Lord High Steward of Ireland

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In Ireland, the position of Lord High Steward was sometimes known as the Hereditary Great Seneschal. The position was held from the 15th century by the Earls of Shrewsbury and Waterford, who also are the Premier Earls of England and (discounting dormant and submerged titles) of Ireland. The position of Vice Great Seneschal is a hereditary appointment of office, an incorporeal hereditament, under the aegis of the Great Seneschal.

[edit] Lord High Stewards of Ireland, 1446-present

• John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1446-1453
• John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1453-1460
• John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1460-1473
• George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1473-1538
• Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1538-1560
• George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1560-1590
• Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1590-1616
• Edward Talbot, 8th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1616-1617
• George Talbot, 9th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1617-1630
• John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1630-1654
• Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1654-1667
• Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, 12th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1667-1718
• Gilbert Talbot, 13th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1718-1743
• George Talbot, 14th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1743-1787
• Charles Talbot, 15th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1787-1827
• John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1827-1852
• Bertram Arthur Talbot, 17th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1852-1856
• Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1856-1868
• Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1868-1877
• Charles Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1877-1921
• John George Charles Henry Alton Alexander Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1921-1980
• Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford 1980-