The High Sheriff of Armagh is the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Armagh

County Armagh

-History:Ancient Armagh was the territory of the Ulaid before the fourth century AD. It was ruled by the Red Branch, whose capital was Emain Macha near Armagh. The site, and subsequently the city, were named after the goddess Macha...

. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff

High Sheriff

A high sheriff is, or was, a law enforcement officer in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.In England and Wales, the office is unpaid and partly ceremonial, appointed by the Crown through a warrant from the Privy Council. In Cornwall, the High Sheriff is appointed by the Duke of...

 became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford

Provisions of Oxford

The Provisions of Oxford are often regarded as England's first written constitution ....

 in 1258. Besides his judicial importance, he has ceremonial and administrative functions and executes High Court Writs.

History

The first (High) Shrivalties were established before the Norman Conquest in 1066 and date back to Saxon times. 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. Despite however that the office retains his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in a county.

While the office of High Sheriff ceased to exist in those Irish counties, which had formed the Irish Free State

Irish Free State

The Irish Free State was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by the British government and Irish representatives exactly twelve months beforehand...

 in 1922, it is still present in the counties of Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

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James I, 1603–1625

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• 1613: Charles Poyntz
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• 1623: Sir William Brownlow

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• 1655: Sir George Acheson, 3rd Bt
• 1656: Sir George Acheson, 3rd Bt
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• 1665: Edward Richardson
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• 1684: George Blacker

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• 1686: Marcus Clerk

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• 1688: Hamlett Obins

William III, 1689–1702

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• 1690: William Richardson
  William Richardson (1656–1727)
  William Richardson was an Irish politician. He was the MP for Armagh in 1692 and Hillsborough in 1703. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Reynell, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland, in 1695.-References:...
  
  
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• 1695: Sir Nicholas Acheson, 4th Bt

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George I, 1714–1727

• 1714: Edward Bond
• 1715: John Richardson
• 1716: James Maison
• 1717: Oliver St John
• 1718: John Maxwell
• 1719: John Bolton
• 1720: Henry Richardson

• 1721: Sir William Johnston
• 1722: Joshua Johnston
• 1723: Thomas Tipping
• 1724: Thomas Clarke
• 1725: Anthony Madden
• 1726: Francis Obre

George II, 1727–1760

• 1727: William Jones
• 1728: Sir Arthur Acheson, 5th Bt
• 1729: Meredith Workman
• 1730: John Ball
• 1731: Thomas D. Clarke
• 1732: Chapel Dawson
• 1733: Richard Johnston
• 1734: William Blacker
• 1735: Randal Donaldson
• 1736: Robert Cope
• 1737: William Richardson
  William Richardson (1710–1758)
  William Richardson was an Irish landowner from Richhill, County Armagh.He was High Sheriff of Armagh in 1737 and represented the county in the Irish House of Commons from 1739 to his death....
  
  
• 1738: William Graham
• 1739: Roger Hall
• 1740: Francis Hall
• 1741: Edward Obre
• 1742: Richard Chapel Whaley
• 1743: Richard Graham

• 1744: Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Bt
  Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Baronet
  Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Baronet PC was an Irish politician.Capel was the son of Sir Thomas Molyneux, 1st Baronet and Catherine Howard...
  
  
• 1745: Henry Bond
• 1746: Thomas Tipping
• 1747: Middleton Bond
• 1748: Jonathan Seaver
• 1749: Thomas Bond
• 1750: William Brownlow
• 1751: Sir Archibald Acheson, 6th Bt
  Archibald Acheson, 1st Viscount Gosford
  Achibald Acheson 1st Viscount Gosford PC , known as Sir Achibald Acheson, 6th Bt from 1748 to 1776, was an Irish peer and politician.-Life:...
  
  
• 1752: Alexander Stewart
• 1753: Meredith Workman
• 1754: Thomas T. Dawson
• 1755: Huntly Hutcheson
• 1756: Hon. William Moore
• 1757: John Bond
• 1758: Richard Johnston
• 1759: Arthur Irwin

George III, 1760–1820

• 1760: Richard Jackson
• 1761: Daniel Kelly
• 1762: Richard Magennis
• 1763: Thomas Rowe
• 1764: Michael Obins of Castle Obins
• 1765: Thomas Clarke
• 1766: Arthur Cope
• 1767: John Moore
• 1768: Thomas Obre
• 1769: Henry Cust
• 1770: Thomas Dawson
• 1771: Richard Johnston
• 1772: Thomas Clarke
• 1773: Edward Tipping
• 1774: Arthur Graham
• 1775: Thomas Seaver
• 1776: Samuel MacGeough
• 1777: William Richardson
  William Richardson (1749–1822)
  William Richardson was an Irish landowner from Richhill, County Armagh.He sat in the Irish House of Commons for County Armagh, between 1783 and 1797...
  
  
• 1778: Arthur Noble
• 1779: Thomas M. Jones
• 1780: Maxwell Close
• 1781: James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon
  James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon
  James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon was an Irish landlord, merchant, politician and peer of the realm. The second son of Alderman Nathaniel Alexander of Derry, he was the effective founder of the Caledon family, and certainly the founder of its fortune.-An Irish 'nabob':Alexander began his career...
  
  
• 1782: Henry Harden
• 1783: Sir Walter Synnot
  Sir Walter Synnot
  Sir Walter Synnot , son of Richard Synnot, settled in the parish of Ballymoyer, County Armagh in 1778 and leased eight townlands from the See of Armagh. The family had originally been large landowners in the County of Wexford, but their lands were taken from them by Cromwell, after Colonel David...
  
  
• 1784: Thomas Verner
• 1785: John Maxwell
• 1786: John Reilly
• 1787: William Brownlow
• 1788: Alexander Thomas Stewart
• 1789: James Verner

• 1790: James Johnston
• 1791: Nicholas Archdall Cope
• 1792: James Harden
• 1793: John Pringle
• 1794: John Ogle
• 1795: Savage Hall
• 1796: John Ogle
• 1797: Robert Bernard Sparrow
• 1798: Kenrick Cope
• 1799: Robert Camden Cope ‡ / succeeded by Archibald Eyre Obins
• 1800: Thomas Verner
• 1801: Du Pre Alexander, Viscount Alexander
  Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon
  Du Pré Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon KP , styled The Honourable from 1790 to 1800 and then Viscount Alexander to 1802, was an Irish peer, landlord and colonial administrator, and was the second child and only son of James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon.-Education and Inheritance:He was educated...
  
  
• 1802: John Henry Burges
• 1803: John Moore
• 1804: John O'Donnell
• 1805: Sir Capel Molyneux, 4th Bt
• 1806: George Ensor
• 1807: Jonathan Seaver
• 1808: John Reade
• 1809: Robert Harden
• 1810: Hon. Jerome de Salis
  Jerome, 4th Count de Salis-Soglio
  Jerome de Salis, 4th Count de Salis-Soglio DL, JP, FRS , Illustris et Magnificus was an Anglo-Grison-Irish noble, visionary, vegetarian and landowner....
  
  
• 1811: William Blacker
• 1812: Nicholas George Johnston
• 1813: Charles Eastwood
• 1814: Robert Macan
• 1815: Roger Hall
• 1816: Joseph Atkinson
• 1817: William Irwin
• 1818: Maxwell Close
• 1819: Walter MacGeough-Bond

George IV, 1820–1830

• 1820: Thomas J. Thornton
• 1821: Samuel Cope
• 1822: William Verner
  Sir William Verner, 1st Baronet
  Sir William Verner, 1st Baronet , was a British soldier and politician.Verner was the son of Colonel James Verner and of Jane Clarke. He married Harriet Wingfield, daughter of Colonel the Hon...
  
  
• 1823: Sir James Strong
• 1824: James Johnston

• 1825: Thomas Atkinson
• 1826: Acheson St George
• 1827: William Olpherts
• 1828: Barry Fox
• 1829: Hunt Walsh Chambre

William IV, 1830–1837

• 1830: Marcus Synnot
• 1831: Hugh Harris
• 1832: Hon. Henry Caulfeild
• 1833: James Eastwood

• 1834: Charles Brownlow
  Charles Brownlow, 1st Baron Lurgan
  Charles Brownlow, 1st Baron Lurgan PC was an Irish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1818 to 1832 and was raised to the peerage in 1839....
  
  
• 1835: Sir Edmund Bacon, 10th Bt
• 1836: James Alexander, Viscount Alexander
  James Alexander, 3rd Earl of Caledon
  James Du Pre Alexander, 3rd Earl of Caledon styled Viscount Alexander from birth until 1839, was a soldier and politician....
  
  

Victoria, 1837–1901

• 1837: Sir George King Adlercron Molyneux, 6th Bt
• 1838: Leonard Dobbin
  Leonard Dobbin
  Leonard Dobbin was an Irish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1837.Dobbin was a clerk of the peace in Armagh. In the 1832 general election Dobbin was elected as Member of Parliament for Armagh. He held the seat until 1837. Dobbin then became High Sheriff of Armagh...
  
  
• 1839: Thomas Wilson
• 1840: William Jones Armstrong
• 1841: John Whaley
• 1842: James Molyneux Caulfeild
• 1843: Sir James Matthew Stronge, 3rd Baronet
  Sir James Stronge, 3rd Baronet
  Sir James Matthew Stronge, 3rd Baronet DL, JP Sir James Matthew Stronge, 3rd Baronet DL, JP Sir James Matthew Stronge, 3rd Baronet DL, JP (25 November 1811 – 11 March 1885, succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his 78 year old father, Sir James Stronge 2nd baronet, on 2 December 1864. He...
  
  
• 1844: John Robert Irwin
• 1845: Thomas M. Jones
• 1846: Robert Wright Cope
• 1847: Maxwell Cross
• 1848: William Verner
• 1849: Richard Blackson Houston
• 1850: James Harden
• 1851: George Robinson
• 1852: Marcus Synnot
• 1853: Hon. Peter John Fane de Salis
  Peter, 5th Count de Salis-Soglio
  Peter John de Salis, 5th Count de Salis-Soglio DL, JP was a soldier and landowner in the Irish counties Limerick and Armagh. He was Grand Prior of the Venerable English Langue of the Order of St...
  
  
• 1854: Maxwell Charles Close
  Maxwell Charles Close
  Maxwell Charles Close was an Irish Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1857 and 1885....
  
  
• 1855: Joseph Atkinson
• 1856: Henry Alexander
• 1857: George Dunbar
• 1858: Stewart Blacker
• 1859: Edward James Saunderson
  Edward James Saunderson
  Edward James Saunderson PC, JP, DL was an Irish unionist politician.He was born at Castle Saunderson, County Cavan. He was the son of Colonel Alexander Saunderson, Member of Parliament for Cavan , his mother being a daughter of the 6th Baron Farnham...
  
  
• 1860: William Cross
• 1861: St John Thomas Blacker-Douglass
• 1862: John James Bigger
• 1863: William Kirk
• 1864: Sir Capel Molyneux, 7th Baronet of Castle Dillon
• 1865: Hugh Harris
• 1866: H. W. Canefeild
• 1867: Sir Capel Molyneux, 7th Bt
• 1868: John Alexander Mainley Cope

• 1869: Samuel Madden Francis Hall
• 1870: John William Ellison-Macartney
• 1871: Richard James Harden
• 1872: Joshua Walter MacGeough-Bond
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• 1875: Henry Bruce Armstrong
  Henry Bruce Armstrong
  Henry Bruce Wright Armstrong was a Northern Irish barrister and politician, Unionist MP for Mid Armagh from January 1921 until 1922....
  
  
• 1876: Mark Seton Synnot
• 1877: Thomas Simpson
• 1878: Patrick George Hamilton Carvill
• 1879: James Henry Todd-Thornton
• 1880: William James Hall
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• 1883: Granville Henry Jackson Alexander
• 1884: George Miller Dobbin
• 1885: Sir James Henry Stronge, 5th Bt
  Sir James Stronge, 5th Baronet
  Sir James Henry Stronge, 5th Baronet was an Irish barrister and politician.Stronge was educated at Eton College and Brasenose College, Oxford. He was pursuing a legal career when he inherited Tynan Abbey and succeeded his father, Sir John Stronge, 4th Baronet. He graduated from Lincoln's Inn in...
  
  
• 1886: William Arthur Irwin
• 1887: George de la Poer Beresford
• 1888: John Mervyn Archdall Carleton Richardson
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• 1890: Henry Barcroft
• 1891: James Rolston Lonsdale
  James Rolston Lonsdale
  James Rolston Lonsdale was Unionist Member of Parliament for Mid Armagh from January 1918 until his death. He succeeded his brother John to this constituency on the latter's elevation to the Lords as Baron Armaghdale....
  
  
• 1892: William Maynard Sinton
  Maynard Sinton
  William Maynard Sinton, JP was High Sheriff of County Armagh, an Ulster Unionist County Councillor for Armagh and industrialist....
  
  
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• 1895: John Brownlee Lonsdale
  John Lonsdale, 1st Baron Armaghdale
  John Brownlee Lonsdale, 1st Baron Armaghdale , known as Sir John Lonsdale, Bt, between 1911 and 1918, was a British businessman and Conservative politician.- Early life :...
  
  
• 1896: Harry Felix Verner
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• 1898: James Barrington-White
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• 1900: Roger Hall

Edward VII, 1901–1910

• 1901: Joseph Henry Gray
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• 1903: William John Talbot
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• 1905: Sir John Milne Barbour
  Milne Barbour
  Sir John Milne Barbour, 1st Baronet JP, DL was a Northern Irish politician and baronet. As a member of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland he was styled The Right Honourable Sir Milne Barbour.-Background and education:...
  
  

• 1906: Joseph Mansergh Palmer
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• 1908: Maxwell Archibald Close
• 1909: William McCrum
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George V, 1910–1936

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• 1922: Thomas Bowen Johnston
• 1923: Thomas Trew Maclean

• 1924: James Edward Calvert
• 1925: Thomas Henry White
• 1926: John Charters Boyle
• 1927: Samuel Alexander Bell
• 1928: William M. Clow
• 1929: Charles Barclay Macpherson Chambré
• 1930: Thomas Grevilie Sinton
• 1931: Noel Stephen Smith
• 1932: Gilbert Evelyn Barcroft
• 1933: David Malcomson Barcroft
• 1934: Arthur Dawson Allen
• 1935: Hector Charles Chatterton Deane
• 1936: Richard Henry Stephens Richardson

George VI, 1936–1952

• 1937: Arthur Delacherois Irwin
• 1938: William Edward Greeves
• 1939: George Valentine Crossley Irwin
• 1940: James Edwards Harden
• 1941: George Scott
• 1942: Thomas Averell Shillington
• 1943: Alfred William Cowdy
• 1944: Bunbury Archer Atkinson

• 1945: John Stephen Wakefield Richardson
• 1946: George Norman Proctor
• 1947: Robert McKean Cowdy
• 1948: Archibald Dunlap Gibson
• 1949: Alexander Reginald Wakefield Richardson
• 1950: George Fitzroy Gillespie
• 1951: Ynyr Alfred Burges

Elizabeth II, 1952–present

• 1952: Walter Albert Nevill MacGeough-Bond
• 1953: Cecil Brown
• 1954: William Alexander Mullen
• 1955: Harold Brown
• 1956: James Nicholson Brown
• 1957: Edward Kennedy Walkington
• 1958: Alleyn Cardwell Moore
• 1959: Richard Graves Johnston
• 1960: James Robert Bargrave Armstrong
• 1961: Henry Alwyn White
• 1962: Francis Edward Nangle
• 1963: Acheson Harden Glendinning
• 1964: George Edwin McCaw
• 1965: Michael Henry Armstrong
• 1966: George Dougan
• 1967: James Matthew Stronge
• 1968: Thomas Carter Johnston
• 1969: Alexander Edmond Knight
• 1970: John Fitzroy Gillespie
• 1971: Geoffrey Alastair Nisbet Boyne
• 1972: Kenneth McCleery
• 1973: W. Bernard Cowdy
• 1974: Henry William Francis Reid
• 1975: Henry George Glendinning
• 1976: Alexander Hugh O'Brien Greer
• 1977: Donald Henry Stevenson
• 1978: Ronald McIlroy Wilson
• 1979: Frederick Michael Alexander Torrens-Spence
• 1980: John Reginald Miller

• 1981: Alexander Hugh Courtney
• 1982: Andrew Alwyn White
• 1983: J. H. H. Balmer
• 1984: W. H. Jordan
• 1985: E. B. Wilson
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• 1991: John Daniel Thompson
• 1992: James Rochester Nelson
• 1993: J. N. Greenlee
• 1994: J. E. Lamb
• 1995: John C. K. Magowan
• 1996: Margaret Patton
• 1997: John Oliver Woods
• 1998: David Eric Dorman
• 1999: Anne E. Cullen
• 2000: Archibald Thomas Laughlan Gibson
• 2001: Patrick Stephen Kellett
• 2002: Mary Catherine Dixon
• 2003: Barbara Ann Gillespie
• 2004: Caroline Bridget Good
• 2005: Leslie Victor Johnston
• 2006: Ralph Edward Cope Cowdy
• 2007: Colin Wallace Mathews
• 2008: Desmond Robert David Mitchell
• 2009: Gerard Patrick Millar