Under Secretary for Ireland
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The Under-Secretary for Ireland (Permanent Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
) was the permanent head of the British administration in Ireland prior to the establishment of the Irish Free State
in 1922.
Among the best-known holders of the office was Thomas Henry Burke
, who was assassinated along with the Chief Secretary for Ireland
, Lord Frederick Cavendish
, in the Phoenix Park on Saturday 6 May 1882.
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was the British King's representative and head of the Irish executive during the Lordship of Ireland , the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
) was the permanent head of the British administration in Ireland prior to the establishment of the Irish Free State
Irish Free State
The Irish Free State was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by the British government and Irish representatives exactly twelve months beforehand...
in 1922.
Among the best-known holders of the office was Thomas Henry Burke
Thomas Henry Burke (Irish politician)
Thomas Henry Burke was Permanent Under Secretary at the Irish Office for many years before being killed during the Phoenix Park Murders on Saturday 6 May 1882. The killing was carried out by an Irish republican organisation called the Irish National Invincibles...
, who was assassinated along with the Chief Secretary for Ireland
Chief Secretary for Ireland
The Chief Secretary for Ireland was a key political office in the British administration in Ireland. Nominally subordinate to the Lord Lieutenant, from the late 18th century until the end of British rule he was effectively the government minister with responsibility for governing Ireland; usually...
, Lord Frederick Cavendish
Lord Frederick Cavendish
Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish was an English Liberal politician and protégé of the Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone...
, in the Phoenix Park on Saturday 6 May 1882.
Under-Secretaries for Ireland (prior to 1835 )
- Thomas Waite (Under-Secretary for Ireland)Thomas Waite (Under-Secretary for Ireland)Thomas Waite , was an Irish civil servant.Waite was Under-Secretary for Ireland to the Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1747 and 1777. He was also Secretary to the Lords Justices of Ireland during the long absences from Ireland of the Lord Lieutenant and Chief Secretary for Ireland in the period...
1747-1774
Under-Secretaries for Ireland (1835 onwards)
- Thomas DrummondThomas DrummondCaptain Thomas Drummond , from Edinburgh, Scotland, was an army officer, civil engineer and senior public official. Drummond used the Drummond light which was employed in the trigonometrical survey of Great Britain and Ireland. He is sometimes mistakenly given credit for the invention of limelight,...
1835-1840 - Sir Thomas Aiskew LarcomThomas LarcomMajor-General Sir Thomas Aiskew Larcom, 1st Baronet PC FRS was a leading official in the early Irish Ordnance Survey that started in 1824...
1853-1868 - Thomas Henry BurkeThomas Henry Burke (Irish politician)Thomas Henry Burke was Permanent Under Secretary at the Irish Office for many years before being killed during the Phoenix Park Murders on Saturday 6 May 1882. The killing was carried out by an Irish republican organisation called the Irish National Invincibles...
1869-1882 - Robert George Crookshank HamiltonRobert George Crookshank HamiltonSir Robert George Crookshank Hamilton KCB, was the sixth Governor, and the Commander-in-Chief of the then British colony of Tasmania from 11 March 1887, until 30 November 1892, during which time he oversaw the ministries of two Tasmanian Premiers...
1882-1886 - Sir Redvers Henry Buller 1886-1887
- Sir Joseph West RidgewayJoseph West RidgewayColonel Sir West Ridgeway GCB, GCMG, KCSI, PC was a British civil servant and colonial governor.-Military career:...
1887-1893 - Sir David HarrelDavid HarrelSir David Harrel GCB GBE KCVO PC was an Irish police officer and civil servant.Harrel was born in Mount Pleasant, County Down, the son of a land agent. He was educated at the Royal Naval School, Gosport, but was too old to join the Royal Navy as a Midshipman when he took the exam and instead...
1893-1902 - Sir Antony MacDonnell 1902-1908
- Sir James Brown DoughertyJames Brown DoughertySir James Brown Dougherty PC, KCB, KCVO , was an Irish clergyman, academic, civil servant and politician....
1908-1914 - Sir Matthew NathanMatthew NathanLieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan GCMG, PC was a British soldier and civil servant, who variously served as the Governor of Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Natal and Queensland...
1914-1916 - Sir Robert Chalmers 1916
- Sir William Byrne 1916-1918
- James MacmahonJames MacmahonJames Macmahon PC was an Irish civil servant and businessman.Macmahon was born in Belfast. He was educated at St Patrick's College, Armagh and Blackrock College, Dublin. He joined the Irish Post Office, being promoted to Assistant Secretary in 1913 and Secretary in 1916...
1918-1922 - Sir John AndersonJohn Anderson, 1st Viscount WaverleyJohn Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, PC, PC was a British civil servant then politician who served as a minister under Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill as Home Secretary, Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Exchequer...
1920-1922
Assistant Under-Secretaries for Ireland (1835 onwards)
- Sir James Brown DoughertyJames Brown DoughertySir James Brown Dougherty PC, KCB, KCVO , was an Irish clergyman, academic, civil servant and politician....
1895-1908 - Sir Alfred 'Andy' CopeSir Alfred 'Andy' CopeSir Alfred ‘Andy’ Cope was a senior British civil servant.-Early life:Cope was raised in Lambeth , London, the eldest of eleven children born to Alfred and Margaret. By the age of fourteen he was employed as an office clerk and ten years later, in 1901, he was working for the Inland...
1920-1922 - Sir Mark Beresford Russell Grant-Sturgis 1920-1922