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Ireland: Rulers, Statesmen, and Titleholders

Name Tenure
Family
Bessborough
Barons Bessborough, of Bessborough, co. Kilkenny, 1721 creation [IRE]
3rd
William Ponsonby (2nd E of Bessborough)
1758-93†
Ponsonby (680)
Earls of Bessborough, 1739 [IRE]
3rd 
1758-93†
Ponsonby (680)
Connaught
Dukes of Connaught and Strathearn, 1874 creation [ENG]
1st 
1874-1942†
Windsor (724.6)
Dublin
Marquess of Dublin [ENG]
Robert de Vere[39C]
cr 1385-86 - letters pat. cancelled[39C]
••••
Earls of Dublin [IRE], [GBR]
P Henry Frederick (D of Cumberland & Strathearn)[39C]
cr 1766-90† - extinct[39C]
••••
cr 1799-1820† - extinct[39F]
Hanover (2857)
cr 1850-1901 - to Brit crown; †1910[39C]
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (724.6)
Duncannon
Viscounts Duncannon, of Duncannon fort, co. Wexford, 1723 creation [IRE]
3rd 
1758-93†
Ponsonby (680)
Ireland
Kings of Ireland
Edward de Bruce (titular)[39B]
1316-18†[39B]
••••
Duke of Ireland [ENG]
Robert de Vere[39C]
cr 1386-88 - forf.[39C]
••••
Kings and Queens of Ireland
1542-47†
Tudor (201)
Edward VI (K of England) (titular) 1547-53†
Tudor (201)
1553-58†
Tudor (201)

1558-1603†

Tudor (201)
1603-25†
Stuart (414)

1625-49†

Stuart (414)
Merged with Great Britain to form the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1801-1922 (Act of Union)[J92] 
Pretenders
Charles III (P Charles Edward Stuart) (GB and Ireland)

1766-88†

Stuart (414)
Irish Free State (excluding Northern Ireland), 1922-48[J92]
Republic of Ireland, 1948[J92]

[ENG] England
[GBR] Great Britain
[IRE] Ireland


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