List of British commanders in chief in Ireland
The commander in chief in Ireland ( English Commander-in-Chief, Ireland ) was the commander of British troops in Ireland during the period from the 18th century until the establishment of the Irish Free State as a result of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1922. The high-ranking officers of the British Army reserved post was temporarily associated with the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland .
In Northern Ireland, which was formed as part of the United Kingdom during the partition, there is now the post of General Officer Commanding , Northern Ireland .
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the commanders in chief in Ireland included:
- Lieutenant General Thomas Erle (1701–1705)
- Lieutenant General John Cutts, 1st Baron Cutts (1705-1707)
- General William Steuart (1711-1714)
- Lieutenant General Charles O'Hara, 1st Baron Tyrawley (1714-1721)
- Field Marshal Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon (1721-1740)
- (represented by Lieutenant General Owen Wynne in 1728)
- General Gervais Parker (1740-1750)
- Field Marshal Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth (1751–1758)
- General John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes (1758–1767)
- Lieutenant General William Keppel (1773–1774)
- General George Augustus Eliott (1774–1775)
- General John Irwin (1775–1782)
- Lieutenant General John Burgoyne (1782–1784)
- General William Augustus Pitt (1784-1791)
- General George Warde (1791-1793)
- General Robert Cuninghame, 1st Baron Rossmore (1793–1796)
- General Henry Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton (1796–1798)
- Lieutenant General Ralph Abercromby (1798)
- General Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake (1798)
- General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1798–1801)
- General William Medows (1801-1803)
- General Henry Edward Fox (1803)
- General William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart (1803-1806)
- General Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington (1806-1812)
- General John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun (1812–1813)
- General George Hewett (1813-1816)
- General George Beckwith (1816-1820)
- General David Baird (1820-1822)
- Lieutenant General Samuel Auchmuty (1822)
- Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere (1822–1825)
- General George Murray (1825-1828)
- Field Marshal John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford (1828–1831)
- Lieutenant General Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian (1831-1836)
- Field Marshal Edward Blakeney (1836–1855)
- Field Marshal John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton (1855–1860)
- General George Brown (1860-1865)
- Field Marshal Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn (1865–1870)
- General William Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst (1870–1875)
- Field Marshal John Michel (1875–1880)
- General Thomas Montagu Steele (1880-1885)
- Field Marshal Prince Eduard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1885–1890)
- Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1890–1895)
- Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1895–1900)
- Field Marshal HRH Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1900-1904)
- Field Marshal Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell (1904–1908)
- General Neville Lyttelton (1908-1912)
- General Arthur Paget (1912-1914)
- Major General Lovick Friend (1914-1916)
- General John Grenfell Maxwell (1916)
- Lieutenant General Bryan Mahon (1916-1918)
- Lieutenant General Frederick Shaw (1918-1920)
- General Nevil Macready (1920-1922)
Web links
Commons : Commanders-in-Chief, Ireland - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Army - Senior Appointments (PDF) on gulabin.com (English)
- Commanders-in-Chief, Ireland ( Memento January 12, 2008 on the Internet Archive ) on regiments.org (archived in the Internet Archive on January 12, 2008)