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High Sheriff of Kerry

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The High Sheriff of Kerry was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Kerry, Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Kerry County Sheriff. The 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 fulfil his entire term through death or other event and another sheriff was then appointed for the remainder of the year. The dates given hereunder are the dates of appointment. All addresses are in County Kerry unless stated otherwise.

High Sheriffs of County Kerry

  • 1311: Richard Brun
  • 1565: Fyneen mac Teige-Mer-Gagh O'Mahony, seneschal of Desmond, became high sheriff when Donald Mc Carthy Mor lost his title of king of Desmond for the one of earl of Clancare
  • 1585: Ralph Lane{{cite web | url = http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2FFH7&CISOPTR=126360&REC=1&CISOBOX=sheriff | title = High Sheriffs of Kerry|publisher= Family History Archives| access-date= 8 May 2011}}
  • 1585: Maurice O'Connell
  • 1588: Edward Denny of Tralee Castle
  • 1592: Thomas Spring of CastlemaineMichael C. O'Laughlin, Families of Co. Kerry, Ireland (Irish Roots Cafe, 1994), 137.
  • 1602: Walter Hussey of Moyle and Dingle
  • 1609: Walter Spring of Castlemaine and Killagha Abbey
  • 1614: Geoffrey O'Connell
  • 1622: Robert Blennerhassett of Tralee
  • 1623: Sir Valentine Browne, 1st Baronet
  • 1634: Sir Edward Denny, Kt of Tralee Castle
  • 1638: Turlogh Mac Mahon
  • 1639: Daniel Mac Dermot O'Mahony
  • 1641: Sir Thomas Harris
  • 1641: John Blennerhassett of Ballyseedy, Tralee
  • 1642: Edward Blennerhassett of Ballycarty Castle
  • 1650: Son of Lord Roche (shot at Macroom Castle)
  • 1654: Sir Thomas Southwell, 1st Baronet (also Sheriff of Clare and Limerick)
  • 1656: Arthur Denny of Tralee Castle
  • 1658: John Blennerhassett of Ballyseedy, Tralee
  • 1659: Thomas Herbert
  • 1660: Rowland Bateman
  • 1660: Patrick Crosbie of Tubrid
  • 1661: Thomas Crosbie of Ardfert
  • 1663: John Blennerhassett of Tralee
  • 1668: Sir Thomas Crosbie of Ardfert{{cite book|title=A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain|first = Bernard|last= Burke|page=398}}
  • 1669: Rowland Bateman of KilleenA genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, 1912, Bernard Burke
  • 1671: William Naper
  • 1679: Thomas Blennerhassett of Letter
  • 1682: Robert Blennerhassett of Killorglin
  • 1683: Captain William Reeves
  • 1683: David Crosbie
  • 1685: Henry Stoughton
  • 1686: Donogh Mac Gillicuddy
  • 1688: John Browne
  • 1693: Edward Herbert
  • 1695: Barry Denny
  • 1699: William Crosbie

18th century

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  • 1700: Edward Sewell
  • 1706: Maurice Fitzgerald
  • 1708: Edward Herbert
  • 1709: Honourable John Fitzmaurice
  • 1712: Rowland Bateman
  • 1712: Thomas Crosbie
  • 1714: Thomas Crosbie
  • 1715: John Carrique
  • 1716: George Rowan
  • 1717: John Blennerhassett of Ballyseedy
  • 1718: Jasper Morris
  • 1719: Francis Maynard
  • 1721: Arthur Crosbie
  • 1722: James Leslie
  • 1723: Edward Denny Jnr.
  • 1731: James Carrique Ponsonby
  • 1732: John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne
  • 1734: John Fitzgerald
  • 1735: William Godfrey
  • 1736: William Meredith
  • 1737: George Herbert
  • 1738: John Markham
  • 1739: William Blennerhassett
  • 1740: John Blennerhassett of Ballyseedy
  • 1741: Arthur Denny
  • 1742: Arthur Herbert Jnr.
  • 1743: William Crosbie
  • 1744: Theophilus Morris
  • 1745: John Wren of Letter
  • 1746: Robert Leslie
  • 1747: Anthony Staughton
  • 1748: Frederick Mullins
  • 1749: Thomas Amory Mac Mahon
  • 1750: William Carrique of Cloghers
  • 1751: James Crosbie of Ballyheigue Castle
  • 1752: Lancelot Crosbie
  • 1754: John Godfrey
  • 1755: William Raymond
  • 1756: Maurice FitzGerald, 16th Knight of Kerry
  • 1757: Francis Chute
  • 1757: Francis Crosbie
  • 1758: Rowland Bateman
  • 1759: Thomas Mullins
  • 1760: George Rowan
  • 1761: William Blennerhassett of Ballyseedy
  • 1762: John Gun
  • 1763: Samuel Morris
  • 1764: George Gunn, of Carrickafoyle{{cite news| title = High Sheriffs 1764| newspaper =Freeman Journal| date = 7 February 1764| url= http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Dublin/1764/FEB.html| access-date = 2 May 2011}}
  • 1765: James Hickson
  • 1766: Richard Meredith
  • 1767: Francis Crosbie
  • 1768: William T. Gun
  • 1769: George Rowan Jnr.
  • 1770: John Gustavus Crosbie
  • 1771: William Collis
  • 1772: John Sealy
  • 1773: Samuel Raymond
  • 1774: Gustavus Adolphus Freke Crosbie
  • 1774: Sir Barry Denny, 1st Baronet
  • 1775: William Sandes
  • 1776: John Stack
  • 1777: Thomas Wren
  • 1778: Robert Hickson
  • 1779: Pierse Crosbie of Ballyheigue Castle
  • 1780: William Godfrey, later Sir William Godfrey, 1st Baronet of Bushfield
  • 1781: James Carrique Ponsonby
  • 1782: Denis Mahony
  • 1783: George Cashel of Castlemorris
  • 1784: John Markham of Fort George{{London Gazette|issue=12525|page=3|date=6 March 1784}}
  • 1785: Richard Orpen of Ardtully{{cite web|url=http://www.traleehistory.com/kerry_genealogies.pdf |title=Estated Gentlemen of Kerry, |access-date=2 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717084724/http://www.traleehistory.com/kerry_genealogies.pdf |archive-date=17 July 2011 }}
  • 1786: Richard Chute
  • 1787: Arthur Herbert
  • 1788: George Gun
  • 1789: Edward Nash
  • 1790: Edward Orpen
  • 1791: Stephen Edward Rice
  • 1792: James Crosbie of Ballyheigue Castle
  • 1793: Richard Mac Gillicuddy
  • 1794: Sir Barry Denny, 2nd Baronet, shot in a duel – Robert Fitzjohn Hickson appointed instead.
  • 1794: Sir Edward Denny, 3rd Baronet
  • 1795: George Sandes of Listowel
  • 1796: Edward Collis
  • 1797: William Ponsonby
  • 1798: John Collis
  • 1799: Ralph Marshall

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19th century

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  • 1800: John Mahony
  • 1801: John Godfrey
  • 1802: George Twiss died and his son Robert Twiss was appointed instead.
  • 1803: William Meredith
  • 1804: Thomas William Sandes
  • 1805: John Rowan
  • 1806: Francis Christopher Bland of Derryquin Castle
  • 1807: George Rowan of Rathanny
  • 1808: Robert Day
  • 1809: Townsend Gun
  • 1810: Samuel Sealy
  • 1811: Robert Conway Hickson
  • 1812: Barry William Gun
  • 1813: Daniel Mac Gillicuddy
  • 1814: Robert Leslie Jnr.
  • 1815: Pierce Crosbie of Ballyheigue Castle
  • 1816: William Collis
  • 1817: Richard Orpen Townsend
  • 1818: Charles Herbert
  • 1819: John Bateman of Oak Park
  • 1820: Arthur Blennerhassett afterwards Sir Arthur Blennerhassett, 3rd Baronet of Churchtown
  • 1821: Arthur Blennerhassett of Ballyseedy, Tralee
  • 1822: Francis Chute of Spring Hill
  • 1823: Sir Robert Blennerhassett, 2nd Baronet.
  • 1824: Richard Mac Gillicuddy
  • 1825: Richard Mahony of Dunmore.{{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 = 9 July 2009 }}
  • 1826: Captain John Hickson of Dingle.
  • 1827: Sir Edward Denny, 4th Baronet of Tralee Castle, Tralee.
  • 1828: William Sandes, of Sallowglin, Tarbert.{{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 = 9 July 2009 }}
  • 1829: Sir Thomas HerbertA genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland
  • 1829: William Duncan Godfrey, later Sir William Godfrey, 3rd Baronet{{cite web| url= http://www.kerryhistory.ie/documents/5.%20Godfrey.pdf| title= The Godfrey Estate During the Great Famine| access-date= 2 May 2011| archive-date= 12 May 2013| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130512063630/http://www.kerryhistory.ie/documents/5.%20Godfrey.pdf| url-status= dead}}
  • 1830: Daniel Cronin (first Roman Catholic Sheriff after the Emancipation Act)
  • 1831: Thomas afterwards Sir Thomas Herbert
  • 1832: Hon. William Browne of Woodlawn."The Heraldic Calendar"
  • 1833: Charles George Fairfield of Castle-island{{cite web | url= http://www.from-ireland.net/county/article/Official-Authorities,-Co.-Kerry,-1834/Kerry| title= Official Authorities, Co. Kerry, 1834| access-date= 2 May 2011}}
  • 1834: William Townsend Gun.
  • 1835: James Franklin Bland of Derryquin Castle.
  • 1836: Henry Arthur Herbert.
  • 1837: Hon. Thomas Browne of Prospect Hill.
  • 1838: Thomas Anthony Stoughton of Ballyhorgan.
  • 1839: John O'Connell of Grena, Killarney, of Kilboyne House.
  • 1840: Denis Shine Lawlor.
  • 1841: Daniel Mahony.
  • 1842: Arthur Lloyd Saunders.
  • 1843: John Coltsmann of Fleck Castle.
  • 1844: Pierce K. Mahony Jnr of Kilmorna and Gunsboro.
  • 1845: Christopher Galwey of Killarney.{{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 = 9 July 2009 }}
  • 1846: Wilson Gun.
  • 1847: Daniel Cronin-Coltsmann of Fleck Castle.
  • 1848: William Talbot Talbot-Crosbie
  • 1849: Sir Peter FitzGerald, 19th Knight of Kerry.{{cite news | title = High Sheriffs, 1849 | newspaper = Anglo-Celt | date = 26 January 1849 | url = http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1849/JAN.html | access-date = 9 July 2009 }}
  • 1850: Sir Maurice James O'Connell, 2nd Baronet of Lakeview, Killarney.
  • 1851: Valentine Augustus Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare.
  • 1852: Dayrolles Blakeney Eveleigh–de–Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry of Burnham House (Ballingolin).
  • 1853: Richard John Mahony.
  • 1854: William Hickie.
  • 1855: Robert Conway Hickson.
  • 1856: Richard Chute.
  • 1857: Edward Hussey.
  • 1858: Charles John Allanson Winn Blennerhassett of Ballyseedy.
  • 1859: Francis Christopher Bland of Derryquin Castle.
  • 1860: Daniel O'Connell.
  • 1861: John Fermor Godfrey, later Sir John Godfrey, 4th Baronet.
  • 1862: James Crosbie.
  • 1863: Robert Leslie.
  • 1864: John Morrogh Bernard. of Old Court, Cork.
  • 1865: Francis Blennerhasset Chute of Chute Hall.
  • 1866: Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet.
  • 1867: Nicholas Donovan.
  • 1868: Daniel James O'Connell.
  • 1869: Samuel Murray Hussey.
  • 1870: Edward Joseph Morrogh-Bernard.
  • 1871: Townsend G. Gun.
  • 1872: William Creagh Hickie.
  • 1873: Sir Henry Donovan, of Clogher's House, Seafield, Tralee.{{cite book|last=Fox-Davies|first=Arthur Charles|title=Armorial families : a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour|url=https://archive.org/details/armorialfamilies02foxd|year=1905}}
  • 1874: Maurice Fitzgerald Sandes, Esq., Oakpark, Tralee.{{cite news|title=Friday Evening|newspaper=Tralee Chronicle|date=23 January 1874|page=2}}
  • 1875: John Moore Mahony.
  • 1876: George Philip Gun.
  • 1877: John White Leahy.{{cite book|title = The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland|url = https://archive.org/details/countyfamiliesof06walf|first = Edward|last = Walford}} Google Books
  • 1878: Major Arthur Blennerhassett of Ballyseedy.
  • 1879: Henry Herbert of Cahirnane, Currens.
  • 1880: John Edward Hussey.A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland by Sir Bernard Burke
  • 1881: Henry Arthur Herbert, late of Muckross House.
  • 1882: Falkiner Sandes Collis-Sandes of Oak Park House, Tralee.{{cite web|url=http://sandesancestry.net/individual/330-falkiner-sandes-collis-sandes-1844-1912 |title=SandesAncestry.net – A history of the Sandes family of Kerry |access-date=4 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504141816/http://sandesancestry.net/individual/330-falkiner-sandes-collis-sandes-1844-1912 |archive-date=4 May 2014 }}
  • 1883:
  • 1884:
  • 1885: Thomas William Sandes of Sallow Glen, Tarbert.{{cite book|title= Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes|year= 1916}}
  • 1886: Richard Meredith of Dicksgrove, Farranfore.{{cite news|title=Death of Mr. Richard Meredith, J. P.|newspaper=Kerry Reporter|date=16 November 1912|page=9}}, {{cite news|title=County of Kerry, To Wit|newspaper=Kerry Evening Post|date=30 June 1886|page=2}}
  • 1887: George Sandes of Greeville.Visitation of Ireland By Joseph Jackson Howard, Frederick Arthur Crisp
  • 1888: John Charles Dennis Hurly of Fenit House.
  • 1889: George Robert Browne.{{cite book|title = Armorial families : a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour (Volume 1)|url = https://archive.org/details/armorialfamilies01foxd|first = Arthur|last= Fox-Davies}}
  • 1890: Major Markham Richard Leeson-Marshall of Callinafercy.
  • 1891: Sir Daniel Ross O'Connell, 3rd Baronet.
  • 1892: John MacGillycuddy{{cite book|title= Thom's Irish Who's Who}}
  • 1892: James Edward Butler.
  • 1893: John McGillycuddy Esq. of Aghadoe House, Killarney.{{cite news|title=High Sheriff of County Kerry|newspaper=Kerry Evening Post|date=25 January 1893|page=3}}
  • 1894: James Dayrolles Crosbie.
  • 1895: Sir John Charles Ready Colomb{{Cite journal| url= http://www.irelandrock.com/testimonials.php| title= Obituaries| journal= The Rock| access-date= 9 April 2011| archive-date= 8 March 2012| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120308225931/http://www.irelandrock.com/testimonials.php| url-status= dead}}
  • 1896: Col. Harrison Trent-Stoughton of Ballyhorgan, Lixnaw.{{cite news|title=The High Sheriff for Kerry|newspaper=Kerry Evening News|date=15 January 1896|page=3}}
  • 1897: Frederick Reginald Bateman of Bedford House, County Kerry/
  • 1898: Major William John Nelligan, Churchill, Tralee.{{cite news|title=High Sheriff of Co. Kerry|newspaper=Freeman's Journal|date=5 January 1898|page=4}}
  • 1899: Daniel John Cronin-Coltsmann of Fleck Castle.

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20th century

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  • 1900: Arthur Stewart Herbert, of Cahirnane."County Families of UK"
  • 1901: Richard Justice Rice of Bushmount, Lixnaw.{{cite book|title= Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes|year= 1916}}
  • 1902: William Townsend Jackson Gun, of Rattoo, Lixnaw.{{cite book|title= Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900|year= 2011}}
  • 1903: Lindsey Bertie Talbot-Crosbie.
  • 1904:
  • 1905: Maxwell Vandeleur Blacker-Douglass, of Tullahinel, Ballylongford and of Elm Park, County Armagh.{{cite book|title = The county families of the United Kingdom |url = https://archive.org/details/countyfamiliesof51walf | year=1912|first = Edward|last=Walford}}
  • 1906:
  • 1907: Sir Morgan Ross O'Connell, 4th Baronet.
  • 1908: Samuel Thomas Heard of Rossdohan.
  • 1909: St John Henry Donovan of Seafield Spa, Tralee.{{cite book| title = Kelly's Handbook|year = 1916}}
  • 1910: Robert John FitzGerald.
  • 1911: Cecil Rowland Leslie of Tarbert House.
  • 1912: Samuel Trant McCarthy, of Srugrena Abbey.{{cite book|title = The county families of the United Kingdom | year=1919|first = Edward|last=Walford}}
  • 1913: Lt-Col. Charles Wallace Warden, of Derryquin Castle.
  • 1914: Captain Richard Aremberg Blennerhassett Chute, Chute Hall, Tralee{{cite news|title=Kerry Shrievalty, 1914|newspaper=Kerry Evening Post|date=3 January 1914|page=3}}
  • 1915: Daniel Charles O'Connell{{cite book|title= Thom's Irish Who's Who}}
  • 1916: Arthur Rose Vincent, DL, JP, Muckross Abbey, Killarney{{cite news|title=Kerry Shrievalty|newspaper=Kerry Evening Post|date=15 January 1916|page=3}}
  • 1917: Rupert Palmer Colomb, Esq., of Dromquinna, Kenmare.{{cite web| url = http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/edward-walford/the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla/page-79-the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla.shtml|title= Edward Walford: "The county families of the United Kingdom; Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland", Volume ed.59, yr.1919|access-date = 18 June 2013}}
  • 1918: Edward Hood.
  • 1919: Captain Sir John Peter Gerald Maurice Fitzgerald, Baronet, Knight of Kerry of Glanleam, Valentia.{{cite news|title=New High Sheriff|newspaper=Kerry People|date=11 January 1919|page=3}}
  • 1920: Anthony John MacGillicuddy.
  • 1921:
  • 1922: Lt-Col. H G Leahy OBE.{{cite news|newspaper=Drogheda Independent|title=Southern Protestants' Tribute|date=20 May 1922|page=8}}

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