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COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF, IRELAND, 1774-1922

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 Seton 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