Irish House of Lords

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The Irish House of Lords was the upper chamber of the pre-1801 Irish Parliament, composed mainly of hereditary peers and bishops, which played a central role in the governance of the Kingdom of Ireland under British rule.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct legislature ⓘ
legislative chamber ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
abolishedBy Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs House of Lords (Ireland) ⓘ
associatedWith Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ
composedOf Church of Ireland bishops ⓘ
linked to: Church of Ireland

Irish hereditary peers ⓘ
country Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
dissolvedOn 1 January 1801 ⓘ
era 18th-century Ireland ⓘ
early modern Ireland ⓘ
excluded Roman Catholics (from membership for most of its history) ⓘ
existedBefore Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ
existedDuring Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
function advising the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ
judicial appeals ⓘ
legislative review ⓘ
passing statutes ⓘ
gainedLegislativeIndependence 1782 Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
governedBy Poynings' Law ⓘ
hadChamberType bicameral legislature upper house ⓘ
hadJudicialFunction court of last resort in Ireland (in some periods) ⓘ
hadPower to amend or reject bills from the Irish House of Commons ⓘ
hadPresidingOfficer Lord Chancellor of Ireland ⓘ
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Ireland ⓘ
influencedBy English House of Lords ⓘ
linked to: House of Lords
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalTradition common law ⓘ
legislativeRole upper chamber of the Parliament of Ireland ⓘ
location Dublin ⓘ
membershipBasis ex officio bishops ⓘ
hereditary peerage ⓘ
metAt Irish Parliament House, Dublin ⓘ
otherChamber Irish House of Commons ⓘ
oversaw Irish legislation prior to 1801 ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Ireland ⓘ
bicameral Parliament of Ireland ⓘ
politicalSystem constitutional monarchy ⓘ
religiousEstablishmentRepresented Church of Ireland ⓘ
religiousRepresentation Anglican bishops of the Church of Ireland ⓘ
restrictedTo Protestant peers and bishops ⓘ
sentMembersTo House of Lords of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: House of Lords
subordinateTo British Parliament (before 1782) ⓘ
succeededBy House of Lords of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: House of Lords
timePeriod pre-1801 ⓘ
underAuthorityOf British Crown ⓘ
votingSystem vote by peers ⓘ

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Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliament of Ireland → hasComponent → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont → memberOf → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Constitution of 1782 → appliesTo → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Protestant Ascendancy → politicalPowerBase → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Irish House of Lords → alsoKnownAs → House of Lords (Ireland) ⓘ
linked to: Irish House of Lords
Irish House of Lords → composedOf → Irish hereditary peers ⓘ
linked to: Irish House of Lords
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington → memberOf → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Privy Council of Ireland → relatedTo → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Irish House of Commons → coequalWith → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Irish House of Commons → sharesPowerWith → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran → memberOf → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Earl of Arran → associatedWith → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Francis Wheatley → notableWork → The Irish House of Lords ⓘ
linked to: Irish House of Lords
Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire → memberOf → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Coote → associatedWithInstitution → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Marquess of Donegall → associatedWith → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork → memberOf → House of Lords of Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Irish House of Lords
Irish Patriot Party → legislativeBody → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Grattan’s Parliament → hasPart → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Viscount Fairfax of Emley → associatedWith → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
1782 Constitution of Ireland → parliamentaryBody → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster → memberOf → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford → memberOf → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Lord Chief Justice of Ireland → associatedWith → House of Lords (Irish peerage, for some office holders) ⓘ
linked to: Irish House of Lords
John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira → member of → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Parsons family → associatedWith → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont → memberOf → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
subject linked to: John Perceval
John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont → memberOf → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
subject linked to: 1st Earl of Egmont
Perceval family → associatedWithOffice → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Earl of Meath → associatedWithParliament → Irish House of Lords (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Irish House of Lords
Clonbrock branch of the Dillon family → associatedWithParliament → House of Lords (Ireland) ⓘ
linked to: Irish House of Lords
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond → memberOf → House of Lords (Ireland) ⓘ
linked to: Irish House of Lords
Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran → member of political institution → Irish House of Lords ⓘ
Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran → parliamentary chamber after elevation → Irish House of Lords ⓘ