Lord Chancellor of Ireland [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Lord Chancellor of Ireland
The office of Lord High Chancellor of Ireland (commonly known as Lord Chancellor of Ireland) was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. From 1721 to 1801, it was also the highest political office of the Irish Parliament: the Chancellor was Speaker of the Irish House of Lords. The Lord Chancellor was also Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Ireland. In all three respects, the office mirrored the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Origins
State was to be styled the "Governor-General of the Irish Free State";
- abolished the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland;
- abolished the Irish Land Commissioners (the Commission was revived by the Irish Free State the following year);
- provided for the establishment of a trust, called the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust, for 'the purpose of providing in Ireland cottages, with or without plots or-gardens, for the accommodation of men who served in the naval, military,