High Sheriff of Longford
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The High Sheriff of Longford was the British Crown’s judicial representative in County Longford
, Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Longford 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 Longford unless stated otherwise.
County Longford
County Longford is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Longford.Longford County Council is the local authority for the county...
, Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Longford 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 Longford unless stated otherwise.
High Sheriffs of County Longford
- 1611: Robert Bellingham
- 1623: Sir Richard Browne, 1st Baronet
- Mathew Wilder
- 1756: Ralph Fetherston, later Sir Ralph Fetherston, 1st Baronet of Ardagh
- 1765: Henry Gore, 1st and last Baron Annaly of Tenelick
- 1781: Sir Thomas Fetherston, 2nd Baronet of Ardagh
- 1801: The Hon. Sir Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen, 2nd Baronet of Carrickglass
- 1806: Luke WhiteLuke White (Irish politician)Luke White was an Irish bookseller, operator of a lottery and Whig politician.He started as an impecunious book dealer, first in the streets of Belfast, then from 1778 at an auction house in Dublin buying and reselling around the country...
- 1816: Alexander Burrowes
- 1824: John Thompson, of Clonfin
- 1825: Thomas Achmuty, of Longford
- 1827: J. Barber, Moss Vale, Esq. Edgeworthstown
- 1828: William Lloyd Galbraith, of Carrickrone, Edgeworthstown.
- 1834: Sir George Ralph Fetherston, 3rd Baronet of Ardagh
- 1834: Samuel Wensley Blackhall, jnrSamuel BlackallColonel Samuel Wensley Blackall was an Irish soldier and politician, who was the second Governor of Queensland from 1868 until he died in office in 1871....
, of Corlamber - 1840: Thomas White
- 1840–1844: Captain Thomas Hussey of Castlecor
- 1845: George Lefroy, of Carrickglass
- 1849: Anthony Lefroy, of Carrighglass
- 1850: John Shuldham, of Moy Ballymahon
- 1856: John Bond of Castlecor
- 1858: Sir Thomas John Fetherston, 5th Baronet
- 1861: Henry Donping(?), Erne Hall, Granard.
- 1862: Walter Nugent, Donore, Multifarnham.
- 1864: James Wilson of Currygrane
- 1867: Joseph Richard O'Reilly
- 1868: Nathaniel Hone Dyas, J.P., of Athboy House & Staholmack, Co Meath
- 1871: Luke White, 2nd Baron AnnalyLuke White, 2nd Baron AnnalyLuke White, 2nd Baron Annaly KP was an Anglo-Irish Liberal politician.Annaly was the son of Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly, and his wife Ellen , and was educated at Eton. He served in the British Army and achieved the rank of Captain in the 13th Light Dragoons and Lieutenant-Colonel in the Longford...
of Annaly and Rathcline - 1873: Arthur Shirley Ball of Cabbaglair
- 1874: Henry Bruce Armstrong
- 1875: George Huband Gregg
- 1876: William John Fitzpatrick
- 1877: George Warner Slator
- 1879: John Porter-PorterJohn Porter-PorterJohn Porter-Porter was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born John Porter Archdale on 3 April 1855, Porter-Porter adopted his unusual name in 1876 in relation to an inheritance. He studied at The King's School, Worcester and Caius College, Cambridge, then resided at Belle Isle in County...
- 1888: Sir George Errington, Bt of Lackham House, Wiltshire
- 1893: Edward Skeffington Randal Smyth, of Mount Henry
- 1894: Henry Bruce ArmstrongHenry Bruce ArmstrongHenry Bruce Wright Armstrong was a Northern Irish barrister and politician, Unionist MP for Mid Armagh from January 1921 until 1922....
- 1897: Sir George Ralph Fetherston, 6th Baronet
- 1906: Charles James Clerk of Castlecor