MARQUIS CAMDEN - - - - - - - - - - 204 MARQUIS CORNWALLIS - - - - - - - - - 210 DUKE OF RICHMOND AND LENNOX - - - - - - - 214 EARL TALBOT - - - - - - - - - - - 218 MARQUIS WELLESLEY - - - - - - - - - 226 LORD MULGRAVE - - - - - - - - - - 240 {xiv} EARL OF CLARENDON - - - - - - - - - 248 EARL OF EGLINTON AND WINTON - - - - - - - 256 EARL SPENCER - - - - - - - - - - - 280 LORD CREWE - - - - - - - - - - - 306 EARL CADOGAN - - - - - - - - - - - 310 LORD DUDLEY - - - - - - - - - - - 318 KING EDWARD CONVERSING WITH LORD ABERDEEN - - - 334 COUNTESS OF ABERDEEN - - - - - - - - 338 {15} THE VICEROYS OF IRELAND CHAPTER I The conquest of Ireland by Henry II. is one of the myths of history which Time has endeavoured to crystallize into fact. Rome gave Ireland to the superstitious, cowardly King of England, but the Pope could not make Henry a conqueror, and so the invader, coming to claim that which did not belong to the Pope or to himself, discovered that the native Irish could defend themselves. Ireland was a land of saints according to the chroniclers of the time; Henry discovered that it was also a land of fighters, and the armour and superior weapons of his army were outmatched by the sturdy patriotism of the Irish, whose weapons and methods were, doubtless, crude, but whose courage and determination were inspired by a love of country and intensified by a passion for independence.