Lord Deputy of Ireland

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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.
Portrait or Arms	Name (Birth–Death)	Nationality	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Monarch	Ref.
	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
	Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond (died c. 1467)	Anglo-Irish	1463	1467
	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
	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
	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
	Edward Poynings (c. 1459–1521)	English	1494	1496
	Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare (c. 1456–1513)	Anglo-Irish	1496	1513
	Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare (c. 1456–1513)	Anglo-Irish	1496	1513		Henry VIII
	Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (c. 1487–1534)	Anglo-Irish	1513	1518
	Sir Maurice Fitzgerald	Anglo-Irish					^[2]
	Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey (1473–1554)	English	1520	1522			^[3]
	Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond (c. 1467–1539)	Anglo-Irish	1522	1524
	Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (c. 1487–1534)	Anglo-Irish	1524	1529
	William Skeffington (c. 1465–1535)	English	1529	1532
	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.
Portrait or Arms	Name (Birth–Death)	Nationality	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Monarch	Ref.
	Anthony St Leger (c. 1496–1559)	English	1540	1548
	Anthony St Leger (c. 1496–1559)	English	1540	1548		Edward VI
	Edward Bellingham (1506–1549)	English	1548	1549
	Lord Justices		1549	1550
	Anthony St Leger (c. 1496–1559)	English	1550	1551
	James Croft (c. 1518–1590)	English	1551	1552
	Lord Justices (1552–1553)
	Anthony St Leger (c. 1496–1559)	English	1553	1556
	Anthony St Leger (c. 1496–1559)	English	1553	1556		Mary I
	Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex (c. 1525–1583)	English	1556	1558		Mary I	^[4]
	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
	Henry Sidney (1529–1586)	English	1565	1571			^[6]
	William FitzWilliam (1526–1599)	English	1571	1575
	Henry Sidney (1529–1586)	English	1575	1578			^[7]
	Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton (1536–1593)	English	1580	1582
	John Perrot (1528–1592)	Welsh	1584	1588
	William FitzWilliam (1526–1599)	English	1588	1594
	William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh (died 1613)	English	11 August 1594	1597			^[8]
	Thomas Burgh, 3rd Baron Burgh (c. 1558–1597)	English	1597	1597
	Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565–1601)	English	1599	1599
	Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy (1563–1606) (as Lord Lieutenant 1603–1604)	English	1600	1603
		English	1600	1603		James VI and I
	George Carey (c. 1541–1616)	English	1603	1604
	Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester (1563–1625)	English	1605	1616			^[9]
	Oliver St John, 1st Viscount Grandison (1559–1630)	English	1616	1622	^[10]
	Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland (c. 1575–1633)	English	1622	1629
	Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland (c. 1575–1633)	English	1622	1629		Charles I
	Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593–1641)	English	1632	1640
	Christopher Wandesford (1592–1640)	English	1640	1640
	Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1595–1677) (as Lord Lieutenant)	English	1640	1643
	James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond (1610–1688) (as Lord Lieutenant)	Anglo-Irish	1644	1650
	Henry Ireton (1611–1651)	English	1650	1651
	Charles Fleetwood (c. 1618–1692)	English	1652	1657
	Henry Cromwell (1628–1674) (as Lord Lieutenant 1658–1659)	English	1657	1658
	Edmund Ludlow (c. 1617–1692)	English	1659	1660
	George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608–1670)	English	1660	1661
	James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond (1610–1688)	Anglo-Irish	1662	1668
	Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory (1634–1680)	Anglo-Irish	1668	1669
	John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor (1606–1685)	English	1669	1670
	John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1602–1678)		1670	1672
	Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex (c. 1631–1683)	English	1672	1677
	James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond (1610–1688)	Anglo-Irish	1677	1682
	Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran (1639–1686)	Anglo-Irish	1682	1684
	James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond (1610–1688)	Anglo-Irish	1684	1685
	Lords Justices		24 February 1685
	Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon (1638–1709)	English	1685	1687
	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.

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References

↑ "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
↑ The Chronological Historian
↑ 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.
↑ Wagner, John, Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World, Oryx, 1999, p. 252
↑ Wagner, John, Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World, Oryx, 1999, p. 252
↑ Wagner, John, Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World, Oryx, 1999, p. 278
↑ Wagner, John, Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World, Oryx, 1999, p. 278
↑ Dunlop, Robert (1897). "Russell, William (1558?-1613)" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 477.
↑ 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.
↑ Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VI, page 74

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[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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