High Sheriff of Monaghan
The High Sheriff of Monaghan was the British monarch's representative in County Monaghan, a territory known as his bailiwick. Selected from three nominated people, he held his office over the duration of a year. He had judicial, ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.
History
The office of High Sheriff was the oldest under the crown. In England it had its establishment before the Norman Conquest. The High Sheriff remained first in precedence in the counties, until the reign of Edward VII, when an Order in Council in 1908 gave the Lord-Lieutenant the prime office under the Crown as the Sovereign's personal representative. In Ireland, the office of High Sheriff was formally abolished by the Court Officers Act 1926.[1]
High Sheriffs of Monaghan
- 1605: Richard (Rhisiart) Blayney
- 1609-1612: Richard (Rhisiart) Blayney
- 1662: Oliver Ancketill [2]
- 1677: James Corry[3]
- 1682: Matthew Ancketill of Ancketills Grove[2]
- 1689: Major John McKenna of Monmurry
- 1693: Blayney Owen of Newgrove
- 1698: Henry Evatt of Monaghan Co. Ireland
- 1703: Oliver Ancketill of Ancketills Grove [2]
- 1707: William Ancketill of Ancketills Grove[2]
- 1710: William Ley
- 1715: John Forster [4]
- 1718: Colonel Alexander Montgomery of Ballyleck
- 1728: Baptist Johnson
- 1732: Blayney Owen of Newgrove
- 1738: Richard Johnston[3]
- 1739: Nicholas Forster, styled 1st Baronet [5]
- 1743: Galbraith Lowry-Corry[3]
- 1750: John Madden of Hilton Park
- 1762: Matthew Ancketill of Arlington Castle[2]
- 1763: William Ley of Leysborough
- 1788: Charles Powell Leslie of Glaslough [6]
- 1792: Richard Dawson of Dawson Grove [7]
- 1793: Edward Richardson of Poplar Vale
- 1807: Thomas Charles Stewart Corry of Rockcorry Castle [8]
- 1811: Jon Madden
- 1817: George Forster, later Sir George Forster, 2nd Baronet of Coolderry [9]
- 1820: William Verner of Churchill
- 1824: E?? Shirley, of Carrickimacross [10]
- 1825: James Wood [11]
- 1827: William Tennison, of Ballyframer,Carrickmacross [12]
- 1830: William Ancketill of Ancketills Grove[2]
- 1834: Matthew John Ancketell of Ancketell Grove [2]
- 1835: Owen Blayney Cole [13]
- 1837: Evelyn Philip Shirley of Carrickmacross
- 1841: Thomas Rothwell: Of Clantoknee
- 1842: John Lloyd Kernan: Of Capera Lodge
- 1843: John Hatchell: Of Bessmount
- 1843 Owen Blaney Cole [14]
- 1844: John Lentaigne: Of Tallaght House
- 1845: Andre Allen Murray: Of Lough Owna [15]
- 1846: John Richardson: Of Poplar Vale
- 1847: Lieut.-Col. Arthur Gambell Lewis of Scotstown
- 1848: Edward W. Lucas: Of Castleshane
- 1849: Col. Henry Edward Porter: Of Carrickmacross
- 1850: William Verner of Churchill, Loughgall [16]
- 1851: Charles Boyle: Of Tannagh House
- 1852: Capel St. George: Of Dromore
- 1853: Charles Hopes: Of South Hill
- 1854: Robert Charles French: Of Ballybay House
- 1855: Henry Thomas Hope: Of Castleblayney
- 1856: James Henry Boyd: Of Castleblayney
- 1857: Plunkett Kenny: Of Moyles
- 1858: John Leslie: Of Lara
- 1859: Henry George Johnston: Of Fort Johnston
- 1860: Lieut.Col.Thomas Oriel Forster, 3rd Baronet of Coolderry
- 1861: Henry Mitchell: Of Drumreask
- 1862: Capt. J. Lloyd of Camla [17]
- 1863: John Madden of Hilton Park
- 1864: Dacre Mervyn Archdall Hamilton: Of Cornecassa
- 1865: William Francis de Vismes Kane: Of Drumreask
- 1866: T. Lucas: Of Woodview
- 1867: Robert Francis Ellis of Lea Park
- 1868: Henry Mitchell: Of Drumreask
- 1868: Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 2nd Baronet[3]
- 1869: Capt Thomas Coote: Of Raconnell House
- 1870: Charles Langdale: Of the Abbey, Celbridge
- 1871: Edward Richardson: Of Poplar Vale
- 1872: Horatio Shirley: Of Shirley House, Carrickmacross
- 1873: John Brady: Of Clones
- 1874: Sir William Tyrone Power K.C.B.: Of Annaghmakerrig, Newbliss
- 1875: John Madden: Of Roslea Manor, Clones
- 1876: William Henderson: Of Bessmount Park
- 1877: William Henry Edward Woodwright: Of Gola
- 1878: The Lord Cremorne: Of Dartrey
- 1879: Edward Scudamore Lucas of Castleshane
- 1880: Richard Ruxton Fitzherbert of Shantonagh, Castleblayney [18]
- 1884: Sewallis Shirley of Lough Fea, Carrickmacross [19]
- 1889: Capt Hon Edward Stanley Dawson
- 1891: Henry Francis Hope Pelham-Clinton (later Pelham-Clinton-Hope), 8th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
- 1896: Harry Verner of Churchill
- 1898: Very Rev. Arthur Newburgh Haire-Forster of Ballynure
- 1899: Capt Hon Edward Stanley Dawson
- 1905: Sir John Leslie, Bt., CBE
- 1909: William Harvey Swann: Of Cappog Lodge. Last High Sheriff.
- 1911: Sir Robert Anderson, 1st Baronet of Mullaghmor House
- 1914: Capt. Evelyn Charles Shirley of Shirley House, Carrickmacross
- 1917: Henry Francis Hope Pelham-Clinton (later Pelham-Clinton-Hope), 8th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
References
- ^ "Court Officers Act, 1926". Irish Statute Book. Attorney-General of Ireland. 9 July 1926. pp. Section 52: Abolition of High Sheriff. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1926/en/act/pub/0027/sec0052.html#sec52. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g "A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland". http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogicalhera00burkuoft/genealogicalhera00burkuoft_djvu.txt. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- ^ a b c d "thePeerage". http://www.thepeerage.com/index_sheriff.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
- ^ Complete Baronetage, p.352
- ^ Complete Baronetage, p.352
- ^ The House of Commons 1790-1820
- ^ The House of Commons 1790-1820
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- ^ Complete Baronetage, p.431
- ^ "High Sheriffs, 1824". The Connaught Journal. 1 March 1824. http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Galway/1824/MAR.html. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ Burke's General Armory, Vol. 1, 1969ed., p cxxix
- ^ "New Sheriffs". The Kilkenny Independent. http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Kilkenny/1827/FEB.html. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
- ^ "The heraldic calendar"
- ^ Parish, William Douglas (1879). List of Carthusians, 1800-1879. Lewes: Farncombe and Co. p. 51. OCLC 37118353.
- ^ "New Irish Sheriffs". The Armagh Guardian. http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Armagh/1845/18450204.html. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
- ^ "Ireland Old News". Ballina Chronicle. http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Mayo/1850/JAN.html. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
- ^ "Ireland Old News". Ballina Chronicle. http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1862/JAN.html. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
- ^ "Ulster Counties Directory". Lennon Wylie. http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/PDLMT1880.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
- ^ Oxford DNB
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