Editing Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (section)

==Officeholders==
{{main|List of Lords Lieutenant of Ireland}}
Until the 16th century, [[Anglo-Irish]] noblemen such as the [[Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare|8th Earl of Kildare]] and the [[Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare|9th Earl of Kildare]] traditionally held the post of Justiciar or Lord Deputy. From the Tudor reconquest of Ireland the post was increasingly given to Englishmen, whose loyalty to the Crown was not doubted.

Although it was the faith of the overwhelming majority on the island of Ireland, [[Roman Catholics]] were excluded being able to hold the office from [[Glorious Revolution]] in 1688 until the [[Government of Ireland Act 1920]].

Until 1767 Lords Lieutenant did not live full-time in Ireland. Instead they resided in Ireland during meetings of the Irish Parliament (a number of months every two years). However the British cabinet decided in 1765 that full-time residency should be required to enable the Lord Lieutenant to keep a full-time eye on public affairs in Ireland.<ref name= Robins66 >Joseph Robins, ''Champagne and Silver Buckles: The Viceregal Court at Dublin Castle 1700–1922'' p.56 (Lillyput Press, 2001) {{ISBN|1-901866-58-0}}</ref>