The Under-Secretary for Ireland (Permanent Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland) was the permanent head (or most senior civil servant) of the British administration in Ireland prior to the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. The Under-Secretary's residence was at Ashtown Lodge in Phoenix Park, also known as the Under Secretary's Lodge. Among the best-known holders of the office was Thomas Henry Burke, who was assassinated along with the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Lord Frederick Cavendish, in the so-called Phoenix Park Killings on Saturday, 6 May 1882. In April 1887 Colonel Edward Robert King-Harman was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, but he died on 10 June 1888 and no further appointments were made. Under-Secretaries for Ireland Thomas Waite 1747–1774 Sackville Hamilton 1780–1795 Lodge Morres 1795 Sackville Hamilton 1795–1796 Edward Cooke 1796-1801 Alexander Marsden 1801-1806 James Traill 1806-1808 Sir Charles Saxton 1808-1812 William Gregory 1812-1831 Sir William Gossett 1831-1835 Thomas Drummond 1835–1840 Norman Hilton Macdonald 1840–1841 Edward Lucas 1841–1845 Richard Pennefather 1845–1846 Sir Thomas Nicholas Redington 1846–1852 John Arthur Wynne 1852–1853 Sir Thomas Aiskew Larcom 1853–1868 Sir Edward Robert Wetherall 1868–1869 Thomas Henry Burke 1869–1882 Sir Robert George Crookshank Hamilton 1882–1886 Sir Redvers Henry Buller 1886–1887 Sir Joseph West Ridgeway 1887–1893 Sir David Harrel 1893–1902 Sir Antony MacDonnell 1902–1908 Sir James Brown Dougherty 1908–1914 Sir Matthew Nathan 1914–1916 Sir Robert Chalmers 1916 Sir William Byrne 1916–1918 James Macmahon 1918–1922 (jointly with Sir John Anderson from 1920) Sir John Anderson 1920–1922 (jointly with James Macmahon) Assistant Under-Secretaries for Ireland From 1852 to 1876 the Assistant Under-Secretary was called Chief Clerk. After the retirement of Marmion Savage as Clerk of the Privy Council of Ireland in 1853, the Chief Clerk/Assistant Under-Secretary was ex-officio Clerk of the Privy Council of Ireland. Sources Chris Cook and Brendan Keith, British Historical Facts 1830–1900 (Macmillan, 1975) p. 149. Citations History of Ireland (1801–1923) Political office-holders in pre-partition Ireland