NOTE E.

PRINCIPAL SECRETARIES OF STATE-CALLED ALSO PRINCIPAL SECRETARIES OF THE COUNCIL, AND KEEPERS OF THE PRIVY SIGNET OR PRIVY SEALFROM THE RESTORATION.

1661, Sir Paul Davys; 1678, Sir John Davys; 1690, Sir R. Southwell; 1702, Sir E. Southwell and his son, 1775, Thomas Carter (Master of the Rolls); 1760, Philip Tisdall (Attorney-General); 1777, John Hely Hutchinson (Provost, &c.); 1795, Lord Glentworth; 1796, Hon. Thomas Pelham; 1797, Robert Stewart (Castlereagh); 1801, Charles Abbott (afterwards Speaker of English House of Commons, and Lord Colchester.)

IRISH CHANCELLORS OF THE EXCHEQUER.

1761, William Yorke-vice Anthony Malone; 1763, William Gerard Hamilton ("Single Speech"); 1784, John Foster (Speaker, &c.); 1785, Sir John Parnell; 1799, Isaac Corry; 1804, John Foster; 1806, Sir John Newport; 1807, John Foster; 1811, Wellesley Pole; 1812, Will am Fitzgerald; 1817, Nicholas Vansittart.

SPEAKERS OF THE IRISH HOUSE OF COMMONS SINCE THE RESTORATION.

1661, Sir Audley Mervin; 1692, Sir R. Levinge, H.M.'s SolicitorGeneral; 1695, Rt. Hon. Robert Rochfort, Attorney-General; 1703, Broderick Allen; 1710, Hon. John Forster; 1715, Rt. Hon. Wm. Connolly; 1729, Sir Ralph Gore; 1733, Hon. Henry Boyle (Lord Shannon); 1756, Rt. Hon. John Ponsonby; 1771, Rt. Hon. Edmund Sexten Pery (Lord Pery); 1785, Rt. Hon. John Foster.

CHIEF SECRETARIES TO LORD LIEUTENANTS.

Year.

Chief Secretary.

Lord Lieutenant.

1703.

Sir E. Southwell (also Prin-Duke of Ormonde.
cipal Secretary of State).

1707. Joshua Dawson.

1709.

1711.

1713.

1724.

Lord Pembroke.

George Bubb Doddington Lord Wharton.
(also Clerk of the Pells).

Southwell.

Sir John Stanley.

Thomas Clutterbuck.

1731. Walter Carey.

1738.

Duke of Ormonde again.
Duke of Shrewsbury.
Lord Carteret.

Duke of Dorset.

and Duke of Devonshire.

Edward Walpole,
Nicholas Bonfoy. (This
was the Mr. Walpole
who had the escapade with
the notorious Letitia Pilk-
ington).

1740.

Henry Legg, and Nicholas

Bonfoy.

B. Liddell (a Cornish M.P.), Lord Chesterfield.

Lord G. Sackville (also Clerk Duke of Dorset again.

of the Council, and Keeper

of Phoenix Park).

Robert Maxwell.

Marquis of Hartington.

Richard Rigby (also Master Duke of Bedford.
of the Rolls).

1761. Single Speech" Hamilton Lord Halifax.

(also Chancellor of the Ex

1783.

1784.

1787.

Sir G., afterwards Lord Mc- Marquis Townshend.
Cartney (Governor of Ma-

and

dras),
Campbell.

Lord Fk.

Sir John Blacquiere (also Al- Lord Hartcourt.
nager, and afterwards Lord

Blacquiere).

Sir Rd. Heron (his Excel- Lord Buckinghamshire.
lency's land agent; also

Searcher, Packer, and Gau

ger of the Port of Cork).

W. Eden (afterwards Lord Lord Carlisle.

Auckland).

Colonel Fitzpatrick.

Duke of Portland.

Lord Grenville (also Chief Re- Lord Temple, Buckingham. membrancer, with £4,000

a year).

Thomas Pelham and William Lord Northington.
Wyndham.

Thomas Orde (afterwards Duke of Rutland.
Lord Bolton).

Alleyne Fitzherbert (after Marquis of Buckingham again.
wards Lord St. Helens).

1790. Major Hobart (afterwards Lord Westmoreland. Lord Buckinghamshire).

1795. Syl. Douglas (Lord Glen-Lord Fitzwilliam.

bervie).

G. Damer (afterwards Lord Lord Camden.

Milton). T. Pelham (after

wards Lord Chichester).

Lord Castlereagh.

Charles Abbott (afterwards
Speaker of English House
of Commons, and Lord
Colchester); W. Wick-
ham; Sir Evan Napean

Lord Cornwallis.

(Treasurer of Irish Ex-Lord Hardwick.
chequer); Nicholas Van-

sittart (afterwards Lord
Bexley); Charles Long
(afterwards Lord Farn-
borough).

1830.

Lord F. Levenson Gower Marquis of Anglesey and Duke

of Northumberland.

Sir H. Hardinge (afterwards Marquis of Anglesey again.

Lord Hardinge).

Edward

Derby).

Stanley

Cam Hobhouse, E. J. Little- Marquis of Wellesley again.
ton (Lord Hatherton.)

Sir H. Hardinge again. Lord Haddington, and Lord
G. F. W. Howard (Lord Mulgrave, and Lord For-

Carlisle).

tescue.

Lord Elliott (Earl St. Ger- Lord De Grey.

Lord Lincoln.

Sir William Somerville.

Lord Naas.

mains).

1846.

1847.

1853.

1854.

Sir John Young.

Edward Horsman, and Hon. Lord Carlisle.

Edward Cardwell.

Do. Do.

Chichester Fortescue (after

wards Lord Carlingford).

Lord Carlisle.

Lord Naas (afterwards Lord Duke of Abercorn.
Mayo).

N.B.-It is instructive to note how very few of the herementioned eighty Chief Secretaries, the persons mainly entrusted with the government of the country for 180 years, belonged to the country, or had any real knowledge of its condition and requirements. If the other kingdoms of the earth were administered on this principle, the "quam parvá sapientia" would excite no astonishment.