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.

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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 NERFINISHED
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 (6)

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Robert Peel officeHeld Chief Secretary for Ireland
Arthur Balfour positionHeld Chief Secretary for Ireland
Sir Hamar Greenwood positionHeld Chief Secretary for Ireland
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne positionHeld Chief Secretary for Ireland
William Wellesley-Pole positionHeld Chief Secretary for Ireland
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland wasAssistedBy Chief Secretary for Ireland