Christopher Delahide

Christopher Delahide (died 1535) was an Irish judge of the reign of Henry VIII, notable for his opposition to the Geraldine faction, who dominated Irish politics in his lifetime.

He belonged to the prominent landowning family of Moyglare, County Meath. He publicly denounced the perceived misrule of Ireland by the Geraldines, and his hostility to the dominant faction in Irish politics no doubt explains why his attempt to become second justice of the Court of Common Pleas was blocked in 1528,

By 1533 the power of the Geraldines was beginning to decline, and a reshuffle of the senior judiciary saw Christopher appointed to the Bench as second justice of the Court of King's Bench (Ireland), apparently at the instigation of the Butler dynasty, To the last he denounced the alleged misrule of the Geraldines. Had he remained in office for a few years longer, the Rebellion of Silken Thomas, in which the Delahide family were deeply involved, would no doubt have seemed a complete vindication of his fears.