High Sheriff of Mayo
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The High Sheriff of Mayo was the British Crown’s judicial representative in County Mayo
, Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Mayo 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 Mayo unless stated otherwise.
County Mayo
County Mayo 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 Mayo, which is now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 130,552...
, Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Mayo 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 Mayo unless stated otherwise.
High Sheriffs of County Mayo
- 1583: John BrownJohn Browne (sheriff)John Browne was an Irish mapmaker and Sheriff.Browne appears to have been a member of the Anglo-Norman Browne family of Kilpatrick, County Westmeath...
(1st High Sheriff) - 1587-1589: John BrownJohn Browne (sheriff)John Browne was an Irish mapmaker and Sheriff.Browne appears to have been a member of the Anglo-Norman Browne family of Kilpatrick, County Westmeath...
(killed Mar 1589) - 1639: Sir Henry Bingham, 1st BaronetSir Henry Bingham, 1st BaronetSir Henry Bingham, 1st Baronet was an Irish politician and baronet.Born at Milton Abbas, he was the son of Sir George Bingham, nephew of Sir Richard Bingham, and his wife Cicely Martin, daughter of Robert Martin. Bingham served as captain in the Irish Army. He was nominated High Sheriff of County...
- 1641: John Garvey
- 1656: Sir Arthur Gore, 1st BaronetSir Arthur Gore, 1st BaronetSir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet was an Irish soldier and politician.Gore was the second son of Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet and his wife Isabella Wycliffe, daughter of Francis Wycliffe. In 1656, he was High Sheriff of Mayo and additionally High Sheriff of County Galway...
- 1662: Lucas Dillon
- 1662: Sir George Bingham, 2nd BaronetSir George Bingham, 2nd BaronetSir George Bingham, 2nd Baronet was an Irish politician and baronet.He was the only son of Sir Henry Bingham, 1st Baronet and his wife Catherine Byrne, daughter of John Byrne. In 1658, Bingham succeeded his father as baronet. He entered the Irish House of Commons for Castlebar in 1661,...
- 1670: Sir Arthur Gore, 1st BaronetSir Arthur Gore, 1st BaronetSir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet was an Irish soldier and politician.Gore was the second son of Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet and his wife Isabella Wycliffe, daughter of Francis Wycliffe. In 1656, he was High Sheriff of Mayo and additionally High Sheriff of County Galway...
- 1678: Sir George Bingham, 2nd BaronetSir George Bingham, 2nd BaronetSir George Bingham, 2nd Baronet was an Irish politician and baronet.He was the only son of Sir Henry Bingham, 1st Baronet and his wife Catherine Byrne, daughter of John Byrne. In 1658, Bingham succeeded his father as baronet. He entered the Irish House of Commons for Castlebar in 1661,...
- 1684: Sir Henry Bingham, 3rd BaronetSir Henry Bingham, 3rd BaronetSir Henry Bingham, 3rd Baronet was an Irish politician and baronet.He was the eldest son Sir George Bingham, 2nd Baronet and his first wife. In 1682, he succeeded his father as baronet. Bingham was educated at the Middle Temple. From 1682 he was Custos Rotulorum of Mayo...
- 1690: George Browne
- 1694: Sir Henry Bingham, 3rd BaronetSir Henry Bingham, 3rd BaronetSir Henry Bingham, 3rd Baronet was an Irish politician and baronet.He was the eldest son Sir George Bingham, 2nd Baronet and his first wife. In 1682, he succeeded his father as baronet. Bingham was educated at the Middle Temple. From 1682 he was Custos Rotulorum of Mayo...
- 1711: Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd BaronetSir Arthur Gore, 2nd BaronetSir Arthur Gore, 2nd Baronet was an Irish politician and baronet.He was the son of Paul Gore, himself son of Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet, and his wife Anne Gore, daughter of Sir John Gore. Gore succeeded his grandfather as baronet in 1697. He was High Sheriff of Mayo in 1711 and Member of...
- 1721: Sir John Bingham, 5th BaronetSir John Bingham, 5th BaronetSir John Bingham, 5th Baronet was an Irish politician.He was the eldest son of Sir George Bingham, 4th Baronet, and his first wife wife Mary Scott. Bingham was educated at the Middle Temple. He was appointed High Sheriff of Mayo in 1721 and was Governor of County Mayo...
- 1731: John Browne, 1st Earl of AltamontJohn Browne, 1st Earl of AltamontJohn Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont, , an Irish peer and politician, was a son of Peter Browne and Mary Daly.He was created 1st Earl of Altamont on 4 December 1771.-Paternal ancestors:* John Browne...
- 1747: Sir George Browne, 6th Baronet
- 1755: Roger Palmer, later Sir Roger Palmer, 1st Baronet of Castlelacken
- 1756: Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of LucanCharles Bingham, 1st Earl of LucanCharles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan , known as Sir Charles Bingham, 7th Baronet from 1750 until 1776, was an Irish peer and politician.- Background :...
- 1765: Arthur Saunders Gore, 2nd Earl of ArranArthur Gore, 2nd Earl of ArranArthur Saunders Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran KP, PC styled The Honourable from 1758 to 1762, and then known as Viscount Sudley from 1762 to 1773, was an Irish peer and politician....
of the Arran Islands - 1776: Neale O'Donnell,later Sir Neale O'Donnell, 1st Baronet of Newport
- 1778: John Browne, 1st Baron KilmaineJohn Browne, 1st Baron KilmaineJohn Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine , known as Sir John Browne, 7th Baronet, from 1765 to 1789, was an Irish politician....
- 1779: John Denis Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo
- 1781: Valentine Blake
- 1786: Hon. Denis Browne
- 1787: Charles Dillon-Lee, 12th Viscount DillonCharles Dillon, 12th Viscount DillonCharles Dillon-Lee, 12th Viscount Dillon, KP, PC was Member of Parliament for the English borough of Westbury ....
of Costello-Gallin - 1788: John Browne, 1st Baron KilmaineJohn Browne, 1st Baron KilmaineJohn Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine , known as Sir John Browne, 7th Baronet, from 1765 to 1789, was an Irish politician....
- 1796: Joseph Lambert
- 1791: Sir John Edmond Browne, 1st Baronet
- 1821: Dominick Browne
- 1824: Colonel George Jackson, of Enniscoe
- 1825: Annesley Knox, of Rappa Castle.
- 1826: Sir William Brabazon, 2nd Baronet
- 1827: George Ormsby, of Gortner Abbey, Crossmolina
- 1828: Patrick Kirwan, of Dalgin-park, Headfort.
- 1829: Annesley Knox of Rappa Castle, Ballina
- 1834: Sir Richard Annesley O'Donell, Baronet
- 1834: John Gardiner, of Farmhill, Kilala
- 1837: Sir William O'Malley
- 1839: Valentine O'Connor Blake
- 1841: Honorable Geoffry Dominick Browne
- 1843: Mervyn Pratt
- 1845: Henry W. Knox, of Netley.
- 1846: Patrick Crean Lynch, of Cloghr House, Ballyglass
- 1849: Anthony Ormsby of Ballinamore, Ballyglass.
- 1850: Charles Mahon, of Mount Pleasant Ballyglass.
- 1860: Charles Knox of Ballinrobe
- 1862: Philip Taaffe of Woodville, Kilkelly.
- 1864: Maurice Charles Joseph Blake, CB
- 1876: Joseph Pratt
- 1881: Dominick Andrew Browne
- 1884: Robert Vesey Stoney
- 1886: Frederic Thomas Lewin, DL, JP
- 1888: Sir Roger William Henry Palmer, 5th Baronet
- 1889: Sir George Clendining O'Donell, 5th Baronet
- 1895: William Boyd Saunders
- 1896: Dominick Sidney Browne
- 1900: William Arthur Gore Saunders
- 1905: George Moore
- 1906: Joseph Alexander Lambert
- 1908: Thomas Frederic Lewin
- 1909: Desmond Gerald Fitzgerald
- 1912: Brigadier-Gen. Arthur Corrie Lewin, C.B.,C.M.G., D.S.O.
- 1916: Valentine Joseph Blake
- 1922: Victor Arthur Tilson Shaen Carter