Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

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government office representative of the monarch viceroy

The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was the British monarch’s chief representative and head of the Irish administration before the office was abolished in the early 20th century.

Aliases (5)

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government office → representative of the monarch → viceroy →
alsoKnownAs	King’s Lieutenant in Ireland → Viceroy →
appliesToJurisdiction	Kingdom of Ireland → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED →
appointedBy	monarch of Great Britain → monarch of the United Kingdom →
category	History of Ireland under British rule → Political office-holders in Ireland →
ceremonialRole	hosted state occasions at Dublin Castle → opened sessions of the Parliament of Ireland →
country	Ireland →
firstOfficeHolder	Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester →
firstOfficeHolderStartDate	1585 →
hadJurisdictionOver	Irish executive administration →
hadOfficialResidenceFrom	18th century →
hadOfficialResidenceUntil	1922 →
lastOfficeHolder	Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent →
lastOfficeHolderEndDate	1922 →
lastOfficeHolderStartDate	1921 →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Dublin →
nativeLabel	Viceroy of Ireland →
officeAbolishedInYear	1922 →
officeAbolishedOnEvent	establishment of the Irish Free State →
officeCreatedInCentury	16th century →
politicalFunction	exercised executive authority in Ireland on behalf of the monarch → oversaw implementation of British government policy in Ireland →
predecessor	Lord Deputy of Ireland →
reportedTo	British Cabinet → Secretary of State for the Colonies → Secretary of State for the Home Department →
residence	Dublin Castle → Viceregal Lodge →
role	chief representative of the British monarch in Ireland → head of the Irish administration →
seat	Dublin Castle →
succeededByOffice	Governor-General of the Irish Free State →
symbolOf	British rule in Ireland →
usedInsignia	Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom →
wasAssistedBy	Chief Secretary for Ireland →
wasUsuallyHeldBy	British peer →
wasUsuallyHeldByRank	duke → earl → marquess →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend → James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond → John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville → John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford → Lord Wellesley → Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford →	positionHeld
Charles Cornwallis → Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis →	heldPosition
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ("King’s Lieutenant in Ireland") →	alsoKnownAs
Order of Saint Patrick →	chancellor
Parliament of Ireland ("Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (executive)") →	governedBy
Queen's College, Cork ("Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (ex officio, under Queen's University of Ireland)") →	hasChancellor
Kingdom of Ireland →	headOfGovernment
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton →	heldOffice
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton ("Lord Justice of Ireland") →	heldTitle
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ("Viceroy of Ireland") →	nativeLabel
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence →	servedAs
Chief Secretary for Ireland →	subordinateTo