High Sheriff of County Londonderry
The High Sheriff of County Londonderry, is the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Londonderry. 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 has ceremonial and administrative functions and executes High Court Writs.[2]
History
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] Despite however that the office retains his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in a county.[2]
While the office of High Sheriff ceased to exist in those Irish counties, which had formed the Irish Free State in 1922, it is still present in the counties of Northern Ireland.
High Sheriffs
- 1828: William Lenox-Conyngham[5]
- 1846: Henry Hervey Bruce[5]
- 1849: James Johnston Clark[5]
- 1850: Robert Peel Dawson[5]
- 1858: Alexander, Samuel Maxwell Alexander[5]
- 1859: William Fitzwilliam Lenox-Conyngham[5]
- 1869: Sir John Hill, 4th Baronet, of St. Colombs [6]
- 1870: Robert Jackson Alexander[5]
- 1875: James Jackson Clark[5]
- 1880: George Cather, Esq., Carrickhugh, Limavady [7]
- 1882: Adolphus John Spencer Churchill Chichester[5]
- 1903: Hervey Juckes Lloyd Bruce[5]
- 1905: John McFarland later Sir John McFarland, 1st Baronet[8]
- 1906: Cecil Hamilton Browne-Lecky[5]
- 1907: Robert Chichester[5]
- 1909: William Arbuthnot Lenox-Conyngham[5]
- 1912: Henry Joseph Cooke[5]
- 1922: Alexander Wallis Clark[5]
- 1924: Ralph Beresford
- 1925: Dudley McCorkell
- 1926: George Gilliland
- 1928: Henry Jackson Clark[5]
- 1933: John Alexander Clark[5]
- 1934: Norman Stronge
- 1936: Alexander William Maxwell Clark[5]
- 1938: William Moore Wallis Clark[5]
- 1943: Daniel Hall Christie[9]
- 1949: Thomas Fitzpatrick Cooke[5]
- 1951: Thomas Jackson Clark[5]
- 1952: Basil McFarland[8]
- 1957: Henry Francis Clark[5]
- 1961: Michael McCorkell[5]
- 1965: Charles Brian Clark[5]
- 1969: Wallace Clark[5]
- 1973: William John Moore Clark[5]
- 1994: William Stephen Patrick Clark[5]
- 2008: Patrick Thaddeus McGinnis
- 2009: David George Henderson
- 2010: Trevor Kenneth Alastair Magee
References
- ^ John David Griffith Davies and Frederick Robert Worts (1928). England in the Middle Ages: Its Problems and Legacies. A. A. Knopf. pp. 119.
- ^ a b Alexander, George Glover (1915). The Administration of Justice in Criminal Matters (in England and Wales). The University Press. pp. 89.
- ^ Morris, William Alfred (1968). The Medieval English Sheriff to 1300. Manchester: Manchester University Press. pp. 73. ISBN 0719003423.
- ^ Millward, Paul (2007). Civic Ceremonial: A Handbook, History and Guide for Mayors, Councillors and Officers. Shaw. pp. 163. ISBN 0721901646.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Index to High Sheriffs, Sheriffs and Wardens, thePeerage.com
- ^ Complete Baronetage , p.396
- ^ "Ulster Counties Directory". Lennon Wylie. http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/PDLMT1880.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
- ^ a b Introduction: McFarland Papers", Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
- ^ Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
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