Gentlemen Ushers of The Black Rod in Ireland
Before the Act of Union of 1800, which united the Kingdom of Ireland with the Kingdom of Great Britain to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, there was also a Black Rod in the Irish House of Lords. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ceased to exist in December 1922 with the formation of the Irish Free State.
- 1707 Andrew Fountaine
- c.1708–1709 Thomas Ellys
- 1711–? Brinsley Butler, 1st Viscount Lanesborough (died 1735)
- 1745–? Robert Langrishe
- 1745–1747 Solomon Dayrolles
- 1747–? William FitzWilliam
- 1761–1763 George Montagu
- 1763–1765 Sir Archibald Edmonstone
- 1787–1789 Scrope Morland
- 1780–? Sir John Lees
- 1793–? Sir Willoughby Ashton
- William James
The Senate of Northern Ireland also had a Black Rod throughout its existence.
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