Lord Deputy of Ireland

In 1451 James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde (age 30) was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland.

In 1463 Thomas Fitzgerald 7th Earl Desmond was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland.

In 1468 Thomas Fitzgerald 7th Earl Desmond and Thomas Fitzgerald 7th Earl of Kildare (age 47) attended Parliament in Drogheda [Map] to answer charges of treason. Both were found guilty and attain. Thomas Fitzgerald 7th Earl Desmond sought sanctuary in Drogheda Priory [Map] where he was captured by John "Butcher of England" Tiptoft 1st Earl of Worcester (age 40). On 14 Feb 1468 Thomas Fitzgerald 7th Earl Desmond was summarily beheaded. He was buried initially in St Peter's Church Drogheda [Map] then Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Dublin [Map]. Some accounts claim John "Butcher of England" Tiptoft 1st Earl of Worcester (age 40) also murdered two of his young sons. Thomas Fitzgerald 7th Earl of Kildare (age 47) escaped and was subsequently pardoned and attainder reversed when King Edward IV found Ireland was ungovernable without him. In 1470 Thomas Fitzgerald 7th Earl of Kildare (age 49) was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland under George York 1st Duke of Clarence (age 28) which position he held until the Duke's death in 1478.

In 1468 John "Butcher of England" Tiptoft 1st Earl of Worcester (age 40) was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland.

On 10 Mar 1520 Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 47) was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland.

In 1529 William Skeffington (age 64) was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland to Kign Henry's son Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Richmond and Somerset (age 9).

In 1536 Leonard Grey 1st Viscount Grane (age 57) was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland.

On 07 Jul 1540 Anthony St Leger (age 44) was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland.

In 1565 Henry Sidney (age 36) was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland.

Before 25 Aug 1580 Arthur Grey 14th Baron Grey of Wilton (age 44) was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland.

In Mar 1622 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 47) was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland through the favour of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 29).

On 10 Aug 1629 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 54) was directed to hand over his authority as Lord Deputy of Ireland to the lords justices on the pretext that his services were required in England. King Charles I (age 28), recognising his good intentions, continued to hold him in favour.

On 12 Jan 1632 Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 38) was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland arriving in Dublin [Map] in Jul 1633.

                    On 13 Apr 1641 Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 48) was attainted by 204 votes to 59 ostensibly for his authoritarian rule as Lord Deputy of Ireland. Despite his promise not to King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 40) signed the death warrant on the 10 May 1641 in the light of increasing pressure from Parliament and the commons.                

                    Wenceslaus Hollar (age 33). Engraving of the Trial of Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 48) with the following marked:                

                    A. King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 40).                

                    C. Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England (age 31).                

                    D. King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 10).                

                    E. Thomas Howard 21st Earl Arundel 4th Earl Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk (age 55), Lord High Steward.                

                    F. Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 78), Lord Keeper of the Great Seal.                

                    G. John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester (age 43).
                
                    H. Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey (age 58), Lord Chamberlain.                

                    I. Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery (age 56), Lord Chamberlain of the Household.                

                    V. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 48).                

                    Z. Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk (age 56).

Wenceslaus Hollar: On 23 Jul 1607 he was born. Pepy's Diary. 22 Nov 1666. Up, and to the office, where we sat all the morning, and my Lord Bruncker did show me Hollar's new print of the City, with a pretty representation of that part which is burnt, very fine indeed; and tells me that he was yesterday sworn the King's servant, and that the King hath commanded him to go on with his great map of the City, which he was upon before the City was burned, like Gombout of Paris, which I am glad of. On 25 Mar 1677 he died.

In 1652 Major General Charles Fleetwood (age 34) was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland.

Edward Poynings was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland.