High Sheriff of Roscommon
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The High Sheriff of Roscommon was the British Crown’s judicial representative in County Roscommon
, Ireland from 1575 until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Roscommon 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 Roscommon unless stated otherwise.
County Roscommon
County Roscommon 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 town of Roscommon. Roscommon County Council is the local authority for the county...
, Ireland from 1575 until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Roscommon 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 Roscommon unless stated otherwise.
High Sheriffs of County Roscommon
- 1659: Owen Wynne
- 1664: Edmund Donelan of Cloghan
- 1679: Edmund Donelan of Cloghan
- 1692: Walter PollardCastlepollardCastlepollard is a large village in north County Westmeath, Ireland. Located in the barony of Demifore, in the civil parish of Rathgarve, it lies west of Lough Lene and northeast of Lough Derravaragh and Mullingar.-Name:...
of Castlepollard - 1713: Henry Talbot
- 1722: Arthur French
- 1731: James Irwin of Roxborough
- 1737: St. George Ussher St. George, 1st Baron St. George
- 1753: William Talbot
- 1760: Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Baronet of the Mote
- 1762: Thomas O'Naghten
- 1773: Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd BaronetSir Edward Crofton, 2nd BaronetSir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet was an Irish politician.Crofton was the son of Sir Marcus Crofton, 1st Baronet and his wife, Catherine and succeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1784....
of the Mote - 1779: Mathew Lyster
- 1790: Sir Richard Bligh Saint-George, 2nd Baronet
- 1798: Oliver Mills of Knockall
- 1808: Thomas Kirkwood (son of James)
- 1819: William Talbot
- 1824: Thomas Coury, of Strokestown
- 1825: William Lloyd, of Richfield.
- 1826: John Caulfeild
- 1827: William Christopher St. George French of Cloonequin, Tulsk
- 1833: Guy L'loyd
- 1836: Robert King, 6th Earl of Kingston
- 1845: Garrett O’Moore, D.L., J.P., Cloghan Castle
- 1848: James Kirkwood (son of Thomas,1808)
- 1849: John Irwin, of Leabeg, Ballimore
- 1850: Henry Sandford Packenham Mahon, of Strokestown-house, Strokestown.
- 1855: Robert Edward King, 7th Earl of Kingston
- 1857: John Talbot
- 1858: Captain Patrick Joseph Balfe of South Park
- 1862: John H. Dillon, Johnston, Athlone.
- 1864: Richard Irwin
- 1870: Robert William Waithman
- 1875: Thomas Charles MacDermot Roe of Alderford
- 1881: John Woulfe Flanagan
- 1882: James Glancy
- 1886: William John Talbot
- 1887: Charles French
- 1893: Edwin Hughes of Dalchoulin, Craigavad
- 1895: Packenham Mahon
- 1900: Stanley Victor Coote of Carrowroe Park
- 1906: Thomas George Wills-Sandford
- 1908: Sir William Henry Mahon, Bt. of Castlegaar
- 1911: John Merrick Lloyd, of Croghan
- 1912: Francis Charles French, 6th Baron de FreyneFrancis French, 6th Baron de FreyneFrancis Charles French, 6th Baron De Freyne DL was an Anglo-Irish hereditary peer; he was a member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, and the Senate of Southern Ireland....
of Coolavin - 1915: William Joseph French
- Gustavus William Francis Blake "Gus" KellyGus KellyGustavus William Francis Blake "Gus" Kelly was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler, he played 18 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1895 and 1914 including nine first-class matches...