639:"WHEREAS his gracious Majesty has been pleased ... to appoint ... one lieutenant general and governor general of that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland, commonly called "The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland": ... Be it therefore enacted ... that it shall ... be lawful ... for his Majesty's said lieutenant general and governor general of Ireland, commonly called the lord lieutenant of Ireland, or for any other chief governor or governors thereof ... to ... appoint ... lieutenants for the several counties ... in Ireland"
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was: lieutenant 🢡 justiciar 🢡 custos 🢡 deputy (lieutenant) 🢡 deputy justiciar. The title "Deputy", and later "Lord Deputy", was originally applied to the resident deputy of a non-resident king's lieutenant, when the latter title was an honour bestowed on a favoured
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such open Key, or Wharf, as the Lord
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Deputy, or other chief
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and subsequently used by many historians and statutes. It was occasionally used before then. Chief governors were appointed under various titles, the most common of which were:
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contrary to the wishes of the English court. This prompted the passing of
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Richardson, Henry Gerald; Sayles, George Osborne (1963). "Introduction".
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Otway-Ruthven, A. J. (1965). "The Chief Governors of Mediaeval Ireland".
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