High Sheriff of County Galway
Official in Ireland (c. 1569 to 1922)
The High Sheriff of County Galway was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Galway . Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258.[1] Besides his judicial importance, he had ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.[2]
The first (High) Shrivalties were established before the Norman Conquest in 1066 and date back to Saxon times.[3] In 1908, an Order in Council made the Lord-Lieutenant the Sovereign's prime representative in a county and reduced the High Sheriff's precedence.[4] However the office retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in a county.[2]
In Galway the office of High Sheriff was established when Connacht was shired around 1569 (455 years ago) (1569 ) and ceased to exist with the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922 (102 years ago) (1922 ) .
Elizabeth I, 1558–1603
James I, 1603–1625
Charles I, 1625–1649
1641: William Donelan[6]
1642: Ulick Burke of Castle Hacket
1644: Robert Martin of Ross[6]
English Interregnum, 1649–1660
Charles II, 1660–1685
1660:
1666: Edmund Donelan of Cloghan, Roscommon
1672: Thomas Croadsdaile[6]
William III, 1689–1702
1689: John Power
1690:
1691:
1692:
1693:
1694: Thomas Coneys [8]
Anne, 1702–1714
1708:
1709: Robert Blakeney of Castle Blakeney[6]
1711: David Power of Corheen
1711: William Persse of Spring Garden[6]
1712:
1713:
George I, 1714–1727
1714:
1720:
1721: Anthony Brabazon
George II, 1727–1760
George III, 1760–1820
1800: Sir John O'Flaherty[24]
1801: Walter Lawrence[6]
1802: Dominic Browne
1803: Frederick Trench of Garbally, Ballinasloe
1804: Robert O'Hara[25]
1805: Sir John Taylor[25]
1806: Edmond Netterville[25]
1807: Arthur French St George[25]
1808: John Kirwan[25]
1809: Robert French[25]
1810: Peter Blake[25]
1811: James H. Burke and John D'Arcy[25]
1812: James H. Burke[25]
1813: James Staunton Lambert[25]
1814: Robert Parsons Persse[25]
1815: Richard Rathborne of Ballimore[25]
1816: Burton Persse of Moyode Castle[25]
1817: Thomas Wade[25]
1818: Richard James Mansergh-St George[24]
1819: John Henry Blakeney[25]
George IV, 1820–1830
1820: Walter Lawrence of Lisreaghan[26]
1821: Denis Henry Kelly[24]
1822: William Malachy Burke of Ballydugan[26]
1823: Robert Burke[25]
1824: Robert Ffrench of Monivea Castle [25]
William IV, 1830–1837
1830:
1833: Robert Bodkin[28]
Victoria, 1837–1901
1837:
1838: Sir John Burke, 2nd Bt of Marble Hill[33]
1840: Frederick Mason Trench [34]
1841: Andrew William Blake of Furbough[28]
1842: Denis Daly of Dunsandle[35]
1843:
1844: Charles Kilmaine Blake[6] / Hon. Standish Prendergast Vereker[36]
1845: Denis Kirwan[37]
1846: Christopher St George[33]
1847: Michael Joseph Browne[28]
1848: F. Blake of Creg Castle, Claregalway[38]
1849: John Martin[39] / William Henry Gregory [40]
1850: Cornelius Joseph O'Kelly of Gallagh Castle[41]
1851: Francis Manly Shaw Taylor[42]
1852: Thomas Appleyard Joyce of Rahasane Park[43]
1853: James Peter Daly[6]
1854: Edward Eyre Maunsell[28]
1855: Richard Andrew Hyacinth Kirwan †[6] / succeeded by John Walter Henry Lambert of Aggard[6]
1856: Stephen Roche[44]
1857: FitzGerald Higgins[28]
1858: Pierce Joyce of Merview, Galway[45]
1859: Walter Peter Lambert of Castle Ellen[6]
1860: Michael Joseph Chevers[46]
1861: Cornelius Joseph O'Kelly, of Gallagh, Tuam[47]
1862: Burton Robert Parsons Persse of Moyode Castle[48] [6]
1863: Richard D'Arcy of New Forest[6]
1865: Hon. Luke Dillon [49]
1866: John Archer Daly (né Blake) of Raford[50]
1867: George Staunton Lynch-Stanton of Clydagh[6]
1868: Walter Taylor Newton Shawe-Taylor of Castle Taylor[6]
Edward VII, 1901–1910
1901: William Daly of Dunsandal.[50]
1902: William Sharp Waithman of Merlin Park .[6]
1903: John Michael Aylward Lewis of Ballinagar .[50]
1904: Edmond Joseph Philip Lynch-Athy of Renville.[6]
1905:
1906: Charles Richard John O'Farrell of Dalyston .[6]
1907: John Beresford Campbell of Moycullen House, Moycullen .[14]
1908: John Joseph Smyth of Masonbrook.[6]
1909: Arthur Henry Courtenay.[40]
1910: Cecil Robert Henry of Toghermore and of Crumlin Park, Ballyglunin.[6]
George V, 1910–1922
1917: Nicholas O'Connell Comyn.[51]
1918:
1919: Charles Trench O'Rorke.[40]
1920: James Gunning Alcorn.[52]
1922:
Notes
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