High Sheriff of County Waterford
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The High Sheriff of County Waterford was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Waterford
. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff
became an annual appointment following the Provisions of Oxford
in 1258. Besides his judicial importance, the sheriff had ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.
The first (High) Shrievalties 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 retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in a county.
County Waterford
*Abbeyside, Affane, Aglish, Annestown, An Rinn, Ardmore*Ballinacourty, Ballinameela, Ballinamult, Ballinroad, Ballybeg, Ballybricken, Ballyduff Lower, Ballyduff Upper, Ballydurn, Ballygunner, Ballylaneen, Ballymacarbry, Ballymacart, Ballynaneashagh, Ballysaggart, Ballytruckle, Bilberry, Bunmahon,...
. 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 an annual appointment following 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, the sheriff had ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.
The first (High) Shrievalties 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 retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in a county.
High Sheriffs of County Waterford
- 1424: Nicholas Poer
- 1607: Laurence Esmond, 1st and last Lord Esmond, Baron of Lymbrick
- 1663: Valentine Greatrakes
- 1666: Richard Moore
- 1671: Richard Osborne, 2nd Baronet
- 1672: Thomas Osborne, 5th Baronet
- 1703: Robert Carew
- 1711: Robert Carew
- 1725: James Ussher
- 1732: Richard Gumbleton of Castlerichard
- 1742: Thomas Carew
- 1750: Sir William Osborne, 8th BaronetSir William Osborne, 8th BaronetSir William Osborne, 8th Baronet PC , was an Irish baronet and politician.Osborne was the son of Sir John Osborne, 7th Baronet and Editha Proby, and succeeded in the baronetcy in 1743...
- 1752: James May, later Sir James May, 1st Baronet of Mayfleld
- 1755: John Congreve
- 1764: Richard Power, of Clashmore
- 1772: Richard Gumbleton (son of Richard, HS 1732)
- 1776: Henry Coughlan of Ardo
- 1779: Robert Thomas Carew
- 1781: Edward May, later Sir James Edward May, 2nd Baronet
- 1784: William Power
- 1786: Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet of Tourin
- 1789: Pierce Power
- 1792: John Congreve
- 1795: Sir Thomas Osborne, 9th BaronetSir Thomas Osborne, 9th BaronetSir Thomas Osborne, 9th Baronet , was an Irish baronet and politician.Osborne was the son of Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet and Elizabeth Christmas. He sat as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons for Carysfort between 1776 and 1797 and served as High Sheriff of County Waterford in...
- 1798: Humphrey May, later Sir Humphrey May, 3rd Baronet
- 1802: John Palliser
- 1816: Wray Bury
- 1820: Richard Musgrave, later Sir Richard Musgeave, 3rd Baronet of Tourin
- 1823: John Congreve
- 1824: William Christmas, of Whitfield,
- 1825: James W. Wall, of Coulnamuck
- 1827: J. Power, of Mounrivers, Cappoqin.
- 1828: John O’Dell, of Mount O’Dell, Dungarven
- 1835: Pierce George Barron of Eastland, Tramore
- 1838: Fitzgerald, John
- 1841: John William Power
- 1845: John Bowen Gumbleton, of Fortwilliam
- 1846: Sir Robert Joshua Paul, 3rd Baronet of Paulville, Ballyglan
- 1849: Robert Shapland Carew, 2nd Baron Carew of Ballinamonn, Waterford.
- 1850: Henry Bolton, of Mecairn Castle, Lowtherstown.
- 1851: Richard Musgrave, later Sir Richard Musgrave, 4th Baronet of Tourin
- 1855: William Charles Bonaparte-WyseWilliam Charles Bonaparte-WyseCaptain William Charles Bonaparte-Wyse was an Irish soldier and poet.William Charles Bonaparte-Wyse was born in Waterford, the son of the politician and educational reformer Sir Thomas Wyse, and Laetitia, daughter of Lucien Bonaparte...
- 1856: Sir Henry Barron, 1st BaronetSir Henry Barron, 1st BaronetSir Henry Winston Barron, 1st Baronet DL was a British baronet and politician, who stood at nine different general elections.-Background:...
- 1861: Henry Davis
- 1862: Charles William More, 5th Earl Mountcashell
- 1867: James Galwey
- 1870: Napoleon Alfred Bonaparte Wyse
- 1870: Dudley Francis Fortescue
- 1879: Edmond James de Poher Poer, 1st Count de la Poer
- 1880: Sir Richard John Musgrave, 5th Baronet
- 1885: Thomas William Anderson of Grace Dieu
- 1891: Robert Thomas Carew
- 1892: Sir William Goff Davis-Goff , 1st Baronet
- 1893: Charles Perceval Bolton of Mount Bolton
- 1901: Richard John Ussher
- 1906: John Congreve
- 1909: Claud Anson
- 1909: Robert Conway Dobbs Dobbs
- 1913: John William Rivallon de Poher Poer, 2nd Count de la Poer
- 1914: Sir Herbert William Davis-Goff, 2nd Baronet