Above: Robert Devereux Matters had now become very serious in Ireland ; and at this grave juncture the queen, in March, 1599, appointed as lord lieutenant Robert Devereux, second earl of Essex, son of Essex of the Plantations (412). He brought an army of 20,000 men, and got distinct instructions to direct all his strength against the earl of Tyrone and the other rebels of Ulster, and to plant garrisons at Lough Foyle and ... Read More