The High Sheriff of Monaghan was the British monarch's representative in County Monaghan

County Monaghan

County Monaghan is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County Council is the local authority for the county...

, a territory known as his bailiwick

Bailiwick

A bailiwick is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff, and may also apply to a territory in which the sheriff's functions were exercised by a privately appointed bailiff under a royal or imperial writ. The word is now more generally used in a metaphorical sense, to indicate a sphere of...

. Selected from three nominated people, he held his office over the duration of a year. He had judicial, ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.

History

The office of 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...

 was the oldest under the crown. In England it had its establishment before the Norman Conquest. The High Sheriff remained first in precedence in the counties, until the reign of Edward VII, when an Order in Council in 1908 gave the Lord-Lieutenant the prime office under the Crown as the Sovereign's personal representative. In Ireland, the office of High Sheriff was formally abolished by the Court Officers Act 1926.

High Sheriffs of Monaghan

• 1605: Richard (Rhisiart) Blayney
• 1609-1612: Richard (Rhisiart) Blayney
• 1662: Oliver Ancketill
• 1677: James Corry
  James Corry (MP)
  Colonel James Corry was an Irish politician and soldier.He was the son of John Corry and his wife Blanch Johnston, and originated initially from Dumfries in Scotland. His father, having been a merchant, moved to Ireland in 1641 and settled first in Belfast, then in Fermanagh from 1656...
  
  
• 1682: Matthew Ancketill of Ancketills Grove
• 1689: Major John McKenna of Monmurry
• 1693: Blayney Owen of Newgrove
• 1698: Henry Evatt of Monaghan Co. Ireland
• 1703: Oliver Ancketill of Ancketills Grove
• 1707: William Ancketill of Ancketills Grove
• 1710: William Ley
• 1715: John Forster
• 1718: Colonel Alexander Montgomery
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   of Ballyleck
• 1728: Baptist Johnson
• 1732: Blayney Owen of Newgrove
• 1738: Richard Johnston
• 1739: Nicholas Forster, styled 1st Baronet
• 1743: Galbraith Lowry-Corry
• 1750: John Madden of Hilton Park
• 1762: Matthew Ancketill of Arlington Castle
• 1763: William Ley of Leysborough
• 1788: Charles Powell Leslie of Glaslough
• 1792: Richard Dawson of Dawson Grove
• 1793: Edward Richardson of Poplar Vale
• 1807: Thomas Charles Stewart Corry of Rockcorry Castle
• 1811: Jon Madden
• 1817: George Forster, later Sir George Forster, 2nd Baronet
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   of Coolderry
• 1820: William Verner of Churchill
• 1824: E?? Shirley, of Carrickimacross
• 1825: James Wood
• 1827: William Tennison, of Ballyframer,Carrickmacross
• 1830: William Ancketill of Ancketills Grove
• 1834: Matthew John Ancketell of Ancketell Grove
• 1835: Owen Blayney Cole
• 1837: Evelyn Philip Shirley of Carrickmacross
• 1841: Thomas Rothwell: Of Clantoknee
• 1842: John Lloyd Kernan: Of Capera Lodge
• 1843: John Hatchell: Of Bessmount
• 1843 Owen Blaney Cole
• 1844: John Lentaigne: Of Tallaght House
• 1845: Andre Allen Murray: Of Lough Owna
• 1846: John Richardson: Of Poplar Vale
• 1847: Lieut.-Col. Arthur Gambell Lewis of Scotstown
• 1848: Edward W. Lucas: Of Castleshane
• 1849: Col. Henry Edward Porter: Of Carrickmacross
• 1850: William Verner of Churchill, Loughgall
• 1851: Charles Boyle: Of Tannagh House
• 1852: Capel St. George: Of Dromore
• 1853: Charles Hopes: Of South Hill
• 1854: Robert Charles French: Of Ballybay House
• 1855: Henry Thomas Hope: Of Castleblayney
• 1856: James Henry Boyd: Of Castleblayney
• 1857: Plunkett Kenny: Of Moyles
• 1858: John Leslie: Of Lara
• 1859: Henry George Johnston: Of Fort Johnston
• 1860: Lieut.Col.Thomas Oriel Forster, 3rd Baronet of Coolderry
• 1861: Henry Mitchell: Of Drumreask
• 1862: Capt. J. Lloyd of Camla
• 1863: John Madden of Hilton Park
• 1864: Dacre Mervyn Archdall Hamilton: Of Cornecassa
• 1865: William Francis de Vismes Kane
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  : Of Drumreask
• 1866: T. Lucas: Of Woodview
• 1867: Robert Francis Ellis of Lea Park
• 1868: Henry Mitchell: Of Drumreask
• 1868: Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 2nd Baronet
• 1869: Capt Thomas Coote: Of Raconnell House
• 1870: Charles Langdale: Of the Abbey, Celbridge
• 1871: Edward Richardson: Of Poplar Vale
• 1872: Horatio Shirley: Of Shirley House, Carrickmacross
• 1873: John Brady: Of Clones
• 1874: Sir William Tyrone Power K.C.B.: Of Annaghmakerrig, Newbliss
• 1875: John Madden: Of Roslea Manor, Clones
• 1876: William Henderson: Of Bessmount Park
• 1877: William Henry Edward Woodwright: Of Gola
• 1878: The Lord Cremorne: Of Dartrey
• 1879: Edward Scudamore Lucas of Castleshane
• 1880: Richard Ruxton Fitzherbert of Shantonagh, Castleblayney
• 1884: Sewallis Shirley
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   of Lough Fea, Carrickmacross
• 1889: Capt Hon Edward Stanley Dawson
• 1891: Henry Francis Hope Pelham-Clinton (later Pelham-Clinton-Hope), 8th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
• 1896: Harry Verner of Churchill
• 1898: Very Rev. Arthur Newburgh Haire-Forster of Ballynure
• 1905: Sir John Leslie, Bt.
  Sir John Leslie, 2nd Baronet
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  , CBE
• 1909: William Harvey Swann: Of Cappog Lodge. Last High Sheriff.
• 1911: Sir Robert Anderson, Bt
• 1914: Capt. Evelyn Charles Shirley of Shirley House, Carrickmacross
• 1917: Henry Francis Hope Pelham-Clinton (later Pelham-Clinton-Hope), 8th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne