Chief Secretary for Ireland
Important political office in the British administration of Ireland (1566–1922) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Chief Secretary for Ireland was a key political office in the British administration in Ireland. Nominally subordinate to the Lord Lieutenant, and officially the "Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant",[1] from the early 19th century until the end of British rule he was effectively the government minister with responsibility for governing Ireland, roughly equivalent to the role of a Secretary of State, such as the similar role of Secretary of State for Scotland. Usually it was the Chief Secretary, rather than the Lord Lieutenant, who sat in the British Cabinet.[2] The Chief Secretary was ex officio President of the Local Government Board for Ireland from its creation in 1872.[3]
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Chief Secretary for Ireland | |
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Style | The Right Honourable as a member of the Privy Council |
Residence | Chief Secretary's Lodge (from 1776) |
Appointer | The Lord Lieutenant |
Term length | At the pleasure of the Lord Lieutenant |
Inaugural holder | Edward Waterhouse |
Formation | 20 January 1566 |
Final holder | Sir Hamar Greenwood |
Abolished | 19 October 1922 |
British rule over much of Ireland came to an end as the result of the Irish War of Independence, which culminated in the establishment of the Irish Free State. In consequence the office of Chief Secretary was abolished, as well as that of Lord Lieutenant. Executive responsibility within the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland was effectively transferred to the President of the Executive Council (i.e. the prime minister) and the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland respectively.