Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Standard of the Lord Lieutenant
StyleThe Right Honourable
as a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom[citation needed]
ResidenceDublin Castle
AppointerLord of Ireland
Monarch of Ireland
Monarch of the United Kingdom
Term lengthAt the Sovereign's pleasure
Formation1171
Final holderThe Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent
Abolished8 December 1922[1]
SuccessionGovernor of Northern Ireland and Governor-General of the Irish Free State

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (UK: /lɛfˈtɛnənt/[n 1]), or more formally Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, was the title of the chief governor of Ireland from the Williamite Wars of 1690 until the Partition of Ireland in 1922. This spanned the Kingdom of Ireland (1541–1800) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922). The office, under its various names, was often more generally known as the Viceroy, and his wife was known as the vicereine.[n 1] The government of Ireland in practice was usually in the hands of the Lord Deputy up to the 17th century, and later of the Chief Secretary for Ireland.

  1. ^ Quekett, Arthur S. "Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1922". The Constitution Of Northern Ireland. Vol. Part II: The Government of Ireland Act, 1920 and Subsequent Enactments. Belfast: His Majesty's Stationery Office for the Government of Northern Ireland. p. 196 [s.1(2) fn.[2]. Retrieved 24 March 2020. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland went out of office on 8th December, 1922, and the appointment of a Governor of Northern Ireland by virtue of the First Schedule to this Act was first made on the following day.
  2. ^ "Enforcement of Law (Occasional Powers) Act, 1923". Acts of the Oireachtas [with official Irish translation] (in English and Irish). Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Lord Lieutenant". Téarma.ie (in Irish and English). Retrieved 24 March 2020.


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