Lord Chancellor of Ireland

The office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland (English Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Irish Tiarna na hÉireann Seansailéara ) was up to the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922, the highest judicial office in Ireland. Besides, it was from 1721 to 1801 also the highest political office in the Irish Parliament.

Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1186-1922

  • Stephen Ridell ( appointed 1186 )
  • John de Worchley (1219-1234)
  • Ralph Neville (1234-1235), and Lord Chancellor of England, Bishop of Chichester and Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Alan de Sanctafide (1235-1237)
  • Geoffrey de Turville ( 1237 )
  • Ralph de Norwich, previously Bishop of Norwich (1237-1238)
  • Robert Luttrel (1238-1245)
  • William Welwood (1245-1259)
  • Fromund Le Brun (1259-1283)
  • Walter de Fulburn (1283-1288)
  • William Le Buerlaco (1288-1292)
  • Cantock Thomas, Bishop of Emly (1292-1294)
  • Adam de Wodington ( 1294 )
  • Cantock Thomas, Bishop of Emly (1306-1308)
  • Adam de Wodington ( 1308)
  • Richard de Beresford ( 1308)
  • Walter de Thornbury
  • Stephen Riddel (1313-1318)
  • William Fitzjohn, bishop of Ossory (1318-1320)
  • Roger Utlagh ( 1321 )
  • Alexander de Bicknor (1325-1343)
  • John L' Archers ( 1343 )
  • John Morice
  • John Frowyk (1357-1371)
  • John de Bothby (1371-1374)
  • William Tany (1374-1377) John Kippoch
  • Sir Laurence Merbury, Deputy Chancellor (1403-1410)
  • Robert Sutton, Deputy Chancellor (1412-1413)
  • William Chevers (1446-1449), Deputy Chancellor
  • Edmund Oldhall (1451-1454), Deputy Chancellor
  • John Talbot (1454-1460), Deputy Chancellor
  • Sir Robert Preston, Lord Gormanton, Deputy Chancellor
  • Robert FitzEustace
  • John Taxton
  • Richard Pepys, Chief Commissioner (1655-1656)
  • Gerard Lowther, 2nd Commissioner ( 1655-1656 )
  • Miles Corbet, 3rd Commissioner ( 1655-1656 )
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