
  
  : 11 April 1807
• The Viscount Whitworth
  Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth
  Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth GCB, PC , known as The Lord Whitworth between 1800 and 1813 and as The Viscount Whitworth between 1813 and 1815, was a British diplomat and politician.-Early years:...
  
  : 23 June 1813
• The Earl Talbot
  Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot
  Charles Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot KG, PC, FRS , styled Viscount Ingestre between 1784 and 1793, was a British politician. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1817 and 1821....
  
  : 3 October 1817
• The Marquess Wellesley
  Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
  Richard Colley Wesley, later Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, KG, PC, PC , styled Viscount Wellesley from birth until 1781, was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator....
  
  : 8 December 1821
• The Marquess of Anglesey
  Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
  Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, KG, GCB, GCH, PC , styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as The Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British military leader and politician, now chiefly remembered for leading the charge of the heavy cavalry against...
  
  : 27 February 1828
• The Duke of Northumberland
  Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland
  Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland KG, PC , styled Earl Percy until 1817, was a British aristocrat and Tory politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under the Duke of Wellington from 1829 to 1830....
  
  : 22 January 1829
• The Marquess of Anglesey
  Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
  Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, KG, GCB, GCH, PC , styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as The Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British military leader and politician, now chiefly remembered for leading the charge of the heavy cavalry against...
  
  : 4 December 1830
• The Marquess Wellesley
  Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
  Richard Colley Wesley, later Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, KG, PC, PC , styled Viscount Wellesley from birth until 1781, was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator....
  
  : 12 September 1833
• The Earl of Haddington
  Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington
  Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington KT PC FRS , known as Lord Binning from 1794 to 1828, was a British Conservative politician and statesman.-Background and education:...
  
  : 1 January 1835
• The Earl of Mulgrave
  Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby
  Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby KG GCB GCH, PC , styled Viscount Normanby between 1812 and 1831 and known as The Earl of Mulgrave between 1831 and 1838, was a British Whig politician and author...
  
  : 29 April 1835
• Viscount Ebrington: 13 March 1839
• The Earl de Grey: 11 September 1841
• The Lord Heytesbury
  William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury
  William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury GCB PC , known as Sir William à Court, Bt, from 1817 to 1828, was a British diplomat and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
  
  : 17 July 1844
• The Earl of Bessborough
  John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough
  John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough PC , known as Viscount Duncannon from 1793 to 1844, was a British Whig politician...
  
  : 8 July 1846
• The Earl of Clarendon
  George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon
  George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon KG, GCB, PC , was an English diplomat and statesman.-Background and education:...
  
  : 22 May 1847
• The Earl of Eglinton
  Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton
  Sir Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton KT, PC , known as Lord Montgomerie from 1814 to 1819, was a British Conservative politician...
  
  : 1 March 1852
• The Earl of St Germans
  Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans
  Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans GCB , DL, LL.D, PC , styled Lord Elliot from 1823 to 1845, was a British politician and diplomat.-Background and education:...
  
  : 5 January 1853
• The Earl of Carlisle: 7 March 1855
• The Earl of Eglinton
  Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton
  Sir Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton KT, PC , known as Lord Montgomerie from 1814 to 1819, was a British Conservative politician...
  
  : 8 March 1858
• The Earl of Carlisle: 24 June 1859
• The Lord Wodehouse
  John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
  John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley KG , PC , known as the Lord Wodehouse from 1846 to 1866, was a British Liberal politician...
  
  : 1 November 1864
• The Marquess of Abercorn
  James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn
  James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn KG PC , styled Viscount Hamilton from 1814 to 1818 and the Marquess of Abercorn from 1818 to 1868, was a British Conservative politician and statesman who twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.In 1860, The Times noted that Hamilton was one of only three to...
  
  : 13 July 1866
• The Earl Spencer
  John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer
  John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer KG, PC , known as Viscount Althorp from 1845 to 1857 , was a British Liberal Party politician under and close friend of British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone...
  
  : 18 December 1868
• The Duke of Abercorn
  James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn
  James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn KG PC , styled Viscount Hamilton from 1814 to 1818 and the Marquess of Abercorn from 1818 to 1868, was a British Conservative politician and statesman who twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.In 1860, The Times noted that Hamilton was one of only three to...
  
  : 2 March 1874
• The Duke of Marlborough
  John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
  John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, KG, PC , styled Earl of Sunderland from 1822 to 1840 and Marquess of Blandford from 1840 to 1857, was a British statesman and nobleman...
  
  : 11 December 1876
• The Earl Cowper
  Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper
  Francis Thomas de Grey Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper KG, PC, DL , known as Viscount Fordwich from 1837 to 1856, was a British Liberal politician...
  
  : 4 May 1880
• The Earl Spencer
  John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer
  John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer KG, PC , known as Viscount Althorp from 1845 to 1857 , was a British Liberal Party politician under and close friend of British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone...
  
  : 4 May 1882
• The Earl of Carnarvon
  Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon
  Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, PC, DL, FSA, FRS , known as Lord Porchester from 1833 to 1849, was a British politician and a leading member of the Conservative Party...
  
  : 27 June 1885
• The Earl of Aberdeen
  John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
  John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC , known as The Earl of Aberdeen from 1870 to 1916, was a Scottish politician...
  
  : 8 February 1886
• The Marquess of Londonderry
  Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry
  Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry KG, GCVO, PC, DL, JP , styled Viscount Castlereagh between 1872 and 1884, was an Anglo-Irish Conservative politician, landowner and benefactor, who served in various capacities in the Conservative administrations of the late 19th and...
  
  : 3 August 1886
• The Earl of Zetland
  Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland
  Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland, KT, PC , known as Lawrence Dundas until 1873 and as the Earl of Zetland from 1873 to 1892, was a British Conservative politician and statesman. He was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1889 and 1892.-Background, education and military service:Zetland was...
  
  : 30 July 1889
• The Lord Houghton
  Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe
  Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe KG, PC , known as The Lord Houghton from 1885 to 1895 and as The Earl of Crewe from 1895 to 1911, was a British statesman and writer....
  
  : 18 August 1892
• The Earl Cadogan
  George Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan
  George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan KG, PC, JP was a British Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
  
  : 29 June 1895
• The Earl of Dudley
  William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley
  William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, KStJ, PC, TD, DL , styled Viscount Ednam before 1885, was a British Conservative politician...
  
  : 11 August 1902
• The Earl of Aberdeen
  John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
  John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC , known as The Earl of Aberdeen from 1870 to 1916, was a Scottish politician...
  
  : 11 December 1905
• The Lord Wimborne: 17 February 1915
• The Viscount French
  John French, 1st Earl of Ypres
  Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, ADC, PC , known as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a British and Anglo-Irish officer...
  
  : 9 May 1918
• The Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent
  Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent
  Edmund Bernard FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent KG, PC , known as Lord Edmund Talbot between 1876 and 1921, was a British Conservative politician and the last Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.-Background:...
  
  : 27 April 1921

Kingdom of Ireland

The date of appointment of each, rather than a specified term of office, is stated in brackets.

• The Earl of Ossory
  Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormonde
  Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond and 1st Earl of Ossory , also known as Red Piers, was from the Polestown branch of the Butler family of Ireland.-Claims to the title:...
  
   (Lord Deputy): 4 August 1528
• The Duke of Richmond and Somerset
  Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset
  Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset was the son of King Henry VIII of England and his teenage mistress, Elizabeth Blount, the only illegitimate offspring whom Henry acknowledged.-Childhood:...
  
  : 22 June 1529
• Sir William Skeffington
  William Skeffington
  Sir William Skeffington , was a Lord Deputy of Ireland.-Early life:He was born in Skeffington, Leicestershire. His brother John was the patriarch of the Massareene family. He was appointed High Sheriff of Leicestershire and Warwickshire for 1508, 1515 and 1521 in the reign of Henry VII and was...
  
   (Lord Deputy): 30 July 1534
• Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane
  Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane
  Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane , known as Lord Leonard Grey prior to 1536, served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1536 to 1540....
  
   (Lord Deputy): 23 February 1536
• Lords Justices: 1 April 1540
• Sir Anthony St Leger
  Anthony St Leger (Lord Deputy of Ireland)
  Sir Anthony St Leger was Lord Deputy of Ireland during the Tudor period.The eldest son of Ralph St Leger, a gentleman of Kent and Elizabeth Haut. He was educated abroad and at the University of Cambridge. He quickly gained the favour of King Henry VIII, and in 1537 was appointed president of a...
  
   (Lord Deputy): 7 July 1540
• Sir Edward Bellingham
  Edward Bellingham
  Sir Edward Bellingham , lord deputy of Ireland, was a son of Edward Bellingham of Erringham, Sussex, his mother being Jane Shelley of the Shelley family....
  
   (Lord Deputy): 22 April 1548
• Lords Justices: 27 December 1549
• Sir Anthony St Leger
  Anthony St Leger (Lord Deputy of Ireland)
  Sir Anthony St Leger was Lord Deputy of Ireland during the Tudor period.The eldest son of Ralph St Leger, a gentleman of Kent and Elizabeth Haut. He was educated abroad and at the University of Cambridge. He quickly gained the favour of King Henry VIII, and in 1537 was appointed president of a...
  
   (Lord Deputy): 4 August 1550
• Sir James Croft
  James Croft
  Sir James Croft PC , Lord Deputy of Ireland and MP for Herefordshire in the Parliament of England.He was born the second but eldest surviving son of Richard Croft of Croft Castle, Herefordshire, inheriting the estate on his father's death in 1562.He was elected seven times as knight of the shire ...
  
   (Lord Deputy): 29 April 1551
• Lords Justices: 6 December 1552
• Sir Anthony St Leger
  Anthony St Leger (Lord Deputy of Ireland)
  Sir Anthony St Leger was Lord Deputy of Ireland during the Tudor period.The eldest son of Ralph St Leger, a gentleman of Kent and Elizabeth Haut. He was educated abroad and at the University of Cambridge. He quickly gained the favour of King Henry VIII, and in 1537 was appointed president of a...
  
   (Lord Deputy): 1 September 1553
• Viscount FitzWalter (Lord Deputy): 27 April 1556
• Lords Justices: 12 December 1558
• The Earl of Sussex (Lord Deputy): 3 July 1559
• The Earl of Sussex: 6 May 1560
• Sir Henry Sidney
  Henry Sidney
  Sir Henry Sidney , Lord Deputy of Ireland was the eldest son of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst, a prominent politician and courtier during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI, from both of whom he received extensive grants of land, including the manor of Penshurst in Kent, which became the...
  
   (Lord Deputy): 13 October 1565
• Lord Justice: 1 April 1571
• Sir William FitzWilliam
  William Fitzwilliam (Lord Deputy)
  - Early life :FitzWilliam was born at Milton, Northamptonshire, the eldest son of Sir William and grandson of William Fitzwilliam , alderman and sheriff of London, who had been treasurer and chamberlain to Cardinal Wolsey and who purchased Milton in 1506...
  
   (Lord Deputy): 11 December 1571
• Sir Henry Sidney
  Henry Sidney
  Sir Henry Sidney , Lord Deputy of Ireland was the eldest son of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst, a prominent politician and courtier during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI, from both of whom he received extensive grants of land, including the manor of Penshurst in Kent, which became the...
  
   (Lord Deputy): 5 August 1575
• Lord Justice: 27 April 1578
• The Lord Grey de Wilton (Lord Deputy): 15 July 1580
• Lords Justices: 14 July 1582
• Sir John Perrot
  John Perrot
  Sir John Perrot served as Lord Deputy of Ireland under Queen Elizabeth I of England during the Tudor conquest of Ireland...
  
   (Lord Deputy): 7 January 1584
• Sir William FitzWilliam
  William Fitzwilliam (Lord Deputy)
  - Early life :FitzWilliam was born at Milton, Northamptonshire, the eldest son of Sir William and grandson of William Fitzwilliam , alderman and sheriff of London, who had been treasurer and chamberlain to Cardinal Wolsey and who purchased Milton in 1506...
  
   (Lord Deputy): 17 February 1588
• Sir William Russell
  William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh
  William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh was a younger son of Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford. His birthdate is uncertain, with some records showing that he was born as early as 1553, some as late as 1563...
  
   (Lord Deputy): 16 May 1594
• The Lord Burgh (Lord Deputy): 5 March 1597
• Lords Justices: 29 October 1597
• The Earl of Essex
  Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
  Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG was an English nobleman and a favourite of Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during the Nine Years' War in 1599...
  
   12 March 1599
• Lords Justices: 24 September 1599
• The Lord Mountjoy (Lord Deputy): 21 January 1600
• The Lord Mountjoy: 25 April 1603
• Sir Arthur Chichester (Lord Deputy): 15 October 1604
• Sir Oliver St John
  Oliver St John, 1st Viscount Grandison
  Sir Oliver St John, 1st Viscount Grandison was an English soldier who became Lord Deputy of Ireland.-Early years:He was the second son of Nicholas St John of Lydiard Park in Wiltshire and Purley Park in Berkshire, by his wife Elizabeth , daughter of Sir Richard Blount of Mapledurham House in...
  
  : 2 July 1615
• The Viscount of Falkland (Lord Deputy): 4 February 1622
• Lords Justices: 8 August 1629
• The Viscount Wentworth
  Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
  Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford was an English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War. He served in Parliament and was a supporter of King Charles I. From 1632 to 1639 he instituted a harsh rule as Lord Deputy of Ireland...
  
   (Lord Deputy): 3 July 1633
• The Earl of Strafford
  Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
  Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford was an English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War. He served in Parliament and was a supporter of King Charles I. From 1632 to 1639 he instituted a harsh rule as Lord Deputy of Ireland...
  
  : 13 January 1640
• The Earl of Leicester
  Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester
  Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester was an English aristocrat and diplomat.-Life:He was the son of Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, and his first wife, Barbara Gamage...
  
  : 14 June 1641
• The Marquess of Ormonde
  James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde
  James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde PC was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the second of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom. He was the friend of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, who appointeed him commander of the Cavalier forces in Ireland. From 1641 to 1647, he...
  
  : 13 November 1643 (appointed by the king)
• Viscount Lisle
  Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester
  Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1659 and inherited the peerage of Earl of Leicester in 1677. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War...
  
  : 9 April 1646 (appointed by parliament, commission expired 15 April 1647)
• The Marquess of Ormonde
  James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde
  James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde PC was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the second of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom. He was the friend of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, who appointeed him commander of the Cavalier forces in Ireland. From 1641 to 1647, he...
  
  : 30 September 1648 (appointed by the King)
• Oliver Cromwell
  Oliver Cromwell
  Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
  
  : 22 June 1649
• Henry Ireton
  Henry Ireton
  Henry Ireton was an English general in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War. He was the son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell.-Early life:...
  
   (Lord Deputy): 2 July 1650 (d. 20 November 1651)
• Charles Fleetwood
  Charles Fleetwood
  Charles Fleetwood was an English Parliamentary soldier and politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1652–55, where he enforced the Cromwellian Settlement. At the Restoration he was included in the Act of Indemnity as among the twenty liable to penalties other than capital, and was finally...
  
   (Commander-in-Chief): 9 July 1652
• Henry Cromwell
  Henry Cromwell
  Henry Cromwell was the fourth son of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bourchier, and an important figure in the Parliamentarian regime in Ireland.-Life:...
  
   (Lord Deputy): 17 November 1657
• Henry Cromwell
  Henry Cromwell
  Henry Cromwell was the fourth son of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bourchier, and an important figure in the Parliamentarian regime in Ireland.-Life:...
  
  : 6 October 1658, resigned 15 June 1659
• Edmund Ludlow
  Edmund Ludlow
  Edmund Ludlow was an English parliamentarian, best known for his involvement in the execution of Charles I, and for his Memoirs, which were published posthumously in a rewritten form and which have become a major source for historians of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. After service in the English...
  
   (Commander-in-Chief): 4 July 1659
• The Duke of Albemarle
  George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle
  George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, KG was an English soldier and politician and a key figure in the restoration of Charles II.-Early life and career:...
  
  : June 1660
• The Duke of Ormonde
  James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde
  James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde PC was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the second of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom. He was the friend of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, who appointeed him commander of the Cavalier forces in Ireland. From 1641 to 1647, he...
  
  : 21 February 1662
• The Earl of Ossory
  Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory
  Vice-Admiral Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, KG, PC, PC was the eldest son of the James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde and Lady Elizabeth Preston, and an Irish politician born at Kilkenny Castle.-Life and career:...
  
   (Lord Deputy): 7 February 1668
• The Lord Robartes
  John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor
  John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor PC , known as The Lord Robartes between 1634 and 1679, was an English politician, who fought for the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War...
  
  : 3 May 1669
• The Lord Berkeley of Stratton
  John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton
  John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton was an English royalist soldier. From 1648 he was closely associated with James, Duke of York, and rose to prominence, fortune and fame.-First English Civil War:...
  
  : 4 February 1670
• The Earl of Essex
  Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex
  Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex PC , whose surname is sometimes spelled Capel, was an English statesman.-Early life:...
  
  : 21 May 1672
• The Duke of Ormonde
  James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde
  James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde PC was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the second of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom. He was the friend of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, who appointeed him commander of the Cavalier forces in Ireland. From 1641 to 1647, he...
  
   24 May 1677
• Lords Justices: 24 February 1685
• The Earl of Clarendon
  Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon
  Henry Hyde 2nd Earl of Clarendon PC was an English aristocrat and politician. He held high office at the beginning of the reign of James II of England, who had married his sister.-Early life:...
  
  : 1 October 1685
• The Earl of Tyrconnell (Lord Deputy): 8 January 1687
• King James II
  James II of England
  James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
  
   himself in Ireland: 12 March 1689 - 4 July 1690
• King William III
  William III of England
  William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...
  
   himself in Ireland: 14 June 1690
• Lords Justices: 5 September 1690
• The Viscount Sydney
  Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney
  Henry Sydney , 1st Earl of Romney was born in Paris, a son of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, of Penshurst Place in Kent, England, by Lady Dorothy Percy, a daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland and sister of Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland.Henry was a brother of...
  
  : 18 March 1692
• Lords Justices: 13 June 1693
• The Lord Capell
  Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell
  Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury KB, PC was a seventeenth century English politician.-Background:...
  
   (Lord Deputy): 9 May 1695
• Lords Justices: 16 May 1696
• The Earl of Rochester
  Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester
  Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester KG PC was an English statesman and writer. He was originally a supporter of James II but later supported the Glorious Revolution in 1688.-Early life:...
  
  : 28 December 1700
• The Duke of Ormonde
  James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
  James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde KG KT was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the third of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom of Ormonde...
  
  : 19 February 1703
• The Earl of Pembroke
  Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
  Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, 5th Earl of Montgomery, KG, PC, FRS was a British politician during the reigns of William III and Anne....
  
  : 30 April 1707
• The Earl of Wharton
  Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton
  Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton PC was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton and his second wife, Jane Goodwin, only daughter of Colonel Arthur Goodwin of Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire, and heiress to the extensive Goodwin estates in...
  
  : 4 December 1708
• The Duke of Ormonde
  James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
  James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde KG KT was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the third of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom of Ormonde...
  
  : 26 October 1710
• The Duke of Shrewsbury
  Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury
  Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, KG, PC was an English statesman. Born to Roman Catholic parents, he remained in that faith until 1679 when—during the time of the Popish Plot and following the advice of the divine John Tillotson—he converted to the Church of England...
  
  : 22 September 1713
• The Earl of Sunderland
  Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
  Sir Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland KG PC , known as Lord Spencer from 1688 to 1702, was an English statesman...
  
  : 21 September 1714
• The Viscount Townshend
  Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
  Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend Bt, KG, PC was a British Whig statesman. He served for a decade as Secretary of State, directing British foreign policy...
  
  : 13 February 1717
• The Duke of Bolton
  Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton
  Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton KG PC was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Member of Parliament for Hampshire and a supporter of William III of Orange....
  
  : 27 April 1717
• The Duke of Grafton
  Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
  Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton KG PC was an Irish and English politician.He was born the only child of Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton and Isabella Bennet, 2nd Countess of Arlington...
  
  : 18 June 1720
• The Lord Carteret
  John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville
  John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, 7th Seigneur of Sark, KG, PC , commonly known by his earlier title as Lord Carteret, was a British statesman and Lord President of the Council from 1751 to 1763.-Family:...
  
  : 6 May 1724
• The Duke of Dorset
  Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset
  Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, PC was an English political leader and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was the son of the 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex and the former Lady Mary Compton, younger daughter of the 3rd Earl of Northampton...
  
  : 23 June 1730
• The Duke of Devonshire
  William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
  William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC was a British nobleman and Whig politician, the son of William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire and Hon. Rachel Russell....
  
  : 9 April 1737
• The Earl of Chesterfield
  Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
  Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield PC KG was a British statesman and man of letters.A Whig, Lord Stanhope, as he was known until his father's death in 1726, was born in London. After being educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he went on the Grand Tour of the continent...
  
  : 8 January 1745
• The Earl of Harrington
  William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington
  William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, PC was a British statesman and diplomat.He was a younger son of John Stanhope of Elvaston, Derbyshire, and a brother of Charles Stanhope , an active politician during the reign of George I. His ancestor, Sir John Stanhope , was a half-brother of Philip...
  
  : 15 November 1746
• The Duke of Dorset
  Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset
  Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, PC was an English political leader and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was the son of the 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex and the former Lady Mary Compton, younger daughter of the 3rd Earl of Northampton...
  
  : 15 December 1750
• The Duke of Devonshire
  William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
  William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC , styled Lord Cavendish before 1729 and Marquess of Hartington between 1729 and 1755, was a British Whig statesman who was briefly nominal Prime Minister of Great Britain...
  
  : 2 April 1755
• The Duke of Bedford
  John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
  John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford KG, PC, FRS was an 18th century British statesman. He was the fourth son of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Howland of Streatham, Surrey...
  
  : 3 January 1757
• The Earl of Halifax
  George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
  George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, KG, PC was a British statesman of the Georgian era.-Early life:...
  
  : 3 April 1761
• The Earl of Northumberland
  Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
  Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, KG, PC was an Engish peer, landowner and art patron.He was born Hugh Smithson, the son of Langdale Smithson and grandson of Sir Hugh Smithson, 3rd Baronet from whom he inherited the baronetcy in 1733...
  
  : 27 April 1763
• The Viscount Weymouth
  Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath
  Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath KG was a British politician who held office under George III serving as Southern Secretary, Northern Secretary and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Between 1751 and 1780 he was known as Lord Weymouth...
  
  : 5 June 1765
• The Earl of Hertford
  Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford
  Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford KG, PC, PC was a British courtier and politician.He was born in Chelsea, London the son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Lord Conway and Charlotte Shorter and died in Surrey, England...
  
  : 7 August 1765
• The Earl of Bristol
  George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol
  George William Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol , the eldest son of John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, by his marriage with Mary , daughter of Nicholas Lepell....
  
  : 16 October 1766 (did not assume office)
• The Viscount Townsend
  George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
  Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, PC , known as The Viscount Townshend from 1764 to 1787, was a British soldier who reached the rank of field marshal.-Early life:...
  
  : 19 August 1767
• The Earl Harcourt
  Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt
  Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, PC, FRS, Viceroy of Ireland , known as 2nd Viscount Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, between 1727 and 1749, was a British diplomat and general....
  
  : 29 October 1772
• The Earl of Buckinghamshire
  John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire
  John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire was an English nobleman and politician.The son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire by his first marriage, he was educated at Westminster School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was Member of Parliament for Norwich from 1747–56, having also been...
  
  : 7 December 1776
• The Earl of Carlisle
  Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
  Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle, KG, KT, PC was a British diplomat and the son of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle and his second wife Isabella Byron....
  
  : 29 November 1780
• The Duke of Portland
  William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
  William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, KG, PC was a British Whig and Tory statesman, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Prime Minister. He was known before 1762 by the courtesy title Marquess of Titchfield. He held a title of every degree of British nobility—Duke,...
  
  : 8 April 1782
• The Earl Temple
  George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham
  George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham, KG, PC was a British statesman. He was the second son of George Grenville and a brother of the 1st Baron Grenville.-Career:...
  
  : 15 August 1782
• The Earl of Northington
  Robert Henley, 2nd Earl of Northington
  Robert Henley, 2nd Earl of Northington was a British politician.He was elected a Member of Parliament for Hampshire on 30 March 1768, and sat until succeeding as Earl of Northington on 14 January 1772, when he moved to the House of Lords. He was made a Knight of the Thistle on 18 August 1773...
  
  : 3 May 1783
• The Duke of Rutland
  Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland
  Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland KG, PC was a British politician and nobleman, the eldest legitimate son of John Manners, Marquess of Granby...
  
  : 12 February 1784
• The Marquess of Buckingham
  George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham
  George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham, KG, PC was a British statesman. He was the second son of George Grenville and a brother of the 1st Baron Grenville.-Career:...
  
  : 27 October 1787
• The Earl of Westmorland
  John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland
  John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland KG, PC , styled Lord Burghersh between 1771 and 1774, was a British Tory politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, who served in most of the cabinets of the period, primarily as Lord Privy Seal.-Background:Westmorland was the son of John Fane, 9th...
  
  : 24 October 1789
• The Earl FitzWilliam: 13 December 1794
• The Earl Camden
  John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden
  John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden KG, PC , styled Viscount Bayham from 1786 to 1794 and known as The Earl Camden from 1794 to 1812, was a British politician...
  
  : 13 March 1795
• The Marquess Cornwallis
  Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
  Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG , styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as The Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator...
  
  : 14 June 1798

Early Lords Lieutenant

• Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March 1317-1318 John Darcy, 1st Lord of Knayth, made Viceroy Nov. 18, 1323.
• Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March
• Sir John Stanley
  John I Stanley of the Isle of Man
  Sir John I Stanley, KG was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and titular King of Mann, the first of that name. The Stanley family later became the Earls of Derby and remained prominent in English history into modern times.-Early years:...
  
  , K.G.
  Order of the Garter
  The Most Noble Order of the Garter, founded in 1348, is the highest order of chivalry, or knighthood, existing in England. The order is dedicated to the image and arms of St...
  
  , King of Mann
  King of Mann
  The King of Mann was the title taken between 1237 and 1504 by the various rulers, both sovereign and suzerain, over the Kingdom of Mann – the Isle of Man which is located in the Irish Sea, at the centre of the British Isles....
  
   1386-1388, 1399-1401 and 1408-1414
• Philip Courtenay 1383–1386
• Henry of Monmouth, Duke of Lancaster
  Duke of Lancaster
  There were several Dukes of Lancaster in the 14th and early 15th Centuries. See also Duchy of Lancaster.There were three creations of the Dukedom of Lancaster....
  
   1402
• Sir John Stanley
  John I Stanley of the Isle of Man
  Sir John I Stanley, KG was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and titular King of Mann, the first of that name. The Stanley family later became the Earls of Derby and remained prominent in English history into modern times.-Early years:...
  
  , third term, 1408-1414
• John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
  John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
  John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and 1st Earl of Waterford KG , known as "Old Talbot" was an important English military commander during the Hundred Years' War, as well as the only Lancastrian Constable of France.-Origins:He was descended from Richard Talbot, a tenant in 1086 of Walter Giffard...
  
   1414-1419
• James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond 1419-1421 and 1440-1446
• Edward Sutton
  John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley
  John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, KG was an English nobleman. A diplomat and councillor of Henry VI, he fought in several battles during the Hundred Years War and the Wars of the Roses, and acted as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1428–1430.-Family and peerage:John Sutton was born at 25 December 1400 and...
  
  , later 1st Lord Dudley 1428-1430
• Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley
  Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley
  Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley, titular King of Mann, KG , was an English politician.-Life:Stanley was the son of Sir John Stanley and Isabell Harington, daughter of Robert de Harington and Isabel Loring...
  
   1431-1436
• Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York 1449-