The office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland was the highest judicial office in Ireland from earliest times until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922 .
Lord Chancellors of Ireland, 1660-1922 Sir Maurice Eustace 1660-1665 Michael Boyle, Archbishop of Armagh 1665-1686 Sir Charles Porter 1686-1687 Sir Alexander Fitton 1687-1690 Richard Pyne 1690 Sir Richard Ryves 1690 Robert Rochfort 1690 Sir Charles Porter 1690-1696 in commission 1696-1697 John Methuen 1697-1703 Sir Richard Cox 1703-1707 Richard Freeman 1707-1710 in commission 1710 Sir Constantine Phipps 1710-1714 Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton 1714-1725 Richard West 1725-1726 Thomas Wyndham 1726-1727 Robert Jocelyn, 1st Viscount Jocelyn 1727-1756 John Bowes, 1st Baron Bowes 1757-1767 James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford 1767-1789 in commission 1789 John Fitzgibbon, 1st Earl of Clare 1789-1802 John Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale 1802-1806 George Ponsonby 1806-1807Thomas Manners Sutton, 1st Baron Manners 1807-1827 Sir Anthony Hart 1827-1830 William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket 1830-1834 Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sugden 1835 William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket 1835-1841 John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell of St Andrews 1841 Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sugden 1841-1846 Maziere Brady 1846-1852 Francis Blackburne 1852Maziere Brady 1853-1858 Sir Joseph Napier 1858-1859 Maziere Brady 1859-1866 Francis Blackburne 1866-1867Abraham Brewster 1867-1868 Thomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'Hagan 1868-1874 in commission 1874-1875 John Thomas Ball 1875-1880 Thomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'Hagan 1880-1881 Hugh Law 1881-1883 Sir Edward Sullivan 1883-1885 John Naish 1885 Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne 1885-1886 John Naish 1886 Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne 1886-1892 Samuel Walker 1892-1895Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne 1895-1905 Sir Samuel Walker 1905-1911 Redmond John Barry 1911-1913 Sir John O'Brien 1913-1918 James Henry Mussen Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy 1918-1921 Sir John Ross 1921-1922
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The Lord Chancellor is the Speaker (presiding officer) of the House of Lords . The Lord Chancellor is also involved in the annual ceremony known as the State Opening of Parliament, during which the Sovereign delivers the Speech from the Throne (also known as the King's or Queen's Speech), outlining the agenda of the Government for the upcoming parliamentary session. The Lord Chancellor is entitled to an annual emolument of £207,736 and to an annual pension of £103,868.
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