Commander-in-Chief, Ireland

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The office of Commander-in-Chief, Ireland was the commander of British forces in Ireland before 1922.

[edit] Commanders-in-Chief, Ireland, 1727-1922

• Field Marshal Lord Shannon 1727-1740
• Lieutenant General William Keppel 1773-1774
• General Lord Heathfield 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 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 Hewet 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 Montagu 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 1912-1915
• Major-General Sir Lovick Friend 1915-1916
• General Sir John Maxwell 1916-1917
• General Sir Bryan Mahon 1917-1918
• Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Shaw 1918-1920
• General Sir Nevil Macready 1920-1922

[edit] References

List of CiC Ireland