Head of the Irish executive under English rule
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
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
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.
Took office
Left office
Time in office
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
Mary I
Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex (c. 1525 –1583)
English
1556
1558
[ 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
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
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.
References
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^ Dunlop, Robert (1897). "Russell, William (1558?-1613)" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 477.
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