What is the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland?
Q: What is the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland?
A: The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is a political office, which was the representative of the King and head of the Irish executive between 1171 and 1922.
Q: How is the term pronounced?
A: The term is always pronounced as 'Lord Lef-tenant of Ireland'.
Q: What other words were used for this office in earlier times?
A: Other words used for this office were Judiciar in the early medieval period, and Lord Deputy as late as the 17th century. The people in this job were often also called viceroy, from the French vice roi or deputy king.
Q: Who held this position during the Middle Ages?
A: During the Middle Ages some Lord Lieutenants had been Irish noblemen.
Q: Who held this position after that?
A: After that only noblemen from Great Britain worked in this job.
Q: When did this office exist?
A: This office existed between 1171 and 1922.
