Lord-lieutenant

The two important senses of seeing and hearing should not only be good, but quick, in business; and the business of a Lord-lieutenant of Ireland (if he will do it himself) requires both those senses in the highest perfection.

Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

One part of your supper (the potatoes) is the constant diet of my old friends and countrymen, [Lord Chesterfield, from the time he was appointed Lord-lieutenant of Ireland, 1775, used always to call the Irish his countrymen.] the Irish, who are the healthiest and the strongest bodies of men that I know in Europe.

Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

In the month of October, Lord Halifax, the new Lord-lieutenant of

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

The entry of the new Lord-lieutenant, Earl Spencer, on the 6th of May, into the

The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, February, 1886. Various

Lord-lieutenant "power by warrant to arrest any person reasonably suspected of treason, treasonable felony, or treasonable practices, and the commission, whether before or after the Act, of crimes of intimidation, or incitement thereto."

The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, February, 1886. Various

Lord-lieutenant of Ireland, and was replaced by Lord Barrington; and the

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

When the Marquis of Wharton was appointed Lord-lieutenant of Ireland, Addison attended him as his secretary; and was made keeper of the records in Birmingham’s Tower, with a salary of three hundred pounds a year.

Life of Addison, 1672-1719 1909

Lord Palmerston from his cabinet in 1851, he endeavored, somewhat awkwardly, to soften the blow by offering to his dispossessed rival the position of Lord-lieutenant of Ireland.

A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1871

Carteret, however, was not a man to be rudely thrust out of office, and a soft fall was therefore prepared for him; he was made Lord-lieutenant of Ireland.

A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1871

When the speech was read, and the King had left the House, the Duke of Grafton, then Lord-lieutenant of Ireland, brought in a bill for suspending the Habeas Corpus Act, and empowering the Government to secure and detain "such persons as his Majesty shall suspect are conspiring against his person and government, for the space of one year."

A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1871