The Lord Deputy was the King's representative and head of the Irish executive during the Kingdom of Ireland.[1]
- Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare (1477 - 1494) (1496 -1513)
- Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane (1536 - 1540)
- Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex (1556 - 1558) (Lord Lieutenant 1560 - 1564)[2]
- Sir Henry Sidney (1565 - 1571) (1575 - 1578)[3]
- William FitzWilliam (1571-1575) (1588–1594)
- Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton (1580 -1582)
- Sir John Perrot (1582 - 1588)
- William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh (1594–1597)
- Thomas Burgh, 7th Baron Strabolgi (1597)
- Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy (later 1st Earl of Devonshire) (1600-1603) (Lord Lieutenant 1603 -1604)
- Sir George Cary (1603-1604)
- Sir Arthur Chichester (1604 - 1616)
- Sir Oliver St John (1616 - 1622)[4]
- Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1632 - 1640)
- Christopher Wandesford (1640)
- Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1640 - 1643) (Lord Lieutenant)
- Henry Ireton (1650 - 1651)
- Charles Fleetwood (1652 - 1657)
- Henry Cromwell (1657 - 1658) (Lord Lieutenant 1658 -1659)
- Edmund Ludlow (1659 - 1660)
- Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (1687 -1688)
The title subsequently became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
References
- ^ "Correspondence of Sylvanus Urban". The Gentleman's Journal 41: 49. Jan-Jun 1854. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=v_8IAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA49. Retrieved 2008-08-23. "Counsel's Fees".
- ^ Wagner, John, Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World, Oryx, 1999, p. 252
- ^ Wagner, John, Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World, Oryx, 1999, p. 278
- ^ Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VI, page 74
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