Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (UK: /lɛfˈtɛnənt/), or more formally Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, was the title of the chief governor...
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A lord-lieutenant (UK: /lɛfˈtɛnənt/ lef-TEN-ənt) is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically...
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Secretary for Ireland was a key political office in the British administration in Ireland. Nominally subordinate to the Lord Lieutenant, and officially...
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(13th–14th centuries); (King's) lieutenant (14th–16th century); (Lord) Deputy (15th–17th centuries), and Lord Lieutenant (standard after 1690). The unofficial...
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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...
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Lord-lieutenants are appointed in England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Lord Lieutenant Deputy Lieutenant Ceremonial counties of England...
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is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of County Tyrone. There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when...
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served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1730 to 1737 and again from 1750 to 1755. He was the son of the 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex...
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appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland since the 17th century, holding office when Ireland was partitioned into Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland. FitzAlan...
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Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne (redirect from Lord Ashby St. Ledgers)
as Lord Ashby St Ledgers from 1910 to 1914 and as Lord Wimborne from 1914 to 1918, was a British politician and one of the last Lords Lieutenant of Ireland...
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Marquess of Zetland is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 August 1892 for the former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lawrence...
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passing of the Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922. The governor was the successor to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in Northern Ireland, itself established...
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of Australia, in office from 1908 to 1911. He was previously Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1902 to 1905, and also a government minister under Lord Salisbury...
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John Stanley (KG) (redirect from John I Stanley of the Isle of Man)
KG (c. 1350–1414) of Lathom, near Ormskirk in Lancashire, was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and titular King of Mann, the first of that name. He married...
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as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Born into an Ulster-Scots aristocratic family at Seymour Place, Mayfair, on 21 January 1811, Abercorn was the son of James...
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politician who notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the Ministry of All the Talents. He was the father of Prime Minister John Russell, 1st...
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Townshend ministry (category Ministries of George I of Great Britain)
Secretary and was the de facto leader of the Whig administration. However, he was later demoted to Lord Lieutenant of Ireland when he was outmanoeuvred by his...
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office was provided for in the Government of Ireland Act 1920; however, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, as with governors-general in other Westminster...
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John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley (category Lords Lieutenant of Ireland)
councillor of King Henry VI. He fought in several battles during the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of the Roses, as well as acted as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland...
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"king's lieutenant", "lord deputy", "lord lieutenant". ISBN 9780199691869. Duncan, Mark (11 February 2015). "Ireland's Lord Lieutenant: '...a fount of all...
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is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Meath, Ireland. There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II,...
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Duke of Bedford, KG, PC, FRS (30 September 1710 – 5 January 1771) was a British Whig statesman and peer who served as the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from...
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leading member of the Conservative Party. He was twice Secretary of State for the Colonies and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Born at Grosvenor...
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of Clarence from 1362, Guardian of England in 1345–46, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1361–66, Knight of the Garter from 1361, second surviving son of...
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The Lord Lieutenant of Belfast is the official representative of The King for the 'County Borough of Belfast', Northern Ireland. The current Lord Lieutenant...
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Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot (category Lord-lieutenants of Staffordshire)
1849), styled Viscount of Ingestre between 1784 and 1793, was an English politician and peer. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1817 and 1821...
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A list of the Lord Lieutenants of Fermanagh, located County Fermanagh of Northern Ireland, U.K. The Lord Lieutenant is a ceremonial local government position...
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Southern Ireland. It was also envisaged that Southern Ireland would share the following institutions with Northern Ireland: the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland –...
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serves as one of several deputies to a lord-lieutenant Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the chief governor of Ireland from 1690 to 1922 Lieutenancies Act 1997,...
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Bay Middleton (category Empress Elisabeth of Austria)
British horseman, officer of the Royal Lancers, and equerry to Lord Spencer, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was described as "one of the best riders to hounds...
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