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Lords¹
20 Aug 1170 - 20 Apr 1176 Richard de Clare Strongbow,
(b. 1130 - d. 1176)
Earl of Pembroke
20 Apr 1176 - 25 Apr 1185 the kings of England
25 Apr 1185 - 27 May 1199 John "Lackland"
(b. 1167 - d. 1216)
(from 1199, King John of England)
27 May 1199 - 16 Mar 1254 the kings of England
16 Mar 1254 - 1265
Edward "Longshanks"
(b. 1239 - d. 1307)
(from 1272, King Edward I of England)
1265 - Jun 1541
the kings of England
Kings/Queens¹
Jun 1541 - 4 Jan 1649 the kings/queens
of England
8 May 1660 - 29 Dec 1937² the kings/queens
of England/United Kingdom
12 Mar 1690 - 2 Jul 1690 James II (in dissidence)
(b. 1633 - d. 1701)
Justiciars
Apr 1172 - Apr 1173 Hugh
de Lacy, Lord of Meath (d. 1186)
(1st time)
Apr 1173 - Aug 1173 William
Fitz Audelin (FitzAldhelm)
Aug 1173 - 5 Apr 1176 Richard de
Clare Strongbow, (s.a.)
Earl of Pembroke
Apr 1176 - May 1177 Raymond
Fitz William (Fitzgerald) (d. 1182)
(acting)
May 1177 - 1 Apr 1181 Hugh de Lacy,
Lord of Meath (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1 Apr 1181 - Dec 1181 John de Lacy
+ Richard de Pec
Jan 1182 - 1 Sep 1184 Hugh de Lacy,
Lord of Meath (s.a.)
(3rd time)
1 Sep 1184 - Apr 1185 Philip de Braose
25 Apr 1185 - Dec 1185 John "Lackland"
(s.a.)
Dec 1185 - 1192
John de Courci, Earl of Ulster (d. 1219)
1192 - 1194
Peter Pipard (1st time)
+ William le Petit
(d. 1194)
1194 - 1196
Peter Pipard (2nd time)
1196 - Jul 1199
Hamo de Valognes (d. c.1202/03)
Jul 1199 - Sep 1208 Meiler
Fitz Henry
(d. 1220)
Sep 1208 - Dec 1208 Hugh
de Lacy, Earl of Ulster (b. c.1176 - d. 1242)
Dec 1208 - 20 Jun 1210 John de Grey, Bishop
of Norwich (d. 1214)
(1st time)
20 Jun 1210 - 26 Aug 1210 King John "Lackland"
(s.a.)
26 Aug 1210 - 23 Jun 1213 John de Grey, Bishop of Norwich
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
23 Jun 1213 - 6 Jun 1215 Henry de Loundres,
(d. 1245)
Archbishop of Dublin (1st time)
6 Jun 1215 - 3 Jul 1221 Geoffrey de Marisco (1st
time) (b. bf.1171 - d. 1245)
2
Jul 1221 - 2 May 1224 Henry de Loundres,
(s.a.)
Archbishop of Dublin (2nd time)
2 May 1224 - 25 Jun 1226 William Marshall,
(b. 1190 - d. 1231)
Earl of Pembroke
25 Jun 1226 - 13 Feb 1228 Geoffrey de Marisco (2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Feb 1228 - 16 Jun 1232 Richard de Burgh
(b. c.1194 – d. 1242)
16 Jun 1232 - 29 Jul 1232 Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent
(d. 1243)
29 Jul 1232 - 3 Sep 1232 .... (acting)
3 Sep 1232 - 18 Nov 1245 Maurice Fitzgerald,
(b. c.1194 - d. 1257)
Baron of Offaly
18 Nov 1245 - 8 Aug 1246 Geoffrey St. Leger (acting)
8 Aug 1246 - 16 Mar 1254 John FitzGeoffrey
1254 - 1265
Edward "Longshanks"
(s.a.)
16 Mar 1254 - Jun 1256 Richard de la Rochelle
(1st time)
(acting for Edward)
Jun 1256 - Mar 1259 Alain
de la Zouche
(d. 1270)
(acting for Edward)
Mar 1259 - Oct 1260 Stephen
de Longespée (Lungespeye)
(acting for Edward)
Oct 1260 - Jul 1261 William
de Dene
(d. 1261)
(acting for Edward)
Jul 1261 - 28 Oct 1261 ....
(acting for Edward)
28 Oct 1261 - Mar 1265 Richard de la Rochelle
(2nd time)
(acting for Edward)
Mar 1265 - 6 May 1265 Faulk de Sandford,
(d. 1271)
Archbishop of Dublin
(acting for Edward)
6 May 1265 - 10 Jun 1265 Roger Waspayl
(acting for Edward)
10 Jun 1265 - 1266
Hugh de Taghmon, Bishop of Meath (d. 1281)
(acting)
1266 - 1268
David de Barry
1268 - 1270
Robert de Ufford (1st time) (d. c.1298)
1270 - 23 Jun 1272
James de Audley
(d. 1272)
Jul 1272 - 8 Aug 1272 John de Muscegros
(acting) (b. 1232 - d. 1275)
8 Aug 1272 - Aug 1273 Maurice Fitzgerald
(b. c.1232 - d. c.1277)
Aug 1273 - 17 Jun 1276 Geoffrey de Joinville
(b. c.1226 - d. 1314)
17 Jun 1276 - Apr 1280 Robert de Ufford
(2nd time) (s.a.)
Apr 1280 - 7 Jul 1288 Stephen de
Fulburne, Bishop of (d. 1288)
Waterford, Archbishop of Tuam
(acting)
7 Jul 1288 - 12 Sep 1290 John de Sandford,
(d. 1294)
Archbishop of Dublin
12 Sep 1290 - 18 Oct 1294 William de Vescy
(b. c.1249 - d. 1297)
18 Oct 1294 - 19 Apr 1295 William de Oddyngeseles
(b. c.1218 - d. 1295)
19 Apr 1295 - 18 Oct 1295 Maurice FitzThomas (acting)
(d. 1298)
18 Oct 1295 - 15 Jun 1308 Sir John Wogan (1st time)
(d. 1321/22)
15 Jun 1308 - 16 Jun 1308 Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster
(b. c.1259 - d. 1326)
"the Red Earl of Ulster"
16 Jun 1308 - 16 May 1309 Piers de Gaveston (acting)
(d. 1312)
16 May 1309 - 7 Aug 1312 Sir John Wogan (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Lords Deputy
7 Aug 1312 - 30 Apr 1313 Edmund Butler, Earl of Carríck
(b. 1268 - d. 1231)
(1st time)(acting)
30 Apr 1313 - 4 Jan 1314 Theobald de Verdun
4 Jan 1314 - 18 Jun 1314 Edmund Butler, Earl of Carríck
(s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting)
Lords Justice
18 Jun 1314 - 7 Apr 1317 Edmund Butler, Earl of Carríck
(s.a.)
(acting)
7 Apr 1314 - 6 May 1318 Roger Mortimer, Earl
of March (b. 1287? - d. 1330)
(1st time)
6 May 1318 - 11 Aug 1318 William FitzJohn, Bishop of
Cashel (d. 1326)
11 Aug 1318 - 15 Mar 1319 Alexaner de Bickno,
Archbishop of Dublin
15 Mar 1319 - 30 Sep 1320 Roger Mortimer, Earl of March
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
30 Sep 1320 - 21 May 1321 Thomas Fitz John Fitzgerald,
(d. 1328)
Earl of Kildare (1st time)
(acting)
1 Feb 1321 - 23 Apr 1320 Ralph de Gorges
(never reached Ireland)
21 May 1321 - 18 Nov 1323 John de Bermingham, Earl of Louth
(d. 1328)
18 Nov 1323 - 13 Apr 1327 John Darcy le neveu (1st time)
(b. c.1280 - d. 1347)
13 Apr 1327 - 6 Apr 1328 Thomas Fitz John Fitzgerald,
(s.a.)
Earl of Kildare (2nd time)
(acting)
6 Apr 1328 - 19 Feb 1329 Roger Outlaw, Prior of Kilmainham (d. 1341)
21 Aug 1328 - 19 Feb 1329 John Darcy le neveu (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(did not take office)
19 Feb 1329 - 3 Mar 1331 John Darcy le Cosyn
Lord Lieutenants
3 Mar 1331 - Nov 1331 William de
Burgh, Earl of Ulster (b. 1312 - d. 1333)
"the Brown Earl of Ulster"
Nov 1331 - 30 Sep 1332 Anthony de Lacy
30 Sep 1332 - 28 Jul 1337 John Darcy le Cosyn (1st time)
(= John Darcy le neveu ?)
28 Jul 1337 - Jul 1338 John Charleton,
Baron of Powys (d. 1353)
Jul 1328 - 3 Mar 1340 Thomas de Charleton,
-Lord
Deputy (d. 1344)
Bishop of Hereford (acting)
3 Mar 1340 - 10 Feb 1344 John Darcy le Cosyn (2nd time)
(= John Darcy le neveu ?)
10 Feb 1344 - 6 Apr 1346 Ralph de Ufford
(d. 1346)
7 Apr 1346 - 10 May 1346 John Morice -Lord Deputy
(acting)
10 May 1346 - Dec 1349 Walter de Bermingham (d. 1375)
Dec 1349 - 8 Jul 1355 Thomas de Rokeby
(1st time) (d. 1357)
8 Jul 1355 - 26 Jan 1356 Maurice FitzThomas,
(d. 1356)
Earl of Desmond
26 Jan 1356 - 26 Jul 1356 Maurice Fitzgerald,
(b. 1318 - d. 1390)
Earl of Kildare (1st time)
26 Jul 1356 - 23 Apr 1357 Thomas de Rokeby (2nd time)
(s.a.)
24 Apr 1357 - 14 Jul 1357 John de Bolton (acting)
14 Jul 1357 - 18 Apr 1359 Almeric de St. Armand
(b. 1314 - d. 1382)
18 Apr 1359 - 16 Mar 1361 James Butler, Earl of Ormonde
(b. 1338 - d. 1368)
16 Mar 1361 - Jun 1361 Maurice Fitzgerald,
(s.a.)
Earl of Kildare (2nd time)
(acting)
1 Ju1 1361 - 22 Apr 1364 Lionel, Earl of Ulster (1st
time) (b. 1338 - d. 1368)
(from 13 Nov 1362, Duke of Clarence)
22 Apr 1364 - 25 Jan 1365 James Butler, Earl of Ormonde
(b. 1331 - d. 1382)
(1st time)(acting)
25 Jan 1365 - 7 Nov 1366 Lionel, Duke of Clarence
(s.a.)
7 Nov 1366 - 20 Feb 1367 Thomas de la Dale (acting)
(d. 1373?)
20 Feb 1367 - 3 Mar 1369 Gerald Fitzgerlad, -Lord
Deputy (d. 1398)
Earl of Desmond
3 Mar 1369 - 28 Apr 1372 William of Windsor (1st time)
(b. c.1322 - d. 1384)
28 Apr 1372 - 20 Sep 1373 Sir Robert de Ashton
(d. 1385)
20 Sep 1373 - 16 Feb 1376 William of Windsor (2nd time)
(s.a.)
16 Feb 1376 - 24 Jul 1376 Maurice Fitzgerald, -Lord Deputy
(b. 1318 - d. 1390)
Earl of Kildare
24 Jul 1376 - 22 Sep 1377 James Butler, Earl of Ormonde
(s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting)
22 Sep 1377 - 22 Oct 1379 John de Bromych
22 Oct 1379 - Dec 1381 Edmund Mortimer,
Earl of March (b. 1351 - d. 1381)
and Ulster
24 Jan 1382 - 1 Jul 1383 Roger Mortimer, Earl of March
(d. 1398)
and Ulter (1st time)
1 Jul 1383 - 1384
Philip de Courtenay (1st time) (d. 1406)
1384 - 6 Mar 1385
James Butler, Earl of Ormonde (b. af.1361 - d. 1405)
(1st time)(acting)
6 Mar 1385 - 1 Dec 1385 Philip de Courtenay (2nd
time) (s.a.)
1 Dec 1385 - 1387
Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford (b. 1361 - d. 1392)
(from Oct 1386, Marquess of Dublin
and Duke of Ireland)
1387 - 25 Oct 1389
Alexander de Balscot, (1st time) (d. 1400)
Bishop of Meath (acting)
25 Oct 1389 - 11 Sep 1391 John de Stanley (1st time)
(b. c.1350 - d. 1414)
11 Sep 1391 - 24 Jul 1392 Thomas of Woodstock,
(b. 1355 - d. 1397)
Duke of Gloucester
24 Jul 1392 - Sep 1394 James Butler, Earl
of Ormonde (s.a.)
(2nd time)
2 Oct 1394 - 28 Apr 1395 King Richard II (1st time)
(b. 1367 - d. 1400)
28 Apr 1395 - 25 Apr 1396 Roger Mortimer, Earl of March
(s.a.)
and Ulster (2nd time)
25 Apr 1396 - 23 Jan 1397 William le Scrope
(b. c.1351 - d. 1399)
23 Jan 1397 - 24 Apr 1397 Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March
(b. 1391 - d. 1425)
and Ulster (1st time)
24 Apr 1397 - Jul 1398 Roger Mortimer,
Earl of March (s.a.)
and Ulster (3rd time)
Jul 1398 - 7 Oct 1398 Reginald de
Grey, Baron Grey (b. 1362 - d. 1440)
de Ruthyn
7 Oct 1398 - 9 May 1399 Thomas Holland, Duke
of Surrey (b. 1371 - d. 1400)
(1st time)
9 May 1399 - 31 Jul 1399 King Richard II (2nd time)
(s.a.)
31 Jul 1399 - 10 Dec 1399 Alexander de Balscot,
(s.a.)
Bishop of Meath (2nd time)
+ Edmund Holland, Earl of Kent (b. 1383
- d. 1408)
(acting)
10 Dec 1399 - 13 Nov 1401 John de Stanley (2nd time)
(s.a.)
13 Nov 1401 - Nov 1403 Thomas of Lancaster,
Duke of (b. 1388 - d. 1421)
Clarence (1st time)
Nov 1403 - 3 Mar 1404 Stephen le
Scrope (acting)
3 Mar 1404 - Sep 1404 James Butler,
Earl of Ormonde (s.a.)
(3rd time)
1 Oct 1404 - 25 Sep 1413 Thomas of Lancaster, Duke
of (s.a.)
Clarence (2nd time)
25 Sep 1413 - 18 Jan 1414 Sir John de Stanley (3rd time)
(s.a.)
18 Jan 1414 - Sep 1414 Thomas Cranley,
Archbishop (b. c.1337 - d. 1417)
of Dublin
Sep 1414 - Jul 1419 John
Talbot, Baron Furnivall (b. 1388 - d. 1453)
(1st time)
Jul 1419 - 10 Feb 1420 Richard Talbot,
(d. 1449)
Archbishop of Dublin
(1st time)(acting)
10 Feb 1420 - 1422
James Butler, Earl of Ormonde (d. 1452)
(1st time)
1422 - 4 Oct 1422
William FitzThomas
4 Oct 1422 - 9 May 1423 Richard Talbot,
(s.a.)
Archbishop of Dublin
(2nd time)(acting)
9 May 1423 - 19 Jan 1425 Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March
(s.a.)
and Ulster (2nd time)
25 Jan 1425 - 13 Apr 1425 John Talbot, Baron Furnivall
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
13 Apr 1425 - 30 Apr 1428 John de Grey
(d. 1439)
30 Apr 1428 - May 1430 John Sutton, Baron
Dudley (b. 1401 - d. 1487)
May 1430 - 12 Apr 1431 Richard Talbot,
(s.a.)
Archbishop of Dublin
(3rd time)(acting)
12 Apr 1431 - May 1437 Thomas Stanley
(b. c.1406 - d. 1459)
May 1437 - 12 Feb 1438 Richard Talbot,
(s.a.)
Archbishop of Dublin
(4th time)(acting)
12 Feb 1438 - 27 Feb 1442 Leo Lionel Wells
(b. c.1405 - d. 1461)
27 Feb 1442 - 1444
James Butler, Earl of Ormonde (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1444 - 12 Mar 1445
Richard Talbot,
(s.a.)
Archbishop of Dublin
(5th time)(acting)
12 Mar 1445 - 1447
John Talbot, Baron Furnivall, (s.a.)
Earl of Shrewsbury (3rd time)
1447 - 5 Jul 1449
Richard Talbot,
(s.a.)
Archbishop of Dublin
(6th time)(acting)
5 Jul 1449 - Sep 1450 Richard, Duke
of York (1st time) (b. 1411 - d. 1460)
Sep 1450 - Oct 1454 James
Butler, Earl of Wiltshire, (b. 1420 - d. 1461)
(and from 22 Aug 1452) Earl or Ormonde
Oct 1454 - 8 Dec 1457 Thomas FitzGerald,
Earl of (b. c.1430 - d. 1477)
Kildare (1st time)
8 Dec 1457 - 1458
Richard, Duke of York (2nd time) (s.a.)
1458 - Dec 1459
Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of (s.a.)
Kildare (2nd time)
Dec 1459 - Jul 1460 Richard,
Duke of York (3rd time) (s.a.)
Jul 1460 - 6 Mar 1462 George, Duke
of Clarence (b. 1449
- d. 1478)
(1st time)
1462
Robert FitzEustace (acting)
1462 - 1463
George, Duke of Clarence
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1463 - 1464
Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of (b.
1426? - d. 1468)
Desmond (1st time)(acting)
1464 - 1465
Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of (s.a.)
Kildare (3rd time) (acting)
1465 - 1467
Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of (s.a.)
Desmond (2nd time)(acting)
1467 - 23 Mar 1470
George, Duke of Clarence
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
23 Mar 1470 - 1 Sep 1470 John Tiptoft, Earl of Worchester
(b. 1427 - d. 1470)
1 Sep 1470 - 18 Oct 1470 Edmund Dudley (acting)
(b. c.1425 - d. 1483)
18 Oct 1470 - 1474
Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of (s.a.)
Kildare (4th time)
1474 - 1477
William Sherwood, Bishop of Meath (d. 1482)
(acting)
1477 - 25 Mar 1477
Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of (s.a.)
Kildare (5th time)
25 Mar 1477 - 6 Jul 1478 Gerald FitzGerald, Earl of
(d. 1486)
Kildare (1st time) (acting)
6 Jul 1478 - 1479
Henry, Lord Grey (acting)
(b. 1435 - d. 1496)
1479 - 5 May 1479
Robert Preston, Viscount
(b. c.1416 - d. 1503)
Gormanston (1st time) (acting)
5 May 1479 - Jul 1483 Richard, Duke
of York
(b. 1472 - d. 1483)
(did not take office)
5 May 1479 - 19 Jul 1483 Gerald FitzGerald, Earl of
(s.a.)
Kildare (2nd time)
(acting for Richard Duke of York)
19 Jul 1483 - 9 Apr 1484 Edward, Prince of Wales
(b. 1473 - d. 1484)
9 Apr 1484 - 21 Aug 1484 .... (acting)
21 Aug 1484 - 11 Mar 1486 John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln
(b. c.1464 - d. 1487)
11 Mar 1486 - 11 Jun 1492 Jasper, Duke of Bedford
(b. c.1431 - d. 1495)
11 Jun 1492 - 6 Sep 1493 Walter FitzSimons, Archbishop
of (d. 1511)
Dublin (acting)
6 Sep 1493 - 11 Oct 1493 Robert Preston, Viscount
(s.a.)
Gormanston (2nd time) (acting)
14 Oct 1493 - 11 Sep 1494 William Preston, Viscount (b. c.1463 - d. 1532)
Gormanston (1st time) (acting)
11 Sep 1494 - 13 Oct 1494 Henry, Prince of Wales (1st time)
(b. 1491 - d. 1547)
(from 22 Apr 1509, King Henry VIII
13 Oct 1494 - Dec 1495 Sir Edward Poynings
(acting) (b. 1459 - d. 1521)
1 Jan 1496 - 1503
Henry Dean, Bishop of Bangor
(acting)
1503 - 8 Jun 1509
Henry, Prince of Wales (2nd time) (s.a.)
8 Jun 1509 - 3 Sep 1513 Gerald FitzGerald, Earl
of (b. 1456 - d. 1513)
Kildare
3 Sep 1513 - 26 Nov 1513 .... (acting)
26 Nov 1513 - 13 Apr 1515 Gerald FitzGerald, Earl of
(b. 1487 - d. 1534)
Kildare (1st time)
13 Apr 1515 - Sep 1515 William Preston,
Viscount (s.a.)
Gormanston (2nd time)
Sep 1515 - Sep 1519 Gerald
FitzGerald, Earl of (s.a.)
Kildare (2nd time)
Sep 1519 - 24 May 1520 Maurice Fitzgerald
of Lackagh (b. c.1460 - d. 1520)
24 May 1520 - Dec 1521 Thomas Howard, Earl
of Surrey (b. 1473 - d. 1554)
Dec 1521 - 5 Aug 1524 Piers Butler,
Earl or Ormonde (b. 1467 - d. 1539)
(1st time)
5 Aug 1524 - Nov 1526 Gerald Fitzgerald,
Earl of (s.a.)
Kildare (3rd time)
Nov 1526 - 1527
Thomas FitzGerald of Leixlip
(acting)
1527 - 4 Aug 1528
Richard Nugent, Baron Delvin (d. 1538)
(acting)
4 Aug 1528 - 22 Jun 1529 Piers Butler, Earl or Ormonde
(s.a.)
(2nd time) -Lord deputy
22 Jun 1529 - Jul 1534 Henry Fitzroy, Duke
of Richmond (b. 1519 - d. 1536)
and Somerset
22 Jun 1530 - 5 Jul 1532 Sir William Skeffington (1st
time) (b. c.1468 - d. 1535)
(acting for Fitzroy)
5 Jul 1532 - Feb 1534 Gerald FitzGerald,
Earl of (s.a.)
Kildare (4th time)
(acting for Fitzroy)
Feb 1534 - Jun 1534 Thomas
FitzGerald, Lord Offaly (b. 1513 - d. 1537)
Silken (acting for Fitzroy)
Jun 1534 - 23 Jul 1534 .... (acting)
23 Jul 1534 - 31 Dec 1535 Sir William Skeffington (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Jul 1536 - Apr 1540 Leonard Grey,
Lord Grey (b.
c.1483 - d. 1541)
2 May 1540 - Jul 1540 William Brereton
(acting) (b. c.1473 - d.
1541)
7 Jul 1540 - 20 May 1548 Sir Anthony St. Leger (1st
time) (b. c.1469 - d. 1559)
20 May 1548 - 29 Mar 1549 Sir Edward Bellingham
(d. 1549)
29 Mar 1549 - 2 Feb 1550 Sir Francis Bryan (acting)
(d. 1550)
2 Feb 1550 - Aug 1550 Sir William
Brabazon
(d. 1552)
10 Sep 1550 - 29 Apr 1551 Sir Anthony St. Leger (2nd time)
(s.a.)
29 Apr 1551 - 6 Dec 1552 James Croft "the Elder"
(d. 1590)
6 Dec 1552 - 19 Nov 1553 Lord Justices
- Sir Thomas Cusack
(b. 1490 - d. 1571)
- Sir Gerald Aylmer
(b. c.1500 - d. 1560)
19 Nov 1553 - 26 May 1556 Sir Anthony St. Leger (3rd time)
(s.a.)
26 May 1556 - 18 Jan 1558 Thomas Radcliffe, Earl of Sussex
(b. c.1526 - d. 1583)
(1st time)
18 Jan 1558 - 30 Aug 1559 Sir Henry Sidney (1st time)
(b. 1529 - d. 1586)
(acting)
30 Aug 1559 - 20 Jan 1566 Thomas Radcliffe, Earl of Sussex
(s.a.)
(2nd time)(to 6 May 1560, Lord Deputy)
20 Jan 1566 - 1 Apr 1571 Sir Henry Sidney (2nd time)
(s.a.)
11 Dec 1571 - 18 Sep 1575 William Fitzwilliams (1st time)
(b. 1526 - d. 1599)
18 Sep 1575 - 14 Sep 1578 Sir Henry Sidney (3rd time)
(s.a.)
14 Sep 1578 - 11 Oct 1579 William Drury
(b. 1527 - d. 1579)
11 Oct 1579 - 7 Sep 1580 William Pelham
(b. c.1530 - d. 1587)
7 Sep 1580 - 31 Aug 1582 Arthur Grey, Lord Grey de
Wilton (b. 1536 - d. 1593)
31 Aug 1582 - 21 Jun 1584 Lord Justices
- Adam Loftus, Archbishop of (b.
c.1533 - d. 1606)
Dublin (1st time)
- Henry Wallop
(b. c.1538 - d. 1599)
21 Jun 1584 - 30 Jun 1588 John Perrott
(b. c.1527 - d. 1592)
30 Jun 1588 - 11 Aug 1594 William Fitzwilliam (2nd time)
(s.a.)
11 Aug 1594 - 22 May 1597 William Russell
(b. 1558 - d. 1613)
22 May 1597 - 14 Oct 1597 Thomas Burgh, Baron de Burgh
(b. c.1558 - d. 1597)
30 Oct 1597 - 27 Nov 1597 Thomas Norreys
(b. 1556 - d. 1599)
27 Nov 1597 - 15 Apr 1599 Lord Justices
- Adam Loftus, Archbishop of
(s.a.)
Dublin (2nd time)
- Richard Gardiner
(b. c.1563 - d. 1615)
15 Apr 1599 - 25 Sep 1599 Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
(b. 1566 - d. 1601)
25 Sep 1599 - 27 Feb 1600 Lord Justices
- Adam Loftus, Archbishop of (s.a.)
Dublin (3rd time)
- George Cary
(b. c.1540 - d. 1617)
27 Feb 1600 - 1 Jun 1603 Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy
(b. 1563 - d. 1606)
(to 25 Apr 1603 Lord Deputy)
1 Jun 1603 - 3 Feb 1605 George Cary
(s.a.)
3 Feb 1605 - 4 Mar 1614 Sir Arthur Chichester
(b. 1563 - d. 1624/25)
4 Mar 1614 - 30 Aug 1616 Lord Justices
- Thomas Jones, Archbishop of (b. c.1550
- d. 1619)
Dublin
- Richard Wingfield, Viscount (b.
1550 - d. 1634)
Powerscourt (1st time)
- John Denham
(b. 1559 - d. 1639)
(from 11 Feb 1616)
30 Aug 1616 - 4 May 1622 Sir Oliver St. John
(b. 1559 - d. 1630)
4 May 1622 - 8 Sep 1622 Lord Justices
- Adam, Viscount Loftus of Ely (b. 1568
- d. 1643)
(1st time)
- Richard Wingfield, (2nd time) (s.a.)
Viscount Powerscourt
8 Sep 1622 - 26 Oct 1629 Henry Cary, Viscount of Falkland
(b. c.1576 - d. 1633)
26 Oct 1629 - 25 Jul 1633 Lord Justices
- Adam, Viscount Loftus of Ely (s.a.)
(2nd time)
- Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork (b.
1566 - d. 1643)
25 Jul 1633 - 12 May 1641 Thomas Wentworth, Viscount
(b. 1593 - d. 1641)
Wentworth
(from 13 Jan 1640, Thomas
Wentworth, Earl of Strafford)
14 Jun 1641 - 12 May 1643 Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester
(b. 1595 - d. 1677)
(did not take office)
9 Jul 1642 - 15 Sep 1643 Owen Roe O'Neill
(b. c.1583 - d. 1649)
(appointed by the Confederation)
Nov 1642 - Jan 1649 Richard Butler, Viscount (b. 1578 - d. 1651)
Mountgarrett
(president of the Supreme Council of the Confederation)
12 May 1643 - 13 Nov 1643 John Borlase
(b. 1576 - d. 1648)
+ Henry Tichborne
(b. 1581? - d. 1667)
13 Nov 1643 - Feb 1647 James Butler, Marquess
of Ormonde (b. 1610 - d. 1688)
(appointed by the king)(1st time)
9 Apr 1646 - 15 Apr 1647 Philip Sidney of de L'Isle
(b. 1619 - d. 1698)
(appointed by parliament)
15 Apr 1647 - 19 Jun 1647 .... (acting)
19 Jun 1647 - Feb 1649 Commissioners
of Parliament
- Arthur Annesley
(b. 1614 - d. 1686)
- John Moore
(d. 1650)
- Michael Jones
(d. 1649)
- Sir Robert King
(b. 1599? - d. 1657)
- Sir Robert Meredith
30 Sep 1648 - 14 Aug 1649 James Butler, Marquess of Ormonde
(s.a.)
(appointed by the King)(2nd time)
22 Jun 1649 - Jun 1652 Oliver Cromwell
(b. 1599 - d. 1658)
(appointed by parliament)
2 Jul 1650 - 20 Nov 1651 Henry Ireton -Lord Deputy
(b. 1611 - d. 1651)
(appointed by parliament)
6 Dec 1650 - Aug 1652 Ulick de Burgh,
Marquess of (b. 1604 - d. 1657)
Clanrickarde
Aug 1652 - Jul 1654 Civil
Commissioners of Parliament
- Charles Fleetwood
(b. 1618 - d. 1692)
- Edmund Ludlow (1st time)
(b. 1617 - d. 1692)
- Miles Corbett (1st time)
- John Jones (1st time)
(b. 1597 - d. 1660)
- John Weaver
Jul 1654 - Aug 1655 Charles
Fleetwood -Commander (s.a.)
Aug 1655 - 17 Nov 1657 Commissioners
of the Parliament
- Henry Cromwell
(b. 1628 - d. 1674)
- Matthew Tomlinson (1st time) (b. 1617?
- d. 1681)
- Miles Corbett (2nd time)
- Robert Goodwin
- William Steele
(d. 1680)
17 Nov 1657 - 7 May 1659 Henry Cromwell -Lord Deputy
(s.a.)
7 May 1659 - Jun 1660 Commissioners
of the Parliament
- Edmund Ludlow (2nd time)
(s.a.)
- John Jones (2nd time)
(s.a.)
- Matthew Tomlinson (2nd time) (s.a.)
- Miles Corbett (3rd time)
- William Bury
Jun 1660 - 31 Dec 1660 George Monck
(b. 1608 - d. 1670)
31 Dec 1660 - 27 Jul 1662 Sir Maurice Eustace
(b. c.1590 - d. 1665)
+ Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery
(b. 1621 - d. 1679)
27 Jul 1662 - 18 Sep 1669 James Butler, Duke of Ormonde
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
7 Jan 1668 - 18 Sep 1669 Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory
(b. 1634 - d. 1680)
18 Sep 1669 - 21 May 1670 John Robartes, Baron Robartes
(b. 1606 - d. 1685)
21 May 1670 - 5 Aug 1672 John Berkeley, Baron Berkeley
(b. 1602 - d. 1678)
of Stratton
5 Aug 1672 - 24 Aug 1677 Arthur Capell, Earl of Essex
(b. 1632 - d. 1683)
24 Aug 1677 - 20 Feb 1685 James Butler, Duke of Ormonde
(s.a.)
(4th time)
20 Feb 1685 - 9 Jan 1686 Lord Justices
- Michael Boyle, Archbishop
(b. 1609 - d. 1702)
of Dublin
- Arthur Forbes, Earl of Granard (b. 1623 - d. 1696)
9 Jan 1686 - 12 Feb 1687 Henry Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
(b. 1638 - d. 1709)
12 Feb 1687 - 12 Mar 1689 Richard Talbot, Earl of Tyrconnell
(b. 1630 - d. 1691)
12 Mar 1689 - 14 Jun 1690 King James II (in rebellion)
(s.a.)
14 Jun 1690 - 6 Sep 1690 King William III
(b. 1650 - d. 1702)
6 Sep 1690 - 3 Jul 1693 Lord Justices
- Henry Sidney, Earl of Romney (b. 1641 -
d. 1704)
- Thomas Coningsby (to 1692)
(b. 1656? - d. 1729)
- Sir Charles Porter (1st time) (b. 1631 -
d. 1696)
(from Nov 1690)
3 Jul 1693 - 28 Jul 1693 Sir Cyril Wyche
(b. c.1632 - d. 1707)
28 Jul 1693 - 6 Feb 1697 Lord Justices
- Sir Cyril Wyche (to 1695)
(s.a.)
- Henry, Baron Capell
(b. 1637 - d. 1696)
of Tewkesbury (to 18 May 1696)
- William Dunscombe
(to 18 May 1696)
- Morough, Baron of Boyle,
Viscount Blessington
(18 May 1696 - 2 Jun 1696)
- William Wolseley
(18 May 1696 - 2 Jun 1696)
- Sir Charles Porter (2nd time) (s.a.)
(2 Jun 1696 - Dec 1696)
- Charles Cook, Earl of Mountrath (b. 1656 - d. 1709)
(from 2 Jun 1696)
- Henry Hamilton, Earl of Drogheda (b. c.1650 - d. 1714)
(from 10 Jul 1696)
6 Feb 1697 - 28 Dec 1700 Lord Justices
- Henry de Massue, Earl of Galway (b. 1648 - d. 1720)
- Edward Villiers, Earl of Jersey (b. 1656 - d. 1711)
(29 Jul 1697 - 1699)
- Narcissus Marsh, Archbishop (b. 1638 - d. 1713)
of Dublin (18 May - Aug 1699)
- Charles Paulet, Duke of Bolton (b. 1661 - d. 1722)
(1st time) (from 18 May 1699)
- Charles Berkeley,
(b. 1649 - d. 1710)
Earl of Berkeley
(from 23 Aug 1699)
28 Dec 1700 - 18 Sep 1701 Lord Justices
- Sir Cyril Wyche
(s.a.)
- Henry Sidney, Earl of Romney (s.a.)
18 Sep 1701 - 4 Jun 1703 Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester
(b. 1641 - d. 1711)
4 Jun 1703 - 24 Jun 1707 James Butler, Duke of Ormonde
(b. 1665 - d. 1745)
(1st time)
24 Jun 1707 - 21 Apr 1709 Thomas Herbert, Earl of Pembroke
(b. 1656 - d. 1733)
21 Apr 1709 - 3 Jul 1711 Thomas Wharton, Baron Wharton
(b. 1648 - d. 1715)
3 Jul 1711 - 27 Oct 1713 James Butler, Duke of Ormonde
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
27 Oct 1713 - 4 Oct 1714 Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury
(b. 1660 - d. 1718)
4 Oct 1714 - 13 Feb 1717 Charles Spencer,
(b. 1674 - d. 1722)
Earl of Sunderland
13 Feb 1717 - 7 Aug 1717 Charles Townshend,
(b. 1674 - d. 1738)
Viscount Townshend
7 Aug 1717 - 28 Aug 1721 Charles Paulet, Duke of Bolton
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
28 Aug 1721 - 22 Oct 1724 Charles Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton
(b. 1683 - d. 1757)
22 Oct 1724 - Apr 1730 John Carteret, Baron
Carteret (b. 1690 - d. 1763)
Apr 1730 - 11 Sep 1731 Hugh Boulter, Archbishop
of Armagh (b. 1672 - d. 1742)
+ Thomas Wyndham
(b. 1681 - d. 1745)
+ Ralph Gore
(b. 1675 - d. 1733)
(acting)
11 Sep 1731 - 7 Sep 1737 Lionel Cranfield Sackville,
(b. 1688 - d. 1765)
Duke of Dorset (1st time)
7 Sep 1737 - 31 Aug 1745 William Cavendish, Duke of
(b. 1698 - d. 1755)
Devonshire
31 Aug 1745 - 13 Sep 1747 Philip Dormer Stanhope,
(b. 1694 - d. 1773)
Earl of Chesterfield
13 Sep 1747 - Apr 1750 William Stanhope,
(b. 1690 - d. 1756)
Earl of Harrington
Apr 1750 - 19 Sep 1751 Henry Boyle (acting)
(b. 1682 - d. 1764)
19 Sep 1751 - 5 May 1755 Lionel Cranfield Sackville,
(s.a.)
Duke of Dorset (2nd time)
5 May 1755 - 25 Sep 1757 William Cavendish,
(b. 1720 - d. 1764)
Duke of Devonshire
25 Sep 1757 - 6 Oct 1761 John Russell, Duke of Bedford
(b. 1710 - d. 1771)
6 Oct 1761 - 22 Sep 1763 George Montagu-Dunk,
(b. 1716 - d. 1771)
Earl of Halifax
22 Sep 1763 - 5 Jun 1765 Hugh Smithson Percy,
(b. 1715 - d. 1786)
Earl of Northumberland
5 Jun 1765 - 18 Oct 1765 Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth
(b. 1734 - d. 1796)
18 Oct 1765 - 6 Oct 1766 Francis Seymour, Earl of Hertford
(b. 1718 - d. 1794)
6 Oct 1766 - 14 Oct 1767 George William Hervey,
(b. 1721 - d. 1775)
Earl of Bristol
14 Oct 1767 - 30 Nov 1772 George Townshend,
(b. 1724 - d. 1807)
Viscount Townshend
30 Nov 1772 - 25 Jan 1777 Simon Harcourt, Earl Harcourt
(b. 1714 - d. 1777)
25 Jan 1777 - 23 Dec 1780 John Hobart,
(b. 1723 - d. 1793)
Earl of Buckinghamshire
23 Dec 1780 - 14 Apr 1782 Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle
(b. 1748 - d. 1825)
14 Apr 1782 - 15 Sep 1782 William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck,
(b. 1738 - d. 1809)
Duke of Portland
15 Sep 1782 - 3 Jun 1783 George Nugent-Temple-Grenville,
(b. 1753 - d. 1813)
Earl Temple (1st time)
3 Jun 1783 - 24 Feb 1784 Robert Henley, Earl of Northington
(b. 1747 - d. 1786)
24 Feb 1784 - 24 Oct 1787 Charles Manners, Duke of Rutland
(b. 1754 - d. 1787)
16 Dec 1787 - 5 Jan 1790 George Nugent-Temple-Grenville,
Marquess of Buckingham (2nd time)(s.a.)
5 Jan 1790 - 4 Jan 1795 John Fane, Earl of Westmorland
(b. 1759 - d. 1841)
4 Jan 1795 - 31 Mar 1795 William Wentworth Fitzwilliam,
(b. 1748 - d. 1833)
Earl Fitzwilliam
31 Mar 1795 - 20 Jun 1798 John Jeffreys Pratt, Earl Camden
(b. 1759 - d. 1840)
20 Jun 1798 - 25 May 1801 Charles Cornwallis,
(b. 1738 - d. 1805)
Marquess Cornwallis
31 Aug 1798 - 8 Sep 1798 John Moore
(b. 1767 -
d. 1799)
(President of the government of province
of Connaught of the Irish Republic, in rebellion)
25 May 1801 - 28 Mar 1806 Philip Yorke, Earl of Hardwicke
(b. 1757 - d. 1834)
28 Mar 1806 - 19 Apr 1807 John Russell, Duke of Bedford
(b. 1766 - d. 1839)
19 Apr 1807 - 26 Aug 1813 Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond
(b. 1764 - d. 1819)
26 Aug 1813 - 9 Oct 1817 Charles, Earl of Whitworth
(b. 1752 - d. 1825)
9 Oct 1817 - 29 Dec 1821 Charles Chetwynd Talbot,
(b. 1777 - d. 1849)
Earl Talbot
29 Dec 1821 - 1 Mar 1828 Richard Colley Wellesley,
(b. 1760 - d. 1842)
Marquess Wellesley (1st time)
1 Mar 1828 - 6 Mar 1829 Henry William Paget,
Marquess of Anglesey (1st time) (b. 1768 - d. 1854)
6 Mar 1829 - 23 Dec 1830 Hugh Percy, Duke of Northumberland
(b. 1785 - d. 1847)
23 Dec 1830 - 26 Sep 1833 Henry William Paget,
Marquess of Anglesey (2nd time) (s.a.)
26 Sep 1833 - 6 Jan 1835 Richard Colley Wellesley,
Marquess Wellesley (2nd time) (s.a.)
6 Jan 1835 - Apr 1835 Thomas Hamilton,
(b. 1780 - d. 1858)
Earl of Haddington
11 May 1835 - 3 Apr 1839 Constantine Henry Phipps,
(b. 1797 - d. 1863)
Earl of Mulgrave, (from 25 Jun 1838
Constantine Henry Phipps,
Marquess of Normanby)
3 Apr 1839 - 15 Sep 1841 Hugh Fortescue, (from 1841)
(b. 1783 - d. 1861)
Earl Fortescue
15 Sep 1841 - 26 Jul 1844 Thomas Philip Robinson,
(b. 1781 - d. 1859)
Earl de Grey
26 Jul 1844 - 11 Jul 1846 William à Court, Baron Heytesbury
(b. 1779 - d. 1860)
11 Jul 1846 - 16 May 1847 John William Ponsonby,
(b. 1781 - d. 1847)
Earl of Bessborough
26 May 1847 - 10 Mar 1852 George Villiers, Earl of Clarendon
(b. 1800 - d. 1883)
10 Mar 1852 - Dec 1852 Archibald William
Montgomerie, (b. 1812 - d. 1861)
Earl of Eglinton (1st time)
6 Jan 1853 - 13 Mar 1855 Edward Granville Eliot,
(b. 1798 - d. 1877)
Earl of St. Germans
13 Mar 1855 - 12 Mar 1858 George Howard, Earl of Carlisle
(b. 1802 - d. 1864)
(1st time)
12 Mar 1858 - 13 Jul 1859 Archibald William Montgomerie,
(s.a.)
Earl of Eglinton (2nd time)
13 Jul 1859 - 8 Nov 1864 George Howard, Earl of Carlisle
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
8 Nov 1864 - 20 Jun 1866 John Wodehouse, Baron Wodehouse,
(b. 1826 - d. 1902)
(from 1866) Earl of Kimberley
20 Jun 1866 - 23 Dec 1868 James Hamilton, Marquess
(b. 1811 - d. 1885)
(from 1868, Duke) of Abercorn
(1st time)
23 Dec 1868 - 18 Apr 1874 John Poyntz Spencer, Earl Spencer
(b. 1835 - d. 1910)
(1st time)
18 Apr 1874 - 11 Dec 1876 James Hamilton, Duke of Abercorn
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
11 Dec 1876 - 5 May 1880 John Churchill,
(b. 1822 - d. 1883)
Duke of Marlborough
5 May 1880 - 6 May 1882 Francis Thomas de Grey,
(b. 1834 - d. 1905)
Earl Cowper
6 May 1882 - 30 Jun 1885 John Poyntz Spencer, Earl
Spencer (s.a.)
(2nd time)
30 Jun 1885 - 20 Feb 1886 Henry Herbert, Earl of Carnarvon
(b. 1831 - d. 1890)
20 Feb 1886 - 5 Aug 1886 John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon,
(b. 1847 - d. 1934)
Earl of Aberdeen (1st time)
5 Aug 1886 - 5 Oct 1889 Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart,
(b. 1852 - d. 1915)
Marquess of Londonderry
5 Oct 1889 - 18 Aug 1892 Lawrence Dundas,
(b. 1844 - d. 1929)
Earl of Zetland
18 Aug 1892 - 8 Jul 1895 Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-
(b. 1858 - d. 1945)
Milnes, Baron Houghton
8 Jul 1895 - 16 Aug 1902 George Henry Cadogan, Earl
Cadogan (b. 1840 - d. 1915)
16 Aug 1902 - 14 Dec 1905 William Humble Ward,
(b. 1867 - d. 1932)
Earl of Dudley
14 Dec 1905 - 19 Feb 1915 John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon,
(s.a.)
Earl of Aberdeen (2nd time)
19 Feb 1915 - 11 Jul 1916 Ivor Churchill Guest,
(b. 1873 - d. 1939)
Viscount Wimborne (1st time)
President of the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic
24 Apr 1916 - 29 Apr 1916 Patrick Henry Pearse
(b. 1879 - d. 1916) IRB
(in rebellion)
Lord-lieutenants
11 Jul 1916 - 11 Aug 1916 Lord Justices (acting)
- Bernard Edward Barnaby
(b. 1849 - d. 1937)
Fitzpatrick, Baron Castletown
- Sir David Harrel
(b. 1841 - d. 1939)
- Richard Robert Cherry
(b. 1859 - d. 1923)
- James Owen Wylie
(b. 1845 - d. 1935)
- Jonathan Pim
(b. 1858 - d. 1949)
11 Aug 1916 - 2 May 1918 Ivor Churchill Guest,
(s.a.)
Viscount Wimborne (2nd time)
2 May 1918 - 2 May 1921 John Denton Pinkstone
French, (b. 1852 - d. 1925)
Viscount French
2 May 1921 - 6 Dec 1922 Edmund Bernard Fitzalan-Howard,
(b. 1855 - d. 1947)
Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent
Chairmen of Dáil Éireann
21 Jan 1919
Cathal Brugha
(b. 1874 - d. 1922) SF
(Charles William St. John Burgess)
22 Jan 1919
George Noble, Count Plunkett (b. 1851
- d. 1948) Non-party
Presidents (of Dáil Éireann)³
22 Jan 1919 - 1 Apr 1919 Cathal Brugha
(s.a.)
SF
1 Apr 1919 - 9 Jan 1922 Eamon de Valera
(b. 1882 - d. 1975) SF
10 Jan 1922 - 12 Aug 1922 Arthur Griffith
(b. 1872 - d. 1922) SF
(acting for absent de Valera
17 Jun 1919 - 27 Nov 1920)
12 Aug 1922 - 6 Dec 1922 William Thomas Cosgrave
(b. 1880 - d. 1965) CG
(acting to 9 Sep 1922)
17 Oct 1922 - 24 May 1923 Eamon de Valera (in opposition)
(s.a.)
FF
Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head
of state)
6 Dec 1922 - 31 Jan 1928 Timothy Michael Healy
(b. 1855 - d. 1931)
(Tadhg Ó hEaluite)
1 Feb 1928 - 1 Nov 1932 James McNeill (Séamus Mac Néill)
(b. 1869 - d. 1938)
1 Nov 1932 - 26 Nov 1932 Vacant
27 Nov 1932 - 11 Dec 1936 Domhnall Ua Buachalla4
(b. 1865 - d. 1963)
(Donal Buckley)
12 Dec 1936 - 29 Dec 1937 Francis "Frank" Patrick Fahy
(b. 1880 - d. 1953) FF
(Proinsias Pádraig Ó Fathaigh)
+ Eamon de Valera
(s.a.)
FF
(acting²)
Presidents
29 Dec 1937 - 25 Jun 1938 Presidential Commission (acting)
- Timothy Sullivan
(b. 1874 - d. 1949) Non-party
- Francis "Frank" Patrick Fahy (s.a.)
FF
- Conor Alexander Maguire
(b. 1889 - d. 1971) Non-party
25 Jun 1938 - 24 Jun 1945 Douglas Hyde
(b. 1860 - d. 1949) FF
25 Jun 1945 - 24 Jun 1959 Sean Thomas O'Kelly
(b. 1882 - d. 1966) FF
25 Jun 1959 - 24 Jun 1973 Eamon de Valera
(s.a.)
FF
25 Jun 1973 - 17 Nov 1974 Erskine Hamilton Childers
(b. 1905 - d. 1974) FF
17 Nov 1974 - 18 Dec 1974 Presidential Commission (acting)
- Sean Treacy (1st time)
(b. 1923)
LP
- James Clement Dooge (1st time) (b. 1922)
FG
- Thomas Francis O'Higgins
(b. 1916 - d. 2003) Non-party
(1st time)
19 Dec 1974 - 22 Oct 1976 Cearbhall O Dalaigh
(b. 1911 - d. 1978) FF
22 Oct 1976 - 2 Dec 1976 Presidential Commission
(acting)
- Sean Treacy (2nd time)
(s.a.)
LP
- James Clement Dooge (2nd time) (s.a.)
FG
- Thomas Francis O'Higgins
(s.a.)
Non-party
(2nd time)
3 Dec 1976 - 2 Dec 1990 Patrick John Hillery
(b. 1923 - d. 2008) FF
3 Dec 1990 - 12 Sep 1997 Mary Terese Winifred Bourke
(b. 1944) LP/Non-party
Robinson (f)
12 Sep 1997 - 10 Nov 1997 Presidential Commission
(acting)
- Liam Hamilton
(b. 1928 - d. 2000) Non-party
- Seamus Pattison
(b. 1936)
LP
- Liam Thomas Cosgrave
(b. 1956)
FG
(to 17 Sep 1997)
- Brian Mullooly
(b. 1935)
FF
(from 17 Sep 1997)
11 Nov 1997 -
Mary Patricia Leneghan McAleese (f)(b. 1951)
FF
Chief Secretaries for Ireland
(full title Chief Secretaries of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland)
20 Jan 1566 - 9 Oct 1567 Edward Waterhouse (1st time)
(b. 1535 - d. 1591)
9 Oct 1567 - 28 Oct 1568 ....
28 Oct 1568 - 31 Mar 1571 Edward Waterhouse (2nd time)
(s.a.)
15 Jul 1569 - 31 Mar 1571 Edmund Tremayne
(b. c.1525 – d. 1582)
13 Jan 1572 - 18 Sep 1575 Philip Williams
18 Sep 1575 - 13 Sep 1578 Edward Waterhouse (3rd time)
(s.a.)
13 Sep 1578 - 2 Sep 1580 ....
7 Sep 1580 - 30 Aug 1582 Edmund Spencer
(b. 1552? - d. 1599)
21 Jun 1584 - 21 Jun 1594 Sir Philip Williams (1st time)
11 Aug 1594 - 21 May 1597 Sir Richard Cooke
22 May 1597 - 13 Oct 1597 Sir Philip Williams (2nd time)
15 Apr 1599 - 4 Sep 1599 Sir Henry Wotton
(b. 1568 - d. 1639)
4 Sep 1599 - 27 Feb 1600 ....
27 Feb 1600 - Mar 1600 Sir Francis Mitchell
Mar 1600 - 13 Nov 1600 George Cranmer
(b. 1563 - d. 1600)
14 Nov 1600 - 31 May 1603 Fynes Moryson
(b. 1566 - d. 1630)
1 Jun 1603 - 3 Feb 1605 Sir John Bingley
3 Feb 1605 - 10 Feb 1616 Sir Henry Piers
30 Aug 1616 - 3 May 1622 Sir Henry Holcroft
(b. c.1580 – d. 1650)
8 Sep 1622 - 25 Oct 1629 Sir John Veele
25 Oct 1629 - 25 Jul 1633 ....
25 Jul 1633 - 11 Sep 1639 Sir George Radcliffe
(b. 1593 - d. 1657)
11 Sep 1639 - 21 Jan 1644 ....
21 Jan 1644 - Apr 1646 Sir George Lane
Apr 1646 - Jun 1660 ....
Jun 1660 - Dec 1660 Matthew
Lock
Dec 1660 - 27 Jul 1662 ....
27 Jul 1662 - 18 Sep 1669 Sir Thomas Page
18 Sep 1669 - 21 May 1670 Sir Henry Ford (1st time)
21 May 1670 - 4 Aug 1672 Sir Ellis Leighton (d. 1684)
5 Aug 1672 - 10 Dec 1673 Sir Henry Ford (2nd time)
11 Dec 1673 - 23 Aug 1676 Sir William Harbord
(b. c.1635 - d. 1692)
24 Aug 1676 - 1 May 1682 Sir Cyril Wyche (1st time)
(s.a.)
2 May 1682 - 19 Mar 1685 Sir William Ellis
9 Jan 1686 - 12 Feb 1687 Sir Paul Rycaut
(b. 1628 - d. 1700)
12 Feb 1687 - 20 Jan 1688 Sir Thomas Sheridan
2 Feb 1688 - 24 Jan 1689 Sir Patrick Tyrrell
Sep 1690 - Mar 1692 Sir
John Davis
4 Sep 1692 - 2 Jul 1693 Sir Cyril Wyche (2nd
time) (s.a.)
2 Jul 1693 - 27 May 1695 ....
27 May 1695 - 16 May 1696 Sir Richard Aldworth
30 Jul 1696 - May 1697 Sir William Palmer
May 1697 - Nov 1699 Sir
Matthew Prior
(b. 1664 - d. 1721)
Nov 1699 - Apr 1701 Sir
Humphrey May
28 Dec 1701 - 18 Feb 1703 Sir Francis Gwyn
(b. 1648? - d. 1734)
19 Feb 1703 - 30 Apr 1707 Sir Edward Southwell (1st time)
(b. 1671 - d. 1730)
30 Apr 1707 - 4 Dec 1708 Sir George Dodington
(b. c.1662 - d. 1720)Whg
4 Dec 1708 - 26 Oct 1710 Sir Joseph Addison (1st time)
(b. 1672 - d. 1719)
26 Oct 1710 - 22 Sep 1713 Sir Edward Southwell (2nd time)
(s.a.)
22 Sep 1713 - 4 Oct 1714 Sir John Stanley
(d. 1744)
4 Oct 1714 - 23 Aug 1715 Sir Joseph Addison (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Sep 1715 - 27 Apr 1717 Martin Bladen
(b. 1680 - d. 1746)
+ Charles Delafaye
(d. 1762)
27 Apr 1717 - 8 Apr 1720 Edward Webster
Whg
8 Apr 1720 - Aug 1721 Horatio Walpole
(b. 1678 - d. 1757) Whg
Aug 1721 - 6 May 1724 Edward Hopkins
(d. 1736)
Whg
6 May 1724 - 22 Jun 1730 Thomas Clutterbuck
(b. 1697 - d. 1742) Whg
23 Jun 1730 - 9 Apr 1737 Walter Cary
(b. 1685 - d. 1757) Whg
9 Apr 1737 - 11 May 1739 Sir Edward Walpole
(b. 1706 - d. 1784) Whg
12 May 1739 - 13 Oct 1739 Thomas Townshend
(b. 1701 - d. 1780) Whg
14 Oct 1739 - 7 Jun 1741 Henry Bilson Legge
(b. 1708 - d. 1764) Whg
8 Jun 1741 - 8 Jan 1745 William Ponsonby, Viscount
(b. 1704 - d. 1793) Whg
Duncannon
8 Jan 1745 - 22 Jun 1746 Richard Liddell
(d. 1746)
Whg
5 Jul 1746 - 14 Nov 1746 Sewallis Shirley
(b. 1709 - d. 1765) Whg
15 Nov 1746 - 15 Dec 1750 Edward Weston
(b. 1703 - d. 1770) Whg
15 Dec 1750 - 1 Apr 1755 Lord George Sackville
(b. 1716 - d. 1785) Whg
2 Apr 1755 - 3 Jan 1757 Henry Seymour Conway
(b. 1721 - d. 1795) Whg
3 Jan 1757 - 3 Apr 1761 Richard Rigby
(b. 1722 - d. 1788) Whg
3 Apr 1761 - 3 Jul 1764 William Gerard Hamilton
(b. 1729 - d. 1796) Tor/Whg
3 Jul 1764 - 5 Jun 1765 Charles Moore, Earl of
Drogheda (b. 1730 - d. 1821) Whg
5 Jun 1765 - 7 Aug 1765 Sir Charles Bunbury
Whg
7 Aug 1765 - 6 Oct 1766 Francis Seymour Conway,
(b. 1718 - d. 1794) Whg
Earl of Hertford
6 Oct 1766 - 6 Jul 1767 Augustus John Hervey
(b. 1724 - d. 1779) Whg
9 Jul 1767 - 18 Aug 1767 Theophilus Jones
Whg
19 Aug 1767 - 31 Dec 1768 Lord Frederick Campbell
(b. 1729 - d. 1816) Whg
1 Jan 1769 - 29 Nov 1772 Sir George Macartney
(b. 1737 - d. 1806) Tor
30 Nov 1772 - 6 Dec 1776 Sir John de Blaquiere
(b. 1732 - d. 1812) Tor
13 Dec 1776 - 28 Nov 1780 Sir Richard Heron, Earl of
(b. 1726 - d. 1805) Tor
Buckingham
(from 25 Jul 1778, Richard Heron, Baron Heron)
29 Nov 1780 - 7 Apr 1782 William Eden
(b. 1744 - d. 1814) Tor
8 Apr 1782 - 14 Aug 1782 Richard FitzPatrick
(b. 1747 - d. 1813) Whg
15 Aug 1782 - 2 May 1783 William Wyndham Grenville
(b. 1759 - d. 1834) Whg
3 May 1783 - 26 Aug 1783 William Windham
(b. 1750 - d. 1810) Tor
27 Aug 1783 - 12 Feb 1784 Thomas Pelham (1st time)
(b. 1756 - d. 1826) Tor
12 Feb 1784 - 24 Oct 1787 Thomas Orde
(b. 1740 - d. 1807) Tor
7 Nov 1787 - 5 Apr 1789 Alleyne FitzHerbert
(b. 1753 - d. 1839) Tor
6 Apr 1789 - 16 Dec 1793 Robert Hobart
(b. 1760 - d. 1816) Tor
16 Dec 1793 - 12 Dec 1794 Sylvester Douglas
(b. 1743 - d. 1823) Tor
13 Dec 1794 - 12 Mar 1795 George Damer, Viscount Milton
(b. 1746 - d. 1808) Tor
13 Mar 1795 - 2 Nov 1798 Thomas Pelham (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Tor
3 Nov 1798 - 26 Apr 1801 Robert Stewart,
(b. 1769 - d. 1822) Tor
Viscount Castlereagh
26 Apr 1801 - 25 May 1801 John, Viscount Fitzgibbon (acting)
(b. 1749 - d. 1802)
25 May 1801 - 13 Feb 1802 Charles Abbot
(b. 1757 - d. 1829) Tor
13 Feb 1802 - 6 Feb 1804 William Wickham
(b. 1761 - d. 1840) Tor
6 Feb 1804 - 23 Mar 1805 Sir Evan Nepean
(b. 1751 - d. 1822) Tor
23 Mar 1805 - 21 Sep 1805 Sir Nicholas Vansittart
(b. 1766 - d. 1851) Tor
21 Sep 1805 - 28 Mar 1806 Charles Long
(b. 1761 - d. 1838) Tor
28 Mar 1806 - 19 Apr 1807 William Elliot
(b. 1766 - d. 1818) Whg
19 Apr 1807 - 13 Apr 1809 Sir Arthur Wellesley
(b. 1769 - d. 1852) Tor
13 Apr 1809 - 18 Oct 1809 Robert Saunders-Dundas
(b. 1771 - d. 1851) Tor
18 Oct 1809 - 4 Aug 1812 William Wellesley-Pole
(b. 1763 - d. 1845) Tor
4 Aug 1812 - 4 Aug 1818 Robert Peel
(b. 1788 - d. 1850) Tor
3 Aug 1818 - 29 Dec 1821 Charles Grant
(b. 1778 - d. 1866) Tor
29 Dec 1821 - 29 Apr 1827 Henry Goulbourn
(b. 1784 - d. 1856) Tor
29 Apr 1827 - 21 Jun 1828 William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne
(b. 1779 - d. 1848) Tor
21 Jun 1828 - 17 Jul 1830 Francis Egerton Leveson-Gower,
(b. 1800 - d. 1857) Tor
Earl Gower
17 Jul 1830 - 29 Nov 1830 Sir Henry Hardinge (1st time)
(b. 1785 - d. 1856) Tor
29 Nov 1830 - 29 Mar 1833 Edward George Geoffrey Smith
(b. 1799 - d. 1869) Whg
Stanley, Earl Stanley
29 Mar 1833 - 17 May 1833 Sir John Cam Hobhouse
(b. 1786 - d. 1869) Tor
17 May 1833 - 16 Dec 1834 Edward John Littleton
(b. 1791 - d. 1863) Tor
16 Dec 1834 - 29 Apr 1835 Sir Henry Hardinge (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Tor
29 Apr 1835 - 6 Sep 1841 George William Freceick Howard,
(b. 1802 - d. 1864) Whg
Viscount Morpeth
6 Sep 1841 - 1 Feb 1845 Edward Granville Eliot,
(s.a.)
Con
Earl of St. Germans
1 Feb 1845 - 14 Feb 1846 Sir Thomas Francis Freemantle,
(b. 1798 - d. 1890) Con
Baron Cottosloe
14 Feb 1846 - 6 Jul 1846 Henry Pelham Pelham-Clinton,
(b. 1811 - d. 1864) Con
Earl of Lincoln
6 Jul 1846 - 22 Jul 1847 Henry Labouchere
(b. 1798 - d. 1869) Con
22 Jul 1847 - 1 Mar 1852 Sir William Meredyth Sommerville
(b. 1802 - d. 1873) Lib
1 Mar 1852 - 6 Jan 1853 Richard Southwell Bourke,
(b. 1822 - d. 1872) Con
Earl Naas (1st time)
6 Jan 1853 - 1 Mar 1855 Sir John Young
(b. 1807 - d. 1876) Con
1 Mar 1855 - 27 May 1857 Edward Horsman
(b. 1807 - d. 1876) Lib
27 May 1857 - 4 Mar 1858 Henry Arthur Herbert
(b. 1815 - d. 1866) Lib
4 Mar 1858 - 24 Jun 1859 Richard Southwell Bourke,
(s.a.)
Con
Earl Naas (2nd time)
24 Jun 1859 - 29 Jul 1861 Edward Cardwell
(b. 1813 - d. 1866) Lib
29 Jul 1861 - 7 Dec 1865 Chichester Samuel Parkinson-
(b. 1823 - d. 1898) Lib
Fortescue (1st time)
7 Dec 1865 - 26 Jun 1866 Sir Robert Peel
(b. 1822 - d. 1895) Lib
6 Jul 1866 - 29 Sep 1868 Richard Southwell Bourke,
(s.a.)
Con
Earl Naas (3rd time)
29 Sep 1868 - 16 Dec 1868 James Wilson-Patten
(b. 1807 - d. 1888) Con
16 Dec 1868 - 12 Jan 1871 Chicheser Samuel Parkinson-
(s.a.)
Lib
Fortescue (2nd time)
12 Jan 1871 - 27 Feb 1874 Spencer Cavendish,
(b. 1833 - d. 1908) Lib
Marquis of Hartington
27 Feb 1874 - 15 Feb 1878 Sir Michael Edward Hicks-Beach
(b. 1837 - d. 1916) Con
15 Feb 1878 - 30 Apr 1880 James Lowther
(b. 1840 - d. 1904) Con
30 Apr 1880 - 6 May 1882 William Edward Forster
(b. 1818 - d. 1886) Lib
6 May 1882 - 9 May 1882 Frederick Charles Cavendish,
(b. 1836 - d. 1882) Lib
Earl Cavendish
9 May 1882 - 23 Oct 1884 Sir George Otto Trevelyan
(b. 1838 - d. 1928) Lib
23 Oct 1884 - 25 Jun 1885 Henry Campbell-Bannerman
(b. 1836 - d. 1908) Lib
25 Jun 1885 - 23 Jan 1886 Sir William Hart Dyke
(b. 1837 - d. 1931) Con
23 Jan 1886 - 6 Feb 1886 William Henry Smith
(b. 1825 - d. 1891) Con
6 Feb 1886 - 5 Aug 1886 John Morley (1st time)
(b. 1838 - d. 1922) Lib
5 Aug 1886 - 7 Mar 1887 Sir Michael Hicks-Beach
(b. 1837 - d. 1916) Con
7 Mar 1887 - 9 Nov 1891 Sir Arthur James Balfour
(b. 1848 - d. 1930) Con
9 Nov 1891 - 22 Aug 1892 Willliam Lawies Jackson
(b. 1840 - d. 1917) Con
22 Aug 1892 - 4 Jul 1895 John Morley (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Lib
4 Jul 1895 - 7 Nov 1900 Gerald William Balfour
(b. 1853 - d. 1945) Con
7 Nov 1900 - 12 Mar 1905 George Wyndham
(b. 1863 - d. 1913) Con
12 Mar 1905 - 10 Dec 1905 Walter Hume Long
(b. 1854 - d. 1924) Con
10 Dec 1905 - 23 Jan 1907 James Bryce
(b. 1838 - d. 1922) Lib
23 Jan 1907 - 31 Jul 1916 Augustine Birrell
(b. 1850 - d. 1933) Lib
31 Jul 1916 - 5 May 1918 Henry Edward Duke
(b. 1855 - d. 1939) Lib
5 May 1918 - 10 Jan 1919 Edward Shortt
(b. 1862 - d. 1935) Lib
10 Jan 1919 - 2 Apr 1920 James Ian Mcpherson
(b. 1880 - d. 1937) Lib
2 Apr 1920 - 19 Oct 1922 Sir James Hamar Greenwood
(b. 1870 - d. 1948) Lib
19 Oct 1922 - 6 Dec 1922 Vacant
Chairmen of the Provisional Government
16 Jan 1922 - 22 Aug 1922 Michael Collins
(b. 1890 - d. 1922) SF
12 Jul 1922 - 6 Dec 1922 William Thomas Cosgrave
(s.a.)
CG
(acting to 25 Aug 1922 [for Collins to 22 Aug
1922])
Presidents of the Executive Council
6 Dec 1922 - 9 Mar 1932 William Thomas Cosgrave
(s.a.)
CG
9 Mar 1932 - 29 Dec 1937 Eamon de Valera
(s.a.)
FF
Prime ministers (Taoiseach)
29 Dec 1937 - 18 Feb 1948 Eamon de Valera (1st time)
(s.a.)
FF
18 Feb 1948 - 13 Jun 1951 John Aloysius Costello (1st time)
(b. 1891 - d. 1976) FG
13 Jun 1951 - 2 Jun 1954 Eamon de Valera (2nd time)
(s.a.)
FF
2 Jun 1954 - 20 Mar 1957 John Aloysius Costello (2nd
time) (s.a.)
FG
20 Mar 1957 - 23 Jun 1959 Eamon de Valera (3rd time)
(s.a.)
FF
23 Jun 1959 - 10 Nov 1966 Sean Francis Lemass
(b. 1899 - d. 1971) FF
10 Nov 1966 - 14 Mar 1973 John Mary "Jack" Lynch (1st time)
(b. 1917 - d. 1999) FF
14 Mar 1973 - 5 Jul 1977 William "Liam" Thomas Cosgrave
(b. 1920)
FG
5 Jul 1977 - 11 Dec 1979 John Mary "Jack" Lynch (2nd
time) (s.a.)
FF
11 Dec 1979 - 30 Jun 1981 Charles James Haughey (1st time)
(b. 1925 - d. 2006) FF
30 Jun 1981 - 9 Mar 1982 Garret FitzGerald (1st time)
(b. 1926)
FG
9 Mar 1982 - 14 Dec 1982 Charles James Haughey (2nd
time) (s.a.)
FF
14 Dec 1982 - 10 Mar 1987 Garret FitzGerald (2nd time)
(s.a.)
FG
10 Mar 1987 - 11 Feb 1992 Charles James Haughey (3rd time)
(s.a.)
FF
11 Feb 1992 - 15 Dec 1994 Albert Reynolds
(b. 1932)
FF
15 Dec 1994 - 26 Jun 1997 John Gerard Bruton
(b. 1947)
FG
26 Jun 1997 - 7 May 2008 Bartholomew "Bertie" Patrick
Ahern (b. 1951)
FF
7 May 2008 -
Brian Cowen
(b. 1960)
FF
¹Full style of the ruler:
(a) from 25 Oct 1415: Rex Francie et Anglie et Dominus Hibernie ("by the Grace of God, King of France and
England and Lord of Ireland");
(b) from Dec 1541: Rex Francie et Anglie et Hibernie ("by the Grace of God, King of England and France
and Ireland"), Defender of the
Faith (11 Oct 1521 - 1538, 1544-Oct 1554, from 1559), Supreme Head on Earth
of the Church of England (15 Jan 1535 - 1554, from 1559) and Ireland (from
1537)";
(c) from 24 Mar 1603: "by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland,
France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Supreme Head on Earth of the
Church of England and Ireland".
From 24 Oct 1604 James I also began to use the style of "King of
Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc." this was
formalized from 1 May 1707;
(d) 16 Dec 1653 - 3 Sep 1658 Oliver Cromwell was styled: Olivarius Dei Gratia Reip[ublicae] Angliae Scotiae et
Hiberniae, &c Protector ("by the
Grace of God and Republic Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland");
(e) from 1 May 1707: "by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France
and Ireland King/Queen, Defender of the Faith";
(f) from 1 Jan 1801: "by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland King/Queen, Defender of the Faith"; in 1 Jul
1876 the title "Empress of India" was added;
(g) from 1901: "by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King,
Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India";
(h) 13 May 1927 - 11 Dec 1936: "by the Grace of God, of Great
Britain, Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender
of the Faith, Emperor of India."
²The Dáil, in accepting the abdication of Edward VIII on 12 Dec 1936, did not proclaim the succession of George VI, but merely provided for the use of the U.K. crown for purposes of foreign representation, while leaving a hiatus in the transition to the new constitutional arrangements. There was no explicit provision for an interim head of state until the new constitution was to take effect on 29 Dec 1937. The domestic functions of the sovereign were exercised in part by the chairman of Dáil Éireann (Frank Fahy) and in part by the president of the Executive Council (Eamon de Valera). Having ceased to be the head of state of Ireland, the British King (George VI) continued to exercise the executive power in connection with external relations for appointment of diplomatic representatives and conclusion of international agreements. As provided by the Executive Authority (External Relations) Act, 1936, the king acted strictly on the advice of the Executive Council (1936-1937) and subsequently on the advice of the Government of Ireland (1937-1949). On 21 Dec 1948 Dáil Éireann passed the Republic of Ireland Act, 1948 (effective 18 Apr 1949), which effectively abolished any connection of Ireland with the British monarchy.
³The English-language constitution of Dáil Éireann of 25 Aug 1921 uses the wording "President who shall also be Prime Minister." At the election on 26 Aug 1921 it is asserted in Dáil (in English) that the proper style is "President of the Irish Republic." At the election on 10 Jan 1922 this is deprecated, and it is asserted, without formal contradiction, that the style is Uachtarán ar an nDáil Éireann ("President of Dáil Éireann"); the matter is left unresolved, the incumbents thereafter using the latter style.
4Ua Buachalla (s.a.) indicated a preference for not being called governor-general, instead insisting to be styled Seneschal (a back-translation from his official Irish language style Seneascal).
Territorial Dispute: Ireland, Iceland, and the U.K. dispute Denmark's claim that the Faroe Islands' continental shelf extends beyond 200 nm.
Party abbreviations: FF = Fianna Fáil/'Soldiers
of Destiny' (Republican Party, conservative populist, pro-reunification
with Ulster); FG = Fine Gael/'Family of the Irish (United Ireland
Party, christian-democratic, pro-Ulster status quo, successor to CG); LP
= Labour Party/Páirti Lucht Oibre (Labor Party, social-democratic);
-Former parties: IRB = Irish Republican Brotherhood
(Irish nationalist, pro-independence, militant, dissolved 1924); CG
= Cumman na nGaedheal (Society of the Gaels, predecessor to FG); Con
= Conservative Party (conservative, British); Lib = Liberal Party
(liberal, British);
SF = Sinn Fein (We Ourselves, nationalist);
Before the development of the British Conservative and Liberal
parties in the mid-19th century, parties were largely simply alliances
of prominent groups or aristocratic families. The designations Whig and
Tory tend often to be approximate: Tor = Tory Party (conservative,
British); Whg = Whig Party (liberal, British)
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