High Sheriff of Sligo

{{Short description|British judicial representative in County Sligo, Ireland}}

The High Sheriff of Sligo was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Sligo, Ireland, from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Sligo 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 Sligo unless stated otherwise.

Sligo was constituted a county in 1568 by Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, but a sheriff does not appear to have been appointed until the year 1576 at the request of the O'Connor Sligo.

High Sheriffs of County Sligo

Source: History of Sligo {{cite web| url = https://archive.org/stream/historyofsligoco00wooduoft/historyofsligoco00wooduoft_djvu.txt|title= History of Sligo;county and town|access-date = 25 September 2013}}

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157n: Richard Mac Swine
15nn: Thaddeus O'Hara
15nn: Brian O'Rourke
15nn: William Bourke
15nn: George Goodman
15nn: George Bingham
15nn: Richard Oge Bourke
15nn: William Tathe
15nn: James Crean
15nn: Thomas Nolan
15nn: Thomas Wood of Ballymote Castle
15nn: Henry Bingham
1588: Sir William Taafe
1602: Sir Roger Jones
1603: Teige O'Hara Boy
1604: William Taafe{{cite DNB |wstitle=Taaffe, William |first=John Goldworth |last=Alger |authorlink=John Goldworth Alger |volume=55}}
1606: William Crofton
1608: Teige O'Hara Boy
1609: Josias Lambert
1610: Sir William Taafe
1611: Roger Jones
1612: John Sharpe
1613: William Crofton
1614: George Nugent
1615: Roger Jones
1616: Walter Harrison
1617–18: James Stanghurst
1619: George Wood of Killarra
1620: Owen M'Dermott
1621: Robert St. John
1622: George Crofton
1623: John Nowlan
1624: Sir John Taaffe
1625: Roger Jones
1626: Robert Crecy
1627–1628: Jasper Brett of Rathdooney
1629–30: Andrew Crean
1631: Sir Roger Jones
1632: Thomas Crofton
1633: John Crofton
1634: Teige O'Higgin
1635: Jasper Brett of Rathdooney
1636: William Dodwell
1637–38: Thomas Crofton
1639: Kean O'Hara
1640: James French
1641–42: Andrew Crean
1643: James French
1644: Teighe O'Connor
1645: No Roll
16nn: Thomas Crofton
1651: Robert Parke
1655: Sir George St. George
1656: Robert Parke
16nn: Robert Morgan
16nn: Lewis Jones
16nn: Francis King
1659–60: John Booker
1661–62: Thomas Crofton
1663: Lewis Wingfield
1665: Kean O'Hara (son of Teige, HS 1608)
1664–66: Thomas Crofton
1667: Thomas Wood of Castle Lackan
1668: William Griffith
1669: William Ormsby
1670: Robert Coppayne
1671: Edward Nicholson.
1672: Anthony (or Adam) Ormsby of Cummin A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, 1912, Bernard Burke
1673: Thomas Radcliffe, Dublin
1674: Thomas Soden of Grange
1675: Jeremiah Jones of Ardnaglass
1676: Adam O'Hara of Colony (son of Kean, HS 1665)
1677 : Francis King of Knocklough
1678–79: Roger Smith of Cloverhill
1680: William Ormsby
1681–82: Sir Robert Gore, Knt., of Artarmon
1683–84: Richard Wood of Castle Lackan
1685: Charles Collis of Tireragh
1686: William Parke of Dunally
1687: Henry Crofton of Longford Castle, Drumard, County Sligo
1688–89: Edward Crofton of Longford Castle, Drumard, County Sligo
1690: Henry Griffith
1691: William Nicholson of Ardtainmain
1692: Roger Smith of Cloverhill
1693: Philip Ormsby
1694: Mathew Ormsby
1695: Adam Ormsby of Cummin
1696: Robert Ffolliott of Hollybrook
1697: Arthur Gore of Ardnaree
1698: Arthur Cooper of Tansyfort
1699: Percy Gethin

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18th century

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source: History of Sligo
1700: William Ormsby
1701: William Smith of Knockshammer
1702: Francis King of Ballindune
1703: Kean O'Hara of Nymphsfield (son of Kean O'Hara, HS 1665)
1704: John Ormsby
1705: William Harlow of Rathmullin
1706: James Soden of Grange
1707: Thomas Jones of Ardnaree A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland
1708: Henry (Humphry) Griffith of Ballytivenan "County Families of UK"
1709: Samuel Hughes of Bunnanaden
1710: Roger Jones of Ardnaglass
1711: John King of Ballindune
1712: Mathew Ormsby of Belvoir
1713: Kean O'Hara of Nymphsfield
1714: William Smith of Knocknasamer
1715: Francis Ormsby of Annagh
1716: Matthew Phillips (or Phibbs) of TemplevaneyA genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland (Volume 2)
1717: George Wood of Castle Laccan
1718: Joshua Cooper of Marcray
1719: Richard Gore
1720: Roger Parke of Dunally
1721: George Ormsby of Belvoir
1722: Henry Irwin of Streamstown
1723: Owen Wynne, jnr of Hazelwood House, Sligo{{cite web| url = http://www.sligotown.net/hazelwood.shtml| title = Hazelwood House and Sculpture| access-date = 30 September 2012| archive-date = 7 March 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120307202056/http://www.sligotown.net/hazelwood.shtml| url-status = live}}
1724: Sir Richard Gethin, 3rd Baronet
1725: William Ormsby of Annagh
1726: Samuel Hughes of Bunnanaden
1727: John Nicholson of Grange
1728: John Perceval of Temple House
1729: John Dodd of Ballintogher
1730: Edward Soden of Grange
1731: Colonel John Irwin of Tanragoe
1732: Jeremiah Fury of Skreen
1733: William Cooper of Lisbrislane
1734: John Knox of Sligo
1735: Robert Ffolliott of Hollybrook
1736: James Soden of Grange
1737: Michelburn Knox of Sligo
1738: Blashford Hughes of Beechwood
1739: Thomas Ormsby of Cummin
1740: Charles O'Hara of Nymphsfield (son of Kean, HS 1703)
1741: Edward Nicholson of Dublin
1742: John Perceval of Temple House
1743: Nicholas Ward or Watt of Cloverhill or Knocknashamer
1744: Gilbert King of Charlestown
1745: Owen Wynne, jnr of Hazelwood House, Sligo
1746: Lewis Ormsby of Straudhill
1747: Arthur Cooper of Tansyfort
1748: Cairncross Nesbitt of Leitrim
1749: Thomas Jones of Ardnaglass
1750: Gilbert Trumbel of Aghmore
1751: Jones Irwin of Streamstown
1752: John Knox of Castlerea{{cite book|title = A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Britain..., Volume 1|first = Bernard|last = Burke|page = 824}} Google Books
1752: Blashford Hughes of Bunnanaden
1753: George Knox of Sligo
1754: Philip Byrne of Gregg
1755: Christopher Jones of Carney
1756: Charles O'Hara of Nymphsfield
1757: William Ormsby of Willowbrook
1758: Owen Wynne of Hazelwood House, Sligo
1759: Gilbert Dodd of Ardagh
Roger Dodwell (the younger)
Henry Hughes of Beechwood
1761: Benjamin Burton of Carlow
1762: Henry King of Beleek
1763: Joshua Cooper of Markree Castle
1764: John French of French Park
1765: Francis Savage of Ballygawley
1766: Francis Knox of Rappa
1767: Robert Browne of Fortland
1768: William Ormsby of Willowbrook
1769: Harlow Phibbs of Bloomfield
1770: Sir Malby Crofton
1771: Sir Booth Gore, 1st BaronetComplete Baronetage, p.365
1772: Robert Hillas of Seaview
1773: Henry Thornton of Sligo
1774: Lewis Jones of Ardnaglass
1775: Philip Perceval of Temple House
1776: Henry Griffith of Ballytivenan
1777: Henry Hughes
1778: James Gallagher of Gevagh
1779: John Martin of Sligo
1780: Sir Percy Gethin, 5th Baronet of Sligo
1781: William Phibbs of Hollybrook
1782: George Dodwell of Chasse Poole{{London Gazette|issue=12273|page=1|date=23 February 1782}}
1783: Charles Costelo, of Edmondstown{{London Gazette|issue=12422|page=4|date=11 March 1783}}
1784: Charles Wood of Lackfield{{London Gazette|issue=12525|page=4|date=6 March 1784}}
1785: Charles O'Hara of NymphsfieldThe House of Commons 1790–1820
1785: Sir Booth Gore, 2nd Baronet
1786: Andrew Kirkwood of Cottlestown
1787: Henry Irwin of Streamstown
1788: Harloe Knott of Battlefield
1789: William Gilmor of Ballyglass
1790: George Ormsby of Belvoir
1791: Richard Wood of Garrycliffe
1792: Thomas Ormsby of Cummin
1793: William Barrett of Sligo
1794: John Jones of Johnsport
1795: Arthur Irwin of Willowbrook
1796: Charles Wood of Chapelfield
1797: Thomas Ormsby of Castle Dargan
1798: James Wood of Leekfield
1799: Thomas Meredith of Cloonamahon{{cite book |title = History of Sligo, County and Town... | first= William Gregory |last= Wood-Martin|pages=498, 1891}}{{cite book | title= Sligo and the Ennikilleners from 1688–1691... | first= William Gregory |last= Wood-Martin | page= 176}}

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19th century

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1800: Richard Phibbs
1801: Robert King Duke of Newpark
1802: William Griffith of Ballytivenan
1803: William Griffith of Ballytivenan
1804: Owen PhibbsPapers by Command-Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons-Volume 6
1805: Abraham Martin
1806: Sir Robert Newcomen Gore-Booth, 3rd Baronet
1807: Charles Martin and Michael Fenton
1808: Thomas Holmes of Farm Hill
1809: Alexander Perceval of Temple House
1810: Charles Nesbitt Knox of Scurmore House
1811: Arthur Brooke Cooper
1812: James Jones of Mount Edward
1813: John Tyler of Sligo{{cite book|title= Reports from Commissioners Volume 4 (Ireland)|year = 1824}}
1814: (William) Harlow Phibbs of Sligo
1815: Edward Nicholson of The Glen
1816: Arthur Irwin of Oakfield
1817: John Armstrong of Chaffpool
1818: William Brydges Neynoe of Castle Neynoe
1819: Owen Wynne of Hazelwood House, Sligo
1820: Sir William Parke of Dunally
1821: John Phibbs of Spotfield{{cite web| url = http://www.landedestates.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/search.jsp?q=baronies| title = Landed Estates Database| access-date = 14 June 2011| archive-date = 4 October 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111004171247/http://www.landedestates.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/search.jsp?q=baronies| url-status = live}} and Hon Edward Wingfield
1822: John Irwin of Tanragoe
1823: John Ffolliott of Hollybrook
1824: John Frederick Knox of Mount Falcon, Ballina{{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: Robert William Hillas of Cregg-house{{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 | archive-date = 6 January 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090106143418/http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Galway/1825/FEB.html | url-status = live }}
1826: James Wood of Woodville
1827: John Gethin of Auburn{{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 = 9 July 2009 | archive-date = 21 November 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081121015012/http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Kilkenny/1827/FEB.html | url-status = live }}
1828: Charles Keane O'Hara, of Annaghmore, Collooney.{{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 | archive-date = 9 January 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090109054043/http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Newry/1828/18280311.html | url-status = live }}
1829: Viscount Kirkwall of Earlsfield
1830: Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Baronet of Lissadell House
1831: Robert Jones, jnr of Fortland
1832: Edward Loftus Neynoe of Castle Neynoe
1833: William Phibbs of Seafield
1834: John Ormsby of Castle Dargan
1835: Thomas Jones of Ardnaree and Castletown
1836: James Knott of Battlefield
1837: Daniel Jones, Snr of Banada Abbey
1838: Sir William Parke of Dunally
1839: Daniel Henry Farrel of Beechwood
1840: John Arthur Wynne of Hazelwood House, Sligo
1841: John Martin of Sligo
1842: Richard Gethin of Craig"The Heraldic Calendar"
1843: Arthur Brook Cooper of Coopersbill
1844: Sir Alexander Creighton, Kt. of Dirke
1845: Philip Perceval of Temple House{{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 | archive-date = 30 May 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090530003634/http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Armagh/1845/18450204.html | url-status = live }}
1846: Edward Joshua Cooper, of Markree, Colooney
1847: Henry Griffith of Port Royal and Castle Neynoe
1848: Edward Howley of Belleek Castle, Ballina
1849: Charles William Cooper, of Cooper Hill, Riverstown.{{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 | 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: Bernard Owen Cogan, of Lisconny-House, Collooney.{{cite news | title = High Sheriffs, 1850 | newspaper = Ballina Chronicle | date = 2 January 1850 | url = http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Mayo/1850/JAN.html | access-date = 9 July 2009 | archive-date = 22 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090422110909/http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Mayo/1850/JAN.html | url-status = live }}
1851: John Ffolliott, jnr of Hollybrook
1852: John Irwin of Elphin
1853: Joseph Arthur Holmes of Clogher
1854: George J. Armstrong of Chaffpool
1855: Sir Malby Crofton, Bt. of Longford House
1856: Richard Graves Brinkley, Ardagh, Riverstown
1857: John Wingfield King of Fortland.
1858: Roger Parke of Dunally.{{London Gazette|city = e|issue = 6775|page=181|date= 29 January 1958}}
1859: Cornelius Alexander Keogh of Geevagh.
1860: John Woulfe Flanagan of Drumdo.
1861: Edward King Tenison of Kilronan Castle, Keadue{{cite web| url= http://www.libraryireland.com/Thom1862/Sligo.php| title= Sligo County Directory 1861| publisher= Library Ireland| access-date= 14 June 2011| archive-date= 14 June 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110614150137/http://www.libraryireland.com/Thom1862/Sligo.php| url-status= live}}
1862: Abraham Martin, Bloomfield.{{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 | archive-date = 22 November 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081122040915/http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1862/JAN.html | url-status = live }}
1863: Charles Owen O'Conor of Belanagare and Clonalis.{{cite book|title = A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland (Volume 2)|first = Bernard|last = Burke}} ebooks
1864: Pierce Simpson of Clooncorrig.
1865: Charles P. Webber of Carrowculllen.
1866: Peter O'Connor of Cairnsfoot.
1867: Captain James Jones of Mount Edward.
1868: Robert Owen
1868: Patrick C. Howley of Couga.
1869: James Hale of Easkey.
1870: Owen Cogan of Lake View, Ballymote.{{London Gazette|city = e|issue = 8027|page=104|date = 25 January 1879}}
1871: Edward Henry Cooper of Markree Castle
1872: Sir Henry William Gore-Booth, 5th Baronet
1873: James Wood Armstrong, R.N. of Chaffpool.A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, Burke, 191
1874: Owen Wynne of Hazelwood House, Sligo
1875: Richard J. Verschoyle of Tanragoe.
1876: William James Griffith of Castle Neynoe.County Families of UK
1877: William Gregory Wood (later Wood-Martin) of Woodville.{{cite news | title = High Sheriffs, 1877 | newspaper = Cavan Weekly News | date = 26 January 1877 | url = http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1877/JAN.html | access-date = 9 July 2009 | archive-date = 12 October 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081012102341/http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1877/JAN.html | url-status = live }}
1878: John Francis Walker of Rathcarrick.
1879: W. Robert Orme of Enniscrone.
1880: Robert A. Duke of Newpark.
1881: Harper Campbell of Hermitage.
1882: Alexander Perceval of Temple House
1883: Sir Malby Crofton, Bt. of Longford House, Colooney.
1884: Owen Phibbs of Cobradoo.
1885: John Lloyd Brinkley of Fortland.
1886: Charles Kean O'Hara of Annaghmore.
1887: Robert William Hillas of Doonecoy
1888: Sir Charles Knox Gore, Bt. of Belleek
1889: Hon. Evelyn Ashley of Classiebawn Castle.
1890: Henry Hastings Jones. of Ardnaree
1891: James Campbell.
1892: Alexander Joseph Crichton.
1893: George Gethin of Holywell.
1894:
1896: Robert William Goodwin Hillas of Doonecoy.
1897: Anthony Thomas Gilfoyle of Carrowcullen.A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, 1912, Bernard Burke

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20th century

1900:
1902: Henry McCarrick of Kilglass House, Ballina.{{cite book|title= Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes|year= 1916}}
1903: Arthur Cooper O'Hara."Armorial Families"
1904: Sir Josslyn Augustus Richard Gore-Booth, 6th Baronet.Complete Baronetage, p.366
1905:
1908: Bryan Ricco Cooper of Markree Castle.
1910: Roger Kennedy Parke.
1911: Frederick William O'Hara.
1912:
1914: Christopher Guy Orme.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
1915: Charles John Boyle of The Priory, Gt. Milton, Wallingford.{{cite book| title = Kelly's Handbook|year = 1916}}
1916: Colonel James Nicholson Soden Kirkwood, Woodbrook, County Roscommon/Carrowmabla, County Sligo.
1918: R.E. O'Hara.{{cite web|url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82843462|title = Warwick Examiner and Times (Qld. : 1867 – 1919) Wednesday 9 January 1918|publisher = Trove|access-date = 4 August 2013|archive-date = 19 December 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211219021736/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/82843462|url-status = live}}

References

Sligo

Category:History of County Sligo