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


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*1768: George Holmes of Ballinlough<ref name="ReferenceA">A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland</ref>
*1768: George Holmes of Ballinlough<ref name="ReferenceA">A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland</ref>
*1769: Peter Beatty of Spring Park<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.natural-software.com/bp2000/crossle/pages.php?page=4 | title=Title}}</ref>
*1769: Peter Beatty of Spring Park<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.natural-software.com/bp2000/crossle/pages.php?page=4 | title=Title}}</ref>
*1770: John McVitty Of Cantons
*1770: John McVitty of Cantons
*1774: Matthew Wilder of Castle Wilder<ref name="buildingsofireland.ie"/>
*1774: Matthew Wilder of Castle Wilder<ref name="buildingsofireland.ie"/>
*1777: John Jessop of Doory Hall<ref name= Gray/>
*1777: John Jessop of Doory Hall<ref name= Gray/>
*1778: Freke Lennon of Liscormick<ref name= Gray/>
*1778: Freke Lennon of Liscormick<ref name= Gray/>
*1781: Sir Thomas Fetherston, 2nd Baronet of Ardagh <ref name="Complete Baronetage,p.386"/>
*1781: Sir Thomas Fetherston, 2nd Baronet of Ardagh<ref name="Complete Baronetage,p.386"/>
*1782: Lewis Montfort, of Middletown <ref>{{London Gazette|issue=12273|page=1|date=23 February 1782}}</ref>
*1782: Lewis Montfort, of Middletown<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=12273|page=1|date=23 February 1782}}</ref>
*1783: John Kirkland of Drumming<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=12422|page=4|date=11 March 1783}}</ref>
*1783: John Kirkland of Drumming<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=12422|page=4|date=11 March 1783}}</ref>
*1784: William Henry Slator of Whitehill<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=12525|page=3|date=6 March 1784}}</ref>
*1784: William Henry Slator of Whitehill<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=12525|page=3|date=6 March 1784}}</ref>
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*1799: Alexander Kingston <ref>The Statutes at Large, Passed in the Parliaments Held in Ireland: From the third year of Edward the Second, A.D. 1310, to the fortieth year of George the Third A.D. 1800, inclusive. Page 384.</ref>
*1799: Alexander Kingston<ref>The Statutes at Large, Passed in the Parliaments Held in Ireland: From the third year of Edward the Second, A.D. 1310, to the fortieth year of George the Third A.D. 1800, inclusive. Page 384.</ref>


==19th century==
==19th century==
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*1858: [[Fetherston baronets|Sir Thomas John Fetherston, 5th Baronet]].<ref name="Complete Baronetage,p.387"/>
*1858: [[Fetherston baronets|Sir Thomas John Fetherston, 5th Baronet]].<ref name="Complete Baronetage,p.387"/>
*1859: Ralph Anthony Dopping-Hepenstall of [[Derrycassan]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
*1859: Ralph Anthony Dopping-Hepenstall of [[Derrycassan]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
*1860: John Stratford Kirwan of Bawn, Longford. <ref>{{London Gazette|city = e|issue = 6982|page=89|date= 24 January 1860}}</ref>
*1860: John Stratford Kirwan of Bawn, Longford.<ref>{{London Gazette|city = e|issue = 6982|page=89|date= 24 January 1860}}</ref>
*1861: Henry Dopping, Erne Hall, [[Granard]].<ref>{{cite news | title = High Sheriffs, 1861 | newspaper = The Cavan Observer | date = 26 January 1861 | url = http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1861/JAN.html | access-date = 9 July 2009 }}</ref>
*1861: Henry Dopping, Erne Hall, [[Granard]].<ref>{{cite news | title = High Sheriffs, 1861 | newspaper = The Cavan Observer | date = 26 January 1861 | url = http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1861/JAN.html | access-date = 9 July 2009 }}</ref>
*1862: [[Nugent baronets|Walter Nugent]], [[Donore, County Westmeath|Donore]], Multifarnham.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
*1862: [[Nugent baronets|Walter Nugent]], [[Donore, County Westmeath|Donore]], Multifarnham.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
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*1867: Joseph Richard O'Reilly.<ref>"County Families of Ireland"</ref>
*1867: Joseph Richard O'Reilly.<ref>"County Families of Ireland"</ref>
*1868: Nathaniel Hone Dyas of Athboy House & Staholmack, [[County Meath]].
*1868: Nathaniel Hone Dyas of Athboy House & Staholmack, [[County Meath]].
*1869: Philip O'Reilly of Colamber, [[Westmeath]]. <ref name = Ireland1912/>
*1869: Philip O'Reilly of Colamber, [[Westmeath]].<ref name = Ireland1912/>
*1870: James Willoughby Bond of Farragh.<ref>{{cite book|title= Alumni Cantabrigienses|date= 1922–1954|url= https://archive.org/details/alumnicantabrigipt1vol1univiala|first = John|last = Venn}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|city = e|issue = 8027|page=104|date = 25 January 1879}}</ref>
*1870: James Willoughby Bond of Farragh.<ref>{{cite book|title= Alumni Cantabrigienses|date= 1922–1954|url= https://archive.org/details/alumnicantabrigipt1vol1univiala|first = John|last = Venn}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|city = e|issue = 8027|page=104|date = 25 January 1879}}</ref>
*1871: [[Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly]] of [[Annaly]] and [[Rathcline]].
*1871: [[Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly]] of [[Annaly]] and [[Rathcline]].
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The High Sheriff of Longford was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Longford, Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Longford 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 Longford unless stated otherwise.

Longford was created in 1569.

High Sheriffs of County Longford

  • 1590: Fergus O'Farrell[1]
  • 1611: Robert Bellingham
  • 1623: Sir Richard Browne, 1st Baronet
  • 1646: John Edgeworth of Cranallagh Castle[2]
  • 1655: James Shaen[3]
  • 1680: Charles Fox of Fox Hall[4]
  • 1681: Charles Adare
  • 1686: James Nugent[5]
  • 1692: Charles Fox of Fox Hall[4]
  • 1696: Mathew Wilder of Castle Wilder[6]
  • 1698: Anthony Sheppard[4]
  • Redmund Mulledy

18th century

  • 1711: Henry Edgeworth of Lissard[4]
  • 1712: Cornelius George Holmes of Liscloony
  • 1727: Henry Edgeworth[4]
  • 1730: William Wilder of Castle Wilder[4]
  • 1731: Galbraith Holmes of Ballinlough[7]
  • 1734: Anthony Sheppard of Newcastle[4]
  • 1736: Peyton Fox[4]
  • 1737: Charles Fox of Foxhall
  • 1738: George Holmes of Castle Holmes of Ballinlough
  • 1742: Richard Edgeworth[4]
  • 1750: Francis Fox[4]
  • 1756: Ralph Fetherston, later Sir Ralph Fetherston, 1st Baronet of Ardagh[8]
  • 1757: Henry Edgeworth of Lissard[4]
  • 1761: John Sankey of New Park[2]
  • 1765: Henry Gore of Tenelick
  • 1768: George Holmes of Ballinlough[9]
  • 1769: Peter Beatty of Spring Park[10]
  • 1770: John McVitty of Cantons
  • 1774: Matthew Wilder of Castle Wilder[6]
  • 1777: John Jessop of Doory Hall[4]
  • 1778: Freke Lennon of Liscormick[4]
  • 1781: Sir Thomas Fetherston, 2nd Baronet of Ardagh[8]
  • 1782: Lewis Montfort, of Middletown[11]
  • 1783: John Kirkland of Drumming[12]
  • 1784: William Henry Slator of Whitehill[13]
  • 1785: Samuel Wilkinson of Mount Pleasant[14]
  • 1786:
  • 1789: Samuel Auchmuty
  • 1794: William Bond of Edgworthstown[2]
  • 1795: Caleb Barnes Harman[4]
  • 1798: Matthew Carlisle Wilder of Castle Wilder[6]
  • 1799: Alexander Kingston[15]

19th century

20th century

  • 1903: John Arthur Maconchy.[53]
  • 1904:
  • 1905: Willoughby James Bond.[54]
  • 1906: Charles James Clerk of Castlecor.
  • 1908: Henry Bevan Wilson-Slator of Edgeworthstown.[55]
  • 1909: Augustine Hugh Lefroy of Carrigglas Manor.[9]
  • 1910: Lambert John Dopping-Hepenstall of Altadore Castle.[9]

References

  1. ^ History of the County Longford
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Burke, Bernard (1912). Genealogical and Heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland.
  3. ^ Bergin, John, Shaen, Sir James, Dictionary of Irish Biography (October 2009). Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Some notes on the High Sheriffs of Co. Longford, 1701-1800 - 'The Irish Genealogist', Vol. 2, No. 1". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  5. ^ John D'Alton, King James's Irish Army List 1689.
  6. ^ a b c "Castlewilder House, County Longford: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage".
  7. ^ The Midland Septs and the Pale
  8. ^ a b Complete Baronetage,p.386
  9. ^ a b c d e f g A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland
  10. ^ "Title".
  11. ^ "No. 12273". The London Gazette. 23 February 1782. p. 1.
  12. ^ "No. 12422". The London Gazette. 11 March 1783. p. 4.
  13. ^ "No. 12525". The London Gazette. 6 March 1784. p. 3.
  14. ^ "No. 12628". The London Gazette. 12 March 1785. p. 125.
  15. ^ The Statutes at Large, Passed in the Parliaments Held in Ireland: From the third year of Edward the Second, A.D. 1310, to the fortieth year of George the Third A.D. 1800, inclusive. Page 384.
  16. ^ Butler, James. The statutes at large, passed in the Parliaments held in Ireland. p. 385.
  17. ^ Complete Baronetage,p.402
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i Papers by Command, Volume 16
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h Reports from Commissioners Volume 4 (Ireland). 1824.
  20. ^ "High Sheriffs, 1824". The Connaught Journal. 1 March 1824. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  21. ^ "High Sheriffs, 1825". The Connaught Journal. 7 February 1825. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  22. ^ Armorial families p.776
  23. ^ "High Sheriffs, 1827". The Kilkenny Independent. 24 February 1827. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  24. ^ "High Sheriffs, 1828". The Newry Commercial Telegraph. 11 March 1828. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  25. ^ "The diary of Maxwell Fox" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  26. ^ "Official Authorities, 1834, Co. Longford". Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  27. ^ a b c Complete Baronetage,p.387
  28. ^ a b A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland by Sir Bernard Burke
  29. ^ Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack. 1837. p. 215.
  30. ^ "TUITE, Hugh Morgan (1795–1868), of Sonna, co. Westmeath". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  31. ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur (1905). Armorial families : a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour. ebook
  32. ^ "Castlecor House, County Longford". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  33. ^ The Royal Kalendar and Court and City Register for England, Scotland and Ireland. p. 449.
  34. ^ "High Sheriffs, 1845". The Armagh Guardian. 4 February 1845. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  35. ^ "Longford Ancestry". Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  36. ^ "The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954)". Sydney Morning Herald (Nsw : 1842 - 1954). Trove. 17 June 1848. p. 3. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  37. ^ "High Sheriffs, 1849". Anglo-Celt. 26 January 1849. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  38. ^ "High Sheriffs, 1850". Ballina Chronicle. 2 January 1850. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  39. ^ "Anglo-Celt Published in Cavan, county Cavan November 6, 1851". Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  40. ^ "No. 6982". The Edinburgh Gazette. 24 January 1860. p. 89.
  41. ^ "High Sheriffs, 1861". The Cavan Observer. 26 January 1861. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  42. ^ "High Sheriffs, 1862". The Cavan Observer. 18 January 1862. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  43. ^ Visitation of Ireland, p.1037
  44. ^ Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: The Isabel of Essex Volume. p. 293. Google Books
  45. ^ "County Families of Ireland"
  46. ^ Venn, John (1922–1954). Alumni Cantabrigienses.
  47. ^ "No. 8027". The Edinburgh Gazette. 25 January 1879. p. 104.
  48. ^ County Families of the UK
  49. ^ "Obituary-Mr. W. J. Fitzpatrick". Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  50. ^ "High Sheriffs, 1877". Cavan Weekly News. 26 January 1877. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  51. ^ "Cavan Weekly News-Published in Cavan, County Cavan-February 1, 1878". Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  52. ^ "Genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland"
  53. ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur (1905). Armorial families : a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour (Volume 2).
  54. ^ Venn, John (1922–1954). Alumni Cantabrigienses.
  55. ^ Walford, Edward (1919). The county families of the United Kingdom. Vol. 59.
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