| Surname |
Period |
English / British monarch |
important events
|
|
1171-1172 |
Henry II |
Anglo-Norman conquest of Ireland
|
| Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath |
1172-1173
|
|
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke ( Strongbow ) |
1173-1176 |
Treaty of Windsor (1175)
|
| Raymond FitzGerald |
1176-1177
|
| William FitzAldelm |
1177-1179 |
Lordship of Ireland (from 1177)
|
| Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath |
1179-1181
|
|
John FitzRichard and Richard le Peche
|
1181
|
|
Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath and Hubert Walter , Bishop of Salisbury |
1181-1184
|
| Prince Johann Ohneland
|
1184-1185
|
| John de Courcy |
1185-1189
|
|
Hugh de Lacy (son) |
1189-1190 |
Richard the Lionheart
|
| William le Petil |
1190-1191
|
| William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke |
1191-1194
|
| Peter Pipard |
1194
|
| Hamon de Valognes |
1197-1199
|
| Meiler FitzHenry |
1199-1203 |
Johann Ohneland
|
|
Hugh de Lacy (son) |
1203-1204
|
| Meiler FitzHenry |
1204-1205
|
|
Hugh de Lacy (son) |
1205-1210
|
| William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury |
? -1213
|
|
Henry de Loundres , Archbishop of Dublin, and Geoffrey de Marisco
|
1213-1224 |
1216: Great Charter of Ireland
|
|
Henry III.
|
| William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke |
1224-1226
|
|
Henry de Loundres , Archbishop of Dublin, and Geoffrey de Marisco
|
1226-1227
|
| Richard de Burgh |
1227-1229
|
| Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Lord of Offaly |
1229-1245
|
| John Fitz Geoffrey |
1245-1255
|
| Alan de la Zouche |
1255-1259
|
| Stephen Longespée |
1259-1260
|
| William le Dene |
1260-1261
|
| Sir Richard de la Rochelle
|
1261-1266 |
1264: first assembly of the Parliament of Ireland
|
| John Fitz Geoffrey |
1266-1267
|
| Sir Robert of Ufford
|
1268
|
| Richard d'Exeter |
1269
|
| James Audley |
1270-1272
|
| Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly |
1272-1273 |
Edward I.
|
| Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville |
1273-1276
|
| Sir Robert of Ufford
|
1276-1282
|
|
Stephen de Fulbourn , Archbishop of Tuam (?) |
1282-1288
|
|
John of Sandford , Archbishop of Dublin |
1288-1290
|
| William de Vescy, 1st Baron Vescy |
1290-1293
|
| William de la Haye |
1293
|
| William D'Ardingselles |
1294
|
| Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Baron Desmond |
1294-1295
|
| Sir John Wogan
|
1295-1308
|
|
Edward II
|
| Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall |
1308-1309
|
| Sir John Wogan
|
1309-1312
|
| Sir Edmund Butler
|
1312-1314
|
| Theobald de Verdon, 2nd Baron Verdon |
1314-1315
|
| Sir Edmund Butler
|
1315-1317 |
1315–1318: Rebellion under Edward Bruce
|
| Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March |
1317-1320
|
| Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Kildare |
1320-1321
|
| John de Bermingham, 1st Earl of Louth |
1321
|
| Ralph de Gorges |
1321–?
|
| John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth |
? -1326
|
| Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Kildare |
1326-1328
|
|
Edward III.
|
| Roger Utlagh |
1328-1331
|
| William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster |
1331-1332
|
|
John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth or Thomas de Burgh (Deputy Lieutenant) |
1332-1337
|
|
John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth or John de Cherleton (Deputy Lieutenant) |
1337-1338
|
|
Thomas Charlton , Bishop of Hereford |
1338-1340
|
| Roger Utlagh |
1340
|
| Sir John Moriz
|
1340-1344
|
| Sir Ralph Ufford
|
1344-1346
|
| Sir John Moriz
|
1346-1348
|
| Walter de Bermingham |
1348-1349
|
| Sir John Carew
|
1349
|
| Sir Thomas Rokeby
|
1349-1355
|
| Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond |
1355-1356
|
| Sir Thomas Rokeby
|
1356-1357
|
|
Almaric St Amand, 2nd Baron St Amand or Maurice FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Kildare (Deputy) |
1356-1359
|
| James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond |
1359-1361
|
|
Lionel of Antwerp (later 1st Duke of Clarence) |
1361-1367 |
1366: Kilkenny Bylaws
|
| Gerald FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond |
1367-1369
|
| Sir William de Windsor
|
1369-1371
|
| Maurice FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Kildare |
1371–?
|
| Dean de Colton |
? -?
|
| William de Taney |
? -1374
|
| Sir William de Windsor
|
1374-1376
|
| Maurice FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Kildare |
1376
|
| James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond |
1376-1378
|
|
Richard II
|
|
Alexander de Balscot and John de Bromwich
|
1378-1380
|
| Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March |
1380-1381
|
| Dean de Colton |
1381
|
|
Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March or Thomas de Mortimer (Deputy) |
1382-1387
|
| Sir Philip de Courtenay
|
1387
|
|
Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford (and Duke of Ireland ) |
1387
|
|
Alexander de Balscot , Bishop of Meath |
1387-1389
|
| Sir John de Stanley
|
1389-1391
|
| James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond |
1391-1395
|
| Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March |
1395-1398
|
|
John de Colton , Archbishop of Armagh |
1398-1399
|
| Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey |
1399
|
| Sir John de Stanley
|
1399-1402 |
Henry IV.
|
| Prince Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence
|
1402-1403
|
| Sir Stephen le Scrope (Deputy) |
1403-1405
|
|
James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond (Deputy) |
1405
|
|
Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Kildare (Deputy) |
1405-1408
|
| Prince Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence
|
1408-1410
|
| Thomas Le Boteller |
1410-1413
|
| Sir John de Stanley
|
1413-1414 |
Henry V.
|
|
Thomas Cranley , Archbishop of Dublin |
1414
|
| Sir John Talbot
|
1414-1419
|
|
Richard Talbot , Archbishop of Dublin |
1419–?
|
| James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond |
? -? (3 years)
|
|
Henry VI.
|
| Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March |
1424-1425
|
| James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond |
1425-1427
|
| Sir John Gray de Ruthyn
|
1427-1428
|
| Sir John Sutton
|
1428-1429
|
| Sir Thomas le Strange
|
1429-1431
|
| Sir Lionel de Welles
|
1431-1438
|
| William de Welles |
1438-1446
|
| John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury |
1446–1449 (?)
|
| Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York |
1449-1450
|
|
John Mey , Archbishop of Armagh (Deputy) |
1450–1454 (?)
|
|
Edmund Fitz-Eustace (Deputy) |
1454–1455 (?) |
Wars of the Roses (1455–1485 / 87)
|
|
Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare (Deputy) |
1455-1459
|
| Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York |
1459–1460 (?)
|
| George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence |
1462-1478 |
Edward IV
|
| Sir Rowland FitzEustace (Deputy) |
1462-1464
|
|
Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond (Deputy) |
1464–?
|
|
John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester (Deputy) |
? -1468
|
|
Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare (Deputy) |
1468–?
|
|
Edmund Dudley (Deputy) |
? -1470
|
|
Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare (Deputy) |
1470-1475 |
Henry VI.
|
|
Edward IV
|
|
William Sherwood , Bishop of Meath |
1475–?
|
| Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare |
? -1478
|
| John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk |
1478
|
|
Henry Gray, 4th Baron Gray of Codnor (Deputy) |
1478
|
| Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York |
1479
|
| Robert Preston, 1st Viscount Gormanston |
1479-1481
|
|
Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare (Deputy) |
1481-1484
|
|
Edward V.
|
|
Richard III
|
|
Edward of Middleham (nominal) |
1483-1484
|
| John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln |
1484-1485
|
| Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford |
1485–? |
Henry VII
|
| Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare |
1487–?
|
|
Lambert Simnel (wrong "Edward VI.")
|
|
Henry VII
|
|
Walter Fitzsimon (Deputy) |
? -1493
|
|
Robert Preston, 1st Viscount Gormanston (Deputy) |
1493-1494
|
|
Henry Tudor , Duke of York (nominal) |
1494-1519
|
| Sir Edward Poynings (Deputy) |
1494-? |
1494: Poynings' Law
|
|
Henry Deane , Bishop of Bangor (Lord Chancellor) |
? -?
|
| Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare |
? -1513
|
|
Henry VIII
|
| Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare |
1513-1518 / 19
|
| Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey |
1519-1523
|
| Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond |
1523-1524
|
| Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare |
1524-1529
|
| Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond |
1529-1530
|
| Sir William Skeffington
|
1530-1532
|
| Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare |
1532-1534
|
| Thomas FitzGerald, Lord Offaly |
1534 |
|
| Sir William Skeffington
|
1534-1535
|
| Leonard Gray, 1st Viscount Grane |
1536-1540
|
| Sir Anthony St Leger
|
1540-1548 |
1542: Under the Crown of Ireland Act, the lordship becomes the Kingdom of Ireland in personal union with the English crown
|
|
Edward VI.
|
| Sir Edward Bellingham
|
1548–1549 (?)
|
| Sir Francis Bryan
|
1550
|
| Sir Anthony St Leger
|
1550-1556
|
|
Maria I.
|
| Sir James Croft (Deputy) |
1551-1552
|
| Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex |
1556-1557
|
| Sir Henry Sidney
|
1557-1558
|
| Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex |
1559-1564 |
Elizabeth I.
|
| Sir Henry Sidney
|
1564-1578 |
1569–1583: Desmond Rebellions
|
| Sir William Pelham
|
1578-1580
|
| Arthur Gray, 14th Baron Gray de Wilton |
1580-1582
|
|
Adam Loftus , Archbishop of Dublin, and Henry Wallop (Lords Justices) |
1582-1584
|
| John Perrot |
1584-1588 |
from 1584: large-scale settlements of Protestants ( plantations )
|
| Sir William FitzWilliam
|
1588-1594
|
| Sir William Russell
|
1594-1597 |
1594-1604: Tyrone's Rebellion
|
| Thomas Burgh, 3rd Baron Burgh |
1597
|
| Sir Thomas Norris (Lord Justice) |
1597
|
|
Adam Loftus , Archbishop of Dublin, Robert Gardiner and Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond (Lords Justices) |
1597-1599
|
| Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex |
1599
|
| Sir Charles Blount
|
1600-1603
|
| Sir George Carey (Deputy) |
1603-1604 |
Jacob I.
|
| Sir Arthur Chichester
|
1605-1614 |
1607: Escape of the Counts
from 1609: Ulster Plantation
|
| Sir Oliver St John
|
1616-1622
|
| Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falklands |
1622-1629
|
|
Charles I.
|
| (Lords Justices) |
1629-1633
|
| Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford |
1633-1640
|
| (Lords Justices) |
1640-1644 |
1641/42: Irish Rebellion
1642–1649: Confederation of Ireland
|
| James Butler, 12th Earl of Ormonde |
1644-1647
|
| Philip Sidney, Lord Lisle |
1647
|
| James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde |
1648-1649
|
|
1649-1660 |
- |
Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell and Richard Cromwell
1649–1653: Recapture of Ireland
|
| George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle |
1660-1662 |
Charles II |
1660–1688: Stuart Restoration
|
| James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde |
1662-1669
|
| John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor |
1669-1670
|
| John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton |
1670-1672
|
| Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex |
1672-1677
|
| James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde |
1677-1683
|
| Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester |
1683–?
|
| (Lords Justices) |
? -1685
|
| Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon |
1685-1687 |
Jacob II
|
| Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell |
1687-1689 |
1688/89: Glorious Revolution in England
|
|
1689-1691 |
|
War of the Two Kings in Ireland
|
| Henry Sydney, Viscount Sidney |
1692-1693 |
William III. and Maria II.
|
|
Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury a . a. (Commissioners) |
1693-1695
|
| Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury |
1695-1696
|
| (Lords Justices) |
1696-1700
|
| Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester |
1700–1702/03
|
| James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde |
1703-1707 |
Anne
|
| Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke |
1707-1708
|
| Thomas Wharton, 1st Earl of Wharton |
1708-1710
|
| James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde |
1710-1713
|
| Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury |
1713-1717
|
|
George I.
|
| (Lords Justices) |
1717-1719
|
| Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton |
1719-1721
|
| Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton |
1721-1723
|
| John Carteret, Lord Carteret |
1724-1729
|
|
George II
|
| Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset |
1731-1736
|
| William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire |
1737-1744 |
1740–1741: famine
|
| Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield |
1745-1746
|
| William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington |
1746-1751
|
| Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset |
1751-1755
|
| William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire |
1755-1756
|
| John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford |
1757-1761
|
|
George III
|
| George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax |
1761-1763
|
| Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland |
1763-1765
|
| Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford |
1765-1766
|
| George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend |
1767-1772
|
| Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt |
1772-1776
|
| John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire |
1776-1780
|
| Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle |
1780-1782
|
| William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland |
1782 |
Constitution of 1782
|
| George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, Earl Temple |
1782-1783
|
| Robert Henley, 2nd Earl of Northington |
1783-1784
|
| Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland |
1784-1787
|
| George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham |
1787-1789
|
| John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland |
1789-1795
|
| William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam |
1795
|
| John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden |
1795-1798 |
1796: French invasion
attempt. 1798: Irish rebellion
|
| Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis |
1798-1801 |
1801: Ireland becomes part of the United Kingdom under the Act of Union
|
| Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke |
1801-1806 |
1803: attempted revolt under Robert Emmet
|
| John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford |
1806-1807
|
| Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond |
1807-1813
|
| Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth |
1813-1817
|
| Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot |
1817-1821
|
|
George IV
|
| Richard Colley-Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley |
1821-1828
|
| Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey |
1828-1829 |
1829: Roman Catholic Relief Act
|
| Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland |
1829-1830
|
| Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey |
1830-1833 |
William IV |
1831–1836: Tenth War
|
| Richard Colley-Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley |
1833-1834
|
| Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington |
1835
|
| Constantine Phipps, 2nd Earl Mulgrave |
1835-1839
|
|
Victoria
|
| Hugh Fortescue, Viscount Ebrington |
1839-1841
|
| Thomas de Gray, 2nd Earl de Gray |
1841-1844
|
| William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury |
1844-1846 |
1845–1852: Great famine in Ireland
|
| John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough |
1846-1847
|
| George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon |
1847-1852
|
| Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton |
1852
|
| Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans |
1853-1855
|
| George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle |
1855-1858
|
| Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton |
1858-1859
|
| George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle |
1859-1864
|
| John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley |
1864-1866
|
| James Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn |
1866-1868 |
1867: Fenian Uprising
|
| John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer |
1868-1874 |
1869: Irish Church Act
|
| James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn |
1874-1876
|
| John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough |
1877-1880
|
| Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper |
1880-1882
|
| John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer |
1882-1885 |
1882: Phoenix Park Murders
|
| Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon |
1885-1886
|
| John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen |
1886
|
| Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry |
1886-1889
|
| Lawrence Dundas, 3rd Earl of Zetland |
1889-1892
|
| Robert Crewe-Milnes, 2nd Baron Houghton |
1892-1895
|
| George Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan |
1895-1902
|
| William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley |
1902-1905 |
Edward VII
|
| John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen |
1905-1915
|
| George V. |
1914: Government of Ireland Act , suspended because of World War I.
|
| Ivor Guest, 2nd Baron Wimborne |
1915-1918 |
1916: Easter Rising
|
| John French, 1st Viscount French |
1918-1921 |
1919–1921: Irish War of Independence
1920: Government of Ireland Act
|
| Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent |
1921-1922 |
1921: Anglo-Irish Treaty
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