Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath

Hugh de Lacy
4th Baron de Lacy
Drawing of de Lacy by Gerald of Wales
1st Viceroy of Ireland
In office
1172–1173
MonarchHenry II
Succeeded byWilliam FitzAldelm
In office
1177–1181
Preceded byWilliam FitzAldelm
Succeeded byJohn fitz Richard
1st Lord of Meath
In office
March 1172 – 25 July 1186
Succeeded byWalter de Lacy
Personal details
Bornbefore 1135
Herefordshire, England
Died25 July 1186
Durrow, Ireland
Spouse(s)Rohese of Monmouth
(d. before 1180);
Rose Ní Conchobair
Children10
Parent(s)Gilbert de Lacy
Agnes de Lacy

Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath, 4th Baron Lacy (Anglo-Norman: Huge de Laci; before 1135 – 25 July 1186), was an Anglo-Norman landowner and royal office-holder. He had substantial land holdings in Herefordshire and Shropshire. Following his participation in the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland, he was granted, in 1172, the lands of the Kingdom of Meath by the Anglo-Norman King Henry II, but he had to gain control of them. The Lordship of Meath was then the most extensive liberty in Ireland.