The Lord Deputy of Ireland was the King's representative and head of the Irish executive during
the Kingdom of Ireland.
| Gerald
FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare |
1477 - 1494 |
| Sir
Edward Poynings |
1494 - 1496 |
| Gerald
FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare |
1496 - 1513 |
| Gerald
Fitzgerlad, 9th Earl of Kildare |
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| Thomas
Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (Lord Lieutenant) |
1520 - 1521 |
| Piers
Butler, 1st Earl of Ossory |
4 Aug 1528 |
| Henry
Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset |
22 Jun 1529 |
| Sir William
Skeffington |
30 Jul 1534 -
1536 |
| Leonard
Grey, 1st Viscount Grane |
23 Feb 1536 -
1540 |
| Lords
Justices: 1 Apr 1540 |
| Sir
Anthony St. Leger |
7 Jul 1540 - 1548 |
| Sir
Edward Bellingham |
22 Abr 1548 -
1549 |
| Lords
Justices: 27 Dec 1549 |
| Sir
Anthony St. Leger |
4 Aug 1550 - May
1551 |
| Sir
James Croft |
29 Apr 1551 |
| Lords
Justices: 6 Dec 1552 |
| Sir
Anthony St. Leger |
Oct 1553 - May
1556 |
| Thomas
Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex |
27 Apr 1556
-1558 |
| Lords
Justices: 12 Dec 1558 |
| Thomas
Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex |
3 Jul 1559 |
| Thomas
Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex |
6 May 1560 |
| Sir
Henry
Sidney |
13 Oct 1565
- 1571 |
| Lord Justice:
1 Apr 1571 |
| William
FitzWilliam |
11 Dec 1571 -
1575 |
| Sir
Henry
Sidney |
5 Aug 1575 -
1578 |
| Lord Justice:
27 Apr 1578 |
| Arthur
Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton |
15 Jul 1580 -
1582 |
| Lords
Justices: 14 Jul 1582 |
| Sir
John Perrot
|
7 Jan 1582 -
1588 |
| William
FitzWilliam |
17 Feb 1588 -
1594 |
| William
Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh |
16 May 1594 -
1597 |
| Thomas Burgh,
5th B. Borough |
5 Mar 1597 |
| Lords
Justices: 29 Oct 1597 |
| Robert
Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex |
12 Mar 1599 |
| Lords
Justices: 24 Sep 1599 |
| Charles
Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire (Lord Lieutenant 1603
-1604) |
21 Jan 1600 -
1603 |
| Charles
Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire |
25 Apr 1603 |
| Sir Arthur Chichester |
15 Oct 1604 -
1616 |
|
Sir
Oliver St. John |
2 Jul 1615 |
| Henry
Carey, Viscount Falkland |
4 Feb 1622 -
1629 |
| Sir Edward Blaney |
|
| Lords
Justices: 8 Aug 1629 |
| Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford |
1632 - 1640 |
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