List of Lords Lieutenant of Ireland - Kingdom of Ireland

Kingdom of Ireland

The date of appointment of each, rather than a specified term of office, is stated in brackets.

• The Earl of Ossory (Lord Deputy): 4 August 1528
• The Duke of Richmond and Somerset: 22 June 1529
• Sir William Skeffington (Lord Deputy): 30 July 1534
• Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane (Lord Deputy): 23 February 1536
• Lords Justices: 1 April 1540
• Sir Anthony St Leger (Lord Deputy): 7 July 1540
• Sir Edward Bellingham (Lord Deputy): 22 April 1548
• Lords Justices: 27 December 1549
• Sir Anthony St Leger (Lord Deputy): 4 August 1550
• Sir James Croft (Lord Deputy): 29 April 1551
• Lords Justices: 6 December 1552
• Sir Anthony St Leger (Lord Deputy): 1 September 1553
• Viscount FitzWalter (Lord Deputy): 27 April 1556
• Lords Justices: 12 December 1558
• The Earl of Sussex (Lord Deputy): 3 July 1559
• The Earl of Sussex: 6 May 1560
• Sir Henry Sidney (Lord Deputy): 13 October 1565
• Lord Justice: 1 April 1571
• Sir William FitzWilliam (Lord Deputy): 11 December 1571
• Sir Henry Sidney (Lord Deputy): 5 August 1575
• Lord Justice: 27 April 1578
• The Lord Grey de Wilton (Lord Deputy): 15 July 1580
• Lords Justices: 14 July 1582
• Sir John Perrot (Lord Deputy): 7 January 1584
• Sir William FitzWilliam (Lord Deputy): 17 February 1588
• Sir William Russell (Lord Deputy): 16 May 1594
• The Lord Burgh (Lord Deputy): 5 March 1597
• Lords Justices: 29 October 1597
• The Earl of Essex 12 March 1599
• Lords Justices: 24 September 1599
• The Lord Mountjoy (Lord Deputy): 21 January 1600
• The Lord Mountjoy: 25 April 1603
• Sir Arthur Chichester (Lord Deputy): 15 October 1604
• Sir Oliver St John (Lord Deputy): 2 July 1616
• Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland (Lord Deputy): 18 September 1622
• Lords Justices: 8 August 1629
• The Viscount Wentworth (Lord Deputy): 3 July 1633
• The Earl of Strafford: 13 January 1640
• The Earl of Leicester: 14 June 1641
• The Marquess of Ormonde: 13 November 1643 (appointed by the king)
• Viscount Lisle: 9 April 1646 (appointed by parliament, commission expired 15 April 1647)
• The Marquess of Ormonde: 30 September 1648 (appointed by the King)
• Oliver Cromwell: 22 June 1649
• Henry Ireton (Lord Deputy): 2 July 1650 (d. 20 November 1651)
• Charles Fleetwood (Commander-in-Chief): 9 July 1652
• Henry Cromwell (Lord Deputy): 17 November 1657
• Henry Cromwell: 6 October 1658, resigned 15 June 1659
• Edmund Ludlow (Commander-in-Chief): 4 July 1659
• The Duke of Albemarle: June 1660
• The Duke of Ormonde: 21 February 1662
• The Earl of Ossory (Lord Deputy): 7 February 1668
• The Lord Robartes: 3 May 1669
• The Lord Berkeley of Stratton: 4 February 1670
• The Earl of Essex: 21 May 1672
• The Duke of Ormonde 24 May 1677
• Lords Justices: 24 February 1685
• The Earl of Clarendon: 1 October 1685
• The Earl of Tyrconnell (Lord Deputy): 8 January 1687
• King James II himself in Ireland: 12 March 1689 – 4 July 1690
• King William III himself in Ireland: 14 June 1690
• Lords Justices: 5 September 1690
• The Viscount Sydney: 18 March 1692
• Lords Justices: 13 June 1693
• The Lord Capell (Lord Deputy): 9 May 1695
• Lords Justices: 16 May 1696
• The Earl of Rochester: 28 December 1700
• The Duke of Ormonde: 19 February 1703
• The Earl of Pembroke: 30 April 1707
• The Earl of Wharton: 4 December 1708
• The Duke of Ormonde: 26 October 1710
• The Duke of Shrewsbury: 22 September 1713
• The Earl of Sunderland: 21 September 1714
• The Viscount Townshend: 13 February 1717
• The Duke of Bolton: 27 April 1717
• The Duke of Grafton: 18 June 1720
• The Lord Carteret: 6 May 1724
• The Duke of Dorset: 23 June 1730
• The Duke of Devonshire: 9 April 1737
• The Earl of Chesterfield: 8 January 1745
• The Earl of Harrington: 15 November 1746
• The Duke of Dorset: 15 December 1750
• The Duke of Devonshire: 2 April 1755
• The Duke of Bedford: 3 January 1757
• The Earl of Halifax: 3 April 1761
• The Earl of Northumberland: 27 April 1763
• The Viscount Weymouth: 5 June 1765
• The Earl of Hertford: 7 August 1765
• The Earl of Bristol: 16 October 1766 (did not assume office)
• The Viscount Townsend: 19 August 1767
• The Earl Harcourt: 29 October 1772
• The Earl of Buckinghamshire: 7 December 1776
• The Earl of Carlisle: 29 November 1780
• The Duke of Portland: 8 April 1782
• The Earl Temple: 15 August 1782
• The Earl of Northington: 3 May 1783
• The Duke of Rutland: 12 February 1784
• The Marquess of Buckingham: 27 October 1787
• The Earl of Westmorland: 24 October 1789
• The Earl FitzWilliam: 13 December 1794
• The Earl Camden: 13 March 1795
• The Marquess Cornwallis: 14 June 1798