High Sheriff of Wicklow explained
The High Sheriff of Wicklow was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Wicklow, Ireland from Wicklow's formation in 1606 until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Wicklow 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 Wicklow unless stated otherwise.
High Sheriffs of County Wicklow
- 1650: William Coddington
- 1654: John Ponsonby
- 1656: William Coddington of Holm Patrick
- 1660: Sir Richard Bulkeley, Bt
- 1709: John Knox
- 1707: William Fownes[1]
- 1713: Kendrick Fownes[2]
- 1714: Thomas Ryves[3]
- 1715: George Pendred[3]
- 1726: William Smyth of Drumcree
- 1731: Thomas Eaton
- 1733: William Westby[4]
- 1734: William Ryves[3]
- 1735: George Pendred of Saunders Grove
- 1736: John Stratford, 1st Earl of Aldborough
- 1737:
- 1738: Joseph Chamney of Forge, Shillelagh
- 1739:
- 1743: Edward Chamney of Knocklow
- 1749: Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow
- 1750:
- 1756: Richard Baldwin of The Four Crosses[5]
- 1757:
- 1758: James Edwards of the Old Court
- 1759:
- 1764: John Ussher
- 1765: Isaac Simon
- 1766:
- 177n: William Westby of High Park
- 1772: George Carroll of Dublin[6]
- 1773:
- 1781: Thomas Acton of West Aston
- 1782: Hopton Scott of Billygannon
- 1783: Sir Francis Hutchinson, 1st Baronet of Castlesallagh[7]
- 1784: The Hon. Richard Wingfield of Powerscourt
- 1785: Sir James Stratford Tynte, 1st Baronet of Dunlavin
- 1786: Robert Hodson, later Sir Robert Hodson, 1st Baronet of Tuitestown
- 1788: Morley Saunders of Saunders Grove[6]
- 1789: Richard Hornidge of Tulfarris[6]
- 1791: Arthur Knox of Woodstock[6]
- 1804: Francis W. Greene[8]
- 1805: Humphrey Loftus Bland
- 1805: John Middleton Scott[8]
- 1806: Edward Westley[8]
- 1807: James Wall[8]
- 1807: Edward Westby of High Park[6]
- 1808: John Blashford[8]
- 1809: John Knox of Castlerea and Woodstock[6]
- 1810: George M. John Drought[8]
- 1811: J. A. Eccles[8]
- 1812: Charles Tottenham of Ballycurry and New Ross[6]
- 1813: Robert Howard[8]
- 1814: John Hornedge
- 1815: John Stratford Saunders[9]
- 1816: Daniel Mills King[9]
- 1817: Francis Hoey[9]
- 1818: Robert Gunn[9]
- 1819: John Synge[9]
- 1820: William Acton[9]
- 1821: Alexander Carroll of Mountjoy Sq., Dublin[8]
- 1822: Robert Francis Saunders of Saunders Grove[6] [8]
- 1823: Thomas Hugo[8]
- 1824: Robert Holt Truell, of Clomannin[10]
- 1825: Sir Robert Arair Hodson, 2nd Baronet, of Hollybrook.[11]
- 1827: William John Westby, jnr of High Park, Hacketstown[12]
- 1827: Daniel Tighe of Rossanna[6]
- 1829: Anbrose Upton Gledstanes[6]
- 1831: Granville Leveson Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort
- 1832: William Parsons Hoey of Dublin[13]
- 1834: Sir George Frederick John Hodson, 3rd Baronet of Hollybrook[14]
- 1835: William Gilbert Kemmis of Ballinacor[6]
- 1836: John Henry Parnell of Avondale, Rathdrum
Edward VII, 1901–1910
- 1902: Henry Leslie-Ellis of Magherymore.[6]
- 1904: William Henry Olphert Kemmis of Ballinacor.[6]
- 1905: Humphrey Loftus Bland of Blandsfort, Queens County.[6]
- 1906: Craven Henry Clotworthy Wade of Rockfield.[6]
- 1907: Roger Casement of Cronroe, Ashford.[6]
- 1909: Lambert John Dopping-Hepenstall of Altidore Castle.[6]
- 1910: Maurice Falkiner Dennis.[6]
George V, 1910–1936
References
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Notes and References
- Complete Baronetage, p. 347
- Complete Baronetage, p. 348
- Web site: County Wicklow: A Potted History of 5000 Years. 19 April 2011.
- Web site: Westby Family Memorials . 19 April 2011.
- Web site: Irish Midlands Ancestry. 19 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713060800/http://www.irishmidlandsancestry.com/content/family_history/families/anglo_irish1.htm. 13 July 2011. dead.
- A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1912, Bernard Burke
- Complete Baronetage, p.410
- Papers by Command-Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons-Volume 6
- Book: Reports from Commissioners Volume 4 (Ireland). 1824.
- News: High Sheriffs, 1824 . The Connaught Journal . 1 March 1824 . 10 May 2011.
- Web site: High sheriffs for 1825. The Connaught Journal. 28 April 2011.
- Web site: New Sheriffs. The Kilkenny Independent. 28 April 2011.
- "The Heraldic Calendar"
- Complete Baronetage, p. 428
- Web site: 14 Apr 1923 - International Champions. - Trove. The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.. 14 April 1923. Trove. 4 August 2013.
