The Chief Secretary for Ireland was a key political office in the British administration in Ireland. Nominally subordinate to the Lord Lieutenant, and...
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including: Chief Secretary Balochistan Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Secretary Punjab Chief Secretary Sindh Chief Secretary (Sri Lanka),...
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1171–1922); the Chief Secretary for Ireland (1560–1922); and the Home Secretary (1922–1972). In August 1969, for example, Home Secretary James Callaghan...
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government of Ireland in practice was usually in the hands of the Lord Deputy up to the 17th century, and later of the Chief Secretary for Ireland. The Lord...
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Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (category Chief Secretaries for Ireland)
Campaign he became Secretary at War in Wellington's ministry. After a tour as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1830 he became Secretary at War again in Sir...
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the Chief Secretary for Ireland, enters the cabinet. February 1878: Sir Michael Hicks-Beach succeeds the Earl of Carnarvon as Colonial Secretary. Hicks-Beach's...
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should be replaced by a 'Secretary of State for Ireland'. The office of Chief Secretary for Ireland (in effect number two in Irish government ranking) grows...
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The Under-Secretary for Ireland (Permanent Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland) was the permanent head (or most senior civil servant) of...
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Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (category Chief Secretaries for Ireland)
among them. After the 1798 Rebellion, as Chief Secretary for Ireland he pushed the Act of Union through the Irish Parliament. But it was without the Catholic...
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Secretary of State, or Principal Secretary of the Council, was a government office in the Kingdom of Ireland. It was abolished in 1801 when Ireland became...
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Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood (category Chief Secretaries for Ireland)
served as the last Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1920 and 1922 and is associated with the activities of the Black and Tans in Ireland. Both his sons...
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The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is a ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom and is the second most senior ministerial office in...
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Deerfield Residence (redirect from Chief Secretary's lodge)
Deerfield Residence (formerly the Chief Secretary's Lodge) is the official residence of the United States Ambassador to Ireland in the Phoenix Park in Dublin...
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Augustine Birrell (category Chief Secretaries for Ireland)
who was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916. In this post, he was praised for enabling tenant farmers to own their property, and for extending...
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Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long (category Chief Secretaries for Ireland)
Board, Chief Secretary for Ireland, Secretary of State for the Colonies and First Lord of the Admiralty. He is also remembered for his links with Irish Unionism...
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John Morley (category Chief Secretaries for Ireland)
Parliament (MP) for the Liberal Party in 1883. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1886 and between 1892 and 1895; Secretary of State for India between...
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Leader of the House of Commons. William Jackson succeeds him as Chief Secretary for Ireland. Note: Cabinet members are listed in bold face. The position...
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Privy seal (redirect from Keeper of the Signet or Privy Seal of Ireland)
(1928). "The Offices of Secretary of State for Ireland and Keeper of the Signet or Privy Seal". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C: Archaeology...
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Lord-Lieutenantship of Ireland goes into commission. William Henry Smith becomes Chief Secretary for Ireland. Lord Cranbrook succeeds him as Secretary for War while...
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of Salisbury ("Bob") appointed his nephew Arthur Balfour as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1887, an act of nepotism, which was apparently both surprising...
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Amelia Stewart, Viscountess Castlereagh (category Irish marchionesses)
In Ireland, however, her sympathies did not always align with those of her husband. In the summer of 1798, when as Chief Secretary for Ireland her husband...
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Phoenix Park Murders (category 1882 in Ireland)
Dublin, Ireland, on 6 May 1882. Cavendish was the newly appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland and Burke was the Permanent Under-Secretary, the most...
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Lord Frederick Cavendish (category Chief Secretaries for Ireland)
Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone. Cavendish was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland in May 1882 but was killed along with Thomas Henry Burke in what...
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Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (category Chief Secretaries for Ireland)
Party who served as Chief Secretary for Ireland (1852, 1858–9, 1866–8) and Viceroy of India (1869–72). Mayo was born in Dublin, Ireland, the eldest son of...
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Dublin Castle administration (redirect from Dublin castle administration in ireland)
comparison with his chief aide, the Chief Secretary for Ireland: the British cabinet would invariably include the Chief Secretary, but only sometimes...
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Campbell-Bannerman was made Secretary of State for War. The government also saw John Morley hold his first ministerial post as Chief Secretary for Ireland. The ministry...
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Trade Robert Munro – Secretary for Scotland Ian Macpherson – Chief Secretary for Ireland Lord French – Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland Christopher Addison –...
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at the Board of Trade. Lord Hartington succeeds Fortescue as Chief Secretary for Ireland. Hartington's successor as Postmaster-General is not in the Cabinet...
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of Ireland, but retains his seat in the cabinet and his position as Lord President. May 1882: William Edward Forster resigns as Chief Secretary for Ireland...
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Lord Edward Cavendish (category Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies)
Queen Victoria; the middle brother, Frederick was MP for the West Riding and Chief Secretary for Ireland and was assassinated in 1882. Cavendish was commissioned...
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