Recorder of Dublin

The Recorder of Dublin was a judicial position in Dublin, Ireland. The first to hold the position was James Stanihurst, speaker of the Irish parliament, in 1564 and the last was Sir Thomas O'Shaughnessy. The Recordership was abolished in 1924.

Holders of the position have included:

James Stanihurst (d. 1573)
1573 Henry Burnell^[1]
1599 Patrick Fitzgerald^[2]
c. 1603 William Talbot, removed shortly as a Catholic^[3]
1604–1613 Richard Bolton^[4]
1620s–1629 James Barry^[5]
1634-1660 John Bysse
1661–1672 William Davies^[6]
1672 Elisha Leighton^[7]
1680-1687 Sir Richard Ryves
1687 John Barnewall^[8]
1690–1693 Thomas Coote^[6]^[9]
1693-1695 Nehemiah Donnellan
1695–1701 Sir William Handcock^[10]
1701–1714 John Forster^[10]
1733–1750 Eaton Stannard
1751-1756 Thomas Morgan
1756–1766 James Grattan^[11]
1766–1784 Samuel Bradstreet^[7]
1784–1785 Dudley Hussey ^[12]
????–1794 (Recorder) Denis George (Later Baron George, appointed to the Court of the Exchequer) | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Baronets
1794–1820 William Walker^[13] | Appointed 30 May 1794 ^[14] (Died 31 December 1820)
1822-1828 Sir Jonas Greene
1828–1876 Frederick Shaw^[15]
Sir Frederick Falkiner (1831–1908)
Sir Thomas O'Shaughnessy (1850–1933) — the last Recorder of Dublin (1905–1924)

References

F. Elrington Ball (1926) The Judges in Ireland, 1221-1921
Dictionary of National Biography (DNB)
Jacqueline R. Hill (1997) From Patriots to Unionists: Dublin Civic Politics and Irish Protestant Patriotism, 1660-1840

^ Ball vol. I p. 223.
^ Ball vol. I p. 227.
^ "Talbot, William (d.1633)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ "Bolton, Richard". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ "Barry, James (1603-1672)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ ^a ^b Hill p. 391.
^ ^a ^b His DNB article.
^ Ball vol. I p. 365.
^ Ball vol. II p. 61.
^ ^a ^b Hill p. 392.
^ Hill p. 321.
^ Sylvanus, Urban (1785). The Gentleman's Magazine. part II. London: John Nichols. pp. 1007.
^ http://www.chaptersofdublin.com/books/NorthDub/cosgrave6.html
^ By Paymaster Captain Reginald P Walker published 1939.
^ http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/big-houses-of-ireland/the-shaws-of-dublin/the-shaw-family-and-bushy/