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The Lord Deputy was the representative of the monarch and head of the Irish executive under English rule, during the Lordship of Ireland and then the Kingdom of Ireland.[1] He deputised prior to 1523 for the Viceroy of Ireland. The plural form is Lords Deputy.

List of Lords Deputy

Lordship of Ireland

Portrait or Arms Name

(Birth–Death)

Nationality Term of office Monarch Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Thomas de la Dale
(c. 1316–1373) 		English 1365 1366 Edward III
Thomas Mortimer
(c. 1350–1399) 		English 1382 1383 Richard II
Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare
(c. 1421–1477) 		Anglo-Irish 1454 1459 Henry VI
William Sherwood
(died 1482) 		English 1462 1462 Edward IV
File:Blason fam fr Geraldin2.svg Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond
(died c. 1467) 		Anglo-Irish 1463 1467
File:John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester, monumental effigy.jpg John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester
(1427–1470) 		English 1467 1468
Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare
(c. 1421–1477) 		Anglo-Irish 1468 1475
Henry VI
Edward IV
William Sherwood
(died 1482) 		English 1475 1477
File:Coat of arms of Sir Gerard FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, KG.png Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare
(c. 1456–1513) 		Anglo-Irish 1477 1477
Henry Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Codnor
(c. 1435–1496) 		English 1478 1479
File:Coat of arms of Sir Gerard FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, KG.png Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare
(c. 1456–1513) 		Anglo-Irish 1479 ?1494
Edward V
Richard III
Henry VII
Walter Fitzsimon
(died 1511) 		Anglo-Irish 1492 1492
Robert Preston, 1st Viscount Gormanston
(1435–1503) 		Anglo-Irish 1493 1494
File:Coat of arms of Sir Edward Poynings, KG.png Edward Poynings
(c. 1459–1521) 		English 1494 1496
File:Coat of arms of Sir Gerard FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, KG.png Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare
(c. 1456–1513) 		Anglo-Irish 1496 1513
Henry VIII
File:Gerald Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare 2.JPG Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare
(c. 1487–1534) 		Anglo-Irish 1513 1518
Sir Maurice Fitzgerald Anglo-Irish [2]
File:Hans Holbein the Younger - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (Royal Collection).JPG Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey
(1473–1554) 		English 1520 1522 [3]
File:House Butler Armorial Bearings.jpg Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond
(c. 1467–1539) 		Anglo-Irish 1522 1524
File:Gerald Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare 2.JPG Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare
(c. 1487–1534) 		Anglo-Irish 1524 1529
William Skeffington
(c. 1465–1535) 		English 1529 1532
File:Gerald Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare 2.JPG Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare
(c. 1487–1534) 		Anglo-Irish 1532 1534
William Skeffington
(c. 1465–1535) 		English 1534 1535
Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane
(died 1541) 		English 1536 1540

Kingdom of Ireland

Portrait or Arms Name

(Birth–Death)

Nationality Term of office Monarch Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
File:Coat of arms of Sir Anthony St. Leger, KG.png Anthony St Leger
(c. 1496–1559) 		English 1540 1548
Edward VI
Edward Bellingham
(1506–1549) 		English 1548 1549
Lord Justices 1549 1550
File:Coat of arms of Sir Anthony St. Leger, KG.png Anthony St Leger
(c. 1496–1559) 		English 1550 1551
James Croft
(c. 1518–1590) 		English 1551 1552
Lord Justices (1552–1553)
File:Coat of arms of Sir Anthony St. Leger, KG.png Anthony St Leger
(c. 1496–1559) 		English 1553 1556
Mary I
File:British (English) School - Thomas Radcliffe (1526–1583), 3rd Earl of Sussex - 515575 - National Trust.jpg Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex
(c. 1525–1583) 		English 1556 1558 [4]
File:British (English) School - Thomas Radcliffe (1526–1583), 3rd Earl of Sussex - 515575 - National Trust.jpg Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex
(c. 1525–1583)
(as Lord Lieutenant) 		English 1560 1564 Elizabeth I [5]
Nicholas Arnold
(1507–1580) 		English 1564 1565
File:Henry Sidney.jpg Henry Sidney
(1529–1586) 		English 1565 1571 [6]
William FitzWilliam
(1526–1599) 		English 1571 1575
File:Henry Sidney.jpg Henry Sidney
(1529–1586) 		English 1575 1578 [7]
Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton
(1536–1593) 		English 1580 1582
File:John Perrot.png John Perrot
(1528–1592) 		Welsh 1584 1588
William FitzWilliam
(1526–1599) 		English 1588 1594
File:Russell Sir William of Thornhaugh1.jpg William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh
(died 1613) 		English 11 August 1594 1597 [8]
File:Quartered arms of Sir Thomas Burgh, 7th Baron Strabolgi, KG.png Thomas Burgh, 3rd Baron Burgh
(c. 1558–1597) 		English 1597 1597
File:Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger.jpg Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
(1565–1601) 		English 1599 1599
File:Sir Charles Blount c 1594.jpg Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy
(1563–1606)
(as Lord Lieutenant 1603–1604) 		English 1600 1603
James VI and I
File:SirGeorgeCary Died1616 OfCockington Devon.png George Carey
(c. 1541–1616) 		English 1603 1604
File:ArthurChichester BaronChichesterOfBelfast Belfast Harbour Commissioners.jpg Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester
(1563–1625) 		English 1605 1616 [9]
File:Oliver St John.jpg Oliver St John, 1st Viscount Grandison
(1559–1630) 		English 1616 1622 [10]
File:Henry Cary 1st Viscount Falkland Hardwick Hall.jpg Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland
(c. 1575–1633) 		English 1622 1629
Charles I
File:Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford by Sir Anthony Van Dyck.jpg Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
(1593–1641) 		English 1632 1640
File:Lord Deputy Christopher Wandesford.jpg Christopher Wandesford
(1592–1640) 		English 1640 1640
File:Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) (style of) - Robert Sydney (1595–1677), 2nd Earl of Leicester, KG, KB - 1180911 - National Trust.jpg Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester
(1595–1677) (as Lord Lieutenant) 		English 1640 1643
File:Peter Lely (1618-1680) (style of) - James Butler (1611–1688), 1st Duke of Ormonde, in Garter Robes - 1171123 - National Trust.jpg James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
(1610–1688)

(as Lord Lieutenant)

Anglo-Irish 1644 1650
File:Henry Ireton.jpg Henry Ireton
(1611–1651) 		English 1650 1651
File:Charles Fleetwood.jpg Charles Fleetwood
(c. 1618–1692) 		English 1652 1657
File:Henry Cromwell (1628–1674), unknown artist.png Henry Cromwell
(1628–1674) (as Lord Lieutenant 1658–1659) 		English 1657 1658
File:Edmund Ludlow.JPG Edmund Ludlow
(c. 1617–1692) 		English 1659 1660
File:George Monck 1st Duke of Albemarle Studio of Lely.jpg George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle
(1608–1670) 		English 1660 1661
File:Peter Lely (1618-1680) (style of) - James Butler (1611–1688), 1st Duke of Ormonde, in Garter Robes - 1171123 - National Trust.jpg James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
(1610–1688) 		Anglo-Irish 1662 1668
File:Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory by Sir Peter Lely.jpg Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory
(1634–1680) 		Anglo-Irish 1668 1669
File:John Robartes.jpg John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor
(1606–1685) 		English 1669 1670
File:1stLordBerkeley.jpg John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton
(1602–1678) 		1670 1672
File:1stEarlOfEssex1672.jpg Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex
(c. 1631–1683) 		English 1672 1677
File:Peter Lely (1618-1680) (style of) - James Butler (1611–1688), 1st Duke of Ormonde, in Garter Robes - 1171123 - National Trust.jpg James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
(1610–1688) 		Anglo-Irish 1677 1682
File:Richard Butler (1639–1685), 1st Earl of Arran, National Trust, Hardwick Hall.png Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran
(1639–1686) 		Anglo-Irish 1682 1684
File:Peter Lely (1618-1680) (style of) - James Butler (1611–1688), 1st Duke of Ormonde, in Garter Robes - 1171123 - National Trust.jpg James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
(1610–1688) 		Anglo-Irish 1684 1685
Lords Justices 24 February 1685
File:Irish School - Henry Hyde (1638–1709) (^), 2nd Earl of Clarendon, MP, FRS, as Lord Privy Seal ^ Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland - 836148 - National Trust.jpg Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon
(1638–1709) 		English 1685 1687
File:Richard Talbot 1st Earl of Tyrconnell.jpg Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell
(c. 1630–1691) 		Irish 1687 1688

The title subsequently became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with the holder also known informally as the Viceroy.

References

  1. ↑ "Correspondence of Sylvanus Urban". The Gentleman's Journal. 41. Printed by F. Jefferies: 49. January–June 1854. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2008. Counsel's Fees
  2. ↑ The Chronological Historian
  3. ↑ Creighton, Mandell (1891). "Howard, Thomas II (1473–1554)" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 64–67.
  4. ↑ Wagner, John, Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World, Oryx, 1999, p. 252
  5. ↑ Wagner, John, Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World, Oryx, 1999, p. 252
  6. ↑ Wagner, John, Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World, Oryx, 1999, p. 278
  7. ↑ Wagner, John, Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World, Oryx, 1999, p. 278
  8. ↑ Dunlop, Robert (1897). "Russell, William (1558?-1613)" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 477.
  9. ↑ Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
  10. ↑ Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VI, page 74
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