Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , or more formally Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, was the title of … See more

The Lord Lieutenant possessed a number of overlapping roles. He was
• the representative of the King (the "viceroy");
• the head of the executive in Ireland;… See more

The Lord Lieutenant was advised in the governance by the Irish Privy Council, a body of appointed figures and hereditary title holders, which met in the Council Chamber in Dublin Castle and on occasion in other loc… See more

Until the 16th century, Anglo-Irish noblemen such as the 8th Earl of Kildare and the 9th Earl of Kildare traditionally held the post of Justiciar or Lord Deputy. From the Tudor reconquest of Ireland the post was increasingl… See more

The post ebbed and flowed in importance, being used on occasion as a form of exile for prominent British politicians who had fallen afoul of the Court of St. James's or Westminster. On other occasions it was a stepping st… See more