Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

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 Hartingtonfrom 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 Mulgravefrom 1838, the Marquess of Normanby 	29 April 1835 	13 March 1839 	Whig 	
Viscount Ebringtonfrom 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 Abercornfrom 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