High Sheriff of Kildare

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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 Archaeological Society{{citation |title =Kildare Archaeological Society Journal | date = 1905|publisher=Kildare Archeological Society}}

1299 : William AlysaundreBall, F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 London John Murray 1926
1301: Albert de Kenley{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklowpeople/news/castle-tied-up-in-colonial-power-27862454.html|title=Castle tied up in colonial power|access-date=3 December 2021|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203165424/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklowpeople/news/castle-tied-up-in-colonial-power-27862454.html|url-status=live}}
1303 Sir Waleran de Wellesley (or John de Wellesley), knight, killed in battle with the Irish, October 1303, aged 70. Son of Waleran de Wellesley (died c.1276), justice in eyre, ancestor of the Duke of Wellington;, F Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 London John Murray 1926 pp.46-7
1306: Sir Hugh Canoun, or Canon.
1310–1314: David le Maryner (or Mazener)
1355: Richard Penkiston (also Escheator for Kildare)
1368: William De Wellesley (first term) u
1372: William de Wellesley (second term)
1373: William Ballymore
1374: Walter fitz John le Faunt
1375: John Creef
1376: Adam de Lyt
1378: Robert FitzEustace (? of Cradockstown).
1384 William De Wellesley
1386: Sir Maurice FitzEustace
1391: William de Wellesley
1392: John Fitz Maurice
1394: Patrick Flatesbury
1403: William de Wellesley
1414: Sir Richard FitzEustace
1415–16: Sir Richard De Wellesley of Dangan, County Meath and of Pollardstown, County Kildare
1419: Sir Richard De Wellesley (second term)
1421: Sir Richard De Wellesley of Dangan, County Meath and of Pollardstown, County Kildare (third term)
1422: Sir Richard De Wellesley (fourth term)
1423: Sir Edward FitzEustace, Knt.
1424: Robert Griffin
1428: Sir Edward FitzEustace, Knt.
1446: Robert Flatesbury (killed 1448)
1452: Christopher De Wellesley of Alasty
1456: Robert FitzEustace of Ballycutland (Coghlanstown)
1465: Christopher Flatesbury of Osbertown
1472: Philip Eustace of Newland
1484: Lawrence Sutton of Barbystown
1493: Richard Eustace of Eilgon (?Eilgowan)
1494: Bartholomew Aylmer of Lyons
1495: Bartholomew Aylmer
1496: Sir William De Wellesley
1498: Laurence Sutton of Tipper
1499: Maurice Eustace of Ballyoutland (Coghlanstown)
1502: Sir William Wogan of Rathcoffey
1507: William Eustace of Newland
1508: Laurence Sutton of Tipper
1509: William Eustace of Cradockstown
1523: Thomas Eustace, 1st Viscount Baltinglass of Henryston (Harristown)
1527: Thomas Netterfeld, snr.
1535: John Eustace of Harriston
1536: James FitzGerald of Osberdiston (Osberstown).
1537–38: Philip fitzMaurice FitzGerald, of Allen.
1540: William Birmingham of Dunfert.
1541: James FitzGerald of Ballysonnane (Ballyshannon).
1542: Nicholas Wogan of Rathcoffey
1543: Richard Aylmer of Lyons
1544: William Eustace of Mone (? Moone)
1556: Nicholas Eustace of Cradockston
1557: Patrick Sarsfield of Castledillon
1558: Redmund Fitzgeralde of Rathangan
1558–1560: Francis Cosby of Even [now Monasterevin]
1560: Maurice FitzGerald of "Gerardston"
1567: John Eustace of Castlemartin
1571: Robert Pypho
1573: Piers Fitz-Gerald of Ballysonan
1576: John Eustace of Castle Marten
1578: Peter Fitz-Gerald of Ballysonan
1580: John Eustace of Castle Marten
1581: Piers Fitz-Gerald of Ballysonan
1583: Redmond Bermingham of the Grange
158n: Thomas Fitz-Gerald of Timahoe, County Kildare
158n: William Eustace
1592: Maurice Eustace
1593: Sir Richard Fitzgerald
1594: John Sarsfield
1595: Sarsfield
1596: John Fitz-Gerald
1597: Sir Henry Duke
1598: James Fitz-Gerald

=17th century=

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1601: John Harbert
1602: Robert Nangle
1605: Rowland Fitz-Gerald
1606: Sir James Fitz-Gerald
1607: William Eustace of Castle Martin
1608: Pierce Butler
1609: Lewis Price
1610: Sir Richard Graham
1611: Thomas Potts
1612: Gerald Cowley
1613: William Meares
1614: Thomas Stokes of Madenstown
1615: Richard Tighe
1616: Sir Henry Bellings
1617: Philip Pilsworth
1618: Sir Henry Bellings
1620–21: Stephen Palmes
1622: Philip Pilsworth
1623: Sir Henry ColleyJournal of Co. Kildare Archaeological Society, 1896–99
1624: John Weldon
1625 Sir Henry Bellings
1641: Sir Erasmus Borrowes, 1st Baronet
1649: George Medlicott of Tully
1654: Henry Bellingham
1656: John Hewetson of Kildare{{cite web|url = http://www.kildare.ie/greyabbey/archives/kildare_town_history/|title = Grey Abbey Conservation Project|access-date = 7 December 2012|archive-date = 23 January 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130123130606/http://www.kildare.ie/greyabbey/archives/kildare_town_history/|url-status = live}}
1662: Richard Tighe of WoodstockThe General Armory of England
1667: Edward Bagot
1671: Garret Wellesley
1673: Sir Walter Borrowes, 2nd Baronet
1676: Sir William Sands, 1st Baronet{{cite book| title = History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England Ireland and Scotland| first =John|last = Burke|page = 614}} Google Books
1677: Edward Bagot of Walterstown and Harristown
1678: Richard Nevill{{cite web |url=https://theirishaesthete.com/tag/architectural-history/page/40/ |title=Architectural History « The Irish Aesthete « Page 40 |publisher=Theirishaesthete.com |date=2014-05-12 |accessdate=2021-12-18 |archive-date=11 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611190321/https://theirishaesthete.com/tag/architectural-history/page/40/ |url-status=live }}
1687–1688: John WoganComplete Baronetage, p.449
1690: Sir Patrick TrantJohn D'Alton, [https://books.google.com/books?id=2KDRAAAAMAAJ&q=Dowdall+of+Athlumney+baronet Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical: Of King James's Irish Army List (1689)] (1855), p.30 (Retrieved 2 November 2022).
1692: Richard Nevill
1697: Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet

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=18th century=

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1707: Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet
1712: Thomas de Burgh
1714: Brabazon PonsonbyBelle assemblée: or, Court and fashionable magazine
1717: Charles Nuttal
1718: Alexander Burrowes
1727: John Stratford, 1st Earl of Aldborough
1729: James Garstin of Leragh Castle
1731: Edmund Armstrong
1732: John Digby{{cite book| title= A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain|first= Bernard|last= Burke|page=428}}
1734: Dudley Colley of Rahari
1741: Thomas Ashe of Moone (died in office and replaced by James Macmanus of Maynooth)
1751: Sir Kildare Dixon Borrowes, 5th Baronet
1756: Philpot Wolfe of Forenaghts
1758: Josiah George Hort
1761: Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Baronet
1762: Arthur Jones-Nevill of Furness
1763: Henry Boyle Carter
1764:
1771: Joseph Henry of Straffan
1772: William Robert FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster
1773: Richard Nevill of FurnessHistory of Parliament Online
1774:
1788: Richard Griffith of Millicent House
1780: Thomas Carter
1781:
1782: James Kearney of Kearney Ville{{London Gazette|issue=12273|page=1|date=23 February 1782}}
1783: Michael Aylmer of Grange{{London Gazette|issue=12422|page=4|date=11 March 1783}}
1784: Samuel Mills of Turnings{{London Gazette|issue=12525|page=3|date=6 March 1784}}
1785: Edward Hendrick, of Kerdiffstown{{London Gazette|issue=12628|page=125|date=12 March 1785}}
1786:
1790: Maurice Bagenal St Leger Keatinge of Narraghmore
1791: Arthur Burdett of Bellaville
1793: Maurice Bagenal St Leger Keatinge of Narraghmore
1795: Sir Fenton Aylmer, 7th Baronet
1797: Robert La Touche of Harristown{{cite web|url= http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/latouche-robert-1773-1844|title= LATOUCHE, Robert (1773–1844), of Harristown, co. Kildare|publisher= History of Parliament Online|access-date= 21 August 2012|archive-date= 17 October 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131017125424/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/latouche-robert-1773-1844|url-status= live}}
1798: Lieutenant Thomas Tyrrell of Kilreany{{cite web|url=

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=19th century=

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1801: John Greene of MilfordA genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, 1912, Bernard Burke
1803: John Joseph Henry of Straffan
1803: Thomas Tickell of Carnolway
1804: Michael AylmerPapers by Command-Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons-Volume 16
1805: Peter Wolfe, of Blackhall
1806: William Mills
1807: Joshua Rice
1808: John Aylmer
1809: Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 6th Barone
1810: James Critchley
1811–1812: Thomas Finley
1813: James Critchley
1814–1815: Adam Tyrell
1815: Peter Wolfe of Blackhall
1816: Samuel McGomery Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 6th Baronet
1817: William Henry Carter of Castle Martin
1818: Sir (Josiah) William Hort, 2nd Baronet of HortlandComplete Baronetage
1819: John Aylmer{{cite book|title= Reports from Commissioners Volume 4 (Ireland)|year = 1824}}
1820: Arthur Henry of Lodge Park
1821: Samuel Mills
1822: M C C Roberts
1823: Ponsonby Moore
1824: Captain George Burdett of Loughtown House{{cite news | title = High Sheriffs, 1824 | newspaper = The Connaught Journal | date = 1 March 1824 | url = http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Galway/1824/MAR.html | access-date = 10 May 2011 | archive-date = 13 July 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110713055402/http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Galway/1824/MAR.html | url-status = live }}
1825: Lord Henry Moore of Moore Abbey, Monastereven
1827: Sir Gerald George Aylmer, 8th Baronet
1833: The Honorable George Francis Collet of Rathangan"The heraldic calendar"
1834: John Michael Henry Fock, 3rd Baron de Robeck
1835: John Bonham of Ballintaggart
1836: John Hyacinth Nangle of Garrisker, Clonard{{cite book|title=Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack|year =1837|page=203}}
1838: Edward Lawless, 3rd Baron Cloncurry
1839: Walter Hussey de Burgh of Donore House, Naas
1840: Hugh Barton of Straffan House
1841: Richard Maunsell of Oakley Park
1842: James FitzGerald, 1st Marquess of Kildare{{cite book|title=The Royal Kalendar and Court and City Register for England, Scotland and Ireland|page=448}}
1843: Charles William FitzGerald, 1st Baron Kildare
1844: David O'Connor-Henchy of Stonebrook
1845:
1846: John La Touche of Harristown
1848: John Rowland Eustace of Baltraney{{cite book|title = The Harrow School Register, 1800–1911 2nd edition|year = 1911|first = R. Courteney|last = Welch}}
1849: Edward J. Beauman, of Furnace, Nass{{cite web| url= http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1849/JAN.html| title= Co Cavan Newspaper Extracts| access-date= 29 July 2011| archive-date= 20 July 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080720005935/http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1849/JAN.html| url-status= live}}
1850: John Rowland Eustace
1851: Nathaniel Barton of Straffan House{{cite book|title = A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Britain..., Volume 1|first = Bernard|last = Burke|page = 54}} Google Books
1852:
1854: Sir Gerald George Aylmer, 9th Baronet
1856: Edward More O'Ferrall of Kildangan{{cite book|title=A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2 | first=Bernard |last =Burke|page = 1012}} Google Books
1857: John Harvey Lewis of Kilcullen
1858: Penthony O'Kelly of Botristown, Newbridge{{London Gazette|city = e|issue = 6775|page=180|date= 29 January 1958}}
1859: John Henry Edward Fock, 4th Baron de Robeck of Gowran Grange
1860: Thomas De Burgh of Oldtown, Naas.{{London Gazette|city = e|issue = 6982|page=88|date= 24 January 1860}}
1861: Hugh Lynedoch Barton of Straffan House.
1863: Frederick Hugh Henry of Lodge Park.
1864:
1866–67: Francis Edmond Joseph MacDonnell of Dunfierth.
1867: Valentine Lawless, 4th Baron Cloncurry.
1868: John Maunsell of Oakley Park (son of Richard, HS in 1841)
1870: Samuel G Ireland of Robertstown.{{London Gazette|city = e|issue = 8027|page=104|date= 25 January 1870}}
1871: Montagu William Edward Dobbs of Castle Dobbs, County Antrim.
1873: Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 9th Baronet
1874: George Mansfield of Morristown Lattin.
1875: Charles Colley Palmer.Visitation of Ireland, p.54
1876: Ambrose More-O'Ferrall.
1878: William Peisley Hutchinson Lloyd Vaughan of Golden Grove, Rosecrea.{{cite web| url = http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1878/FEB.html| title = Cavan Weekly News-Published in Cavan, county Cavan-February 1, 1878| access-date = 10 February 2013| archive-date = 23 November 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121123161952/http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1878/FEB.html| url-status = live}}
1878: William Blacker of Castle Martin.
1879: Dominic More-O'Ferrall of Kildangan.Edward Walford. The county families of the United Kingdom
1880: Richard Wilson Hartley of Beech Park, County Dublin.
1881: Marquess of Kildare.{{cite web|url = http://www.kildare.ie/library/ehistory/2012/02/|title = KILDARE, PARISH OF. PART II|access-date = 8 October 2013|archive-date = 17 October 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131017113405/http://www.kildare.ie/library/ehistory/2012/02/|url-status = live}}
1882: Thomas Richard Frederick Cooke-Trench.
1884: Hugh O'Connor-Henchy of Stonebrook.
1884: Thomas John de Burgh of Oldtown.
1885: George Woods Maunsell of Ashford, County Limerick. (son of Richard, HS in 1841)
1886: Charles Frederick Crichton of Mullaboden.
1887: Robert Mackay Wilson of Coolcarrigan.
1888: Edmund Casimir Sweetman of Longtown.{{cite book| title = The Catholic who's who| first=Francis|last = Burnham}}
1889: Marmaduke William Coghill Cramer-Roberts of Sallymount."County Families"
1890: John Christopher Murphy of Mullen.
1891: Richard Mark Synnot Maunsell of Oakley Park.
1892: William Ireland de Courcy-Wheeler of Robertstown House.
1893:
1894: Hans Hendrick Hendrick-Aylmer of Kerdiffstown.
1895: Thomas Green.Journal of Kildare Archeological Society
1896: John Algernon Aylmer of Courtown, Kilcock.
1897: Surgeon-Major T.R. Keogh.
1899: Richard St Leger Moore of Naas.

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=20th century=

1900: George Wolfe of Forenaghts and Bishopsland
1901: William Trench Kirkpatrick of Donacomper, Celbridge{{cite book|title= Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes|year=1888|volume= 1916|access-date = 25 November 2013|url=https://archive.org/details/1916kellyshandbo00londuoft}}
1902: Sir Kildare Dixon Borrowes, 10th Baronet of Barretstown Castle, Ballymore Eustace, Naas
1903: James Laurence Carew{{cite web|url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32735514|title = Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA: 1896 – 1916) Tuesday 27 October 1903|via = Trove|access-date = 5 August 2013|archive-date = 18 December 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211218102327/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32735514|url-status = live}}
1903: Bertram Francis Barton of Straffan House
1904:
1906: Nicholas Joseph Synnott.{{cite book| title = The Catholic who's who| first = Francis|last = Burnard}}
1906: Henry Eliardo de Courcy-Wheeler of Robertstown House.
1907: Sir William Goulding, 1st Baronet of Millicent, Sallins.
1908: Bertram Hugh Barton of Straffan House.
1909: Hugh Arthur Henry of Firmount, Sallins.
1910: Joseph Henry Greer of Grange, Moy, County Tyrone.
1911: Hugh Wyndham Montgomery of Ballymore.
1912:
1916: Capt Rt Hon Herbert Dixon, OBE, Ballyalloy, near Comber, County Down.

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