{"slug": "lord-lieutenant-of-ireland", "label": "Lord Lieutenant of Ireland", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Ireland", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1752225", "qid": "Q1752225", "description": "title of the chief governor of Ireland from the Williamite Wars of 1690 till the Partition of Ireland in 1922", "entries": 44, "years": 41, "span": [1308, 1852], "span_label": ["1308 CE", "1852 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 14}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 10}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 8}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland"], "related": [{"slug": "richard-of-york-3rd-duke-of-york", "label": "Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "ireland", "label": "Ireland", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "dublin", "label": "Dublin", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "elizabeth-i", "label": "Elizabeth I", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "parliament-of-ireland", "label": "Parliament of Ireland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "robert-devereux-2nd-earl-of-essex", "label": "Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "parliament-of-england", "label": "Parliament of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bristol", "label": "Bristol", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-gascony", "label": "Duchy of Gascony", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-clement-v", "label": "Pope Clement V", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lord-deputy-of-ireland", "label": "Lord Deputy of Ireland", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1308, "year_label": "1308 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 25", "text": "June 25 – Piers Gaveston is exiled for the second time by the Parliament, due to possible corruption and exploited personal gains. As compensation for the loss of the Earldom of Cornwall, which is another condition of his exile, Gaveston is granted land worth 3,000 marks annually in Gascony. Further to this, he is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland – so that a certain amount of honour can be maintained despite the humiliation of the exile. Gaveston is also threatened with ex-communication by Pope Clement V. Edward II accompanies him to Bristol, from where he sets sail for Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367315343#April_–_June", "title": "1308", "revid": 1367315343, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1364, "year_label": "1364 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Lyonel, Duke of Clarence, sent by his father, King Edward III as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to subdue the Irish. He was also the Earl of Ulster and Lord of Connaught, through marriage to his wife, Elizabeth, the only child of the Brown Earl of Ulster. This was his 2nd of 3 attempts. In a few years, as a result of these fruitless shows of force, he had Parliament issue the Statute of Kilkenny.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367037588#Events", "title": "1364 in Ireland", "revid": 1367037588, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1406, "year_label": "1406 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Philip Courtenay, (in England) former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1318938250#Deaths", "title": "1406 in Ireland", "revid": 1318938250, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1449, "year_label": "1449 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Richard Duke of York arrives in Ireland as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, leading to the submission of many Irish chiefs and English rebels.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1264633284#Events", "title": "1449 in Ireland", "revid": 1264633284, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1450, "year_label": "1450 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Richard Duke of York, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, returns to England, following the submission of many Irish chiefs and English rebels.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1264629898#Events", "title": "1450 in Ireland", "revid": 1264629898, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1459, "year_label": "1459 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Richard, Duke of York, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, returns on a second visit to Ireland. The Irish Parliament, meeting at Drogheda, upholds his authority against Henry VI of England, and an English Act of Attainder.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366548241#Date_unknown", "title": "1459", "revid": 1366548241, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1459, "year_label": "1459 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Richard Duke of York, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, returns on a second visit to Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247430464#Events", "title": "1459 in Ireland", "revid": 1247430464, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1460, "year_label": "1460 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Richard Duke of York, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, returns to England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1318941907#Events", "title": "1460 in Ireland", "revid": 1318941907, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1513, "year_label": "1513 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "c. September – Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare becomes Earl, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and Lord Justice following the death of his father Gearóid Mór FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346626043#Events", "title": "1513 in Ireland", "revid": 1346626043, "section": "Events"}}, {"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": 1560, "year_label": "1560 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland orders the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the Earl of Sussex, to appoint John Challoner of Dublin as the first Chief Secretary for Ireland \"because at this present there is none appointed to be Clerk of our Council there, and considering how more meet it were, that in our realm there were for our honour one to be our Secretary there for the affairs of our Realm\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247428935#Events", "title": "1560 in Ireland", "revid": 1247428935, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1561, "year_label": "1561 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – the Earl of Sussex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, proclaims Shane O'Neill a traitor and begins a campaign against him which continues until 1567.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247428959#Events", "title": "1561 in Ireland", "revid": 1247428959, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1563, "year_label": "1563 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April", "text": "April–September 11 – Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, based in Armagh, campaigns against Shane O'Neill.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247429014#Events", "title": "1563 in Ireland", "revid": 1247429014, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1575, "year_label": "1575 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – Henry Sidney is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362481402#July–September", "title": "1575", "revid": 1362481402, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1599, "year_label": "1599 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 12", "text": "March 12 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by Queen Elizabeth I of England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373325746#January–March", "title": "1599", "revid": 1373325746, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1600, "year_label": "1600 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "June 5", "text": "June 5 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, the former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Chancellor of the University of Dublin, is put on trial in England before a commission of 18 men, after being charged with malfeasance. He is deprived of his main business, a monopoly on sweet wines, and stripped of his noble title. In revenge, he attempts to organize a coup d'etat to overthrow Queen Elizabeth and fails in his plot.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360196741#April–June", "title": "1600", "revid": 1360196741, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1638, "year_label": "1638 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 13", "text": "13 January – proclamation enforcing the monopoly on tobacco held by the Lord Deputy of Ireland, Sir Thomas Wentworth.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367122179#Events", "title": "1638 in Ireland", "revid": 1367122179, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1640, "year_label": "1640 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 12", "text": "12 January – Thomas Wentworth becomes Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland and Earl of Strafford.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366119796#Events", "title": "1640 in England", "revid": 1366119796, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1646, "year_label": "1646 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 21", "text": "January 21 – Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester is approved by England's House of Commons as the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360055090#January–March", "title": "1646", "revid": 1360055090, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1657, "year_label": "1657 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 17", "text": "17 November – Henry Cromwell, son of Oliver Cromwell, appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1318941722#Events", "title": "1657 in Ireland", "revid": 1318941722, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1660, "year_label": "1660 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June", "text": "June – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, one of the principal architects of Charles II's Restoration, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, although represented by deputies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320625618#Events", "title": "1660 in Ireland", "revid": 1320625618, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1662, "year_label": "1662 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 21", "text": "February 21 – James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, returns to the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (until 1669).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247387397#Events", "title": "1662 in Ireland", "revid": 1247387397, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1668, "year_label": "1668 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery, resigns the office of Lord President of Munster on account of disputes with James Butler, Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247387467#Events", "title": "1668 in Ireland", "revid": 1247387467, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1672, "year_label": "1672 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 21", "text": "May 21 – The Earl of Essex is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (sworn 5 August).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247387285#Events", "title": "1672 in Ireland", "revid": 1247387285, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1677, "year_label": "1677 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 24", "text": "24 August – James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, is again sworn in as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247387335#Events", "title": "1677 in Ireland", "revid": 1247387335, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1678, "year_label": "1678 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 11", "text": "11 October – Peter Talbot, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland, having returned to Ireland in May, is arrested near Maynooth on the orders of James Butler, Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, for supposed complicity in the \"Popish Plot\" and imprisoned in Dublin Castle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351392617#Events", "title": "1678 in Ireland", "revid": 1351392617, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1685, "year_label": "1685 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 1", "text": "1 October – Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362641556#Events", "title": "1685 in Ireland", "revid": 1362641556, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1686, "year_label": "1686 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 9", "text": "January 9 – Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, sworn as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in Dublin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247387221#Events", "title": "1686 in Ireland", "revid": 1247387221, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1693, "year_label": "1693 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 9", "text": "9 March – the House of Commons of England presents an address to King William III complaining of mismanagement of Irish affairs. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Viscount Sydney, is recalled on 13 June and administration left in the hands of Lords Justices.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1329065303#Events", "title": "1693 in Ireland", "revid": 1329065303, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1695, "year_label": "1695 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 9", "text": "9 May – the Whig Henry Capell, Lord Capell, is appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371132767#Events", "title": "1695 in Ireland", "revid": 1371132767, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1700, "year_label": "1700 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 28", "text": "December 28 – Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, Lord President of the Council in charge of the Privy Council, is appointed to the additional job of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the highest Crown official in charge of administration of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366570351#October–December", "title": "1700", "revid": 1366570351, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1700, "year_label": "1700 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 28", "text": "28 December – Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737826#Events", "title": "1700 in England", "revid": 1353737826, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1700, "year_label": "1700 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 28", "text": "December 28 – Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339402973#Events", "title": "1700 in Ireland", "revid": 1339402973, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1701, "year_label": "1701 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 18", "text": "September 18 – Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, sworn as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (appointed 1700).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351866843#Events", "title": "1701 in Ireland", "revid": 1351866843, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1714, "year_label": "1714 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Charles Spencer is appointed as British Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247386545#Events", "title": "1714 in Ireland", "revid": 1247386545, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1717, "year_label": "1717 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 7", "text": "August 7 – Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, sworn in as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348841013#Events", "title": "1717 in Ireland", "revid": 1348841013, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1736, "year_label": "1736 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 17", "text": "April 17 – Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, lays the foundation stone for an obelisk commemorating the Battle of the Boyne (1690) at Oldbridge, County Meath.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247386319#Events", "title": "1736 in Ireland", "revid": 1247386319, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1737, "year_label": "1737 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 9", "text": "April 9 – William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in succession to Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (sworn 7 September).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1311383500#Events", "title": "1737 in Ireland", "revid": 1311383500, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1767, "year_label": "1767 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 19", "text": "19 August – Viscount Townshend appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (sworn 14 October).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369073971#Events", "title": "1767 in Ireland", "revid": 1369073971, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1777, "year_label": "1777 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 25", "text": "25 January – John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, is sworn in as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1253500058#Events", "title": "1777 in Ireland", "revid": 1253500058, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1785, "year_label": "1785 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "The Duke of Rutland, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with the support of William Pitt, successfully steers a liberal trade measure through the Parliament of Ireland, initially against the opposition of Henry Grattan and Henry Flood. However the Foxite opposition in the House of Commons of Great Britain so emasculates the measure with amendments that it is rejected in its new form in Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247385518#Events", "title": "1785 in Ireland", "revid": 1247385518, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1798, "year_label": "1798 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 14", "text": "14 June – Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358847872#Events", "title": "1798 in Ireland", "revid": 1358847872, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1817, "year_label": "1817 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 16", "text": "16 June – Poor Law Employment Act empowers the Lord Lieutenant to appoint commissioners of public works to supervise construction of public works to relieve unemployment financed by mortgages of rates.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247385128#Events", "title": "1817 in Ireland", "revid": 1247385128, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1852, "year_label": "1852 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354165010#January–March", "title": "1852", "revid": 1354165010, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}