| 
YEAR | 
DATE | 
EVENT | 
PRIME MINISTER | 
GENERAL GOVERNOR | 
| 
1541 | 
june | 
Kingdom of King of England | 
 | 
Anthony St Leger (I) | 
| 
1548 | 
  | 
 | 
 | 
Edward Bellingham | 
| 
1549 | 
  | 
 | 
 | 
Anthony St Leger (II) | 
| 
1551 | 
  | 
 | 
 | 
James Croft | 
| 
1553 | 
  | 
 | 
 | 
Anthony St Leger (III) | 
| 
1556 | 
  | 
 | 
 | 
Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex | 
| 
1565 | 
  | 
 | 
 | 
Henry Sidney (I) | 
| 
1571 | 
  | 
 | 
 | 
William Fitzwilliam (I) | 
| 
1575 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
Henry Sidney (II) | 
| 
1580 | 
  | 
 | 
 | 
Arthur Grey, 14th Lord Grey de Wilton | 
| 
1584 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
John Perrot | 
| 
1588 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
William Fitzwilliam (II) | 
| 
1594 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
William Russell | 
| 
1597 | 
  | 
 | 
 | 
Thomas Burgh, Lord Burgh | 
| 
1599 | 
  | 
 | 
 | 
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex | 
| 
1600 | 
  | 
 | 
 | 
Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy | 
| 
1604 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
Sir Arthur Chichester | 
| 
1615 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
Sir Oliver St John | 
| 
1622 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
Henry Cary, 1st Viscount of Falkland | 
| 
1629 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Viscount Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford | 
| 
1641 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester | 
| 
1643 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde (I) | 
| 
1646 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
Philip Sydney, Lord Lisle | 
| 
1648 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde (II) | 
| 
1649 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
Oliver Cromwell | 
| 
1651 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
Henry Ireton | 
| 
1652 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
Charles Fleetwood | 
| 
1657 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
Henry Cromwell | 
| 
1659 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
Edmund Ludlow | 
| 
1660 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle | 
| 
1662 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (I) | 
| 
1668 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory | 
| 
1669 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes | 
| 
1670 | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton | 
| 
1672 | 
 | 
 | 
 | 
Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex | 
| 
1677 | 
 | 
 | 
 | 
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (II) | 
| 
1685 | 
 | 
 | 
 | 
Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon | 
| 
1687 | 
 | 
 | 
 | 
Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell | 
| 
1689 | 
 | 
 | 
 | 
King James II of England | 
| 
1690 | 
 | 
 | 
 | 
King William III of England | 
| 
1692 | 
 | 
 | 
 | 
Henry Sydney, 1st Viscount Sydney | 
| 
1693 | 
 | 
 | 
 | 
Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell | 
| 
1697 | 
6 february | 
 | 
 | 
Henry de Massue, Earl of Galway | 
| 
1699 | 
november | 
 | 
Humphrey May | 
 | 
| 
1700 | 
28 december | 
 | 
 | 
Cyril Wyche | 
| 
1701 | 
18 september | 
 | 
 | 
Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester | 
| 
1701 | 
28 december | 
 | 
Francis Gwyn | 
 | 
| 
1703 | 
19 february | 
 | 
Edward Southwell (I) | 
 | 
| 
1703 | 
4 june | 
 | 
 | 
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (I) | 
| 
1707 | 
30 april | 
 | 
George Dodington | 
 | 
| 
1707 | 
24 june | 
 | 
 | 
Thomas Herbert, Earl of Pembroke | 
| 
1708 | 
4 december | 
 | 
Joseph Addison | 
 | 
| 
1709 | 
21 april | 
 | 
 | 
Thomas Wharton, Baron Wharton | 
| 
1710 | 
26 october | 
 | 
Edward Southwell (II) | 
 | 
| 
1711 | 
3 july | 
 | 
 | 
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (II) | 
| 
1713 | 
22 september | 
 | 
Sir John Stanley | 
 | 
| 
1713 | 
27 october | 
 | 
 | 
Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury  | 
| 
1714 | 
4 october | 
 | 
Joseph Addison  | 
Charles Spencer, Earl of Sunderland | 
| 
1715 | 
22 september | 
 | 
Martin Bladen   | 
 | 
| 
1717 | 
13 february | 
 | 
 | 
Charles Townshend, Viscount Townshend | 
| 
1717 | 
27 april | 
 | 
Edward Webster | 
 | 
| 
1717 | 
7 august | 
 | 
 | 
Charles Paulet, Duke of Bolton (II) | 
| 
1720 | 
8 april | 
 | 
Horatio Walpole | 
 | 
| 
1721 | 
28 august | 
 | 
Edward Hopkins | 
Charles Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton | 
| 
1724 | 
6 may | 
 | 
Thomas Clutterbuck | 
 | 
| 
1724 | 
22 october | 
 | 
 | 
John Carteret, Baron Carteret | 
| 
1730 | 
april | 
 | 
 | 
Hugh Boulter | 
| 
1730 | 
23 june | 
 | 
Walter Cary | 
 | 
| 
1731 | 
11 september | 
 | 
 | 
Lionel Cranfield Sackville, Duke of Dorset (I) | 
| 
1737 | 
9 april | 
 | 
Sir Edward Walpole | 
 | 
| 
1737 | 
7 september | 
 | 
 | 
William Cavendish, Devonshire | 
| 
1739 | 
11 may | 
 | 
Thomas Townshend | 
 | 
| 
1739 | 
13 october | 
 | 
Henry Bilson Legge | 
 | 
| 
1741 | 
8 june | 
 | 
William Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon | 
 | 
| 
1745 | 
8 january | 
 | 
Richard Liddell | 
 | 
| 
1745 | 
31 august | 
 | 
 | 
Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield | 
| 
1746 | 
5 july | 
 | 
Sewallis Shirley | 
 | 
| 
1746 | 
15 november | 
 | 
Edward Weston | 
 | 
| 
1747 | 
13 september | 
 | 
 | 
William Stanhope, Earl of Harrington | 
| 
1750 | 
april | 
 | 
 | 
Henry Boyle | 
| 
1750 | 
15 december | 
 | 
Lord George Sackville | 
 | 
| 
1751 | 
19 september | 
 | 
 | 
Lionel Cranfield Sackville, Duke of Dorset (II) | 
| 
1755 | 
2 april | 
 | 
Henry Seymour Conway | 
 | 
| 
1755 | 
5 may | 
 | 
 | 
William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire | 
| 
1757 | 
3 january | 
 | 
Richard Rigby | 
 | 
| 
1757 | 
25 september | 
 | 
 | 
John Russell, Duke of Bedford | 
| 
1761 | 
3 april | 
 | 
William Gerard | 
 | 
| 
1761 | 
6 october | 
 | 
 | 
George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of Halifax | 
| 
1763 | 
22 september | 
 | 
 | 
Hugh Smithson Percy, Earl o fNorthumberland | 
| 
1764 | 
3 july | 
 | 
Charles Moore, Earl of Drogheda | 
 | 
| 
1765 | 
5 june | 
 | 
Sir Charles Bunbury | 
Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth | 
| 
1765 | 
7 august | 
 | 
Francis Seymour Conway, Viscount Beauchamp | 
 | 
| 
1765 | 
18 october | 
 | 
 | 
Francis Seymour, Earl of Hertford | 
| 
1766 | 
6 october | 
 | 
Augustus John Hervey | 
George William Hervey, Earl of Bristol | 
| 
1767 | 
9 july | 
 | 
Theophilus Jones | 
 | 
| 
1767 | 
19 august | 
 | 
Lord Frederick Campbell | 
 | 
| 
1767 | 
14 october | 
 | 
 | 
George Townshend, Viscount Townshend | 
| 
1769 | 
1 january | 
 | 
Sir George Mcartney | 
 | 
| 
1772 | 
30 november | 
 | 
Sir John de Blaquiere | 
Simon Harcourt, Earl Harcourt | 
| 
1776 | 
13 december | 
 | 
Sir Richard Heron | 
 | 
| 
1777 | 
25 january | 
 | 
 | 
John Hobart, Earl of Buckinghamshire | 
| 
1780 | 
29 november | 
 | 
William Eden | 
 | 
| 
1780 | 
23 december | 
 | 
 | 
Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle  | 
| 
1782 | 
14 april | 
 | 
Richard Fitzpatrick | 
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland | 
| 
1782 | 
15 august | 
 | 
William Wyndham Grenville | 
 | 
| 
1782 | 
15 september | 
 | 
 | 
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, Earl Temple (I) | 
| 
1783 | 
3 may | 
 | 
William Wyndham | 
 | 
| 
1783 | 
3 june | 
 | 
 | 
Robert Henley, Earl of Northington  | 
| 
1783 | 
27 august | 
 | 
Thomas Pelham (I) | 
 | 
| 
1784 | 
12 february | 
 | 
Thomas Orde | 
 | 
| 
1784 | 
24 february | 
 | 
 | 
Charles Manners, Duke of Rutland | 
| 
1787 | 
7 november | 
 | 
Alleyne FitzHerbert | 
 | 
| 
1787 | 
16 december | 
 | 
 | 
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, Marquess of Buckingham (II) | 
| 
1789 | 
6 april | 
 | 
Robert Hobart | 
 | 
| 
1790 | 
5 january | 
 | 
 | 
John Fane, Earl of Westmorland | 
| 
1793 | 
16 december | 
 | 
Sylvester Douglas | 
 | 
| 
1794 | 
13 december | 
 | 
George Damer, Viscount Milton | 
 | 
| 
1795 | 
4 january | 
 | 
 | 
William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, Earl Fitzwilliam | 
| 
1795 | 
13 march | 
 | 
Thomas Pelham (II) | 
 | 
| 
1795 | 
31 march | 
 | 
 | 
John Jeffreys Pratt, Earl Camden | 
| 
1798 | 
20 january | 
 | 
 | 
Charles Cornwallis, Marquess Cornwallis | 
| 
1798 | 
2 november | 
 | 
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh | 
 |