High Sheriff of County Londonderry
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The High Sheriff of County Londonderry, is the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Londonderry
. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff
became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford
in 1258. Besides his judicial importance, he has ceremonial and administrative functions and executes High Court Writs.
While the office of High Sheriff ceased to exist in those Irish counties, which had formed the Irish Free State
in 1922, it is still present in the counties of Northern Ireland
.
County Londonderry
The place name Derry is an anglicisation of the old Irish Daire meaning oak-grove or oak-wood. As with the city, its name is subject to the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, with the form Derry preferred by nationalists and Londonderry preferred by unionists...
. 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...
.
High Sheriffs
- 1828: William Lenox-Conyngham
- 1846: Henry Hervey BruceSir Henry Bruce, 3rd BaronetSir Henry Hervey Bruce, 3rd Baronet was an Irish Conservative politician. He was Member of Parliament for Coleraine from 1862 to 1874, and from 1880 to 1885....
- 1849: James Johnston Clark
- 1850: Robert Peel Dawson
- 1858: Alexander, Samuel Maxwell Alexander
- 1859: William Fitzwilliam Lenox-Conyngham
- 1869: Sir John Hill, 4th Baronet, of St. Colombs
- 1870: Robert Jackson Alexander
- 1875: James Jackson Clark
- 1880: George Cather, Esq., Carrickhugh, Limavady
- 1882: Adolphus John Spencer Churchill Chichester
- 1903: Hervey Juckes Lloyd Bruce
- 1905: John McFarland later Sir John McFarland, 1st Baronet
- 1906: Cecil Hamilton Browne-Lecky
- 1907: Robert ChichesterRobert ChichesterLt.-Col. Robert Peel Dawson Spencer Chichester DL, JP was an Irish soldier and politician. He was the son of Lord Adolphus John Spencer Churchill Chichester and Mary Dawson of Castledawson Lt.-Col. Robert Peel Dawson Spencer Chichester DL, JP (13 August 1873 – 10 December 1921) was an Irish...
- 1909: William Arbuthnot Lenox-Conyngham
- 1912: Henry Joseph Cooke
- 1922: Alexander Wallis Clark
- 1924: Ralph Beresford
- 1925: Dudley McCorkellDudley McCorkellSir Dudley Evelyn Bruce McCorkell, MBE, DL, JP was a Mayor of Derry , Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry and ex officio member of the Senate of Northern Ireland.-Career:...
- 1926: George Gilliland
- 1928: Henry Jackson Clark
- 1933: John Alexander Clark
- 1934: Norman StrongeNorman StrongeCaptain Sir Charles Norman Lockhart Stronge, 8th Baronet, MC, PC , JP was a senior Unionist politician in Northern Ireland....
- 1936: Alexander William Maxwell Clark
- 1938: William Moore Wallis Clark
- 1943: Daniel Hall Christie
- 1949: Thomas Fitzpatrick Cooke
- 1951: Thomas Jackson Clark
- 1952: Basil McFarlandBasil McFarlandSir Basil Alexander Talbot McFarland, 2nd Baronet, CBE, ERD was a Northern Irish soldier, businessman and politician.The son of Sir John McFarland, 1st Baronet, he was a businessman, a Senator of Northern Ireland, Mayor of Londonderry , Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry and an Ireland rugby...
- 1957: Henry Francis Clark
- 1961: Michael McCorkellMichael McCorkellColonel Sir Michael McCorkell, KCVO, OBE, TD, JP, DL was an Northern Irish soldier and British public servant, emulating the high level of British public service of successive generations of the McCorkell family, being Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry for 25 years...
- 1965: Charles Brian Clark
- 1969: Wallace ClarkWallace ClarkHenry Wallace Stuart Clark MBE was a Northern Irish sailor and author and businessman.Clark was educated at Shrewsbury School and served in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in World War II. He was an officer in the Ulster Special Constabulary and upon its dissolution became a major in the Ulster...
- 1973: William John Moore Clark
- 1994: William Stephen Patrick Clark
- 2008: Patrick Thaddeus McGinnis
- 2009: David George Henderson
- 2010: Trevor Kenneth Alastair Magee