Commander-in-Chief, Ireland

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.

Commanders-in-Chief, Ireland, 1700-1922

Holders of the post have included:^[1][2]

• Lieutenant General Lord Cutts 1705-1707

• General William Steuart 1711 - 1714
• Lieutenant General Lord Tyrawley 1714-1721
• Field Marshal Lord Shannon 1721-1740

• Field Marshal Viscount Molesworth 1751-1758
• General Lord Rothes 1758-1767

• Lieutenant General William Keppel 1773-1774
• General George Augustus Eliott 1774-1775
• General Sir John Irwin 1775-1782
• Lieutenant-General John Burgoyne 1782-1784
• Lieutenant-General Sir William Augustus Pitt 1784-1791
• General George Warde 1791-1793
• General Lord Rossmore 1793-1796
• General Lord Carhampton 1796-1798
• Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby 1798
• General Lord Lake 1798
• General Lord Cornwallis 1798-1801
• General Sir William Medows 1801-1803
• General Henry Edward Fox 1803
• General Lord Cathcart 1803-1806
• General Lord Harrington 1806-1812
• General Lord Hopetoun 1812-1813
• General Sir George Hewett 1813-1816
• General Sir George Beckwith 1816-1820
• General Sir David Baird 1820-1822
• General Sir Samuel Auchmuty 1822
• Field Marshal Lord Combermere 1822-1825
• General Sir George Murray 1825-1828
• Field Marshal Lord Strafford 1828-1831
• Lieutenant-General Lord Vivian 1831-1836
• Field Marshal Sir Edward Blakeney 1836-1855
• Field Marshal Lord Seaton 1855-1860
• General Sir George Brown 1860-1865
• Field Marshal Lord Strathnairn 1865-1870
• General Lord Sandhurst 1870-1875
• Field Marshal Sir John Michel 1875-1880
• General Sir Thomas Steele 1880-1885
• Field Marshal HH Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar 1885-1890
• Field Marshal Lord Wolseley 1890-1895
• Field Marshal Lord Roberts 1895-1900
• Field Marshal HRH The Duke of Connaught 1900-1904
• Field Marshal Lord Grenfell 1904-1908
• General Sir Neville Lyttelton 1908-1912
• General Sir Arthur Paget 1912-1914
• Major-General Sir Lovick Friend 1914-1916
• General Sir John Maxwell 1916
• General Sir Bryan Mahon 1916-1918
• Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Shaw 1918-1920
• General Sir Nevil Macready 1920-1922

References

1. ^ Army Commands
2. ^ List of Commander-in-Chief Ireland

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