Paramount chief

• Paramount chief: formal title created by British administrators during the 19th and 20th-century Colonial era; used as a designation of the highest ranking member of an imperial territory's indigenous aristocracy, but still subservient to the British monarchy.
  • Roderick O'Connor was forced to relinquish the title of High King but was still allowed to retain authority in Ireland, making him a primeval example of what would become known as a paramount chief