Commander-in-Chief, Ireland
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Commander-in-Chief, Ireland was title of the commander of British forces in Ireland
before 1922.
The role nominally is held by the President of Ireland
today as the supreme commander
of the Defence Forces
.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
before 1922.
The role nominally is held by the President of Ireland
President of Ireland
The President of Ireland is the head of state of Ireland. The President is usually directly elected by the people for seven years, and can be elected for a maximum of two terms. The presidency is largely a ceremonial office, but the President does exercise certain limited powers with absolute...
today as the supreme commander
Supreme Commander
Supreme Commander may refer to:* Commander-in-chief, a military rank**Supreme Allied Commander, title held by the most senior commander within certain multinational military alliances...
of the Defence Forces
Irish Defence Forces
The armed forces of Ireland, known as the Defence Forces encompass the Army, Naval Service, Air Corps and Reserve Defence Force.The current Supreme Commander of the Irish Defence forces is His Excellency Michael D Higgins in his role as President of Ireland...
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Commanders-in-Chief, Ireland, 1700-1922
Holders of the post have included:- Lieutenant General Lord CuttsJohn Cutts, 1st Baron CuttsLieutenant-General John Cutts, 1st Baron Cutts PC , British soldier and author, came from an Essex family.After a short university career at Catharine Hall, Cambridge, he inherited the family estates, but showed a distinct preference for the life of court and camp...
1705-1707
- General William SteuartWilliam SteuartGeneral Sir William Steuart , was a Scottish soldier, Commander-in-Chief of Queen Anne's Forces in Ireland and benefactor of Hanover Square, London.-Biography:...
1711 - 1714 - Lieutenant General Lord TyrawleyCharles O'Hara, 1st Baron TyrawleyLieutenant General Charles O'Hara, 1st Baron Tyrawley was Commander-in-Chief, Ireland.-Military career:O'Hara was commissioned into the Duke of York's Foot becoming a Captain in 1678. In 1679 he transferred to the Anglo-Dutch Brigade and then in 1686 he moved to the 1st Foot Guards...
1714-1721 - Field Marshal Lord ShannonRichard Boyle, 2nd Viscount ShannonField Marshal Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon PC was a British military officer and statesman.-Military career:...
1721-1740
- Field Marshal Viscount MolesworthRichard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount MolesworthField Marshal Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, PC , styled The Honourable Richard Molesworth from 1716 to 1726, was an Anglo-Irish military officer, politician and nobleman.-Military career:...
1751-1758 - General Lord RothesJohn Leslie, 10th Earl of RothesGeneral John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes KT was a senior British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Ireland.-Military career:Born the son of the 9th Earl, Leslie was commissioned into the 9th Regiment of Dragoons in 1715...
1758-1767
- Lieutenant General William Keppel 1773-1774
- General George Augustus EliottGeorge Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron HeathfieldGeorge Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, KB was a British Army officer who took served in three major wars during the eighteenth century. He rose to distinction during the Seven Years War when he fought in Germany and participated in the British attacks on Belle Île and Cuba...
1774-1775 - General Sir John IrwinJohn Irwin (British Army officer)General Sir John Irwin KB was a British Army officer.-Career:Educated in Ireland, Irwin was commissioned into the 5th Regiment of Foot in 1736...
1775-1782 - Lieutenant-General John BurgoyneJohn BurgoyneGeneral John Burgoyne was a British army officer, politician and dramatist. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in several battles, mostly notably during the Portugal Campaign of 1762....
1782-1784 - Lieutenant-General Sir William Augustus PittWilliam Augustus PittGeneral Sir William Augustus Pitt KB, PC was a long-serving if undistinguished senior officer of the British Army whose sixty years of service covered several major wars and numerous postings as garrison or regiment commander. He served as MP between 1754 and 1761...
1784-1791 - General George WardeGeorge Warde-Military career:Born the second son of John Warde of Squerryes Court in Westerham, Warde became a Colonel in the Royal Horse Guards. In 1773 he moved on becoming became Colonel of the 14th Dragoons...
1791-1793 - General Lord RossmoreRobert Cuninghame, 1st Baron RossmoreGeneral Robert Cuninghame, 1st Baron Rossmore PC was an Irish British Army officer and politician.-Military career:...
1793-1796 - General Lord Carhampton 1796-1798
- Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph AbercrombyRalph AbercrombySir Ralph Abercromby was a Scottish soldier and politician. He rose to the rank of lieutenant-general in the British Army, was noted for his services during the Napoleonic Wars, and served as Commander-in-Chief, Ireland.He twice served as MP for Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire, and was...
1798 - General Lord LakeGerard Lake, 1st Viscount LakeGeneral Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake was a British general. He commanded British forces during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and later served as Commander-in-Chief of the military in British India.-Background:...
1798 - General Lord CornwallisCharles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess CornwallisCharles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG , styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as The Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator...
1798-1801 - General Sir William MedowsWilliam MedowsGeneral Sir William Medows KB was an Englishman and a general in the British Army.-Military career:Sir William was the son of Philip Medows, deputy ranger of Richmond Park, and Lady Frances Pierrepont, daughter of the Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull.He entered the British Army as an ensign in the 50th...
1801-1803 - General Henry Edward FoxHenry Edward FoxGeneral Henry Edward Fox was a British Army general. He also served for a brief spell as Governor of Minorca.-Family:...
1803 - General Lord CathcartWilliam Cathcart, 1st Earl CathcartGeneral William Schaw Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart KT, PC, PC , Scottish soldier and diplomatist, was born at Petersham, and educated at Eton.-Military career:...
1803-1806 - General Lord HarringtonCharles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of HarringtonGeneral Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington PC, PC , styled Viscount Petersham until 1779, was a British soldier. Stanhope is sometimes confused with an exact contemporary of his, the 3rd Earl Stanhope....
1806-1812 - General Lord HopetounJohn Hope, 4th Earl of HopetounLieutenant General John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun PC KB , known as the Honourable John Hope from 1781 to 1814 and as the Lord Niddry from 1809 to 1816, was a Scottish soldier and politician.-Military career:...
1812-1813 - General Sir George HewettSir George Hewett, 1st BaronetGeneral Sir George Hewett, 1st Baronet GCB, PC was Commander-in-Chief in India and then Commander-in-Chief in Ireland for the British Army.-Military career:...
1813-1816 - General Sir George BeckwithGeorge Beckwith (British Army officer)General Sir George Beckwith KB was a British Army officer.-Military career:Beckwith was commissioned into the 37th Regiment of Foot in 1771. He distinguished himself as a regimental officer in the American Revolutionary War, where he was assistant to Major Oliver Delancey responsible for British...
1816-1820 - General Sir David BairdSir David Baird, 1st BaronetGeneral Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet GCB was a British military leader.-Military career:He was born at Newbyth House in Haddingtonshire, Scotland, the son of an Edinburgh merchant family, and entered the British Army in 1772. He was sent to India in 1779 with the 73rd Highlanders, in which he...
1820-1822 - General Sir Samuel Auchmuty 1822
- Field Marshal Lord Combermere 1822-1825
- General Sir George Murray 1825-1828
- Field Marshal Lord StraffordJohn Byng, 1st Earl of StraffordField Marshal John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford, GCB, GCH, PC was a British peer, politician and soldier.-Early years:...
1828-1831 - Lieutenant-General Lord VivianHussey Vivian, 1st Baron VivianLieutenant General Richard Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian GCB, GCH, PC , known as Sir Hussey Vivian from 1815 to 1828 and Sir Hussey Vivian, Bt from 1828 to 1841, was a British cavalry leader who came of a Cornish family.-Early career:Educated at Harrow and Exeter College, Oxford, Vivian entered...
1831-1836 - Field Marshal Sir Edward BlakeneyEdward BlakeneyField Marshal Sir Edward Blakeney PC GCB GCH was a British Army Field Marshal.-Background:Born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Blakeney, was the fourth son of Colonel William Blakeney, who sat in the Parliament of Ireland, and his wife Sarah née Shields...
1836-1855 - Field Marshal Lord SeatonJohn Colborne, 1st Baron SeatonField Marshal John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton, GCB, GCMG, GCH, PC was a British field marshal and colonial governor.-Early service:...
1855-1860 - General Sir George Brown 1860-1865
- Field Marshal Lord StrathnairnHugh Rose, 1st Baron StrathnairnField Marshal Hugh Henry Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn GCB, GCSI, PC was a British Army field-marshal.-Early life:...
1865-1870 - General Lord SandhurstWilliam Mansfield, 1st Baron SandhurstGeneral William Rose Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst, GCB, GCSI, DCL , was a British military commander who served as Commander-in-Chief of India from 1865 to 1870.-Military career:...
1870-1875 - Field Marshal Sir John Michel 1875-1880
- General Sir Thomas SteeleThomas Montagu SteeleGeneral Sir Thomas Montagu Steele GCB, PC was a British army officer.-Life:...
1880-1885 - Field Marshal HH Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar 1885-1890
- Field Marshal Lord WolseleyGarnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount WolseleyField Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, KP, GCB, OM, GCMG, VD, PC was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army. He served in Burma, the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, China, Canada, and widely throughout Africa—including his Ashanti campaign and the Nile Expedition...
1890-1895 - Field Marshal Lord RobertsFrederick Roberts, 1st Earl RobertsField Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Bt, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, KStJ, PC was a distinguished Indian born British soldier who regarded himself as Anglo-Irish and one of the most successful British commanders of the 19th century.-Early life:Born at Cawnpore, India, on...
1895-1900 - Field Marshal HRH The Duke of ConnaughtPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and StrathearnPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the shared British and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha royal family who served as the Governor General of Canada, the 10th since Canadian Confederation.Born the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and...
1900-1904 - Field Marshal Lord GrenfellFrancis Grenfell, 1st Baron GrenfellField Marshal Francis Wallace Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, GCB, GCMG, PC was a British Army officer.-Military career:Francis Wallace Grenfell was descended from Pascoe Grenfell...
1904-1908 - General Sir Neville LytteltonNeville LytteltonGeneral Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton GCB, GCVO, PC was a British Army Officer. He served as Chief of the General Staff.-Army career:...
1908-1912 - General Sir Arthur Paget 1912-1914
- Major-General Sir Lovick FriendLovick FriendMajor General Sir Lovick Bransby Friend KBE, CB, PC was a British Army major general and cricketer.-Military career:Friend was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1873....
1914-1916 - General Sir John MaxwellJohn Maxwell (British Army officer)General Sir John Grenfell Maxwell GCB, KCMG, CVO, DSO, PC was a British Army officer and colonial governor. He served in the Mahdist War in the Sudan, the Boer War, and in the First World War, but he is best known for his role in the suppression of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland and subsequent...
1916 - General Sir Bryan MahonBryan MahonGeneral Sir Bryan Thomas Mahon KCB, KCVO, PC, DSO was a British Army general and Irish Free State Senator.-Military career:Mahon was born at Belleville, County Galway...
1916-1918 - Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick ShawFrederick Shaw (British Army officer)Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Charles Shaw KCB, PC was a British Army general who served in the Boer War and the First World War. He became Commander-in-Chief, Ireland and retired in 1920.-Military career:...
1918-1920 - General Sir Nevil MacreadyNevil MacreadyGeneral Sir Cecil Frederick Nevil Macready, 1st Baronet, GCMG, KCB, PC , known as Sir Nevil Macready and affectionately as Make-Ready , was a British Army officer...
1920-1922