Chief Secretary for Ireland
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The Chief Secretary for Ireland was a senior British government ministerial post responsible for administering Irish affairs and acting as the main executive authority in Ireland under the Lord Lieutenant during the period of British rule.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chief Secretary for Ireland canonical | 36 |
| Dublin Castle executive | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government ministerial office
ⓘ
political office ⓘ |
| abolished | 1922 ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Ireland ⓘ |
| appliesToPeriod | period of British rule in Ireland ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| endCause | establishment of the Irish Free State ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedBuilding | Chief Secretary’s Lodge, Phoenix Park ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedInstitution |
Dublin Castle administration
ⓘ
Irish Office in London ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom
ⓘ
Irish political history ⓘ |
| hasNotableOfficeHolder |
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
ⓘ
surface form:
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Augustine Birrell ⓘ George Wyndham ⓘ Gerald Balfour ⓘ Herbert Henry Asquith ⓘ
surface form:
H. H. Asquith
James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater ⓘ
surface form:
James Lowther
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Castlereagh
Edward Carson ⓘ
surface form:
Sir Edward Carson
Sir John Anderson ⓘ Robert Peel ⓘ
surface form:
Sir Robert Peel
William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ |
| hasRole |
administration of Irish affairs
ⓘ
main executive authority in Ireland under the Lord Lieutenant ⓘ |
| hierarchicalPosition | second in authority to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ |
| inception | 18th century ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| lastHolder | Sir Hamar Greenwood ⓘ |
| locationOfWork |
Dublin
ⓘ
City of Westminster ⓘ
surface form:
Westminster
|
| officeHolderRequirement |
member of the British Cabinet (often)
ⓘ
member of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| partOf |
UK government
ⓘ
surface form:
British Government
|
| politicalSystem | constitutional monarchy ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
President of the Executive Council
ⓘ
surface form:
President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State (for most executive functions in the Free State)
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland ⓘ
surface form:
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (for later UK administration in Northern Ireland, functionally not immediately)
|
| responsibleFor |
Irish administration
ⓘ
Irish executive government ⓘ Irish legislation in the British Parliament ⓘ |
| seat |
Dublin Castle
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| significantEvent |
became de facto head of the Irish administration in the 19th century
ⓘ
gained increased importance after the Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ |
| usedFor |
coordination between Dublin Castle administration and British Cabinet
ⓘ
implementation of British policy in Ireland ⓘ |
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire
subject surface form:
William Wellesley-Pole, 2nd Earl of Mornington
subject surface form:
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
this entity surface form:
Dublin Castle executive