in September 1914. In the Republic of Ireland, the "supreme command of the Defence Forces" is formally vested in the President of Ireland under the Constitution. The Chief of Staff is the senior officer. In Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2009, the senior British military appointment was General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland. Commanders-in-Chief, Ireland, 1700–1922 Holders of the post have included: Lieutenant General Thomas Erle 1701–1705 Lieutenant General Lord Cutts 1705– January 1707; Lieutenant General Richard Ingoldsby February 1707–January 1712; General William Steuart 1711–1714 Lieutenant General Lord Tyrawley 1714–1721 Field Marshal Lord Shannon 1721–1740 Lieutenant-General Owen Wynne in 1728 General Gervais Parker 1740–1750 Field Marshal Viscount Molesworth 1751–1758 General Lord Rothes 1758–1767 Lieutenant General William Keppel 1773–1774 General George Augustus Eliott 1774–1775 General Sir John Irwin 1775–1782 Lieutenant-General John Burgoyne 1782–1784 Lieutenant-General Sir William Augustus Pitt 1784–1791 General George Warde 1791–1793 General Lord Rossmore 1793–1796 General Lord Carhampton 1796–1798 Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby 1798 General Lord Lake 1798 General Lord Cornwallis 1798–1801 General Sir William Medows 1801–1803 General Henry Edward Fox 1803 General Lord Cathcart 1803–1806 General Lord Harrington 1806–1812 General Lord Hopetoun 1812–1813 General Sir George Hewett 1813–1816 General Sir George Beckwith 1816–1820 General Sir David Baird 1820–1822 General Sir Samuel Auchmuty 1822 Field Marshal Lord Combermere 1822–1825 General Sir George Murray 1825–1828 Field Marshal Lord Strafford 1828–1831 Lieutenant-General Lord Vivian 1831–1836 Field Marshal Sir Edward Blakeney 1836–1855 Field Marshal Lord Seaton 1855–1860 General Sir George Brown 1860–1865 Field Marshal Lord Strathnairn 1865–1870 General Lord Sandhurst 1870–1875 Field Marshal Sir John Michel 1875–1880 General Sir Thomas Steele 1880–1885 Field Marshal Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar 1885–1890 Field Marshal Lord Wolseley 1890–1895 Field Marshal Lord Roberts 1895–1900 Field Marshal The Duke of Connaught 1900–1904 Field Marshal Lord Grenfell 1904–1908 General Sir Neville Lyttelton 1908–1912 General Sir Arthur Paget 1912–1914 Major-General Sir Lovick Friend 1914–1916 General Sir John Maxwell 1916 Lieutenant-General Sir Bryan Mahon 1916–1918 Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Shaw 1918–1920 General Sir Nevil Macready 1920–1922 References Senior appointments of the British Army