"His Majesty's Government in the Irish Free State" was a formal description used for the Government of the Irish Free State.
The Irish Free State was a constitutional monarchy whose monarch had the same title in all parts of the British Commonwealth of Nations and its territories.
Examples of where the description was used include:
- Agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and His Majesty's Government in the Irish Free State as to the Registration and Control of Veterinary Surgeons (1931).
- Agreement interpreting and supplementing Article ten of the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland to which the force of law was given by the Irish Free State (Agreement) Act, 1922 and by the Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann) Act, 1922 (1929).
- Exchange of Notes between His Majesty's Government in The Irish Free State & the Guatemalan Government regards Commercial Relations.
- Exchange of Notes between His Majesty’s Government in the Irish Free State and the Egyptian Government prolonging the Commercial “Modus Vivendi” of July 25/28, 1930 (1931).
- Exchange of notes between His Majesty's Government in the Irish Free State and the Swiss Government respecting unemployment insurance (1931).
The description was almost exclusively used only during the Government led by William T. Cosgrave. The description was rarely (if at all) used during the last five years of the Irish Free State when Éamon de Valera led its government (1932-1937). This reflected de Valera's process of constitutional autochthony, being intended to downplay symbols linking Ireland to the crown. Nevertheless, as late as 1936 the Minister for Finance under de Valera, Sean MacEntee, admitted in Dáil Éireann that he was still a "Minister of the Crown".
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