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
County Leitrim is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the village of Leitrim. Leitrim County Council is the local authority for the county...
, 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.
High Sheriffs of County Leitrim
- 1658: Edward Crofton
- 1659: Owen Wynn of Lurganboy
- 1663: Owen Wynn of Lurganboy
- 1686: James Wynne of Lurganboy
- 1689: Hugh O'Rorke of Clooncorrick
- 1698: Thomas Crofton
- 1714: Thomas Crofton
- 1720: Josias Campbell
- 1724: Owen Wynne
- 1731: John Peyton
- 1737: Hugh Crofton
- 1742: Sir Booth Gore, 2nd Baronet of Artarmon
- 1751: John Peyton
- 1759: Robert Clements, 1st Earl of LeitrimRobert Clements, 1st Earl of LeitrimRobert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim was an Irish nobleman and politician.Son of Cavan Borough MP Nathaniel Clements, Deputy Vice Treasurer and Teller of the Irish Exchequer, Clements served as High Sheriff of Leitrim in 1759, having been the previous year appointed as Controller of the Great and...
- 1762: Sir Morgan Crofton, 1st Baronet of Mohill Castle
- 1771: John O'Brien of Drumhalla, D.L.
- 1773: Henry Theophilius Clements
- 1777: Major Thomas Dickson of Woodville
- 1784: William Shanly of Fearnaught and Willyfield
- 1787: John Peyton
- 1791: William O'Brien, D.L.,
- 1796: Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of LeitrimNathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of LeitrimNathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim, KP PC , styled The Honourable from 1783 to 1795, and then Viscount Clements to 1804, was an Irish nobleman and politician....
- 1798: Matthew Nesbitt
- 1815: George Hamilton Conyngham Peyton
- 1818: John Godley of Killigar
- 1822: Thomas H Jones of Drumard
- 1824: Loftes Anthony Tottenham, of Manorhamilton
- 1825: Cairncross Thomas Cullen, of Skreeny
- 1827: William C. Percy of Garridice, Ballinamore
- 1830: John Reynolds Peyton
- 1831: Francis O'Beime of Jamestown
- 1834: Francis Nesbitt Cullen, of Screeny, Manor-Hamilton
- 1835: Theophilus B Jones of Drumard
- 1836: Pierce Simpson of Clooncorick
- 1837: Hugh Walsh of Drumsnaref>
- 1838: George Thomas Keppel, 6th Earl of AlbemarleGeorge Keppel, 6th Earl of AlbemarleGeneral George Thomas Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle DL, FGS, FSA , styled The Honourable from birth until 1851, was a British soldier, Liberal politician and writer.-Background and education:...
- 1840: Hugh Lyons-Montgomery
- 1843: John Robert GodleyJohn Robert GodleyJohn Robert Godley was an Irish statesman and bureaucrat. Godley is considered to be the founder of Canterbury, New Zealand, although he lived there for only two years.-Early life:...
- 1845: Edward K. Tennisson,of Kilronan Castle
- 1848: George Lane-Fox
- 1849: William LaTouch, of Harristown
- 1850: William Johnston, of Kinlough House, Dundoran.
- 1855: Hugh O'Beime of Jamestown
- 1862: Hugh M'Ternan, Heapstown, Riverstown.
- 1863: John Thomas William Massy, 6th Baron Massy of Duntrileague
- 1865: William Richard Ormsby–Gore, 2nd Baron HarlechWilliam Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron HarlechWilliam Richard Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech was an Anglo-Irish peer and Member of Parliament.Ormsby-Gore was the younger son of William Ormsby-Gore and Mary Jane Ormsby. He was educated at Eton College and later purchased an Ensigncy in the 53rd Foot...
- 1866: Arthur Loftus TottenhamArthur Loftus TottenhamArthur Loftus Tottenham was a landowner and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1887.-Biography:...
- 1868: John Marcus Clements of Glenboy
- 1870: Henry Theophilus Clements of Lough Rynn
- 1874: Morgan George Crofton, 4th Baronet
- 1875: William Acton of Brookville, Co Dublin
- 1877: Charles Cecil Beresford Whyte, of Hatley Manor
- 1879: James Reynolds Peyton
- 1881: Owen Wynne
- 1893: Henry John Beresford Clements
- 1911: Cecil Harman Baldwin St. George Whyte