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Clerk of the Privy Council of Ireland
Name Start–End or Notes
Thomas Walshe 1443;[1] 1450[2][3]– Appointed [?1450?] by Lord Deputy Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare.[3] Made clerk of the Court of Castle Chamber in 1563.[4]
[Same as clerk of Parliament] 1452 Mason says "The Clerk of the Parliament and of the great Council, was generally the same officer, and thus we find, in the Stat. of resumption, [1469] 7 and 8 Ed. IV. c. 48 , Patrick Cogley is clerk of both assemblies; and from the same Statute it appears, that James Prendergast was Clerk of the Privy Council: however, in [1452] the 29 Hen. VI. (see Stat. of that year, c. 13.) the Clerk of the Parliament and of the two Councils was the same."[5]
James Collyn alias Prendergast –1469– [5][6] Also Clerk of the Hanaper.[6]
Richard Nangle –1472/3[7]–
Robert Cowley 1520–1524[dib 1]
John Alan 1533-07-09[8]–1537[9]–
John Goldsmyth 1543-04-13[10]–1558 recommended for post on 1542-12-07[11] Died in office,[12] shortly after getting leave of absence to go to England.[13]
Ralph Cockerell August 1558Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page).–1562?[14] When the higher post of Secretary of State was created for John Challoner in 1560, the queen's letter noted "at this present there is none appointed to be Clerk of our Council there"[15][16]
Edmund Molyneux 1569[17]–1571[18]
Roland Cowick[19] "Long before 1580"[20] Later registrar of archbishop and Lord Chancellor Adam Loftus[21]
Lodowick Bryskett 1575-May 1582[22] Secretary of State by 1580-04-20[23]
Nathaniel Dillon May 1582[24]–1591-08-15[25]– [26] Related to Bryskett by marriage.[27] On 11 March 1582/3 Queen Elizabeth noified the Lords Justices that officials including the clerk would hold office quamdiu se bene gesserint, rather than being replaced by each new viceroy.[28]
William Ussher (1561–1659)[29][nb 1] 1594-03-24[34]–1639[35]– Second cousin of archbishops Ambrose Ussher and James Ussher, he married Isabella, daughter of archbishop and Lord Chancellor Adam Loftus.[36] In 1624 Patrick Hanna (or Hannay), an Ulster Scot, was granted the reversion of the office, and for several years tried to claim it before Ussher's death,[37] or have a separate clerk for Scottish-related affairs, reflecting tension between the Scottish and English communities in Ireland.[38] In July/August 1630 Ussher surrendered his sole patent and and was regranted the office jointly with Sir Paul Davys.[39] In 1639 Lord Deputy Thomas, Viscount Wentworth promised James Howell he would succeed the "very aged and bed-rid" Ussher, but Wentworth's fall annulled this.[35]
Sir Paul Davys 1630-07-10[39][dib 2]–1643/1646;[dib 2] post-1660[dib 2]–1673[dib 3] Secretary of State 3 June 1663.[dib 2]
Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet August 1654–1659[40][41] A Royalist in the English Civil War, then loyal to Commonwealth as opposed to Confederacy.[40] Commissioner on Irish High Court 1653,[42] and secretary to the commissioners governing Ireland from December 1653 until they were replaced by a lord-deputy and council.[40] Sir William Petty was Additional Clerk to the Council for two years in this period.[43]
Robert Gorges 1659?–zzz Brother of Thomas Gorges,[dib 4] deputy governor of Maine for his cousin Ferdinando Gorges.[44] Was already the secretary of Lord Deputy Henry Cromwell.[dib 4]
George Lane April 1661[dib 5]–zzz later Viscount Lanesborough[dib 5] Maybe his role as "clerk to the Irish council" was different from "clerk of the Irish council"? Lane didnt go to Ireland until summer 1662, though OTOH he didnt sell his clerkship of the English council till 1664.[dib 5]
Matthew Barry, William Davys, and John Davys 1673-01-15[dib 3]–1689/1692[dib 3] All three jointly for life.[dib 3] William (died 1689) and John (died 1687) were sons of Paul Davys, for whom Barry was deputy clerk in 1640s and 1660s-1673.[dib 3] It was alleged after the Williamite War that Barry voluntarily relinquished office to Reily in 1689; doubts about securing a criminal conviction for abetting the Jacobites meant that he was instead allowed to surrender his patent in 1692.[dib 3][45]
Hugh Reily 5 March 1689–1690[dib 6] Patent granted by James II[dib 6] According to William King, Reily "entered office" on 27 August 1689.[46] I think Hughes 1960 p.110 has both dates, not sure what difference might be. Reily left Ireland during the Williamite War, and the victors regarded his patent as invalid, postdating James' putative abdication.
John Pulteney 1692–1726[47] 1690–92 acting.[48] His warrant in 1692 was contingent on the surrender of Matthew Barry's.[45] For life.[47]
Daniel Pulteney 1726–1731 Succeeded his father under a reversion granted by Queen Anne.[49]
Edward Deering 19 April 1732[50]–1734[51] Possibly related to Auditor-General Charles Dering, a grandson of Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet. Afterwards deputy clerk to Sackville.[51] Died March 1735.[52]
George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville 24 April 1734[53]–26 August 1785[54] New patent 1737,[53] for life.[54] At the time of his grant, his father Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset was Lord Lieutenant.
Henry Ellis, 2nd Viscount Clifden 1785–1836 For life.[55]
John Ebbs 1836–1837 Ebbs was senior deputy clerk until Clifden's death, whereupon by the Public Offices (Ireland) Act 1817 the sinecure was abolished and Ebbs gained the title "First Clerk of the Council, Usher, and Keeper of the Council Chamber".[55][nb 2]
Marmion Wilme Savage

1837[59]–either March 1853[60] or 1856[dib 8]

"First Clerk of the Council"[59] After Savage's retirement, the Assistant Under-Secretary for Ireland (called chief clerk 1852–1876[61]) was ex officio Clerk of the Privy Council of Ireland[59]
Robert Matheson 1856–1875[62]
Henry Robinson (1823–1993) 1876–1879[63] Promoted to vice president of the Local Government Board for Ireland.[63] Father of Sir Henry Robinson, 1st Baronet.[63]
Sir William Kaye 1878–1895[64] Afterwards private secretary to the Lord Lieutenant[64]
Sir James Brown Dougherty 1895–1908 [dib 9]
Edward O'Farrell (d.1926) September 1908[65]–June 1918[66] Resigned to become one of the three Estates Commissioners in the Irish Land Commission[66]
John James Taylor (1859–1945) June 1918[66]–May 1920[67][68] When Taylor resigned, John Anderson on 28 May 1920[69] became "joint under-secretary" with James Macmahon.[68] This marked an escalation of the Black and Tans in the Anglo-Irish War.[68]
Alfred Cope 28 May 1920[67][69]–October 1922 [dib 10] Seconded from Whitehall die to the security crisis. Cope was clerk of the council.[70]
Ernest Clarke 15 September 1921[71]–late 1921[72] Officially an additional assistant under-secretary, he was based in Belfast to shepherd the establishment of Northern Ireland and practically independent.[73] He resigned to become permanent secretary of the NI ministry of finance[72]
Mark Sturgis 3 Dec 1921–1922 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 Warren Fisher thought "private secretary to the Lord Lieutenant" was too lowly.[74]

As part of the May 1920 change of personnel, Percival Waterfield took over from Maurice Headlam as senior UK Treasury official in Dublin, with increased responsibility as head of a new "Treasury (Ireland)" division on 16 June 1920. His title is given variously as "Treasury Remembrancer with the power of Assistant Under-Secretary",[75] "acting principal secretary",[76] Maguire says "Waterfield, as Assistant Under-Secretary at Treasury (Ireland), was now head of the Irish civil service answering to Anderson himself".[77] Anderson was secretary of Treasury (Ireland) as well as joint under-secretary at the Chief Secretary's Office.[78]

Notes

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  1. ^ Wright 1889 gives Sir William Ussher's years of birth and death as 1561[30] and [August] 1659[31] but also that he died aged 96[32]. On p.118 he gives 1653 as he year of birth, which might be a misprint for 1563, which would be compatible with an age at death of 96. Alteratively, his will was dated 28 December 1657;[33] which some sources give as his date of death.
  2. ^ when were Usher and Keeper abolished as separate posts?
    • George Arglas [Ardglasse] was granted "the office of keeping, tending, and cleaning the new buildings, houses, rooms, and edifices erected within the castle of Dublin for a convenient place for the abode of the lord deputy, his train, and household, and for the assembling of the council" at 8d per day[56]
    • George Arglas 1582 [during pleasure] and 1583 [during good behaviour] "the office of keeper of the council chamber in the castle of Dublin" at 12d per day[57]
    • Nicholas Bevans alias Ap Evans 1597 "the office of keeper of the Council Chamber in the Castle of Dublin" at 12d per day[58]
    • William Palmer, jun., "held the office of usher of the council chamber, 1705–58"[dib 7]
Clerks of the Court of Castle Chamber[79]
Year Name
1563 Thomas Walsche, clerk.
1565 John Bathe, gent.
1565-6 Edward Waterhouse, gent.
1569. John Harepennye, gent.
1572 Anthony Wilcocks, gent.
1575 Edmund Molyneux, esq.
1576 Robert Kendall, gent.
1581 Laurence Hollinshed, gent.
1586 Anthony Stoughton, gent.1
1607 Anthony and John Stoughton.
1625 John Stoughton, clerk.
1626 Anthony Stoughton, junior, on death of John.
1666-72 Sir George Lane

"No. 3: An Account of Compensations by Annuities, awarded and reported by the Commissioners for Compensation; distinguishing such Part as is paid out of the Civil List, and such Part as is charged on the Consolidated Fund.". Further Proceedings of Commissioners under Union Compensation Act of Ireland (Offices). Sessional Papers. Vol. 1805 HC VII (88) 549. HMSO. 26 April 1805. pp. 12–13.

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  6. ^ a b Reily (Reilly, O'Reilly), Hugh by John Cronin
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