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| From 1852 to 1876 the Assistant Under-Secretary was called Chief Clerk.<ref>McDowell 1976 pp.75, 77</ref> After the retirement of ] as Clerk of the ] in 1853,<ref>{{cite book |title=General Abstract of the Grants to be proposed for Civil Services for 1853, compared with similar Charges for 1851 and 1852; Estimates, &c., Civil Services, for the Year ending 31 March 1854; VI. Superannuation and Retired Allowances, and Gratuities for Charitable and other Purposes |series=Parliamentary Papers |volume=HC 1852–3 lviii (261-VI) 483 |date=18 March 1853 |publisher=HMSO |location=London |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LJMSAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA12-PA19 |language=en}}</ref> the Chief Clerk/Assistant Under-Secretary was ] Clerk of the Privy Council of Ireland.<ref name="hmso1859">{{cite book |title=Reports of Committees of Inquiry Into Public Offices and Papers Connected Therewith |date=1859 |publisher=Eyre and Spottiswoode |pages= |
From 1852 to 1876 the Assistant Under-Secretary was called Chief Clerk.<ref>McDowell 1976 pp.75, 77</ref> After the retirement of ] as Clerk of the ] in 1853,<ref>{{cite book |title=General Abstract of the Grants to be proposed for Civil Services for 1853, compared with similar Charges for 1851 and 1852; Estimates, &c., Civil Services, for the Year ending 31 March 1854; VI. Superannuation and Retired Allowances, and Gratuities for Charitable and other Purposes |series=Parliamentary Papers |volume=HC 1852–3 lviii (261-VI) 483 |date=18 March 1853 |publisher=HMSO |location=London |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LJMSAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA12-PA19 |language=en}}</ref> the Chief Clerk/Assistant Under-Secretary was ] Clerk of the Privy Council of Ireland.<ref name="hmso1859">{{cite book |title=Reports of Committees of Inquiry Into Public Offices and Papers Connected Therewith |date=1859 |publisher=Eyre and Spottiswoode |pages=87–88 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nTILAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA87 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| | Robert M. Matheson || 1856–1875<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Flanagan |first1=Kieran |title=The Chief Secretary's Office, 1853–1914: A Bureaucratic Enigma |journal=Irish Historical Studies |date=1984 |volume=24 |issue=94 |pages=223 |jstor=30008300 |issn=0021-1214}}</ref> || His son Sir Robert E. Matheson was ] for Ireland 1900–1909;<ref name="rnmatheson">{{cite news |title=Obituary: Mr. R. N. Matheson |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1950/0321/Pg005.html#Ar00519 |page=5 |access-date=8 June 2021 |work=The Weekly Irish Times |url-access=subscription |date=21 March 1950}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New Registrar-General |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1900/0223/Pg004.html#Ar00402 |page=4 |access-date=8 June 2021 |work=The Irish Times |url-access=subscription |date=4 February 1900}}; {{cite news |title=New Registrar-General for Ireland |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/wit/1909/1127/Pg012.html#Ar01209 |page=12 |access-date=8 June 2021 |work=The Weekly Irish Times |url-access=subscription |date=27 November 1909}}</ref> his grandson Robert N. Matheson founded the law firm ].<ref name="rnmatheson"/> | | Robert M. Matheson || 1856–1875<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Flanagan |first1=Kieran |title=The Chief Secretary's Office, 1853–1914: A Bureaucratic Enigma |journal=Irish Historical Studies |date=1984 |volume=24 |issue=94 |pages=223 |doi=10.1017/S0021121400034659 |jstor=30008300 |issn=0021-1214}}</ref> || His son Sir Robert E. Matheson was ] for Ireland 1900–1909;<ref name="rnmatheson">{{cite news |title=Obituary: Mr. R. N. Matheson |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1950/0321/Pg005.html#Ar00519 |page=5 |access-date=8 June 2021 |work=The Weekly Irish Times |url-access=subscription |date=21 March 1950}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New Registrar-General |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1900/0223/Pg004.html#Ar00402 |page=4 |access-date=8 June 2021 |work=The Irish Times |url-access=subscription |date=4 February 1900}}; {{cite news |title=New Registrar-General for Ireland |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/wit/1909/1127/Pg012.html#Ar01209 |page=12 |access-date=8 June 2021 |work=The Weekly Irish Times |url-access=subscription |date=27 November 1909}}</ref> his grandson Robert N. Matheson founded the law firm ].<ref name="rnmatheson"/> | ||
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| | Henry Robinson (1823–1893) || 1876–1879<ref name="ihs1972">{{cite journal |last1=Cooke |first1=A. B. |last2=Vincent |first2=J. R. |title=Herbert Gladstone, Forster, and Ireland, 1881-2 (II) |journal=Irish Historical Studies |date=1972 |volume=18 |issue=69 |page=76 fn.9 |jstor=30006658 |issn=0021-1214}}</ref> || Promoted to vice president of the ].<ref name="ihs1972"/> Father of ].<ref name="ihs1972"/> | | Henry Robinson (1823–1893) || 1876–1879<ref name="ihs1972">{{cite journal |last1=Cooke |first1=A. B. |last2=Vincent |first2=J. R. |title=Herbert Gladstone, Forster, and Ireland, 1881-2 (II) |journal=Irish Historical Studies |date=1972 |volume=18 |issue=69 |page=76 fn.9 |doi=10.1017/S0021121400022781 |jstor=30006658 |issn=0021-1214}}</ref> || Promoted to vice president of the ].<ref name="ihs1972"/> Father of ].<ref name="ihs1972"/> | ||
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| | William Kaye (1831–1901) || 1878–1895<ref name="Ball2008">{{cite book |last1=Fottrell |first1=Sir George |editor-last1=Ball |editor-first1=Stephen |series=Camden Series |volume=ser.5 vol.33 |title=The Political Journal of Sir George Fottrell, 1884-1887 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2008 |isbn=978-0-521-51921-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qRXP0iPW4p0C&pg=PA190 |page=190 fn.402 |language=en}}</ref> || Afterwards private secretary to the Lord Lieutenant<ref name="Ball2008"/> | | William Kaye (1831–1901) || 1878–1895<ref name="Ball2008">{{cite book |last1=Fottrell |first1=Sir George |editor-last1=Ball |editor-first1=Stephen |series=Camden Series |volume=ser.5 vol.33 |title=The Political Journal of Sir George Fottrell, 1884-1887 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2008 |isbn=978-0-521-51921-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qRXP0iPW4p0C&pg=PA190 |page=190 fn.402 |language=en}}</ref> || Afterwards private secretary to the Lord Lieutenant<ref name="Ball2008"/> | ||
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| | ] (1877–1954)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Dictionary of Irish Biography |publisher=Cambridge University Press |article-url=https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a2028 |article=Cope, Sir Alfred William (‘Andy’) |first1=Pauric J. |last1=Dempsey |first2=Richard |last2=Hawkins}}</ref> | | ] (1877–1954)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Dictionary of Irish Biography |publisher=Cambridge University Press |article-url=https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a2028 |article=Cope, Sir Alfred William (‘Andy’) |first1=Pauric J. |last1=Dempsey |first2=Richard |last2=Hawkins}}</ref> | ||
| | 28 May 1920<ref name="edgaz19200601">{{cite journal |title=DUBLIN CASTLE |journal=Edinburgh Gazette |date=1 June 1920 |issue=13600 |page=1321 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13600/page/1321}}</ref>–October 1922 || Seconded from Whitehall die to the security crisis.<ref>McColgan 1983 ; {{cite news |title=New Viceroy Arrives; Official Report |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1921/0503/Pg003.html#Ar00302 |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 January 2021 |work=The Irish Times |date=3 May 1921 |page=3 col.5}}; {{cite news |title=New Honours List; The List in Full |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1922/1111/Pg007.html#Ar00702 |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 March 2021 |work=The Irish Times |date=11 November 1922 |page=7 col.1}}</ref> | | 28 May 1920<ref name="edgaz19200601">{{cite journal |title=DUBLIN CASTLE |journal=Edinburgh Gazette |date=1 June 1920 |issue=13600 |page=1321 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13600/page/1321}}</ref>–October 1922 || Seconded from Whitehall die to the security crisis.<ref>McColgan 1983 ; {{cite news |title=New Viceroy Arrives; Official Report |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1921/0503/Pg003.html#Ar00302 |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 January 2021 |work=The Irish Times |date=3 May 1921 |page=3 col.5}}; {{cite news |title=New Honours List; The List in Full |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1922/1111/Pg007.html#Ar00702 |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 March 2021 |work=The Irish Times |date=11 November 1922 |page=7 col.1}}</ref> | ||
| * ] was made "additional assistant under-secretary" on 15 September 1921 during the establishment of ].<ref>McColgan 1983 </ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Annual Register for the year 1920 |volume=162 |date=1921 |publisher=Longmans, Green |location=London |pages=15–16 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.79545/page/n335/mode/2up |chapter=Chronicle of the Year's Events; September 13 & 15}}</ref> He resigned in late 1921 to become ] of the ]<ref name="McColgan31">McColgan 1983 </ref> | * ] was made "additional assistant under-secretary" on 15 September 1921 during the establishment of ].<ref>McColgan 1983 </ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Annual Register for the year 1920 |volume=162 |date=1921 |publisher=Longmans, Green |location=London |pages=15–16 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.79545/page/n335/mode/2up |chapter=Chronicle of the Year's Events; September 13 & 15}}</ref> He resigned in late 1921 to become ] of the ]<ref name="McColgan31">McColgan 1983 </ref> | ||
| * ] was given the title "additional assistant under-secretary" on 3 December 1921. He came to Ireland at the same time as Cope and was not given any title at first: Anderson worried "assistant under-secretary" would offend Cope, and ] thought "private secretary to the Lord Lieutenant" was too lowly.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sturgis |first1=Mark |title=The Last Days of Dublin Castle: The Mark Sturgis Diaries |date=1999 |publisher=Irish Academic Press |location=Dublin |isbn=978-0-7165-2626-1 |pages=5–6, 13, 224 |language=en}}</ref> | * ] was given the title "additional assistant under-secretary" on 3 December 1921. He came to Ireland at the same time as Cope and was not given any title at first: Anderson worried "assistant under-secretary" would offend Cope, and ] thought "private secretary to the Lord Lieutenant" was too lowly.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sturgis |first1=Mark |title=The Last Days of Dublin Castle: The Mark Sturgis Diaries |date=1999 |publisher=Irish Academic Press |location=Dublin |isbn=978-0-7165-2626-1 |pages=5–6, 13, 224 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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The Under-Secretary for Ireland (Permanent Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland) was the permanent head (or most senior civil servant) of the British administration in Ireland prior to the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922.
The Under-Secretary's residence was at Ashtown Lodge in Phoenix Park, also known as the Under Secretary's Lodge.
Among the best-known holders of the office was Thomas Henry Burke, who was assassinated along with the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Lord Frederick Cavendish, in the so-called Phoenix Park Killings on Saturday, 6 May 1882.
In April 1887 Colonel Edward Robert King-Harman was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, but he died on 10 June 1888 and no further appointments were made.
Under-Secretaries for Ireland
- Thomas Waite 1747–1774
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- Sackville Hamilton 1780–1795
- Lodge Morres 1795
- Sackville Hamilton 1795–1796
- Edward Cooke 1796-1801
- Alexander Marsden 1801-1806
- James Traill 1806-1808
- Sir Charles Saxton 1808-1812
- William Gregory 1812-1831
- Sir William Gossett 1831-1835
- Thomas Drummond 1835–1840
- Norman Hilton Macdonald 1840–1841
- Edward Lucas 1841–1845
- Richard Pennefather 1845–1846
- Sir Thomas Nicholas Redington 1846–1852
- John Arthur Wynne 1852–1853
- Sir Thomas Aiskew Larcom 1853–1868
- Sir Edward Robert Wetherall 1868–1869
- Thomas Henry Burke 1869–1882
- Sir Robert George Crookshank Hamilton 1882–1886
- Sir Redvers Henry Buller 1886–1887
- Sir Joseph West Ridgeway 1887–1893
- Sir David Harrel 1893–1902
- Sir Antony MacDonnell 1902–1908
- Sir James Brown Dougherty 1908–1914
- Sir Matthew Nathan 1914–1916
- Sir Robert Chalmers 1916
- Sir William Byrne 1916–1918
- James Macmahon 1918–1922 (jointly with Sir John Anderson from 1920)
- Sir John Anderson 1920–1922 (jointly with James Macmahon)
Assistant Under-Secretaries for Ireland
From 1852 to 1876 the Assistant Under-Secretary was called Chief Clerk. After the retirement of Marmion Savage as Clerk of the Privy Council of Ireland in 1853, the Chief Clerk/Assistant Under-Secretary was ex-officio Clerk of the Privy Council of Ireland.
| Name | Dates of service | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Robert M. Matheson | 1856–1875 | His son Sir Robert E. Matheson was Registrar-General for Ireland 1900–1909; his grandson Robert N. Matheson founded the law firm Matheson. |
| Henry Robinson (1823–1893) | 1876–1879 | Promoted to vice president of the Local Government Board for Ireland. Father of Sir Henry Robinson, 1st Baronet. |
| William Kaye (1831–1901) | 1878–1895 | Afterwards private secretary to the Lord Lieutenant |
| James Brown Dougherty (1844–1934) | 1895–1908 | Knighted in 1902 |
| Edward O'Farrell (d.1926) | September 1908–June 1918 | Resigned to become one of the three Estates Commissioners in the Irish Land Commission |
| John James Taylor (1859–1945) | June 1918–1920 | When Taylor resigned, John Anderson on 28 May 1920 became "joint under-secretary" with James Macmahon. This marked an escalation of the Black and Tans in the Anglo-Irish War. |
| Alfred Cope (1877–1954) | 28 May 1920–October 1922 | Seconded from Whitehall die to the security crisis.
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Sources
- Chris Cook and Brendan Keith, British Historical Facts 1830–1900 (Macmillan, 1975) p. 149.
- McColgan, John (1983). British policy and the Irish administration, 1920–22. London ; Boston: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-0-04-941011-4.
- McDowell, R. B. (1976). The Irish administration, 1801–1914. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-8371-8561-3.
Citations
- Haydn's Book of Dignities, third edition (1894) p. 564.
- Famous scots, Retrieved 9 January 2009
- "Pennefather, Richard". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21866. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- McDowell 1976 pp.75, 77
- General Abstract of the Grants to be proposed for Civil Services for 1853, compared with similar Charges for 1851 and 1852; Estimates, &c., Civil Services, for the Year ending 31 March 1854; VI. Superannuation and Retired Allowances, and Gratuities for Charitable and other Purposes. Parliamentary Papers. Vol. HC 1852–3 lviii (261-VI) 483. London: HMSO. 18 March 1853. p. 19.
- Reports of Committees of Inquiry Into Public Offices and Papers Connected Therewith. Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1859. pp. 87–88.
- Flanagan, Kieran (1984). "The Chief Secretary's Office, 1853–1914: A Bureaucratic Enigma". Irish Historical Studies. 24 (94): 223. doi:10.1017/S0021121400034659. ISSN 0021-1214. JSTOR 30008300.
- ^ "Obituary: Mr. R. N. Matheson". The Weekly Irish Times. 21 March 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- "New Registrar-General". The Irish Times. 4 February 1900. p. 4. Retrieved 8 June 2021.; "New Registrar-General for Ireland". The Weekly Irish Times. 27 November 1909. p. 12. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ Cooke, A. B.; Vincent, J. R. (1972). "Herbert Gladstone, Forster, and Ireland, 1881-2 (II)". Irish Historical Studies. 18 (69): 76 fn.9. doi:10.1017/S0021121400022781. ISSN 0021-1214. JSTOR 30006658.
- ^ Fottrell, Sir George (2008). Ball, Stephen (ed.). The Political Journal of Sir George Fottrell, 1884-1887. Camden Series. Vol. ser.5 vol.33. Cambridge University Press. p. 190 fn.402. ISBN 978-0-521-51921-2.
- Rouse, Paul. "Dougherty, Sir James Brown". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge University Press.
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- ^ "New Estates Commissioner; New Assistant Under-Secretary". Weekly Irish Times. 15 June 1918. p. 2 col.3. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ Buckland, Patrick (1973). Irish Unionism: The Anglo-Irish and the new Ireland, 1885-1922. Gill and Macmillan. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-06-490750-7.
- ^ "DUBLIN CASTLE". Edinburgh Gazette (13600): 1321. 1 June 1920.
- Dempsey, Pauric J.; Hawkins, Richard. "Cope, Sir Alfred William ('Andy')". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge University Press.
- McColgan 1983 p.162; "New Viceroy Arrives; Official Report". The Irish Times. 3 May 1921. p. 3 col.5. Retrieved 29 January 2021.; "New Honours List; The List in Full". The Irish Times. 11 November 1922. p. 7 col.1. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- McColgan 1983 p.viii
- "Chronicle of the Year's Events; September 13 & 15". The Annual Register for the year 1920. Vol. 162. London: Longmans, Green. 1921. pp. 15–16 .
- McColgan 1983 p.31
- Sturgis, Mark (1999). The Last Days of Dublin Castle: The Mark Sturgis Diaries. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. pp. 5–6, 13, 224. ISBN 978-0-7165-2626-1.
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