{"slug": "lord-deputy-of-ireland", "label": "Lord Deputy of Ireland", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Deputy_of_Ireland", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3087864", "qid": "Q3087864", "description": "head of the Irish executive under English rule", "entries": 48, "years": 46, "span": [1466, 1687], "span_label": ["1466 CE", "1687 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 18}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 10}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 8}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "ulster", "label": "Ulster", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "connacht", "label": "Connacht", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "parliament-of-england", "label": "Parliament of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "belfast", "label": "Belfast", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tower-of-london", "label": "Tower of London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "leinster", "label": "Leinster", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thomas-howard-3rd-duke-of-norfolk", "label": "Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lord-lieutenant-of-ireland", "label": "Lord Lieutenant of Ireland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "galway", "label": "Galway", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "derry", "label": "Derry", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1466, "year_label": "1466 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond, serving as Lord Deputy of Ireland, leads an expedition against O'Connor Faly.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367184553#Events", "title": "1466 in Ireland", "revid": 1367184553, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1467, "year_label": "1467 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Lord Deputy is granted Lambay Island by statute to build a fortress for England's protection against the Spaniards, French and Scots.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247430376#Events", "title": "1467 in Ireland", "revid": 1247430376, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1468, "year_label": "1468 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 15", "text": "February 15 – The Earl of Desmond, Thomas FitzGerald, until recently the Kingdom of England's Lord Deputy of Ireland, is beheaded on orders of his successor, John Tiptoft, shortly after being arrested on accusations of treason against the Crown, then quickly tried and convicted in a show trial.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561306#January–March", "title": "1468", "revid": 1369561306, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1484, "year_label": "1484 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July", "text": "July–August – Gearóid Mór FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, Lord Deputy of Ireland, attends the English court.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332535684#Events", "title": "1484 in Ireland", "revid": 1332535684, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1492, "year_label": "1492 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Archbishop Walter Fitzsimon is appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1318939962#Events", "title": "1492 in Ireland", "revid": 1318939962, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1496, "year_label": "1496 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Garret More, the Great Earl of Kildare, returns to Ireland as Lord Deputy of Ireland. He holds the position until his death in 1513.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247430160#Events", "title": "1496 in Ireland", "revid": 1247430160, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1504, "year_label": "1504 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 19", "text": "August 19 – The Battle of Knockdoe is fought in Ireland's County Galway as 6,000 troops led by the English Lord Deputy of Ireland, Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare assist Maelsechlainn mac Tadhg Ó Cellaigh, King of Uí Mháine, against 4,000 troops of Irish chieftain Ulick Fionn Burke, Lord of the Clanricarde lands. Burke had previously attacked and destroyed Ó Cellaigh's castles at Monivea, Castleblakeney and Garbally and sought Kildare's help. Kildare's forces win the battle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365936803#July–September", "title": "1504", "revid": 1365936803, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1504, "year_label": "1504 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 19", "text": "August 19 – Battle of Knockdoe: Gearóid Mór FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, Lord Deputy of Ireland, defeats Ulick Fionn Burke, the Clanricarde.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332382344#Events", "title": "1504 in Ireland", "revid": 1332382344, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1520, "year_label": "1520 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 10", "text": "March 10 – Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk becomes England's new Lord Deputy of Ireland", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367307705#January–March", "title": "1520", "revid": 1367307705, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1529, "year_label": "1529 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "William Skeffington was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland to Henry's son, the duke of Richmond, the nominal Lord Lieutenant of Ireland", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1324327795#Events", "title": "1529 in Ireland", "revid": 1324327795, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1535, "year_label": "1535 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July", "text": "July – Lord Leonard Grey arrives from England as Lord Deputy of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1318940830#Events", "title": "1535 in Ireland", "revid": 1318940830, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1538, "year_label": "1538 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 14", "text": "January 14 – Leonard Grey, England's Lord Deputy of Ireland, successfully negotiates a truce in the semi-independent County Laois, formerly an Irish Kingdom, over the areas leadership. between Peter O'Moore and Rory Lysaght.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561127#January–March", "title": "1538", "revid": 1369561127, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1538, "year_label": "1538 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 11", "text": "July 11 – Galway is visited by Lord Deputy of Ireland, Leonard Grey. This is the first visit of a King's Deputy to the town, and marks the start of closer relations between the sometimes-beleaguered town and the Anglo-Irish administration in Dublin. He is lavishly entertained and stays for seven days.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369352490#Events", "title": "1538 in Ireland", "revid": 1369352490, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1540, "year_label": "1540 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Anthony St Leger is appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland and tasked with the repression of disorder, beginning the pacification policy of surrender and regrant (which lasts until 1543).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1318942991#Events", "title": "1540 in Ireland", "revid": 1318942991, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1541, "year_label": "1541 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 28", "text": "July 28 – Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane, Lord Deputy of Ireland, died by execution (b. 1479/1492)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369352416#Deaths", "title": "1541 in Ireland", "revid": 1369352416, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1546, "year_label": "1546 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "October 17", "text": "October 17 – Irish noble James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond, the chief opponent of the policies of Sir Anthony St Leger, England's Lord Deputy of Ireland up until April 1, is fatally poisoned after being invited to the Ely Palace near London. Ormond dies 11 days later, and no investigation is carried out by the Crown as to whether St Leger is involved. St Leger becomes the Lord Deputy again less than three weeks after Ormond's death.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368296265#October—December", "title": "1546", "revid": 1368296265, "section": "Events › October—December"}}, {"year": 1548, "year_label": "1548 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 22", "text": "April 22 – Sir Edward Bellingham is appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1324327759#Events", "title": "1548 in Ireland", "revid": 1324327759, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1550, "year_label": "1550 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July", "text": "July – instructions issued to Lord Deputy for resumption, surveying and leasing of Leix and Offaly.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247429188#Events", "title": "1550 in Ireland", "revid": 1247429188, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1552, "year_label": "1552 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January", "text": "January – James Croft, Lord Deputy of Ireland, is commissioned to look into the state of mining in Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368480924#Events", "title": "1552 in Ireland", "revid": 1368480924, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1553, "year_label": "1553 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October", "text": "October – Anthony St Leger is reappointed as Lord Deputy of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369477949#Events", "title": "1553 in Ireland", "revid": 1369477949, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1556, "year_label": "1556 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April", "text": "April – Thomas, Viscount Fitzwalter is appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365928198#Events", "title": "1556 in Ireland", "revid": 1365928198, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1557, "year_label": "1557 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 10", "text": "July 10 – July 19: Thomas Radclyffe (newly succeeded as Earl of Sussex), Lord Deputy of Ireland, campaigns against the O'Connors of Offaly.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1324328107#Events", "title": "1557 in Ireland", "revid": 1324328107, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1563, "year_label": "1563 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "May", "text": "May – Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester, English administrator and soldier, Lord Deputy of Ireland (d. 1625)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247429014#Births", "title": "1563 in Ireland", "revid": 1247429014, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1565, "year_label": "1565 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Sir Henry Sidney takes up the post of Lord Deputy of Ireland (October).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247429068#Events", "title": "1565 in Ireland", "revid": 1247429068, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1566, "year_label": "1566 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 17", "text": "September 17–November 12 – Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, campaigns against O'Neill in Armagh, Tír Eoghain and Tyrconnell, reaching Derry on October 12. Humphrey Gilbert serves under him at the start of the campaign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247429095#Events", "title": "1566 in Ireland", "revid": 1247429095, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1569, "year_label": "1569 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Sir Edmund Butler of Cloughgrenan leads a revolt against the Lord Deputy of Ireland, Sir Henry Sidney, in Leinster.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1258958192#Events", "title": "1569 in Ireland", "revid": 1258958192, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1573, "year_label": "1573 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 23", "text": "February 23 – James FitzMaurice FitzGerald submits to John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland, at Kilmallock.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247428761#Events", "title": "1573 in Ireland", "revid": 1247428761, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1575, "year_label": "1575 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – Sir Henry Sidney is reappointed Lord Deputy of Ireland following the resignation of Sir William FitzWilliam.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323611124#Events", "title": "1575 in Ireland", "revid": 1323611124, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1576, "year_label": "1576 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April", "text": "April – Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, shires Connacht into counties Galway, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320723235#Events", "title": "1576 in Ireland", "revid": 1320723235, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1579, "year_label": "1579 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 21", "text": "August 21 – County Cavan is officially established following an agreement between Lord Deputy Henry Sidney and King Aodh Connallach Ó Raghallaigh of East Breifne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1318940636#Events", "title": "1579 in Ireland", "revid": 1318940636, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1580, "year_label": "1580 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 25", "text": "25 August – Battle of Glenmalure in the Second Desmond Rebellion: An Irish Catholic force made up of the Gaelic clans led by Fiach McHugh O'Byrne and James Eustace, Viscount Baltinglass of the Pale, defeat the English Army under the Lord Deputy of Ireland, Lord Grey, at the O'Byrne's mountain stronghold of Glenmalure. Francis Cosby is among the English dead.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346627125#Events", "title": "1580 in Ireland", "revid": 1346627125, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1582, "year_label": "1582 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July", "text": "July – Lord Grey, Lord Deputy of Ireland, is recalled to England. Sir Henry Wallop and Adam Loftus, Archbishop of Dublin, are appointed lords justices responsible for the government of Ireland to succeed him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247428564#Events", "title": "1582 in Ireland", "revid": 1247428564, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1585, "year_label": "1585 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July", "text": "July–August – Sir John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland, is in Ulster; he confirms agreement between the O'Neill dynasty on 10 August and establishes County Coleraine (as the County of Colerain) and County Monaghan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247428620#Events", "title": "1585 in Ireland", "revid": 1247428620, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1588, "year_label": "1588 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Lord Deputy William Fitzwilliam becomes Lord Deputy of Ireland, succeeding John Perrot in that office.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247428675#Events", "title": "1588 in Ireland", "revid": 1247428675, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1592, "year_label": "1592 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 3", "text": "3 November – Sir John Perrot, former Lord Deputy of Ireland, dies in the Tower of London awaiting sentence for a conviction for high treason.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303807582#Events", "title": "1592 in Ireland", "revid": 1303807582, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1595, "year_label": "1595 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 4", "text": "4 September – Lieutenant Colonel Richard Wingfield is wounded in a clash with Tyrone's troops in Ulster. He is knighted by the Lord Deputy of Ireland, Sir William Russell, in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, on 9 November before returning to England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247428406#Events", "title": "1595 in Ireland", "revid": 1247428406, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1597, "year_label": "1597 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 14", "text": "14 October – Thomas Burgh, 3rd Baron Burgh, Lord Deputy of Ireland since 18 April (b. c.1558)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1252948861#Deaths", "title": "1597 in Ireland", "revid": 1252948861, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1605, "year_label": "1605 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 3", "text": "3 February – Sir Arthur Chichester is appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland, an office he will hold for a decade.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292453958#Events", "title": "1605 in Ireland", "revid": 1292453958, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1609, "year_label": "1609 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Arthur Chichester, Lord Deputy of Ireland, has 1,300 former Gaelic soldiers deported from Ulster to serve in the Swedish Army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247388411#Events", "title": "1609 in Ireland", "revid": 1247388411, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1613, "year_label": "1613 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Arthur Chichester, Lord Deputy of Ireland, is created 1st Baron Chichester of Belfast. Belfast is constituted a municipal corporation, comprising a Sovereign, twelve burgesses and a commonalty, with the privilege of sending two representatives to the Parliament of England. The first Sovereign appointed is Thomas Vesey, and the first representatives to parliament are Sir John Blennerhasset, Baron of the Exchequer of Ireland, and George Trevillian.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319431368#Events", "title": "1613 in Ireland", "revid": 1319431368, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1615, "year_label": "1615 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 18", "text": "18 April – the \"Native's Rebellion\": Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester, Lord Deputy of Ireland, informs the Privy Council of England of a plot by Hugh McShane O'Neill, Brian Crossagh, Rory O'Cahan and Alexander McDonald to massacre Ulster planters and of the arrest of many conspirators.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247388225#Events", "title": "1615 in Ireland", "revid": 1247388225, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1616, "year_label": "1616 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February", "text": "February – Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester's term as Lord Deputy of Ireland is terminated. He has served since 1605.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332292272#Events", "title": "1616 in Ireland", "revid": 1332292272, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1620, "year_label": "1620 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The title of Viscount Grandison is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Oliver St John, Lord Deputy of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1255078936#Honours", "title": "1620 in Ireland", "revid": 1255078936, "section": "Honours"}}, {"year": 1622, "year_label": "1622 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 18", "text": "18 April – Oliver St John surrenders the office of Lord Deputy of Ireland. He had served since 1616.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1318940833#Events", "title": "1622 in Ireland", "revid": 1318940833, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1623, "year_label": "1623 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 21", "text": "January 21 – Viscount Falkland, England's Lord Deputy of Ireland, issues a proclamation ordering all Roman Catholic priests to leave Ireland, affecting negotiations over the \"Spanish match\" (which resume in March).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655899#January–March", "title": "1623", "revid": 1366655899, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1634, "year_label": "1634 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Landowner Sir Vincent Gookin publishes and circulates in Munster (under the form of a letter addressed to the Lord Deputy of Ireland, Thomas Wentworth) a bitter attack on everyone in Ireland and is forced to return in haste to England to escape prosecution.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359486800#Events", "title": "1634 in Ireland", "revid": 1359486800, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1655, "year_label": "1655 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July", "text": "July – Henry Cromwell, son of Oliver, is appointed as major-general of the forces in Ireland and a member of the Irish council of state. After the Lord Deputy, Charles Fleetwood, departs for England in September, Henry Cromwell de facto takes over that role also.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247387536#Events", "title": "1655 in Ireland", "revid": 1247387536, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1687, "year_label": "1687 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 8", "text": "January 8 – Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, is appointed as the last Lord Deputy of Ireland by the English crown, and begins efforts to include more Roman Catholic Irishmen in the administration. Upon the removal of King James II in England and Scotland, the Earl of Tyrconnell loses his job and is replaced by James, who reigns briefly as King of Ireland until William III establishes his rule over the isle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363302904#January–March", "title": "1687", "revid": 1363302904, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}