Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (UK: /lɛfˈtɛnənt/), or more formally Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, was the title of the chief governor of Ireland from the Williamite Wars of 1690 until the Partition of Ireland in 1922. This spanned the Kingdom of Ireland (1541–1800) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922). The office, under its various names, was often more generally known as the Viceroy, and his wife was known as the vicereine. The government of Ireland in practice was usually in the hands of the Lord Deputy up to the 17th century, and later of the Chief Secretary for Ireland.
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | |
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Standard of the Lord Lieutenant | |
| Style | The Right Honourable as a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom |
| Residence | Dublin Castle |
| Appointer | Lord of Ireland Monarch of Ireland Monarch of the United Kingdom |
| Term length | At the Sovereign's pleasure |
| Formation | 1171 |
| Final holder | The Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent |
| Abolished | 8 December 1922 |
| Succession | Governor of Northern Ireland and Governor-General of the Irish Free State |
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