§ Mr. VINCENT KENNEDYasked what are, the qualifications for the office of His Majesty's lord lieutenant of a county in 1636 England, Scotland, and Ireland; when was this office created in the different countries; and will he state how the offices are held?
§ The PRIME MINISTERAll these matters are fully explained in the ordinary books of reference, to which I must refer the hon. Member.
§ Mr. MacNEILLIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that in Ireland the office of Lord Lieutenant is hereditary, and has been held for sixty-six years in one family and for forty by another?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIt is not hereditary in any other sense than that successive Ministers appoint sons of predecessors.
§ Mr. MacNEILLAnd these hereditary gentlemen veto the magistrates.