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The Four Courts in Dublin. The Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer [1] [2] was the senior judge who presided over the Court of Exchequer (Ireland). The Irish Exchequer was a mirror of the equivalent court in England and one of the four courts which sat in the building still called The Four Courts. The title Chief Baron was first used in 1309 for Walter de Islip. In the early centuries it was partly a political office, and as late as 1442 the Lord Treasurer of Ireland thought it necessary to recommend that the Chief Baron should always be a properly trained lawyer (which Michael Gryffin, the Chief Baron at the time, was not). The last and probably greatest Chief Baron, The Rt Hon. Christopher Palles, continued to hold the title after the Court was merged into a new High Court of Justice in Ireland in 1878, until his retirement in 1916, when the office lapsed. Chief Barons of the Irish Exchequer Walter de Islip 1309 William de Meones 1311 Nicholas de Balscote 1313 Richard le Brun 1319 Ad...

Not to be confused with Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas. The Four Courts The headquarters of the Irish judicial system since 1804. The Court of King's Bench was one of the original four courts that sat there. The Court of King's Bench (or Court of Queen's Bench during the reign of a Queen) was one of the senior courts of common law in Ireland. It was a mirror of the Court of King's Bench in England. The Lord Chief Justice was the most senior judge in the court, and the second most senior Irish judge under English rule and later when Ireland became part of the United Kingdom. Additionally, for a brief period between 1922 and 1924, the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland was the most senior judge in the Irish Free State. Contents 1 History of the position 2 Abolition of the position 3 List of holders 4 Sources 5 References 6 Additional reading 7 External links History of the position The office was created during the Lordship of Ireland (1171–1536) and continued...