High Sheriff of Kildare

The High Sheriff of Kildare was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Kildare, Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Kildare County Sheriff. The High Sheriff had judicial, electoral, ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs. 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. However the sheriff retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in the county. The usual procedure for appointing the sheriff from 1660 onwards was that three persons were nominated at the beginning of each year from the county and the Lord Lieutenant then appointed his choice as High Sheriff for the remainder of the year. Often the other nominees were appointed as under-sheriffs. Sometimes a sheriff did not serve his full term due to death or another event, and another sheriff was then appointed for the remainder of the year. The dates given in this article are the dates of appointment.

In Ireland the County Sheriffs were selected or "pricked" by the Lord Lieutenant. All addresses are in County Kildare unless stated otherwise.

List of High Sheriffs of County Kildare

Pre-17th century

Source: Kildare Archeological Society [1]

17th century

18th century

19th century

  • 1801: John Greene of Milford[7]
  • 1803: John Joseph Henry of Straffan[7]
  • 1803: Thomas Tickell of Carnolway[7]
  • 1804: Michael Aylmer[17]
  • 1805: Peter Wolfe, of Blackhall[17]
  • 1806: William Mills[17]
  • 1807: Joshua Rice[17]
  • 1808: John Aylmer[17]
  • 1809: Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 6th Barone[17]
  • 1810: James Critchley[17]
  • 1811–1812: Thomas Finley[17]
  • 1813: James Critchley[18]
  • 1814–1815: Adam Tyrell[18]
  • 1815: Peter Wolfe of Blackhall[7]
  • 1816: Samuel McGomery Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 6th Baronet[17]
  • 1817: William Henry Carter of Castle Martin[3]
  • 1818: Sir (Josiah) William Hort, 2nd Baronet of Hortland[19]
  • 1819: John Aylmer[18]
  • 1820: Arthur Henry of Lodge Park[18]
  • 1821: Samuel Mills[17]
  • 1822: M C C Roberts[17]
  • 1823: Ponsonby Moore[17]
  • 1824: Captain George Burdett of Loughtown House[20]
  • 1825: Lord Henry Moore of Moore Abbey, Monastereven
  • 1827: Sir Gerald George Aylmer, 8th Baronet[3]
  • 1833: The Honorable George Francis Collet of Rathangan[21]
  • 1834: John Michael Henry Fock, 3rd Baron de Robeck[3]
  • 1835: John Bonham of Ballintaggart[3]
  • 1838: Edward Lawless, 3rd Baron Cloncurry[3]
  • 1839: Walter Hussey de Burgh of Donore House, Naas[21]
  • 1840: Hugh Barton of Straffan House[3]
  • 1841: Richard Maunsell of Oakley Park[3]
  • 1843: Charles William FitzGerald, 1st Baron Kildare
  • 1844: David O'Connor-Henchy of Stonebrook[7]
  • 1846: John La Touche of Harristown[7]
  • 1848: John Rowland Eustace of Baltraney[22]
  • 1849: Edward J. Beauman, of Furnace, Nass[23]
  • 1850: John Rowland Eustace[3]
  • 1851: Nathaniel Barton of Straffan House[24]
  • 1852:
  • 1854: Sir Gerald George Aylmer, 9th Baronet[3]
  • 1856: Edward More O'Ferrall of Kildangan[25]
  • 1857: John Harvey Lewis of Kilcullen[7]
  • 1858: Penthony O'Kelly of Botristown, Newbridge[26]
  • 1859: John Henry Edward Fock, 4th Baron de Robeck of Gowran Grange[7]
  • 1860: Thomas De Burgh of Oldtown, Naas [27]
  • 1861: Hugh Lynedoch Barton of Straffan House[7]
  • 1863: Frederick Hugh Henry of Lodge Park[7]
  • 1864:
  • 1866–67: Francis Edmond Joseph MacDonnell of Dunfierth[7]
  • 1867: Valentine Lawless, 4th Baron Cloncurry[3]
  • 1868: John Maunsell of Oakley Park[3] (son of Richard, HS in 1841)
  • 1870: Samuel G Ireland of Robertstown [28]
  • 1871: Montagu William Edward Dobbs of Castle Dobbs, Antrim[3]
  • 1873: Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 9th Baronet[3]
  • 1874: George Mansfield of Morristown Lattin[7]
  • 1875: Charles Colley Palmer[29]
  • 1876: Ambrose More-O'Ferrall[7]
  • 1878: William Peisley Hutchinson Lloyd Vaughan of Golden Grove, Rosecrea[30]
  • 1878: William Blacker of Castle Martin[22]
  • 1879: Dominic More-O'Ferrall of Kildangan[31]
  • 1880: Richard Wilson Hartley of Beech Park, Co. Dublin[7]
  • 1881: Marquess of Kildare[32]
  • 1882: Thomas Richard Frederick Cooke-Trench
  • 1884: Hugh O'Connor-Henchy of Stonebrook[7]
  • 1884: Thomas John de Burgh of Oldtown[7]
  • 1885: George Woods Maunsell of Ashford, Co. Limerick[3](son of Richard, HS in 1841)
  • 1886: Charles Frederick Crichton of Mullaboden[7]
  • 1887: Robert Mackay Wilson od Coolcarrigan[7]
  • 1888: Edmund Casimir Sweetman of Longtown[33]
  • 1889: Marmaduke William Coghill Cramer-Roberts of Sallymount[34]
  • 1890: John Christopher Murphy of Mullen[7]
  • 1891: Richard Mark Synnot Maunsell of Oakley Park[22]
  • 1892: William Ireland de Courcy-Wheeler of Robertstown House[7]
  • 1893:
  • 1894: Hans Hendrick Hendrick-Aylmer of Kerdiffstown[7]
  • 1895: Thomas Green[35]
  • 1896: John Algernon Aylmer of Courtown, Kilcock[7]
  • 1897: Surgeon-Major T.R. Keogh
  • 1899: Richard St Leger Moore of Naas[22]

20th century

References

  1. ↑ "Journal of the Co,1905". Kildare Archeological Society.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Journal of Co. Kildare Archaeological Society, 1896–99
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 "The Peerage". Retrieved 2 May 2011.
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  5. ↑ The General Armory of England
  6. ↑ Burke, John. History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England Ireland and Scotland. p. 614. Google Books
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  9. ↑ Belle assemblée: or, Court and fashionable magazine
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  13. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 12422. p. 4. 11 March 1783. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  14. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 12525. p. 3. 6 March 1784. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  15. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 12628. p. 125. 12 March 1785. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  16. ↑ "LATOUCHE, Robert (1773–1844), of Harristown, co. Kildare". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Papers by Command-Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons-Volume 16
  18. 1 2 3 4 Reports from Commissioners Volume 4 (Ireland). 1824.
  19. ↑ Complete Baronetage
  20. ↑ "High Sheriffs, 1824". The Connaught Journal. 1 March 1824. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  21. 1 2 "The heraldic calendar"
  22. 1 2 3 4 Welch, R. Courteney (1911). The Harrow School Register, 1800–1911 2nd edition.
  23. ↑ "Co Cavan Newspaper Extracts". Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  24. ↑ Burke, Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Britain..., Volume 1. p. 54. Google Books
  25. ↑ Burke, Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2. p. 1012. Google Books
  26. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 6775. p. 180. 29 January 1958. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  27. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 6982. p. 88. 24 January 1860. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  28. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 8027. p. 104. 25 January 1870. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  29. ↑ Visitation of Ireland, p.54
  30. ↑ "Cavan Weekly News-Published in Cavan, county Cavan-February 1, 1878". Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  31. ↑ Edward Walford. The county families of the United Kingdom
  32. ↑ "KILDARE, PARISH OF. PART II". Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  33. ↑ Burnham, Francis. The Catholic who's who.
  34. ↑ "County Families"
  35. ↑ Journal of Kildare Archeological Society
  36. ↑ "Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 – 1916) Tuesday 27 October 1903". Trove. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  37. 1 2 3 Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes 1916. 1888. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  38. ↑ Burnard, Francis. The Catholic who's who.
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