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
. The plurals form is "Lords Deputy".
The title subsequently became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with the holder also known informally as the Viceroy.
Executive (government)
Executive branch of Government is the part of government that has sole authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state bureaucracy. The division of power into separate branches of government is central to the idea of the separation of powers.In many countries, the term...
under English rule, during the Lordship of Ireland
Lordship of Ireland
The Lordship of Ireland refers to that part of Ireland that was under the rule of the king of England, styled Lord of Ireland, between 1177 and 1541. It was created in the wake of the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169–71 and was succeeded by the Kingdom of Ireland...
and later 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...
. The plurals form is "Lords Deputy".
- John Grey (knight) (1427 - 1428)
- Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of KildareGerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of KildareGerald Mór FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, KG , known variously as "Garret the Great" or "The Great Earl" , was Ireland's premier peer...
(1477 - 1494), (1496 - 1513) - Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of KildareGerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of KildareGerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare , also known in Irish as Gearóid Óg , was a figure in Irish History. In 1513 he inherited the title of Earl of Kildare and position of Lord Deputy of Ireland from his father.-Family:...
(1513 - 1518) - Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of NorfolkThomas Howard, 2nd Duke of NorfolkThomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, KG, Earl Marshal , styled Earl of Surrey from 1483 to 1514, was the only son of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk by his first wife, Katherine Moleyns...
(1518 - 1522) - Piers Butler, 8th Earl of OrmondePiers Butler, 8th Earl of OrmondePiers 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:...
(1522 - 1524) - Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (1524 - 1529)
- Sir William SkeffingtonWilliam SkeffingtonSir 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...
(1529 - 1532) - Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (1532 - 1534)
- Sir William Skeffington (1532 - 1536)
- Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount GraneLeonard Grey, 1st Viscount GraneLeonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane , known as Lord Leonard Grey prior to 1536, served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1536 to 1540....
(1536 - 1540) - Anthony St LegerAnthony 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...
(1540 - 1548) - Edward BellinghamEdward BellinghamSir Edward Bellingham , lord deputy of Ireland, was a son of Edward Bellingham of Erringham, Sussex, his mother being Jane Shelley of the Shelley family....
(1548 - 1549) - Lord JusticesLord Justices (Ireland)The Lord Justice of Ireland was an ancient senior position in the governance of Ireland, held by a number of important personages, such as the Earl of Kildare....
(1549 - 1550) - Anthony St Leger (1550 - 1551)
- James CroftJames CroftSir 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 ...
(1551 - 1552) - Lord Justices (1552 - 1553)
- Anthony St Leger (1553 - 1556)
- Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of SussexThomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of SussexThomas Radclyffe 3rd Earl of Sussex was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland during the Tudor period of English history, and a leading courtier during the reign of Elizabeth I.- Family:...
(1556 - 1558) (Lord Lieutenant 1560 - 1564) - Sir Nicholas Arnold(1564–1565)
- Sir Henry SidneyHenry SidneySir 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...
(1565 - 1571) (1575 - 1578) - William FitzWilliamWilliam 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...
(1571-1575) (1588–1594) - Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de WiltonArthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de WiltonArthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton was a baron in the Peerage of England, remembered mainly for his memoir of his father, and for participating in the last defence of Calais.-Life:...
(1580 -1582) - Sir John PerrotJohn PerrotSir John Perrot served as Lord Deputy of Ireland under Queen Elizabeth I of England during the Tudor conquest of Ireland...
(1582 - 1588) - William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of ThornhaughWilliam Russell, 1st Baron Russell of ThornhaughWilliam 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...
(1594–1597) - Thomas Burgh, 7th Baron StrabolgiThomas Burgh, 7th Baron StrabolgiSir Thomas Burgh, 3rd Baron Burgh KG 3rd Baron Borough of Gainsborough, de jure 7th Baron Strabolgi and 9th Baron Cobham of Sterborough was the son of William Burgh, 2nd Baron Burgh and Lady Katherine Clinton, daughter of Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln and Elizabeth Blount, former mistress of...
(1597) - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of EssexRobert Devereux, 2nd Earl of EssexRobert 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...
(Lord Lieutenant 1599) - Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy (later 1st Earl of Devonshire)Charles Blount, 1st Earl of DevonshireCharles Blount , 8th Baron Mountjoy and 1st Earl of Devonshire was an English nobleman and soldier who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland under Queen Elizabeth I, then as Lord Lieutenant under King James I.-Early life:...
(1600-1603) (Lord Lieutenant 1603 -1604) - Sir George CaryGeorge Cary (of Cockington)Sir George Cary , of Cockington in Devon, was an English administrator and Member of Parliament who held various offices in Ireland. He was treasurer-at-war to the Earl of Essex's campaign in Ireland in 1599, and was appointed a Lord Justice in September 1599 and again in 1603...
(1603-1604) - Sir Arthur Chichester (1604 - 1616)
- Sir Oliver St JohnOliver St John, 1st Viscount GrandisonSir 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...
(1616 - 1622) - Henry Cary, 1st Viscount FalklandHenry Cary, 1st Viscount FalklandHenry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland ; son of a Hertfordshire knight; said to have studied at Oxford; served abroad; gentleman of the bedchamber to King James I; K.B., 1608; controller of the household, 1617-21; created Viscount Falkland in the Scottish peerage, 1620; lord-deputy of Ireland, 1622;...
(1622 -1629) - Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of StraffordThomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of StraffordThomas 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...
(1632 - 1640) - Christopher WandesfordChristopher WandesfordChristopher Wandesford , was an English politician administrator, Lord Deputy of Ireland at the end of his life.-Life:He was the son of Sir George Wandesford of Kirklington, Yorkshire, and was born on 24 September 1592....
(1640) - Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of LeicesterRobert Sidney, 2nd Earl of LeicesterRobert 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...
(1640 - 1643) (Lord Lieutenant) - Henry IretonHenry IretonHenry 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:...
(1650 - 1651) - Charles FleetwoodCharles FleetwoodCharles 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...
(1652 - 1657) - Henry CromwellHenry CromwellHenry Cromwell was the fourth son of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bourchier, and an important figure in the Parliamentarian regime in Ireland.-Life:...
(1657 - 1658) (Lord Lieutenant 1658 -1659) - Edmund LudlowEdmund LudlowEdmund 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...
(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.