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High Sheriff of Meath#Victoria, 1837–1901

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The High Sheriff of Meath was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Meath, Ireland, from the conquest until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Meath 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 Meath unless stated otherwise.

High Sheriffs of County Meath

  • 1299 Rythery Fitzjohn
  • 1340: Michael Stokes
  • 1345: Roger Dardis or Dardiz
  • 1346: Sir Walter de la Hyde (murdered that year?)Patent Roll 20 Edward III
  • 1368: John FitzRichard
  • 1373: William Dalton (killed by the Cenal-Fiachaidh)
  • 1384 Walter ChaumbrePatent Roll 8 Richard II
  • 1385: Richard Drake of Drakerath
  • 1386: John Darcy
  • 1401: Sir William Nugent of Balrath
  • 1403: Sir Christopher Plunket
  • 1404: Sir John D'Arcy
  • 1405: Sir William Nugent of Balrath, second termPatent Roll 6 Henry IV
  • 1406: Matthew Hussey of Moyle-Hussey
  • 1408: Matthew Hussey of Moyle-Hussey, second term
  • 1409: Sir Christopher Plunket, second term
  • 1415: Sir John D'Arcy
  • 1422 John Drake
  • 1424: Richard Nugent, 2nd Baron Delvin
  • 1425: Sir Christopher Plunket, third term
  • 1435: John Barnewall
  • 1451: Nicholas Ford of Fordstown
  • 1470: Robert Bold, Baron Ratoath
  • 1472: James Fleming, 7th Baron Slane
  • 1482 Alexander Plunket

Henry VIII 1509–1547

Elizabeth I, 1558–1603

  • 1598: Richard Brett

James I, 1603–1625

  • 1610: Patrick Barnewall of Trim
  • 1613: Patrick Barnewall of Trim
  • 1622: Patrick Barnewall of Trim

Charles I, 1625–1649

  • 1627 Patrick Segrave

Commonwealth, 1649–1660

Charles II, 1660–1685

James II, 1685–1688

  • 1686: Launcelot Dowdall of Mounttown
  • 1686: Donogh Mac Gillicuddy.
  • 1688: John Browne.

William III, 1689–1702

  • 1690: Sir Henry Langford, 3rd Baronet
  • 1698: Joseph Pratt
  • 1700: Henry Cadogan
  • 1702: James Naper of Loughcrew{{cite web| url= http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2008/04/26/24082| title= Napers leave Loughcrew| publisher= Meath Chronicle| access-date= 18 April 2011| archive-date= 2 October 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111002095824/http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2008/04/26/24082| url-status= dead}}

George I, 1714–1727

  • 1720: Robert WallerA genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, 1912, Bernard Burke
  • 1724: George Pepper of Ballygarth
  • 1725: John Coddington

George II, 1727–1760

  • 1727:
  • 1728:
  • 1729:
  • 1730: James Garstin of Leragh Castle
  • 1731:
  • 1732:
  • 1733: Benjamin Chapman of St Lucy's, County Westmeath
  • 1734: Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington
  • 1735: Christopher Nicholson of Balrath Burry
  • 1736:
  • 1737: Clotworthy Sheilds Wade of Clonebrayney
  • 1738: Hercules Langford Rowley of Summerhill House{{cite book|title= Burkes Peerage & Baronetage |year = 2003}}
  • 1739:
  • 1740: James Lenox Naper of Loughcrew
  • 1741:
  • 1742: James Fleming{{cite web|url= https://www.historyireland.com/medieval-history-pre-1500/upward-mobility-in-later-medieval-meath/ |title=Upward Mobility in Later Medieval Meath|date=28 January 2013| publisher=History of Ireland|access-date= 6 October 2019}}
  • 1743: Sir Quaile Somerville, 2nd BaronetComplete Baronetage, p.358
  • 1744:
  • 1745:
  • 1746:
  • 1747:
  • 1748: John Wade
  • 1749:
  • 1750: William Waller of Allenstown House
  • 1751:
  • 1752:
  • 1753: John Graham
  • 1754: Dixie Coddington of Oldbridge
  • 1755:
  • 1756:
  • 1757:
  • 1758:
  • 1759:

George III, 1760–1820

  • 1760:
  • 1766: Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boyne
  • 1767:
  • 1770: Hamilton Gorges of Kilbrew{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/search/apachesolr_search/sheriff%20meath|title= GORGES, Hamilton (1739–1802), of Kilbrew, co. Meath.|publisher= History of Parliament Online|access-date=13 July 2013}}
  • 1772: Robert Wade of ClonebraneyVisitation of Ireland
  • 1774: Gustavus Hamilton, 5th Viscount Boyne
  • 1775:
  • 1778: Samuel Winter of Agher
  • 1779:
  • 1781: Michael Tisdall (1755–1794) of Charles Fort near Kells{{cite web | url= http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/big-houses-of-ireland/charlesfort-estate-co.-me/the-tisdalls-1757-1968/| title= The Tisdalls 1757–1968 | publisher= Ask about Ireland| access-date= 18 April 2011}}
  • 1782: Thomas Ash of Ashfield{{London Gazette|issue=12273|page=1|date=23 February 1782}}
  • 1783: Sir John Meredyth, 1st Baronet, Kt of CarlandstownComplete Baronetage, p.436
  • 1784: Richard Chaloner of King's Fort{{London Gazette|issue=12525|page=4|date=6 March 1784}}
  • 1785: Henry Coddington
  • 1786: Thomas Taylour, Marquess of Headfort
  • 1787:
  • 1788: Michael Tisdall of Charlesfort
  • 1789:
  • 1791: Christopher Armytage Nicholson of Balrath Burry
  • 1792:
  • 1794: Thomas Rothwell of Rockfield
  • 1795: Thomas Everard
  • 1796: Hon. Clotworthy Taylour, later Rowley (cr. Baron Langford of Summerhill, County Meath in 1800; Surname legally changed to Rowley, 26 April 1796)
  • 1798: Nicholas Coddington
  • 1800: Charles Drake Dillon{{cite book|title= The statutes at large, passed in the Parliaments held in Ireland|first= James|last = Butler|page= 385}}
  • 1802: Thomas Pepper of Ballygarth Castle
  • 1803: James O'Reilly of Baltrasna
  • 1804: William BattersbyPapers by Command-Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons-Volume 6
  • 1805: Thomas Taylor Rowley
  • 1806: John Pratt Winter of Agher
  • 1807: Thomas Barnes
  • 1808: Henry Woodward
  • 1809: Arthur Hill Cornwallis Pollock of Mountainstown
  • 1810: Claudius Cole Hamilton
  • 1811: Charles Arthur Tisdall of Charlesfort
  • 1812: William Blaney Wade
  • 1813: George Pepper of Ballygarth Castle
  • 1814: Caleb Barnes
  • 1815: Thomas Lowther Allen
  • 1816: James Somerville
  • 1817: Ferdinand Meath M'Veagh{{cite book|title= Reports from Commissioners Volume 4 (Ireland)|year = 1824}}
  • 1818: John Gerrard
  • 1819: Henry Jeremiah Smith
  • 1820: William Henry Waller

George IV, 1820–1830

  • 1821: John Payne Garnett of Arch Hall, Navan
  • 1822: James Lenox William Naper of Loughcrew
  • 1823: Francis Singleton
  • 1824: John Charles Preston, of Swainstown{{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}}
  • 1825: John Thompson, of Rathnally, Trim
  • 1827: John Armytage Nicholson of Balrath Burry, Kells{{cite web | url= http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Kilkenny/1827/FEB.html|title= New Sheriffs| work= The Kilkenny Independent|access-date= 28 April 2011}}
  • 1828: Robert George Bomford and Richard Bolton
  • 1829: Anthony Blackburne of Parsonstown

William IV, 1830–1837

  • 1831: The Honourable Edward Anthony John Preston of Gormanston Castle, Balbriggan"The Heraldic Calendar"
  • 1832: Robert George Bomford
  • 1834: Hon. Randle E. Plunket of Dunsany Castle, Dunshaughlin{{cite web | url= http://www.from-ireland.net/county/article/Official-Authorities,-1834,-Co.-Meath/Westmeath|title= Official Authorities, Meath, 1834|access-date= 4 August 2011}}
  • 1836: Henry Meredyth, later Sir Henry Meredyth, 4th Baronet of North Dublin
  • 1837: Samuel Winter of Agher

Victoria, 1837–1901

  • 1838:
  • 1839: Richard Rothwell, of Rockfield{{cite book|title = Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland |year=1912}}
  • 1840: Robert Craven Wade of Clonebraney
  • 1841: John Tisdall of Charlesfort
  • 1842: Henry Corbet Singleton of Aclare
  • 1843: Henry Barry Coddington of Oldbridge
  • 1843: John Farrell of Moynalty
  • 1844: Thomas Taylour, 3rd Marquess of Headfort of Headfort House, Kells
  • 1845: Lord Killeen, of Killeen Castle{{cite web | url= http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Armagh/1845/18450204.html| title= New Irish Sheriffs | publisher = The Armagh Guardian| access-date= 28 April 2011}}
  • 1846: George Annesley Pollock of Oatlands
  • 1847:
  • 1848: Henry Barry Coddington of Old Bridge, Drogheda{{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: William Martley Blackburne, of Tankardstown-Hall, Slane{{cite web | url= http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1849/JAN.html| title = Co Cavan Newspaper Extracts| access-date= 29 July 2011}}
  • 1850: Michael Thunder of Lagore, Dunshaughlin{{cite web | url= http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Mayo/1850/JAN.html|title= Ireland Old News|publisher= Ballina Chronicle| access-date= 26 April 2011}}
  • 1851: Hans Hamilton Woods of Whitestown House
  • 1852: Edward Rotheram of Crossdrum
  • 1853: James Lenox Naper of Loughcrew
  • 1854: John Osborne George Pollock of Mountainstown
  • 1855: Richard Chaloner of King's Fort
  • 1856: Christopher A. Nicholson of Belrath, Kells{{cite web|url = http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cork/1856/JAN.html|title= The Cork Examiner, 28 January 1856 HIGH SHERIFFS FOR 1856|publisher= The Cork Examiner|access-date= 28 September 2014}}
  • 1857: John Arthur Farrell of Moynalty
  • 1858: Samuel Garnett of Arch Hall, Navan{{London Gazette|city = e|issue = 6775|page=181|date= 29 January 1958}}
  • 1859: Hercules Langford Boyle Rowley of Marlay Grange, County Dublin
  • 1860: George Bomford of Oakley Park
  • 1861:
  • 1862: Thomas Boylan, Hilltown, Drogheda.{{cite web | url= http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1862/JAN.html|title= Ireland Old News|publisher= Ballina Chronicle| access-date= 26 April 2011}}
  • 1863: Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown and Boyne Hill.
  • 1864: William Stawell Garnett of Williamston.
  • 1865:
  • 1867: Thomas Rockwell of Rockfield.
  • 1868:
  • 1870: The Hon Jenico W. J. Preston of Gormanstown Castle, Balbriggan.{{London Gazette|city = e|issue = 8027|page=104|date = 25 January 1879}}
  • 1871: Robert Fowler
  • 1872: James Sanderson Winter of Agher.
  • 1873: Robert Caddell of Harbourstown.
  • 1874:
  • 1875: Mervyn Pratt.
  • 1876:
  • 1877: Henry Corbet Singleton of Aclare.
  • 1878: George Augustus Rotheram of Kilbride Castle, Trim.{{cite web |url = http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1878/FEB.html|title= High Sheriffs for 1878|publisher= Cavan weekly News |access-date = 18 April 2011}}
  • 1879:
  • 1880: William Newcombe Waller of Allenstown.
  • 1881: John Kearney{{cite web| url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107217098|title= Evening News (Sydney, NSW: 1869 – 1931) Saturday 20 August 1881|publisher= Trove|access-date = 5 August 2013}}
  • 1882: Robert Grimshaw Dunville
  • 1883: Nugent Talbot Everard, Bt
  • 1884: John Naper George Pollock of Mountainstown.
  • 1885: Edward Rotheram of Crossdrum.
  • 1886:
  • 1887: Charles Pepper of Ballygarth Castle.{{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-285-the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla.shtml|title=The County Families of the United Kingdom|access-date=18 August 2012}}
  • 1888: Edward Hamilton Woods of Milverton Hall, County Dublin.
  • 1889: Nathaniel Hone Dyas of Athboy House & Staholmack, County Meath.
  • 1890:
  • 1891: George Joseph Brooke McVeagh of Drewstown, Kells.{{cite book|title= Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes|year= 1916}}
  • 1892: Robert Bernard George Ashurst GradwellThe Catholic Who's Who
  • 1893: Uvedale Corbet Singleton of Aclare.
  • 1894: Thomas Boylan
  • 1895: John Hampden Nicholson of Balrath Burry.
  • 1896: William Thompson of Rathnally.
  • 1897: Gustavus Villiers Briscoe of Bellinter House.
  • 1898: Francis William Blackburne of Tankardstown.
  • 1899: Robert Henry Fowler of Rahinston and Rathmolyon.
  • 1900:
  • 1901: Gustavus Francis William Lambart, 1st Baronet of Beau Parc.

Edward VII, 1901–1910

  • 1902: Charles Henry Bulwer Caldwell of New Grange.
  • 1904: Frederick Arthur Bligh of Brittas, Nobber.
  • 1905: Fitzhenry Augustus Smith of Annesbrook, Duleek.
  • 1906: Edward Rotheram of Crossdrum.
  • 1907: John Edward Joseph Farrell of Moynalty.
  • 1908: George Fitzgerald Murphy of the Grange, Dunsany.

George V, 1910–1936

  • 1910: Patrick James Kennedy of Rathcore House, Enfield.
  • 1911: William Lennox Naper of Loughcrew.
  • 1912: Reginald Dashwood Tandy.{{cite web | url=http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_family/hist_family_deburgh.htm | title=Subscribe | date=2 November 2021 }}
  • 1913: John Francis Hevey Langan.
  • 1922: Arthur Francis Coddington.

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