He was appointed lord deputy of Ireland on 23 May 1551.

But when she was presented to the little Lord Deputy, he made her a very handsome bow.

In May 1548 he was sent to that country as Lord Deputy.

From 1550 to 1552 he served as lord deputy of Calais and adjacent marches.

The Lord Deputy read the royal order for the service to be in English.

The Lord Deputy, though victorious, had many among the slain.

In the absence of a Lord Deputy, lords justices ruled.

But in 1605, the new lord deputy, Arthur Chichester, began to restrict their authority.

He was Lord Deputy of Ireland at the end of his life.

His success brought him the patronage of the lord deputy, Viscount Falkland.