Lord Deputy of Ireland
{{Short description|Head of the Irish executive under English rule}}
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The Lord Deputy was the representative of the monarch and head of the Irish executive under English rule, during the Lordship of Ireland and then the Kingdom of Ireland.{{cite journal |date=Jan–Jun 1854 |title=Correspondence of Sylvanus Urban |journal=The Gentleman's Journal |volume=41 |pages=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v_8IAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA49 |access-date=2008-08-23 |quote=Counsel's Fees |publisher=Printed by F. Jefferies |archive-date=31 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331032500/https://books.google.com/books?id=v_8IAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA49 |url-status=live }} He deputised prior to 1523 for the Viceroy of Ireland. The plural form is Lords Deputy.
List of Lords Deputy
= Lordship of Ireland =
class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |Portrait or Arms ! rowspan="2" |Name {{Small|(Birth–Death)}} ! rowspan="2" |Nationality ! colspan="3" |Term of office ! rowspan="2" |Monarch ! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
Took office
!Left office !Time in office |
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|Thomas de la Dale {{Small|({{circa|1316}}–1373)}} |English |1365 |1366 | | |
|Thomas Mortimer {{Small|({{circa|1350}}–1399)}} |English |1382 |1383 | | |
|Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare {{Small|({{circa|1421}}–1477)}} |Anglo-Irish |1454 |1459 | | |
|William Sherwood {{Small|(died 1482)}} |English |1462 |1462 | | rowspan="4" |Edward IV | |
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|Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond |Anglo-Irish |1463 |1467 | | |
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|John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester |English |1467 |1468 | | |
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| rowspan="3" |Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare | rowspan="3" |Anglo-Irish | rowspan="3" |1468 | rowspan="3" |1475 | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3" | |
Henry VI |
rowspan="5" |Edward IV |
|William Sherwood {{Small|(died 1482)}} |English |1475 |1477 | | |
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|Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare |Anglo-Irish |1477 |1477 | | |
|Henry Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Codnor {{Small|({{circa|1435}}–1496)}} |English |1478 |1479 | | |
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| rowspan="4" |Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare | rowspan="4" |Anglo-Irish | rowspan="4" |1479 | rowspan="4" |?1494 | rowspan="4" | | rowspan="2" | |
Edward V |
Richard III
| |
rowspan="5" |Henry VII
| |
|Walter Fitzsimon {{Small|(died 1511)}} |Anglo-Irish |1492 |1492 | | |
|Robert Preston, 1st Viscount Gormanston {{Small|(1435–1503)}} |Anglo-Irish |1493 |1494 | | |
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|Edward Poynings |English |1494 |1496 | | |
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| rowspan="2" |Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare | rowspan="2" |Anglo-Irish | rowspan="2" |1496 | rowspan="2" |1513 | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" | |
rowspan="10" |Henry VIII |
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|Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare |Anglo-Irish |1513 |1518 | | |
|Sir Maurice Fitzgerald
|Anglo-Irish | | | |
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|Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey |English |1520 |1522 | |
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|Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond |Anglo-Irish |1522 |1524 | | |
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|Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare |Anglo-Irish |1524 |1529 | | |
|William Skeffington {{Small|({{circa|1465}}–1535)}} |English |1529 |1532 | | |
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|Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare |Anglo-Irish |1532 |1534 | | |
|William Skeffington {{Small|({{circa|1465}}–1535)}} |English |1534 |1535 | | |
|Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane {{Small|(died 1541)}} |English |1536 |1540 | | |
=Kingdom of Ireland=
The title subsequently became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with the holder also known informally as the Viceroy.
References
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Category:Heads of state of Ireland
Category:Early modern history of Ireland
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