High Sheriff of Leitrim

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The High Sheriff of Leitrim was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Leitrim, Ireland from c.1584 until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Leitrim 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 Leitrim unless stated otherwise.

County Leitrim was created in 1569

High Sheriffs of County Leitrim

  • 1605: Sir Ralph Sidley[1]
  • 1606: Cola O'Kelly
  • 1609: William Farrell
  • 1613: John Reynolds of Loughscur Castle
  • 1620: Humphrey Reynolds of Loughscur Castle
  • 1621: Humphrey Reynolds of Loughscur Castle
  • 1623: Humphrey Reynolds of Loughscur Castle
  • 1624: Henry Crofton of Mohill
  • 1639: John Blundell of Port
  • 1640: John Blundell of Port
  • 1641: Con O'Rourke of Castlecar, Manorhamilton
  • 1642: Con O'Rourke of Castlecar, Manorhamilton
  • 1645: James Ringe
  • 1655: Sir George St.George, Carrick-on-Shannon
  • 1656: Robert Parke, Newtown Castle, Dromahair
  • 1657: James King, Charlestown, Co. Roscommon
  • 1658: Edward Crofton[2]
  • 1659: Owen Wynn of Lurganboy
  • 1663: Owen Wynn of Lurganboy
  • 1682: Walter Jones of Dublin[3]
  • 1686: James Wynne of Lurganboy
  • 1688: William Jones of Headfort[3]
  • 1689: Hugh O'Rorke of Clooncorrick[2]
  • 1698: Thomas Crofton
  • 1699: William Lawder of Bonnybeg[3]

18th century

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20th century

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  1. ↑ Catalogue of the High Sheriffs of the County of Leitrim from the year 1605 to the year 1800, by Joseph Meehan (ed.), in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Part IV, 31 December 1908, pp. 382–389
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  8. ↑ Roll of all Gentlemen that filled the offices of High Sheriff...County Leitrim p5
  9. ↑ Complete Baronetage, p.342
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  13. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 12422. p. 4. 11 March 1783. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  14. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 12525. p. 3. 6 March 1784. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
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  43. ↑ Visitation of Ireland p.2
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  46. ↑ Edward Walford. The county families of the United Kingdom
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