The Lord High Chancellor of Ireland (commonly known as Lord Chancellor of Ireland) was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. From 1721 to 1801, it was also the highest political office of the Irish Parliament: the Chancellor was Speaker of the Irish House of Lords. The Lord Chancellor was also Lord Keeper of the

Great Seal of Ireland The Great Seal of Ireland was the seal used until 1922 by the Dublin Castle administration to authenticate important state documents in Ireland, in the same manner as the Great Seal of the Realm in England. The Great Seal of Ireland was used fro ...

. In all three respects, the office mirrored the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.

Origins

There is a good deal of confusion as to precisely when the office originated. Until the reign of Henry III of England, it is doubtful if the offices of Irish and English Chancellor were distinct. Only in 1232 is there a clear reference to a separate Court of Chancery (Ireland). Early Irish Lord Chancellors, beginning with Stephen Ridell in 1186, were simply the English Chancellor acting through a Deputy. In about 1244 the decision was taken that there must be separate holders of the office in England and Ireland.Ball p. 8 Elrington Ball states that the salary was fixed at sixty marks a year, equivalent to forty pounds sterling. Although it was twice what an itinerant justice was paid at the time, it was apparently not considered to be a very generous amount: Richard Northalis, Lord Chancellor 1393–97, complained that it did not cover even a third of his expenses, and asked for an extra payment of twenty pounds a year. In his case, it is thought that the hostility of his colleagues in government was responsible for the poor salary. In the earlier centuries, the Lord Chancellor was always a cleric, and usually an Englishman. Lay Chancellors became common after the Reformation, and no cleric was appointed Chancellor after 1665, but although there were a number of exceptions, the Crown retained a preference for English-born Chancellors until the mid-nineteenth century.

Lord Chancellors of Ireland, 1186–1922

12th century

* Stephen Ridell. Appointed in

1186 Year 1186 (Roman numerals, MCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events * January 27 – Constance of Sicily marries Henry (the future Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor) ...

.Ball p. 6 (first Chancellor). Came to Ireland in the entourage of the future

King John King John may refer to: Rulers * John, King of England (1166–1216) * John I of Jerusalem (c. 1170–1237) * John Balliol, King of Scotland (c. 1249–1314) * John I of France (15–20 November 1316) * John II of France (1319–1364) * John I o ...

, and was then referred to as "his Chancellor".

13th century

* John de Worchley (

1219 Year 1219 ( MCCXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Fifth Crusade * February – Pelagius orders the Crusader army to prepare an attack against t ...

–

1234 Year 1234 ( MCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * King Canute II (the Tall) dies after a 5-year reign. His rival, Eric XI (the Lisp and ...

) * Ralph Neville (1234–

1235 Year 1235 (Roman numerals, MCCXXXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events * Connacht in Ireland is finally conquered by the Hiberno-Normans, Hiberno-Norman Richard Mór de Bu ...

). Also

Lord Chancellor of England The lord chancellor, formally the lord high chancellor of Great Britain, is the highest-ranking traditional minister among the Great Officers of State in Scotland and England in the United Kingdom, nominally outranking the prime minister. The ...

, Bishop of Chichester and

Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...

. * Alan de Sanctafide (1235–

1237 Year 1237 ( MCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – Emperor Frederick II assembles an expeditionary force (some 15,000 ...

) * Geoffrey de Turville, Bishop of Ossory (1237) * Ralph de Norwich (1237–

1238 Year 1238 ( MCCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Mongol Empire * January 15– 20 – Siege of Moscow: The Mongols under Batu Khan a ...

), same as below * Robert Luttrell (1238–

1245 Year 1245 ( MCCXLV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Winter – Siege of Jaén: Castilian forces under King Ferdinand III (the Saint) bes ...

Archdeacon of Armagh The Archdeacon of Armagh is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Armagh. The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the Diocese. History The archdeaconry can trace its history ...

and Treasurer of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. * William Welwood (1245–

1246 Year 1246 ( MCCXLVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * February 28 – Siege of Jaén: Castilian forces, led by King Ferdinand III (the Sai ...

) * Ralph de Norwich (1249-1256). He was elected Archbishop of Dublin in 1256, but his election was quashed by the Pope, on the grounds of his "secular" lifestyle and closeness to King Henry III. He surrendered the

in 1356, returned to England and became a judge there. * Fromund Le Brun (1259–

1283 Year 1283 ( MCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * June 1 – Treaty of Rheinfelden: The 11-year-old Rudolf II is forced to relinq ...

). He was elected

Archbishop of Dublin The Archbishop of Dublin is an archepiscopal title which takes its name after Dublin, Ireland. Since the Reformation, there have been parallel apostolic successions to the title: one in the Catholic Church and the other in the Church of Irelan ...

, but his election was contested by William de la Corner: the conflict lasted from 1271 to 1279. Pope Nicholas III declared both elections void in 1279, and appointed

John de Derlington John de Derlington (John of Darlington) (died 1284) was an English Dominican, Archbishop of Dublin and theologian. Life Derlington became a Dominican friar, and it has been inferred that he studied at Paris at the Dominican priory of St Jacques ...

instead. *

Walter de Fulburn Walter de Fulburn, or de Fulbourn (died 1307) was a leading English-born statesman and cleric in medieval Ireland, who held the offices of Bishop of Waterford, Bishop of Meath and Lord Chancellor of Ireland He was born in the village of Fulbour ...

Bishop of Waterford The Bishop of Waterford was a medieval prelate, governing the Diocese of Waterford from its creation in the 11th century until it was absorbed into the new Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore in the 14th century. After the creation of ...

(1283–

1288 Year 1288 ( MCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * June 5 – Battle of Worringen: Dutch forces under Duke John I (the Victorious) ...

). *

William de Beverley William de Beverley, Le Buerlaco, or de Burlaco (died 1289 or 1292) was a senior English Crown official and judge of the reign of King Edward I of England. He held high public office, and spent his last years in Ireland as Lord Chancellor of Irela ...

, or Le Buerlaco (1288–

1292 Year 1292 ( MCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * June 24 – Castilian forces led by King Sancho IV (the Brave) begin the siege of Ta ...

). *

Thomas Cantock Thomas Cantock, Quantock or Cantok (died 3 February 1309) was an English-born cleric and judge in medieval Ireland, who held the offices of Bishop of Emly and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Background and early life O'Flanagan, writing in 1870, ...

Bishop of Emly The Bishop of Emly ( ga, Imleach Iubhair; la, Imilicensis) was a separate episcopal title which took its name after the village of Emly in County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland. In both the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Church, it has ...

(1292–

1294 Year 1294 ( MCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events Asia * February 18 – Kublai Khan dies; by this time the separation of the four khanates of the Mongol Empire ...

). * Adam de Wodington. Appointed in 1294.

14th century

(

1306 Year 1306 (Roman numerals, MCCCVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place England * February 10 – Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn III of Badenoch ...

–

1308 Year 1308 ( MCCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * November 13 – The Teutonic Knights capture Gdańsk by treachery – while a B ...

). The same as the above. * Adam de Wodington (1308). The same as above. *

Richard de Beresford Richard de Beresford or Bereford (died after 1318) was an English-born cleric who held high political office in Ireland in the early fourteenth century as Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Early career Elrington Bal ...

. Deputy in 1307, Chancellor in 1308 *

Walter de Thornbury Walter de Thornbury (died 1313) was an English-born statesman and cleric in 14th century Ireland who held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland. His efforts to secure confirmation of his election as Archbishop of Dublin were cut short by his d ...

, died

1313 Year 1313 ( MCCCXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * November 9 – Battle of Gammelsdorf: Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frede ...

: while he was travelling to

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to secure his election as Archbishop of Dublin, his ship was sunk in a storm and he drowned. * Stephen Riddel (c. 1313–1318). *

William FitzJohn William Fitzjohn (died 15 September 1326) was a leading prelate in early fourteenth-century Ireland. He held the offices of Bishop of Ossory, Archbishop of Cashel, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He is chiefly remembered now for building the to ...

, Bishop of Ossory (

1318 Year 1318 ( MCCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * March – King Birger of Sweden is deposed, and forced to flee to Denmark (alter ...

–

1320 Year 1320 ( MCCCXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 20 – Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland. * April 6 – Th ...

). Later Archbishop of Cashel. *

Roger Utlagh Roger Utlagh, or Roger Outlawe ( 1260 – 1341) was a leading Irish cleric, judge and statesman of the fourteenth century who was Prior of Kilmainham, and held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He was the brother-in-law of the celebrated ...

, Prior of the

Order of St. John of Jerusalem The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), was a medieval and early modern Catholic Church, Catholic Military ord ...

, Kilmainham. Appointed in

1321 Year 1321 ( MCCCXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December *c. May–June – Leper scare: Rumours that lepers (acting on the orders of J ...

. *

Adam de Lymbergh Adam de Lymbergh (died 1339) was an English Crown official and judge of the early fourteenth century, who served two Kings with distinction. He was Lord Chancellor of Ireland, a Baron of the Exchequer and Keeper of the Privy Seal. He was born ...

(

1330 Year 1330 ( MCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * July 28 – Battle of Velbazhd: The Bulgarians under Tsar Michael Shishman (who is ...

–

1334 Year 1334 ( MCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * July 18 – The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundational stone laid fo ...

) Burke, Oliver The history of the Lord Chancellors of Ireland from A.D. 1186 to A.D. 1874 Dublin E. Ponsonby 1879 * William, Prior of the

, Kilmainham (?1331–) * Alexander de Bicknor,

Primate of Ireland The Primacy of Ireland was historically disputed between the Archbishop of Armagh and the Archbishop of Dublin until finally settled by Pope Innocent VI. ''Primate'' is a title of honour denoting ceremonial precedence in the Church, and in t ...

(c.

1335 Year 1335 ( MCCCXXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * May 2 – Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia. * July 30 ...

– ?1337) * Thomas Charlton,

Bishop of Hereford The Bishop of Hereford is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury. The episcopal see is centred in the Hereford, City of Hereford where the bishop's seat (''cathedra'') is in the Hereford Cathedr ...

(

1337 Year 1337 ( MCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * March 16 – Edward, the Black Prince establishes the Duchy of Cornwall, beco ...

–

1338 Year 1338 ( MCCCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events Date unknown * Hundred Years' War: Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor appoints Edward III of England as a vicar ...

). *

Robert de Hemmingburgh Robert de Hemmingburgh (died 1349) was an English-born judge and priest, who held office as Master of the Rolls in Ireland, and possibly as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He took his name from his birthplace, Hemingbrough, in North Yorkshire. Will ...

(1338–) * Robert de Askeby (

1340 Year 1340 ( MCCCXL) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events * January 26 – King Edward III of England is declared King of France. * April 8 – Marinid galleys, und ...

–) *

John L'Archers John L'Archers, Larger or L'Archer (died 1349) was an English-born cleric and judge who had a distinguished career in Ireland, holding the offices of Lord Chancellor of Ireland and Deputy Justiciar. He died during the first outbreak of the Black D ...

, Prior of the

. Appointed in

1343 Year 1343 ( MCCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 14 – Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last bishop of Prague and, ...

. * John Morice. c. 1344-1349 *

William de Bromley William de Bromley was a 14th-century dignitary in Ireland. He was probably originally from Cheshire. He acted as an attorney to Elizabeth, Countess of Ormond. He was prebendary of Lusk, County Dublin. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ire ...

Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin The Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral is the senior cleric of the Protestant St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, elected by the chapter of the cathedral. The office was created in 1219 or 1220, by one of several charters granted to the cathedral by A ...

(1346-1350) * John de St Paul,

(

1350 Year 1350 ( MCCCL) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 9 – Giovanni II Valente becomes Doge of Genoa. * May 23 (possible date) &n ...

–

1356 Year 1356 ( MCCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 20 – Edward Balliol surrenders his title as King of Scotland, to Edward III ...

) * Richard d'Askeaton (1356) *

John Frowyk John Frowyk (died after 1359) was an English-born cleric and judge in fourteenth-century Ireland. He became Prior of the Irish Chapter of the Order of Knights Hospitaller, whose house was at Kilmainham, in 1356 and in the same year was appointed ...

, Prior of the

(

1357 Year 1357 (Roman numerals, MCCCLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * February 3 – The Estates General (France), Estates General in King ...

–

1359 Year 1359 ( MCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * May 25 – The French States-General repudiates the terms of the Second Treaty o ...

) *

Thomas de Burley Thomas de Burley (died c.1371) was an English-born monk who served as a Crown official and judge in fourteenth-century Ireland. He held office twice as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He was the Irish Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, whose ...

, Prior of the

(1359–

1364 Year 1364 ( MCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * February 15 – Joint kings Magnus Eriksson and Haakon Magnusson of Sweden are both ...

) *

Robert de Ashton Sir Robert de Ashton, also called "Robert Assheton" or "Robert de Assheton" (died 1385), was a civil, military, and naval officer under Edward III of England who achieved distinction alike in court and camp, by land and by sea. Family Ashton wa ...

(1364) *

Thomas le Reve Thomas le Reve (died 1394) was the first Bishop of Waterford and Lismore following the unification of the two sees in 1363, and was also Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He was a strong-minded and combative individual, who was not afraid to clash wi ...

Bishop of Waterford and Lismore The Bishop of Waterford and Lismore is an Episcopal polity, episcopal title which takes its name after the city of Waterford and town of Lismore, County Waterford, Lismore in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland ...

(

1367 Year 1367 ( MCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 18 – Ferdinand I becomes King of Portugal after the death of his fathe ...

1368 Year 1368 ( MCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 23 – The Hongwu Emperor (Zhu Yuanzhang) establishes the Ming Dynasty i ...

) *

, Prior of the

(1368–

1371 Year 1371 ( MCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January – Edward, the Black Prince, gives up the administration of Aquitaine ...

), second term. *

John de Bothby John de Bothby, or Boothby ( born c.1320-died after 1382) was an English-born cleric and judge who became Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Biography Boothby was born at Boothby Pagnall in Lincolnshire, the second son of Thomas de Bothby and his wife ...

(1371–

1374 Year 1374 ( MCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * April 23 – In recognition of his services, Edward III of England grants the En ...

) *

William Tany William Tany (died c.1384) was Prior of the Order of Hospitallers in Ireland; he also served as Justiciar of Ireland 1373-1374, and as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1374 to 1377, and again from 1382 to 1384.Archdall, Mervyn ''Monasticon Hibernicu ...

, Prior of the

(1374–

1377 Year 1377 ( MCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January – Battle of Đồ Bàn: Trần Duệ Tông, Trần dynasty Emper ...

).Otway-Ruthven p. 302 **

John Keppock John Keppock (died 1404) was an Irish judge of the late fourteenth century, who held the offices of Lord Chief Justice of Ireland and Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer. He became a political figure of some importance. He was the son of Simon Ke ...

, Lord Keeper in the absence of William Tany to Jerusalem *

Robert Wikeford Robert Wikeford or de Wikeford (c.1320 – 29 August 1390) was an English-born diplomat, lawyer and judge, who became Lord Chancellor of Ireland and Archbishop of Dublin. Early career He was born at Wickford in Essex, to the de Wickford o ...

or de Wikeford, Archbishop of Dublin and

(1377–

1379 Year 1379 ( MCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * May 29 – John I succeeds his father, Henry II, as King of Castile and King ...

) *

John Colton John Colton may refer to: *John Colton (politician) (1823–1902), Australian politician, Premier of South Australia and philanthropist * John Colton (bishop) (c. 1320–1404), statesman and cleric in Ireland *John Colton (screenwriter) John Colt ...

Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral The Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral is the senior cleric of the Protestant St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, elected by the chapter of the cathedral. The office was created in 1219 or 1220, by one of several charters granted to the cathedral by Ar ...

(1379–

1382 Year 1382 ( MCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 20 – Princess Anne of Bohemia, a daughter of the late Charles IV, H ...

). Later

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. *

, Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (1382–1385). The same as above. *

Ralph Cheyne Sir Ralph Cheyne (c. 1337 – 1400) (''alias'' Cheney), of Brooke, in the parish of Westbury in Wiltshire, was three times a Member of Parliament for Wiltshire and was Deputy Justiciar of Ireland in 1373 and Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1383–4 ...

(

1383 Year 1383 (Roman numerals, MCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * May 17 – King John I of Castile and Kingdom of León, Leon m ...

-4) *

Alexander de Balscot Alexander de Balscot, also known as Alexander Petit (died 1400) was one of the leading Irish clerics of the late fourteenth century, who held the offices of Bishop of Ossory, Bishop of Meath, Treasurer of Ireland and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. ...

, Bishop of Ossory (

1385 Year 1385 ( MCCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * July 17 – Charles VI of France marries Isabeau of Bavaria; the wedding is celeb ...

–

1388 Year 1388 ( MCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * February – The entire court of Richard II of England are convicted of treason b ...

).Ball p. 98 *

Robert Preston, 1st Baron Gormanston Robert Preston, 1st Baron Gormanston (died 1396) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman, statesman and judge of the fourteenth century. He held several senior judicial offices including, for a brief period, that of Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He was the foun ...

1388 * Richard Plunkett (1388–

1393 Year 1393 ( MCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events * January 28 – Bal des Ardents: Four members of the court of Charles VI of France die in a fire, at a masqu ...

) * Richard Northalis, Bishop of Ossory (1393–

1397 Year 1397 (Roman numerals, MCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January – Mircea I of Wallachia, Mircea I takes back the throne ...

). Also Archbishop of Dublin and

from 1395 to his death. * Robert Braybrooke, Bishop of London (1397)

15th century

Thomas Cranley Thomas Cranley DD a.k.a. Thomas Craule ( c.1340–1417) was a leading statesman, judge and cleric in early fifteenth-century Ireland, who held the offices of Chancellor of Oxford University, Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Irela ...

(

1401 Year 1401 ( MCDI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 6 – Rupert, King of Germany, is crowned King of the Romans at Cologne. * ...

–

1410 Year 1410 ( MCDX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * March 25 – The first of the Yongle Emperor's campaigns against the Mongols is ...

) ** Sir

Laurence Merbury Sir Laurence Merbury (died after 1423) was an English-born statesman in Ireland who held the office of Treasurer of Ireland and was also Deputy to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Family He was born at Marbury, Cheshire, one of the three sons o ...

, Deputy Chancellor (1403–1410), who exercised the duties of Chancellor while Cranley was too ill to do so. **

Thomas de Everdon Thomas de Everdon (c. 1320–1413) was an English-born cleric and judge, who was a trusted Crown official in Ireland for several decades. In a career which spanned almost fifty years, he served as Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Master of the R ...

, acted regularly as Deputy, and was briefly named as Chancellor in 1402. **

Roger Hawkenshaw Roger Hawkenshaw or Hakenshawe (died 1434) was an Irish judge and Privy Councillor.Ball p.173 He was Irish people, Irish by birth. He was possibly the son, but more likely the grandson, of an earlier Roger Hawkenshaw, or Hackenshawe, a senior Eng ...

, acted as Deputy for Cranley in 1416, when he was again incapacitated by illness. *

Patrick Barrett Patrick Barrett (died 10 November 1415) was an Irishman who held religious and secular high offices in Ireland. Biography Patrick Barrett was an Augustinian Canon at Kells Priory in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory, County Kilkenny. He succ ...

, Bishop of Ferns (1410–1412) *

Thomas Le Boteller Thomas Le Boteller, or Thomas Butler, nicknamed Thomas ''Bacach'' i.e. ''Thomas the Lame'' (before 1386 – 1420), was the illegitimate son of the 3rd Earl of Ormond, and a leading political figure in early fifteenth-century Ireland. He held the o ...

, Prior of Kilmainham. Lord Keeper (1412–1413). The name of his family would change to

Butler A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry. Some a ...

. ** Robert Sutton, Deputy Chancellor (

1412 Year 1412 ( MCDXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) on the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 16 – The Medici Family are made official bankers of the Papacy. * January ...

–1413) *

(

1413 Year 1413 ( MCDXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * March 21 – Henry V becomes King of England following the death of his father Henry ...

–1417) (second term) * Sir

(

1417 Year 1417 ( MCDXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * June 29 – An English fleet, led by the Earl of Huntingdon, defeats a fleet of Ge ...

) (second term) *

William Fitz Thomas William Fitz Thomas () was Prior of the Hospitallers at Kilmainham from 1420 to 1438. He succeeded Thomas Le Boteller, who died on military service in France in 1420. Even before he became Prior he was clearly a judge and statesman of some impo ...

, Prior of Kilmainham (c. 1417–1418) * William Yonge, or Young,

Archdeacon of Meath The archdeacon of Meath is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the united Diocese of Meath and Kildare. The archdeaconry can trace its history from Helias, the first known incumbent, who held the office in the twelfth century to the last dis ...

(c.

1418 Year 1418 ( MCDXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 31 – Mircea I of Wallachia is succeeded by Michael I of Wallachia. * ...

–1419) * Richard Talbot,

(

1423 Year 1423 (Roman numerals, MCDXXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * April 27 – Hussite Wars – Battle of Hořice: The Taborites d ...

–1426) *

(

1426 Year 1426 ( MCDXXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events * March 6 – Battle of St. James (near Avranches): An English army under John, Duke of Bedford, defeats the ...

) (second term) * Sir

Richard FitzEustace Sir Richard FitzEustace (c.1380–1445) was an Irish statesman who twice held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Family background He was born about 1380 in Coghlanstown, County Kildare. His father was Sir Maurice FitzEustace, High Sh ...

(1426) * Richard Talbot,

(1426–1441) *

Thomas Chase Thomas Chase (died 1449) was a 15th-century judge and cleric who was Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and subsequently held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Chase was Warden of the Hospital of St Bartholomew near Rye in 1420 a ...

(

1441 Events January–December * February – The Republic of Venice annexes the seigniory of Ravenna, ending the da Polenta Dynasty. * February 12 – King's College, Cambridge, is founded by King Henry VI of England. * March 1 – Battle o ...

–1446) *

Richard Wogan Richard Wogan (died after 1453) was an Irish judge and cleric who held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and also served as a soldier. He was born in County Kildare, a member of the Wogan family of Rathcoffey Castle, which produced sever ...

(

1446 Year 1446 (Roman numerals, MCDXLVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral once (1000(M)+(-100(C)+500(D))+(-10(X)+50(L))+5( ...

–1449), Lord Chancellor **

William Chevir William Chevir (died 1446) was an Irish politician and judge, whose career was marked by accusations of oppression and corruption. Family He was born in Kilkenny city, son of John Chevir, justice of the peace for County Kilkenny;Ball, F. Elringt ...

(1446–1449), Deputy Chancellor * Walter Devereux (

1449 Year 1449 (Roman numerals, MCDXLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 6 – Constantine XI Palaiologos is crowned Byzantine Emp ...

–1451) *

Edmund, Earl of Rutland Edmund, Earl of Rutland (17 May 1443 – 30 December 1460) was the fourth child and second surviving son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville. He was a younger brother of Edward, Earl of March, the future King Edward ...

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1451 Year 1451 ( MCDLI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 7 – Pope Nicholas V issues a Papal Bull to establish The University of Gla ...

–1460). Lord Chancellor, a minor who acted through Edmund Oldhall. **

Edmund Oldhall Edmund Oldhall (after 1390 – 1459) was an English-born cleric and judge in fifteenth-century Ireland. He was Bishop of Meath and acting Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He was a brother of the leading Yorkist statesman Sir William Oldhall. He wa ...

(1451–1454), Bishop of Meath, Deputy Chancellor, who exercised the duties of the office of Chancellor since Rutland was underage ** John Talbot, later 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (

1454 Year 1454 ( MCDLIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * February 4 – Thirteen Years' War: The Secret Council of the Prussian Confederatio ...

–1460). Deputy Chancellor, exercised the duties of the office. *

John Dynham John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham, KG (c. 1433–1501) of Nutwell in the parish of Woodbury and of Hartland, both in Devon, was an English peer and politician. He served as Lord High Treasurer of England and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He was on ...

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1460 Year 1460 (Roman numerals, MCDLX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1460th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 460th year of the 2nd millennium ...

–1461), Lord Chancellor ** Sir

Robert Preston, 1st Viscount Gormanston Robert Preston, 1st Viscount Gormanston (1435–1503) was an Irish peer and statesman of the fifteenth century who held the offices of Deputy to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland and Lord Deputy of Ireland. Background He was the son of Christopher P ...

, Deputy Chancellor * Sir

William Welles Sir William Welles (1409/10 – 1461) was an English-born statesman and judge in fifteenth-century Ireland, who held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He was the younger brother of Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles. Lionel was a pro ...

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1461 Year 1461 ( MCDLXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * February 2 – Battle of Mortimer's Cross: Yorkist troops led by Edward, Duke of Y ...

–1462) * John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester (

1462 Year 1462 ( MCDLXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * March 27 – Ivan III of Russia becomes the ruler of Russia, following the death ...

–1463). By decree of

Edward IV of England Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars in England ...

, he held the title of Lord Chancellor for life. He continued receiving the salary of the position and exercising some of its functions until his death in 1470. * Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare (c.

1463 Year 1463 ( MCDLXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1463rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 463rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 63rd y ...

– 1468). By decree of

, he held the title of Lord Chancellor for life. He continued receiving the salary of the position and exercising some of its functions until his death in 1478. *

Robert Allanstown The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

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1468 Year 1468 ( MCDLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December *June 30 – Catherine Cornaro is married by proxy to James II of Cyprus, beginning ...

–1469) * William Dudley (

1469 Year 1469 ( MCDLXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * February 4 – Battle of Qarabagh: Uzun Hasan decisively defeats the Timurids of ...

–1472) * Joint Lord Chancellors of Ireland (

1472 Year 1472 ( MCDLXXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * February 20 – Orkney and Shetland are returned by Norway to Scotland, as a resul ...

–1477) **

Robert FitzEustace Sir Robert FitzEustace (c.1420–1486) was an Irish landowner and politician of the fifteenth century. He was born at Coghlanstown, County Kildare, son of Sir Richard FitzEustace, who served briefly as Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and Katherine Pr ...

** John Tapton *

Gilbert Debenham Sir Gilbert Debenham (junior) (1432–1500) was an English knight, politician and soldier who served briefly as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Although, like his father before him, he had a notorious reputation for lawlessness, he flourished in th ...

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1474 Year 1474 ( MCDLXXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * February – The Treaty of Utrecht puts an end to the Anglo-Hanseatic War. * Mar ...

) * Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester (1474–1479)Otway-Ruthven p. 389 * William Sherwood, Bishop of Meath (

1480 Year 1480 ( MCDLXXX) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * March 6 – Treaty of Toledo: Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize the African ...

–1482) *

Walter Champfleur Walter Champfleur or de Champfleur (died 1498 or 1499) was an Irish cleric and judge of the fifteenth century, who played a leading role in Irish politics.Ball p.186 He was probably a Dubliner, and had cousins living near Dublin city. He was Abbo ...

, Abbot of

St Mary's Abbey, Dublin St. Mary's Abbey () was a former Cistercian abbey located near the junction of Abbey Street and Capel Street in Dublin, Ireland. Its territory stretched from the district known as Oxmanstown down along the River Liffey until it met the sea. It a ...

(Lord Keeper, or by some accounts Lord Chancellor 1479 and 1482-1483)Ball p.186 * Robert St Lawrence, 3rd Baron Howth (May

1483 Year 1483 ( MCDLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 1 – The Jews are expelled from Andalusia. * February 11 – Th ...

, but probably died a few months later) * Sir Thomas FitzGerald of Laccagh (c.1483 – 1487) * Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester (

1487 Year 1487 ( MCDLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 29 – Richard Foxe becomes Bishop of Exeter. * March – Sigismund ...

–1492). The same as above. *

Alexander Plunket Alexander Plunket ( died 1503 ) was an Irish statesman and judge of the fifteenth century. He was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland by King Henry VII of England in 1492. Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester was Lord Chancellor and Lord T ...

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1492 Year 1492 ( MCDXCII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. 1492 is considered to be a significant year in the history of the West, Europe, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Spain, and the Ne ...

–1494) * Henry Deane, later

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1494 Year 1494 ( MCDXCIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 4 – The Cetinje Octoechos (Цетињски октоих, an Eastern O ...

–1495) *

Walter Fitzsimon Walter Fitzsimon (died 1511 in Ireland, 1511) was a statesman and cleric in Ireland in the reign of Henry VII of England, Henry VII, who held the offices of Archbishop of Dublin (Roman Catholic), Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Irel ...

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1496 Year 1496 ( MCDXCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * February – Pietro Bembo's ''Petri Bembi de Aetna Angelum Chalabrilem liber'', a des ...

–

1511 Year 1511 ( MDXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * March 26 - The 1511 Idrija earthquake occurs, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''E ...

)

16th century

William Rokeby William Rokeby (died 29 November 1521) was a leading statesman and cleric in early sixteenth-century Ireland, who held the offices of Bishop of Meath, Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He is commemorated in the Rokeby Chapels ...

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1512 Year 1512 ( MDXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * Mid-January – Following the death of Svante Nilsson, Eric Trolle is elected the new ...

–

1513 Year 1513 (Roman numerals, MDXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * March 9 – Pope Leo X (layman Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici) succe ...

) * Sir William Compton (1513–

1515 __NOTOC__ Year 1515 ( MDXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 25 – Francis I of France is crowned (reigns until 1547). * May 13 & ...

) *

(1515–

1521 1521 ( MDXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1521st year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 521st year of the 2nd millennium, the 21st year ...

). The same as above. *

Hugh Inge Hugh Inge or Ynge(c. 1460 – 3 August 1528) was an English-born judge and prelate in sixteenth century Ireland who held the offices of Bishop of Meath, Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Biography Inge was born at Shepton Ma ...

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1522 __NOTOC__ Year 1522 ( MDXXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1522nd year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 522nd year of the 2nd millenn ...

–

1528 __NOTOC__ Year 1528 ( MDXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 12 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned king of Sweden, having alrea ...

) * John Alen,

(1528–1532) *

George Cromer George Cromer (died 16 March 1542) was Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland in the reign of Henry VIII of England, from 1521/2. He was English by birth, a descendant of the Cromer (also spelt Crowemer) family of Tunstall, Kent and ...

(1532–1534) * John Barnewall, 3rd Baron Trimlestown (1534–1538) * Sir John Alan (1538–1546, 1548–1551). Lord Keeper from 1538 to 1539, Lord Chancellor from 1539 to 1546: removed but later reinstated. * Sir Thomas Cusack 1 May 1546 (Lord Keeper)Ball p. 130 * Sir

Richard Reade Sir Richard Reade (1511–1576) was an English-born judge in sixteenth-century Ireland, who held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Background and early career He was born at Nether Wallop in Hampshire, second son of Richard Reade (die ...

(6 December 1546 – 1548) * Sir John Alan (1548–1551) * Sir Thomas Cusack (1551–1554) * Sir William Fitzwilliam, Lord Keeper (1554) * Archbishop Hugh Curwen (1555–1567). Lord Chancellor from 1555 to 1558, Lord Keeper from 1558 to 1559, Lord Chancellor from 1559 to 1567. * Doctor Robert Weston,

Dean of the Arches The Dean of the Arches is the judge who presides in the provincial ecclesiastical court of the Archbishop of Canterbury. This court is called the Arches Court of Canterbury. It hears appeals from consistory courts and bishop's disciplinary tribu ...

(1567–1573) * Archbishop Adam Loftus (Lord Keeper) (1573–1576)Ball p. 131 * Sir

William Gerard Sir William Gerard (1518–1581) was an Elizabethan statesman, who had a distinguished record of government service in England, Wales and most notably in Ireland. He sat in the House of Commons for Chester for many years, and was Vice-President ...

(1576–1581) * Archbishop Adam Loftus (1581–1605) the same as the above.

17th century

* Commissioners of the Great Seal of Ireland (1605) ** Thomas Jones, Bishop of Meath ** Sir James Ley LCJ ** Sir Edmund Pelham LCB **

Sir Anthony St Leger Sir Anthony St Leger, KG (or Sellenger; 1496 – 16 March 1559), of Ulcombe and Leeds Castle in Kent, was an English politician and Lord Deputy of Ireland during the Tudor period. Origins Anthony St Leger was the eldest son of Ralph II St Leg ...

MR * Archbishop Thomas Jones (1605–1619) * Commissioners of the Great Seal of Ireland (1619) **

Sir William Jones Sir William Jones (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794) was a British philologist, a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, and a scholar of ancient India. He is particularly known for his proposition of th ...

LCJ ** Sir William Methold LCB ** Sir Francis Aungier MR * The Viscount Loftus (1619–1639) *

Sir Richard Bolton Sir Richard Bolton (January 1570 – November 1648) was an English lawyer and judge, who was an important figure in Irish political life in the 1630s and 1640s. Life He was the son of John Bolton, of Fenton, Staffordshire and Margaret Ash, d ...

(1639 – November 1648) * Commissioners of the Great Seal of Ireland (14 June 1655−1656) ** Richard Pepys LCJ, Chief Commissioner (1655–1656) ** Gerard Lowther LCJCP, Second Commissioner (1655–1656) **

Miles Corbet Miles Corbet (1595–1662) was an English politician, recorder of Yarmouth and Regicide. Life He was the son of Sir Thomas Corbet of Sprowston, Norfolk and the younger brother of Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet, MP for Great Yarmouth from 16 ...

LCB, Third Commissioner (1655–1656) * William Steele (1656–1660) * Sir Maurice Eustace (1660–1665) * Archbishop Michael Boyle (1665–1686) * Sir Charles Porter (1686–1687) * Sir Alexander Fitton (1687–1690) * Commissioners of the Great Seal of Ireland (1690) ** Sir Richard Pyne (1690) ** Sir Richard Ryves (1690) **

Robert Rochfort Robert Rochfort (9 December 1652 – 10 October 1727) was a leading Irish lawyer, politician and judge of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. He held office as Attorney General for Ireland, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, a ...

(1690) * Charles Porter (second term) (29 December 1690 – 1696) * Commissioners of the Great Seal of Ireland (1696–1697) ** Sir John Jeffreyson ** Thomas Coote **

Nehemiah Donnellan Nehemiah Donnellan (a.k.a. Fearganainm Ó Domhnalláin) (fl. c. 1560-1609) was Archbishop of Tuam. Background Donellan was born in the county of Galway, a son of Mael Sechlainn Ó Dónalláin, by his wife Sisly, daughter of William Ó Cellaigh o ...

* John Methuen (11 March 1697 – 1703)

18th century

* Sir Richard Cox (1703–1707) * Richard Freeman (11 June 1707 – 1710) * Commissioners of the Great Seal of Ireland (1710–1) ** The Earl of Kildare ** Archbishop William King ** Thomas Keightley *

Sir Constantine Henry Phipps Sir Constantine Henry Phipps (1656–1723) was an English-born lawyer who held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland. His term of office was marked by bitter political faction-fighting and he faced repeated calls for his removal. His descen ...

(22 January 1711 – September 1714) * The Viscount Midleton (11 October 1714 – 1725) * Richard West (29 May 1725 – 1726)Ball Vol. 2 p. 101 * The Lord Wyndham (13 December 1726 – 1739) * The Viscount Jocelyn (7 September 1739 – 3 December 1756) * The Lord Bowes (11 March 1757 – 22 July 1767) (Attorney-General, 1739–41) * The Viscount Lifford (24 November 1767 – 28 April 1789) * Commissioners of the Great Seal of Ireland (1789) ** Archbishop Robert Fowler ** Hugh Carleton LCJCP ** Sir Samuel Bradstreet * The Earl of Clare (20 June 1789 – 28 January 1802) (sitting Attorney-General)

19th century

* The Lord Redesdale (15 February 1802 – 1806) * George Ponsonby (25 March 1806 – 1807) * The Lord Manners (23 April 1807 – 1827) * Sir Anthony Hart (5 November 1827– November 1830) * The Lord Plunket (23 December 1830 – November 1834) (Attorney-General, 1805–07 and 1822–27) *

Sir Edward Sugden Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, 1st Baron Saint Leonards, (12 February 178129 January 1875) was a British lawyer, judge and Conservative politician. Background Sugden was the son of a high-class hairdresser and wig-maker in Westminster, London. Detai ...

(13 January 1835 – April 1835) * The Lord Plunket (30 April 1835 – 1841) (see above) * The Lord Campbell (22 June 1841) *

(3 October 1841 – 1846) (see above) *

Maziere Brady Sir Maziere Brady, 1st Baronet, PC (Ire) (20 July 1796 – 13 April 1871) was an Irish judge, notable for his exceptionally long, though not particularly distinguished tenure as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Background Brady was born at his parent ...

(16 July 1846 – 1852) (Attorney-General, 1839–40) * Francis Blackburne (1852) (Attorney-General 1831-34 and 1841–42) *

(1852–1858) (see above)Delaney p. 29 * Sir Joseph Napier (1858–1859) (Attorney-General, 1852) *

(1859–1866) (see above) * Francis Blackburne (1866–1867) (see above) * Abraham Brewster (Attorney-General, 1853–55) (1867–1868) * The Lord O'Hagan (1868–1874)Delaney p. 177 (Attorney-General, 1861-65) * Commissioners of the Great Seal of Ireland (1874–1875) ** Sir Joseph Napier, Chief Commissioner (1874–1875) **

James Anthony Lawson James Anthony Lawson, Privy Council of Ireland, PC (Ire), Queen's Counsel, QC (1817–1887) was an Irish academic, lawyer and judge. Background and education Lawson was born in Waterford. He was the eldest son of James Lawson and Mary Anthony, da ...

(1874–1875) ** William Brooke (1874–1875) * John Ball (1875–1880) (sitting Attorney-General) * The Lord O'Hagan (1880–1881) (see above) *

Hugh Law Hugh Law, PC (Ire), QC (19 June 1818 – 10 September 1883) was an Irish lawyer, politician and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Born in County Down, son of John Law of Woodlawn and Margaret Crawley of Cullaville, Law was educated at the Roya ...

(1881–1883) (sitting Attorney-General) * Sir Edward Sullivan (1883–1885) (Attorney-General, 1868) * John Naish (1885) (sitting Attorney-General) * The Lord Ashbourne (1885–1886) (Attorney-General, 1877–80)Healy, Maurice ''The Old Munster Circuit'' 1939 Mercier Press edition p. 27 * John Naish (1886) (see above) * The Lord Ashbourne (1886–1892) (see above)Healy p. 27 * Samuel Walker (1892–1895) (Attorney-General, February–August 1886) * The Lord Ashbourne (29 June 1895 – 1905) (see above)

20th century

References

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