High Sheriff of County Galway

{{Short description|Official in Ireland (c. 1569 to 1922)}}

{{Distinguish|High Sheriff of Galway Town}}

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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.{{cite book |author1=John David Griffith Davies |author2=Frederick Robert Worts | title = England in the Middle Ages: Its Problems and Legacies | publisher = A. A. Knopf | year = 1928 | pages = 119 }} Besides his judicial importance, he had ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.{{cite book | last = Alexander | first = George Glover | title = The Administration of Justice in Criminal Matters (in England and Wales) | url = https://archive.org/details/administrationof00alexuoft | year = 1915 | publisher = The University Press | pages = [https://archive.org/details/administrationof00alexuoft/page/89 89] }}

The first (High) Shrivalties were established before the Norman Conquest in 1066 and date back to Saxon times.{{cite book | last = Morris | first = William Alfred | title = The Medieval English Sheriff to 1300 | url = https://archive.org/details/medievalenglishs0000morr | url-access = registration | publisher = Manchester University Press | location = Manchester | year = 1968 | isbn = 0-7190-0342-3 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/medievalenglishs0000morr/page/73 73] }} 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.{{cite book | last = Millward | first = Paul | title = Civic Ceremonial: A Handbook, History and Guide for Mayors, Councillors and Officers | year = 2007 | publisher = Shaw | isbn = 978-0-7219-0164-0 | pages = 163 }} However the office retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in a county.

In Galway the office of High Sheriff was established when Connacht was shired around 1569 and ceased to exist with the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922.

Elizabeth I, 1558–1603

James I, 1603–1625

  • 1607: Henry Bingham{{cite book | last = Cokayne | first = George Edward | publisher = William Pollard and Co. Ltd. | title = The Complete Baronetage | volume = VI | year = 1909 | pages = 65 | location = Exeter }} / Robert Martin
  • 1612: John Donelan

Charles I, 1625–1649

  • 1641: William Donelan
  • 1642: Ulick Burke of Castle Hacket
  • 1644: Robert Martin of Ross

English Interregnum, 1649–1660

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  • 1655: Edward Ormsby of Tobervaddy
  • 1656: Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet{{cite book | last = Cokayne | first = George Edward | publisher = William Pollard and Co. Ltd. | title = The Complete Baronetage | volume = III | year = 1903 | location = Exeter }}
  • 1659:

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Charles II, 1660–1685

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  • 1660:
  • 1666: Edmund Donelan of Cloghan, Roscommon
  • 1672: Thomas Croadsdaile

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William III, 1689–1702

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  • 1689: John Power
  • 1690:
  • 1691:
  • 1692:
  • 1693:
  • 1694: Thomas Coneys {{cite book |last1=O'Flaherty |first1=Roderick |title=A Chorographical Description of West Or H-Iar Connaught: Written A.D. 1684 |date=1846 |publisher=Irish Archaeological Society |page=111 |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=hIILjhzoJ_oC&authuser=0&hl=en}}

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Anne, 1702–1714

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  • 1702:
  • 1703: Frederick Richard Trench{{cite journal |author1=Mick Drumm |author2=John Tierney | title = Archaeological Excavation Report, E2447 – Coololla, Co. Galway | pages = 4 | date = June 2009 | url = http://eachtra.ie/new_site/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/e2447-coolalla-co-galway-digital-report.pdf | access-date = 23 December 2009 | issue = 2 | journal = Eachtra Journal }}
  • 1704:
  • 1705:
  • 1706: George Eyre of Eyrecourt Castle{{cite book | last = Johnston-Liik | first = Edith Mary | title = History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 | publisher = Ulster Historical Foundation | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-1-903688-71-7 | volume = I | pages = 124 }}
  • 1707:

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  • 1708:
  • 1709: Robert Blakeney of Castle Blakeney
  • 1711: David Power of Corheen
  • 1711: William Persse of Spring Garden
  • 1712:
  • 1713:

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George I, 1714–1727

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  • 1714:
  • 1720:
  • 1721: Anthony Brabazon

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George II, 1727–1760

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  • 1744: Henry Croadsdaile of Woodford
  • 1745:
  • 1749: Richard Eyre
  • 1754: Robert Blakeney of Abbert
  • 1759:

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George III, 1760–1820

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  • 1760:
  • 1763: Theophilus Blakeney
  • 1766: William Persse of Roxborough
  • 1768: John Blakeney of Ashfield
  • 1774: Charles French, later Sir Charles ffrench, 1st Baronet{{cite book | last = Cokayne | first = George Edward | publisher = William Pollard and Co. Ltd. | title = The Complete Baronetage | volume = V | year = 1906 | location = Exeter | pages = 394 }}
  • 1775: Richard Croadsdaile of Woodford
  • 1776: Theophilus Blakeney
  • 1778: James Galbraith of Cappard
  • 1781: James Burke of Isercleran{{London Gazette|issue=12158|page=1|date=30 January 1781}}
  • 1782: Richard Martin{{cite book |author1=T. W. Moody |author2=R. B. McDowell |author3=C. J. Woods | title = The Writings of Theobald Wolfe Tone 1763–98 | year = 2009 | isbn = 978-0-19-956406-4 | volume = I | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford | pages = 2 }}
  • 1783: Redmond Dolphin of Corr{{London Gazette|issue=12422|page=4|date=11 March 1783}}
  • 1784: Thomas Mahon of Rindify{{London Gazette|issue=12525|page=3|date=6 March 1784}}
  • 1785: Martin Kirwan of Blindwell{{London Gazette|issue=12628|page=125|date=12 March 1785}}
  • 1786: Michael Burke of Ballydugan
  • 1789: Hyacinth DalyDublin Evening Post 15 October 1789
  • 1790: Garrett O'Moore, Snr.{{cite web | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=aOo5AQAAMAAJ&q=sheriff+garrett+o%27moore+1790&pg=PA192 | title = Walker's Hibernian Magazine| year = 1790}}
  • 1797: David Power of LoughreaDublin Evening Post 16 February 1797
  • 1798: Giles Eyre of Eyrecourt Castle
  • 1799: William Gregory{{cite web | url = http://www.proni.gov.uk/introduction__talbot_gregory_papers_d4100.pdf | title = Public Record Office of Northern Ireland – Talbot/Gregory Papers | access-date = 22 December 2009 }}{{Col-break}}
  • 1800: Sir John O'Flaherty{{cite book | last = Burke | first = John | editor = John Bernhard Burke | title = Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry | publisher = Henry Colburn | location = London | volume = II | year = 1847 }}
  • 1801: Walter Lawrence
  • 1802: Dominic Browne
  • 1803: Frederick Trench of Garbally, Ballinasloe
  • 1804: Robert O'Hara{{cite book | title = Reports from Commissioners – Ireland | publisher = The House of Commons | volume = XVII | year = 1826 | pages = 109 }}
  • 1805: Sir John Taylor
  • 1806: Edmond Netterville
  • 1807: Arthur French St George
  • 1808: John Kirwan
  • 1809: Robert French
  • 1810: Peter Blake
  • 1811: James H. Burke and John D'Arcy
  • 1812: James H. Burke
  • 1813: James Staunton Lambert
  • 1814: Robert Parsons Persse
  • 1815: Richard Rathborne of Ballimore
  • 1816: Burton Persse of Moyode Castle
  • 1817: Thomas Wade
  • 1818: Richard James Mansergh-St George
  • 1819: John Henry Blakeney

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George IV, 1820–1830

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  • 1820: Walter Lawrence of Lisreaghan{{cite book | last = Burke | first = John | editor = John Bernhard Burke | title = Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry | publisher = Henry Colburn | location = London | volume = I | year = 1847 }}
  • 1821: Denis Henry Kelly
  • 1822: William Malachy Burke of Ballydugan
  • 1823: Robert Burke
  • 1824: Robert Ffrench of Monivea Castle

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  • 1825: Edward Blake of Castlegrove, Tuam{{cite news | title = High Sheriffs, 1825 | newspaper = The Connaught Journal | date = 7 February 1825 | url = http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Galway/1825/FEB.html | access-date = 10 August 2009 }}
  • 1826: James Martin
  • 1827: Walter Lambert of Castle Lambert{{cite news | title = High Sheriffs, 1827 | newspaper = The Kilkenny Independent | date = 24 February 1827 | url = http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Kilkenny/1827/FEB.html | access-date = 10 August 2009 }}
  • 1828: Sir George Shee, 2nd Bt{{cite news | title = High Sheriffs, 1828 | newspaper = The Newry Commercial Telegraph | date = 11 March 1828 | url = http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Newry/1828/18280311.html | access-date = 10 August 2009 }}
  • 1829:

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William IV, 1830–1837

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  • 1830:
  • 1833: Robert Bodkin

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  • 1834: James O'Hara of West LodgeHistory of Parliament Online
  • 1835: Dudley Persse / James Knox Gildea
  • 1836: John Cheevers of Killyan, Monivae {{cite book|title=Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack|year= 1837|page=198}}

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Victoria, 1837–1901

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  • 1837:
  • 1838: Sir John Burke, 2nd Bt of Marble Hill
  • 1840: Frederick Mason Trench{{cite news | title = Galway Assizes | newspaper = Connaught Journal | date = 12 March 1840 | url = http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Galway/1840/MAR.html | access-date = 7 August 2009 }}
  • 1841: Andrew William Blake of Furbough{{cite book | last = Walford | first = Edward | title = The County Families of the United Kingdom | url = https://archive.org/details/countyfamiliesof01walf | year = 1860 | publisher = Robert Hardwicke | location = London }}
  • 1842: Denis Daly of Dunsandle{{cite book|title=The Royal Kalendar and Court and City Register for England, Scotland and Ireland|page=448}}
  • 1843:
  • 1844: Charles Kilmaine Blake / Hon. Standish Prendergast Vereker
  • 1845: Denis Kirwan{{cite news | title = High Sheriffs, 1845 | newspaper = The Armagh Guardian | date = 4 February 1845 | url = http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Armagh/1845/18450204.html | access-date = 10 August 2009 }}
  • 1846: Christopher St George{{cite book | last = Skey | first = William | title = The Heraldic Calendar | publisher = Alexander Thom | location = Dublin | year = 1846 | pages = 50 }}
  • 1847: Michael Joseph Browne
  • 1848: F. Blake of Creg Castle, Claregalway{{cite web| url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12904589| title= The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954)|publisher= Trove|access-date = 3 August 2013}}
  • 1849: John Martin{{cite news | title = High Sheriffs, 1849 | newspaper = Anglo-Celt | date = 26 January 1849 | url = http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1849/JAN.html | access-date = 10 August 2009 }} / William Henry Gregory
  • 1850: Cornelius Joseph O'Kelly of Gallagh Castle{{cite book | last = Fox-Davies | first = Arthur Charles | title = Armorial Families | location = London | publisher = Hurst & Blackett | volume = II | year = 1929 }}
  • 1851: Francis Manly Shaw Taylor{{cite book | last = Thom | first = Alexander | author-link = Alexander Thom (almanac editor) | title = Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory | year = 1852 | publisher = Alexander Thom | location = Dublin | pages = 665 }}
  • 1852: Thomas Appleyard Joyce of Rahasane ParkA genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland
  • 1853: James Peter Daly
  • 1854: Edward Eyre Maunsell
  • 1855: Richard Andrew Hyacinth Kirwan † / succeeded by John Walter Henry Lambert of Aggard
  • 1856: Stephen Roche{{cite book | last = Thom | first = Alexander | title = Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory of the United Kingdom | year = 1857 | publisher = Alexander Thom and Sons | location = Dublin | pages = 871 }}
  • 1857: FitzGerald Higgins
  • 1858: Pierce Joyce of Merview, Galway{{London Gazette|city = e|issue = 6775|page=180|date= 29 January 1958}}
  • 1859: Walter Peter Lambert of Castle Ellen
  • 1860: Michael Joseph Chevers
  • 1861: Cornelius Joseph O'Kelly, of Gallagh, Tuam{{cite web | url= http://www.libraryireland.com/Thom1862/Galway.php| title= Galway County Directory, 1862|publisher= Library Ireland| access-date= 29 April 2011}}
  • 1862: Burton Robert Parsons Persse of Moyode Castle{{cite news | title = High Sheriffs, 1862 | newspaper = The Cavan Observer | date = 18 January 1862 | url = http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1862/JAN.html | access-date = 9 July 2009 }}
  • 1863: Richard D'Arcy of New Forest
  • 1865: Hon. Luke Dillon{{cite book | last = Cokayne | first = George Edward | editor = Vicary Gibbs | publisher = The St Catherine Press Ltd. | title = The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom | volume = III | year = 1913 | location = London | pages = 328 }}
  • 1866: John Archer Daly (né Blake) of Raford
  • 1867: George Staunton Lynch-Stanton of Clydagh
  • 1868: Walter Taylor Newton Shawe-Taylor of Castle Taylor

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  • 1869: Marcus Nicholas Lynch of Barna. / Thomas Redington Roche of Rye Hill.
  • 1870: John Wilson Lynch of Duras and Renmore.
  • 1873: John Blakeney of Abbert, Castle Blakeney.
  • 1875: William St George Nugent, 10th Earl of Westmeath
  • 1877: Hyacinth D'Arcy of New Forest.
  • 1878: John Smyth of Masonbrook.
  • 1879: James O'Hara of Lenaboy.
  • 1880: James Francis MacDermott of Ramore.
  • 1883: Sir Henry George Burke, 5th Baronet.{{cite book | last = Fox-Davies | first = Arthur Charles | title = Armorial Families | url = https://archive.org/details/armorialfamilies00infoxd | location = Edinburgh | publisher = Hurst & Blackett | year = 1895 }}
  • 1884: Percy Brodrick Bernard of Castle Hacket.{{cite book | last = Walford | first = Edward | title = The County Families of the United Kingdom | year = 1909 | publisher = Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd | location = London }}
  • 1885: Robert Algernon Persse of Creg Clare, Andrahan. / Robert William Waithman
  • 1886: Edward Joseph Martyn of Tulira.
  • 1887: Sir Henry Grattan-Bellew, 3rd Bt.
  • 1888: Stephen John Cowan.
  • 1889: William Arthur Perrse.
  • 1890: Francis Travers Dames-Longworth.
  • 1891: Peter Fitzwalter Lambert of Castle Ellen.
  • 1892: Frederic Thomas Lewin of Castlegrove.
  • 1893: Francis John Graham of Drumgoon, Fermanagh and Ballinakill, Galway.
  • 1894: Richard Berridge of Ballynahinch Castle.{{cite book | last = Fox-Davies | first = Arthur Charles | title = Armorial Families | location = London | publisher = Hurst & Blackett | volume = I | year = 1929 }}
  • 1896: Hon. Robert Edward Dillon.{{cite book | last = Walford | first = Edward | title = The County Families of the United Kingdom | year = 1919 | publisher = Robert Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd | location = London }}
  • 1897: Hon. Martin Morris.
  • 1898: Quintin Dick Dick / Sir William Mahon, 5th Bt.
  • 1899: William Arthur Persse of Roxborough.
  • 1900:

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Edward VII, 1901–1910

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  • 1901: William Daly of Dunsandal.
  • 1902: William Sharp Waithman of Merlin Park.
  • 1903: John Michael Aylward Lewis of Ballinagar.
  • 1904: Edmond Joseph Philip Lynch-Athy of Renville.{{cite book | last = Burke | first = Sir Bernhard | editor = Arthur Charles Fox-Davies | title = A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland | url = https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera00burkuoft | publisher = Harrison & Sons | location = London | year = 1912 }}
  • 1905:

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  • 1906: Charles Richard John O'Farrell of Dalyston.
  • 1907: John Beresford Campbell of Moycullen House, Moycullen.{{cite book | last = Burke | first = John | editor = Peter de Vere Beauclerk-Dewar | title = Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain | isbn = 0-9711966-0-5 | year = 2001 }}
  • 1908: John Joseph Smyth of Masonbrook.
  • 1909: Arthur Henry Courtenay.
  • 1910: Cecil Robert Henry of Toghermore and of Crumlin Park, Ballyglunin.

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George V, 1910–1922

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  • 1911: Henry Thomas Hall.
  • 1912: Pierce John Joyce.
  • 1913: Thomas Frederic Lewin.
  • 1914: Charles Randolph Kilkelly.
  • 1915: Francis Manley Shawe-Taylor.
  • 1916:

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  • 1917: Nicholas O'Connell Comyn.{{cite book | last = O'Connell | first = Basil Morgan | publisher = Browne and Nolan Ltd. | title = O'Connell Family Tracts | location = Dublin | volume = I | year = 1946 | pages = 9 }}
  • 1918:
  • 1919: Charles Trench O'Rorke.
  • 1920: James Gunning Alcorn.{{cite web|url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87448630| title= Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 – 1954) Saturday 10 April 1920 |publisher= Trove|access-date= 5 August 2013}}
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