Lord Deputy of Ireland

{{Short description|Head of the Irish executive under English rule}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

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

|Thomas de la Dale
{{Small|({{circa|1316}}–1373)}}

|English

|1365

|1366

|

|Edward III

|

|Thomas Mortimer
{{Small|({{circa|1350}}–1399)}}

|English

|1382

|1383

|

|Richard II

|

|Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare
{{Small|({{circa|1421}}–1477)}}

|Anglo-Irish

|1454

|1459

|

|Henry VI

|

|William Sherwood
{{Small|(died 1482)}}

|English

|1462

|1462

|

| rowspan="4" |Edward IV

|

File:Blason_fam_fr_Geraldin2.svg

|Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond
{{Small|(died {{circa|1467}})}}

|Anglo-Irish

|1463

|1467

|

|

File:John_Tiptoft,_Earl_of_Worcester,_monumental_effigy.jpg

|John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester
{{Small|(1427–1470)}}

|English

|1467

|1468

|

|

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| rowspan="3" |Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare
{{Small|({{circa|1421}}–1477)}}

| 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

|

|

File:Coat_of_arms_of_Sir_Gerard_FitzGerald,_8th_Earl_of_Kildare,_KG.png

|Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare
{{Small|({{circa|1456}}–1513)}}

|Anglo-Irish

|1477

|1477

|

|

|Henry Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Codnor
{{Small|({{circa|1435}}–1496)}}

|English

|1478

|1479

|

|

rowspan="4" |File:Coat_of_arms_of_Sir_Gerard_FitzGerald,_8th_Earl_of_Kildare,_KG.png

| rowspan="4" |Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare
{{Small|({{circa|1456}}–1513)}}

| 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

|

|

File:Coat_of_arms_of_Sir_Edward_Poynings,_KG.png

|Edward Poynings
{{Small|({{circa|1459}}–1521)}}

|English

|1494

|1496

|

|

rowspan="2" |File:Coat_of_arms_of_Sir_Gerard_FitzGerald,_8th_Earl_of_Kildare,_KG.png

| rowspan="2" |Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare
{{Small|({{circa|1456}}–1513)}}

| rowspan="2" |Anglo-Irish

| rowspan="2" |1496

| rowspan="2" |1513

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" |

rowspan="10" |Henry VIII
File:Gerald_Fitzgerald_9th_Earl_of_Kildare_2.JPG

|Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare
{{Small|({{circa|1487}}–1534)}}

|Anglo-Irish

|1513

|1518

|

|

|Sir Maurice Fitzgerald

|Anglo-Irish

|

|

|

|The Chronological Historian

File:Hans_Holbein_the_Younger_-_Thomas_Howard,_3rd_Duke_of_Norfolk_(Royal_Collection).JPG

|Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey
{{Small|(1473–1554)}}

|English

|1520

|1522

|

|{{cite DNB|last=Creighton|first=Mandell|wstitle=Howard, Thomas II (1473-1554)|display=Howard, Thomas II (1473–1554)|volume=28|pages=64–67}}

File:House_Butler_Armorial_Bearings.jpg

|Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond
{{Small|({{circa|1467}}–1539)}}

|Anglo-Irish

|1522

|1524

|

|

File:Gerald_Fitzgerald_9th_Earl_of_Kildare_2.JPG

|Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare
{{Small|({{circa|1487}}–1534)}}

|Anglo-Irish

|1524

|1529

|

|

|William Skeffington
{{Small|({{circa|1465}}–1535)}}

|English

|1529

|1532

|

|

File:Gerald_Fitzgerald_9th_Earl_of_Kildare_2.JPG

|Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare
{{Small|({{circa|1487}}–1534)}}

|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=

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

rowspan="2" |File:Coat_of_arms_of_Sir_Anthony_St._Leger,_KG.png

| rowspan="2" |Anthony St Leger
{{Small|({{circa|1496}}–1559)}}

| rowspan="2" |English

| rowspan="2" |1540

| rowspan="2" |1548

| rowspan="2" |

|

| rowspan="2" |

rowspan="7" |Edward VI
|Edward Bellingham
{{Small|(1506–1549)}}

|English

|1548

|1549

|

|

|Lord Justices

|

|1549

|1550

|

|

File:Coat_of_arms_of_Sir_Anthony_St._Leger,_KG.png

|Anthony St Leger
{{Small|({{circa|1496}}–1559)}}

|English

|1550

|1551

|

|

|James Croft
{{Small|({{circa|1518}}–1590)}}

|English

|1551

|1552

|

|

|Lord Justices (1552–1553)

|

|

|

|

|

rowspan="2" |File:Coat_of_arms_of_Sir_Anthony_St._Leger,_KG.png

| rowspan="2" |Anthony St Leger
{{Small|({{circa|1496}}–1559)}}

| rowspan="2" |English

| rowspan="2" |1553

| rowspan="2" |1556

| rowspan="2" |

|

rowspan="2" |Mary I

|

File:British_(English)_School_-_Thomas_Radcliffe_(1526–1583),_3rd_Earl_of_Sussex_-_515575_-_National_Trust.jpg

|Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex
{{Small|({{circa|1525}}–1583)}}

|English

|1556

|1558

|

|Wagner, John, Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World, Oryx, 1999, p. 252

File:British_(English)_School_-_Thomas_Radcliffe_(1526–1583),_3rd_Earl_of_Sussex_-_515575_-_National_Trust.jpg

|Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex
{{Small|({{circa|1525}}–1583)}}
(as Lord Lieutenant)

|English

|1560

|1564

|

| rowspan="12" |Elizabeth I

|Wagner, John, Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World, Oryx, 1999, p. 252

|Nicholas Arnold
{{Small|(1507–1580)}}

|English

|1564

|1565

|

|

File:Henry_Sidney.jpg

|Henry Sidney
{{Small|(1529–1586)}}

|English

|1565

|1571

|

|Wagner, John, Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World, Oryx, 1999, p. 278

|William FitzWilliam
{{Small|(1526–1599)}}

|English

|1571

|1575

|

|

File:Henry_Sidney.jpg

|Henry Sidney
{{Small|(1529–1586)}}

|English

|1575

|1578

|

|Wagner, John, Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World, Oryx, 1999, p. 278

|Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton
{{Small|(1536–1593)}}

|English

|1580

|1582

|

|

File:John_Perrot.png

|John Perrot
{{Small|(1528–1592)}}

|Welsh

|1584

|1588

|

|

|William FitzWilliam
{{Small|(1526–1599)}}

|English

|1588

|1594

|

|

File:Russell_Sir_William_of_Thornhaugh1.jpg

|William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh
{{Small|(died 1613)}}

|English

|11 August 1594

|1597

|

|{{cite DNB|wstitle=Russell, William (1558?-1613)|last=Dunlop|first=Robert|volume=49|page=477}}

File:Quartered_arms_of_Sir_Thomas_Burgh,_7th_Baron_Strabolgi,_KG.png

|Thomas Burgh, 3rd Baron Burgh
{{Small|({{circa|1558}}–1597)}}

|English

|1597

|1597

|

|

File:Robert_Devereux,_2nd_Earl_of_Essex_by_Marcus_Gheeraerts_the_Younger.jpg

|Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
{{Small|(1565–1601)}}

|English

|1599

|1599

|

|

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| rowspan="2" |Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy
{{Small|(1563–1606)}}
(as Lord Lieutenant 1603–1604)

| rowspan="2" |English

| rowspan="2" |1600

| rowspan="2" |1603

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" |

rowspan="5" |James VI and I
File:SirGeorgeCary_Died1616_OfCockington_Devon.png

|George Carey
{{Small|({{circa|1541}}–1616)}}

|English

|1603

|1604

|

|

File:ArthurChichester_BaronChichesterOfBelfast_Belfast_Harbour_Commissioners.jpg

|Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester
{{Small|(1563–1625)}}

|English

|1605

|1616

|

|{{cite book |title=A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-19-821744-2 |editor=Moody, T. W. |display-editors=etal}}

File:Oliver_St_John.jpg

|Oliver St John, 1st Viscount Grandison
{{Small|(1559–1630)}}

|English

|1616

|1622

|Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VI, page 74

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| rowspan="2" |Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland
{{Small|({{circa|1575}}–1633)}}

| rowspan="2" |English

| rowspan="2" |1622

| rowspan="2" |1629

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" |

rowspan="21" |Charles I
File:Thomas_Wentworth,_1st_Earl_of_Strafford_by_Sir_Anthony_Van_Dyck.jpg

|Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
{{Small|(1593–1641)}}

|English

|1632

|1640

|

|

File:Lord Deputy Christopher Wandesford.jpg

|Christopher Wandesford
{{Small|(1592–1640)}}

|English

|1640

|1640

|

|

File:Anthony_van_Dyck_(1599-1641)_(style_of)_-_Robert_Sydney_(1595–1677),_2nd_Earl_of_Leicester,_KG,_KB_-_1180911_-_National_Trust.jpg

|Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester
{{Small|(1595–1677)}} (as Lord Lieutenant)

|English

|1640

|1643

|

|

File:Peter_Lely_(1618-1680)_(style_of)_-_James_Butler_(1611–1688),_1st_Duke_of_Ormonde,_in_Garter_Robes_-_1171123_-_National_Trust.jpg

|James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
{{Small|(1610–1688)}}

(as Lord Lieutenant)

|Anglo-Irish

|1644

|1650

|

|

File:Henry_Ireton.jpg

|Henry Ireton
{{Small|(1611–1651)}}

|English

|1650

|1651

|

|

File:Charles_Fleetwood.jpg

|Charles Fleetwood
{{Small|({{circa|1618}}–1692)}}

|English

|1652

|1657

|

|

File:Henry_Cromwell_(1628–1674),_unknown_artist.png

|Henry Cromwell
{{Small|(1628–1674)}} (as Lord Lieutenant 1658–1659)

|English

|1657

|1658

|

|

File:Edmund_Ludlow.JPG

|Edmund Ludlow
{{Small|({{circa|1617}}–1692)}}

|English

|1659

|1660

|

|

File:George_Monck_1st_Duke_of_Albemarle_Studio_of_Lely.jpg

|George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle
{{Small|(1608–1670)}}

|English

|1660

|1661

|

File:Peter_Lely_(1618-1680)_(style_of)_-_James_Butler_(1611–1688),_1st_Duke_of_Ormonde,_in_Garter_Robes_-_1171123_-_National_Trust.jpg

|James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
{{Small|(1610–1688)}}

|Anglo-Irish

|1662

|1668

|

|

File:Thomas_Butler,_Earl_of_Ossory_by_Sir_Peter_Lely.jpg

|Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory
{{Small|(1634–1680)}}

|Anglo-Irish

|1668

|1669

|

|

File:John_Robartes.jpg

|John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor
{{Small|(1606–1685)}}

|English

|1669

|1670

|

|

File:1stLordBerkeley.jpg

|John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton
{{Small|(1602–1678)}}

|

|1670

|1672

|

|

File:1stEarlOfEssex1672.jpg

|Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex
{{Small|({{circa|1631}}–1683)}}

|English

|1672

|1677

|

|

File:Peter_Lely_(1618-1680)_(style_of)_-_James_Butler_(1611–1688),_1st_Duke_of_Ormonde,_in_Garter_Robes_-_1171123_-_National_Trust.jpg

|James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
{{Small|(1610–1688)}}

|Anglo-Irish

|1677

|1682

|

|

File:Richard_Butler_(1639–1685),_1st_Earl_of_Arran,_National_Trust,_Hardwick_Hall.png

|Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran
{{Small|(1639–1686)}}

|Anglo-Irish

|1682

|1684

|

|

File:Peter_Lely_(1618-1680)_(style_of)_-_James_Butler_(1611–1688),_1st_Duke_of_Ormonde,_in_Garter_Robes_-_1171123_-_National_Trust.jpg

|James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
{{Small|(1610–1688)}}

|Anglo-Irish

|1684

|1685

|

|

|Lords Justices

|

|24 February 1685

|

|

|

File:Irish_School_-_Henry_Hyde_(1638–1709)_(^),_2nd_Earl_of_Clarendon,_MP,_FRS,_as_Lord_Privy_Seal_^_Lord-Lieutenant_of_Ireland_-_836148_-_National_Trust.jpg

|Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon
{{Small|(1638–1709)}}

|English

|1685

|1687

|

|

File:Richard_Talbot_1st_Earl_of_Tyrconnell.jpg

|Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell
{{Small|({{circa|1630}}–1691)}}

|Irish

|1687

|1688

|

|

The title subsequently became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with the holder also known informally as the Viceroy.

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