Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

From British Offices and Honours

Name	Entered office	Left office	Party	Notes
The Duke of Albemarle	June 1660	21 February 1662
The Duke of Ormonde	21 February 1662	7 February 1668
Earl of Ossory	7 February 1668	3 May 1669		Lord Deputy
The Lord Robartes	3 May 1669	4 February 1670
The Lord Berkeley of Stratton	4 February 1670	21 May 1672
The Earl of Essex	21 May 1672	24 May 1677
The Duke of Ormonde	24 May 1677	24 February 1685	Tory
Lords Justices	24 February 1685	1 October 1685
The Earl of Clarendon	1 October 1685	8 January 1687	Tory
The Earl of Tyrconnell	8 January 1687	12 March 1689	Tory	Lord Deputy
James II, in Ireland	12 March 1689	4 July 1690
William III, in Ireland	14 June 1690	5 September 1690
Lords Justices	5 September 1690	18 March 1692
The Viscount Sydney	18 March 1692	13 June 1693	Whig
Lords Justices	13 June 1693	9 May 1695
The Lord Capell of Tewkesbury	9 May 1695	16 May 1696	Whig	Lord Deputy
Lords Justices	16 May 1696	28 December 1700
The Earl of Rochester	28 December 1700	19 February 1703	Tory
The Duke of Ormonde	19 February 1703	30 April 1707	Tory
The Earl of Pembroke	30 April 1707	4 December 1708	Tory
The Earl of Wharton	4 December 1708	26 October 1710	Whig
The Duke of Ormonde	26 October 1710	22 September 1713	Tory
The Duke of Shrewsbury	22 September 1713	21 September 1714	Whig, but in a Tory ministry
The Earl of Sunderland	21 September 1714	13 February 1717	Whig
The Viscount Townshend	13 February 1717	27 April 1717	Whig
The Duke of Bolton	27 April 1717	18 June 1720	Whig
The Duke of Grafton	18 June 1720	6 May 1724	Whig
The Lord Carteret	6 May 1724	23 June 1730	Whig
The Duke of Dorset	23 June 1730	9 April 1737	Whig
The Duke of Devonshire	9 April 1737	8 January 1745	Whig
The Earl of Chesterfield	8 January 1745	15 November 1746	Whig
The Earl of Harrington	15 November 1746	15 December 1750	Whig
The Duke of Dorset	15 December 1750	2 April 1755	Whig
Marquess of Hartington from December 1755, the Duke of Devonshire	2 April 1755	16 November 1756	Whig
The Duke of Bedford	3 January 1757	3 April 1761	Whig
The Earl of Halifax	3 April 1761	27 April 1763	Whig
The Earl of Northumberland	27 April 1763	5 June 1765	Tory
The Earl of Hertford	7 August 1765	16 October 1766	Whig
The Earl of Bristol	16 October 1766	19 August 1767	Whig
The Viscount Townshend	19 August 1767	29 October 1772	Tory
The Earl Harcourt	29 October 1772	7 December 1776	Tory
The Earl of Buckinghamshire	7 December 1776	29 November 1780	Tory
The Earl of Carlisle	29 November 1780	27 March 1782	Tory
The Duke of Portland	8 April 1782	July 1782	Whig
The Earl Temple	15 August 1782	2 April 1783	Whig
The Earl of Northington	3 May 1783	23 December 1783	Whig
The Duke of Rutland	12 February 1784	24 October 1787	Tory
The Marquess of Buckingham	27 October 1787	24 October 1789	Tory
The Earl of Westmorland	24 October 1789	13 December 1794	Tory
The Earl Fitzwilliam	13 December 1794	13 March 1795	Portland Whig
The Earl Camden	13 March 1795	14 June 1798	Tory
The Marquess Cornwallis	14 June 1798	27 April 1801	Tory
The Earl of Hardwicke	27 April 1801	21 November 1805	Tory
The Earl of Powis	21 November 1805	12 March 1806	Tory
The Duke of Bedford	12 March 1806	31 March 1807	Whig
The Duke of Richmond	11 April 1807	23 June 1813	Tory
The Viscount Whitworth	23 June 1813	3 October 1817	Tory
The Earl Talbot	3 October 1817	8 December 1821	Tory
The Marquess Wellesley	8 December 1821	27 February 1828	Tory
The Marquess of Anglesey	27 February 1828	22 January 1829	Tory
The Duke of Northumberland	22 January 1829	4 December 1830	Tory
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey	4 December 1830	12 September 1833	Whig
The Marquess Wellesley	12 September 1833	14 November 1834	Whig
The Earl of Haddington	1 January 1835	8 April 1835	Conservative
The Earl of Mulgrave from 1838, the Marquess of Normanby	29 April 1835	13 March 1839	Whig
Viscount Ebrington from 1841, the Earl Fortescue	13 March 1839	30 August 1841	Whig
The Earl de Grey	11 September 1841	17 July 1844	Conservative
The Lord Heytesbury	17 July 1844	8 July 1846	Conservative
The Earl of Bessborough	8 July 1846	22 May 1847	Whig
The Earl of Clarendon	22 May 1847	1 March 1852	Whig
The Earl of Eglinton	1 March 1852	5 January 1853	Conservative
The Earl of St Germans	5 January 1853	7 March 1855	Peelite
The Earl of Carlisle	7 March 1855	8 March 1858	Whig
The Earl of Eglinton	8 March 1858	24 June 1859	Conservative
The Earl of Carlisle	24 June 1859	1 November 1864	Liberal
The Lord Wodehouse	1 November 1864	13 July 1866	Liberal
The Marquess of Abercorn from 1868, the Duke of Abercorn	13 July 1866	18 December 1868	Conservative
The Earl Spencer	18 December 1868	2 March 1874	Liberal
The Duke of Abercorn	2 March 1874	11 December 1876	Conservative
The Duke of Marlborough	11 December 1876	21 April 1880	Conservative
The Earl Cowper	4 May 1880	4 May 1882	Liberal
The Earl Spencer	4 May 1882	27 June 1885	Liberal
The Earl of Carnarvon	27 June 1885	8 February 1886	Conservative
The Earl of Aberdeen	8 February 1886	20 July 1886	Liberal
The Marquess of Londonderry	3 August 1886	30 July 1889	Conservative
The Earl of Zetland	30 July 1889	18 August 1892	Conservative
The Lord Houghton	18 August 1892	29 June 1895	Liberal
The Earl Cadogan	29 June 1895	11 August 1902	Conservative
The Earl of Dudley	11 August 1902	11 December 1905	Conservative
The Earl of Aberdeen	11 December 1905	17 February 1915	Liberal
The Lord Wimborne	17 February 1915	9 May 1918	Liberal
The Viscount French	9 May 1918	27 April 1921	Non-party
The Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent	27 April 1921	6 December 1922	Conservative