TheHigh Sheriff of Queen's County was the British Crown's judicial representative inQueen's County, Ireland (now County Laois), Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Offaly County Sheriff. The sheriff had judicial, electoral, ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs. In 1908, anOrder in Council made theLord-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 Queen's County (County Laois) unless stated otherwise.
[ edit ] 1579: Robert Bowen ofBallyadams 1593: Terence O'Dempsey, 1stViscount Clanmalier 1623: Barnaby or Brian Oge Dunn of Brittas[citation needed 1627: Sir Walter Crosbie, 1st Baronet 1637: Gerald Fitzgerald of Tymogue and Moret and Loughcurran[ 1] 1639: Edward Brereton 1663: Thomas Pigott of Capard[ 1] 1676: Samuel Preston of Emo[ 2] 1677: Edward Brereton 1689:Sir Gregory Byrne, 1st Baronet 1704: Gerald Fitzgerald of Coolanowle[ 1] 1712: Robert Pigott of Capard[ 1] 1719: Edmond Butler 1732: Lewis Moore I 1736: Lewis Moore of Cremorgan[ 1] 1753:Sir John Parnell [ edit ] 1760: Lewis Moore II ofDurrow 1763: Stephen Cassan ofSheffield House [ 3] 1764: 1772: Richard Croasdaile of Rynn[ 1] 1773: 1779: Stewart Weldon 1780: John Brereton 1782: Jonathan Chetwode of Woodbrook[ 4] 1782: John Adair of Rath 1783: Matthew Cassan ofSheffield House [ 3] 1784: Henry Moore of Cremorgan[ 5] 1785: Thomas Fitz-Gerald of Corbolly[ 6] 1786: 1787: 1790: Edward Dunne of Brittas[ 7] 1791:Charles Henry Coote of Forest Lodge[ 8] 1792: Sir John Allen Johnson, 1st Baronet, laterSir John Allen Johnson-Walsh, 1st Baronet [ 9] 1794: John or George Hartpole 1795: Joshua Kemmis of Knightstown[ 10] 1799: Thomas Murray Prior (1773–1854) 1800: Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 6thBaronet 1801: Richard Warburton of Garryhinch[ 1] 1802: 1804: Coghran Palmer[ 11] 1805: John Bland[ 11] 1806: Robert Laurenson[ 11] 1807: Gilbert fitz Gerald[ 11] 1808: Sir George Pigott[ 11] 1809: Thomas Cosby ofStradbally Hall [ 1] 1810: Frederick Thompson 1811: Lancelot Croasdaile of Rynn[ 1] 1812: John Alien Johnston-Walsh[ 9] 1813: Hon Lord Sidney Osborne[ 12] 1814:Lord Henry Seymour Moore [ 12] 1815: Charles White of Charleville[ 12] 1816: James White of Aghavoe[ 12] 1817: Sir Walter Dixon Borrowes, 7th Baronet 1818: Robert White of Old Park (Grantston Manor)[ 12] 1819: Sir Robert Staples[ 12] 1820: Hugh Aldborough-Bowen[ 12] [ edit ] 1821: Pierce Moore[ 12] 1822: George Adair of Rath[ 11] 1823: Hon. Lionel Dawson[ 11] 1824: Henry Smith, of Mount Henry[ 13] 1825: Edward John Johnson-Walsh, later Sir Edward Johnson-Walsh, 2nd Baronet of Ballykilcavan.[ 14] 1827: Hon. John Vesey, of Abbeyleix[ 15] 1828: Lewis Moore III 1829: John Warburton of Garryhinch[ 1] [ edit ] [ edit ] 1839: Sir Anthony Weldon, 4th Baronet of Rahan, Ballylinan[ 16] 1842: Edmund Staples of Dunmore[ 16] 1843: Matthew Sheffield Cassan ofSheffield House [ 16] 1845:Horace William Noel Rochfort , of Clogrenan[ 17] 1846: Chidley Coote of Huntingdon, Portarlington[ 16] 1848: J.H. Leckie of Coolbrook, Creetyard[ 18] 1849: Richard Warburton of Garryhinch, Portarlington[ 19] 1850: Henry D. Carden of Rathmanna, Maryborough[ 20] 1852: William Gilbert Kemmis of Ballinacor[ 10] 1852: Michael James Sweetman of Lamberton Park[ 2] 1854: John Allen Johnson-Walsh, later Sir (John) Allen Johnson-Walsh, 4th Baronet[ 9] 1855: John Croasdaile of Rynn[ 1] 1856:Henry Jeffrey Flower, 6th Viscount Ashbrook 1857: James Butler of Lamberton Park 1858: John Grace of Gracefield, Athy[ 21] 1859:Edmund Gerald Dease of Rath House[ 1] 1860: Thomas Kemmis of Shaen[ 1] 1861: Sir Anthony Crossdill Weldon, 5th Baronet 1862: M.J.Sweetman of Lamberton Park, Maryborough[ 22] 1863: Robert Ashworth Godolphin Cosby ofStradbally Hall [ 1] 1865: Edward Skeffington Randal Smyth of Mount Henry[ 2] 1869: Richard Warburton of Garryhinch[ 1] 1870: James W. Butler Scott of Annegrove Abbey, Mountrath[ 23] 1871: Mathew Villiers Sankey Morton of Little Island,County Tipperary [ 1] 1873: Robert Hamilton Hamilton-Stubber ofMoyne and Castle Fleming[ 1] 1875: William Young[ 1] 1876:Bernard Edward Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 2nd Baron Castletown ofUpper Ossory 1877: 1878: Francis Plunkett Dunne ofBrittas [citation needed 1880:Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 9th Baronet 1881: William Duckett ofDuckett's Grove [ 1] 1882: Robert Edward Reeves of Morenane, County Limerick, and Skeard, County Kilkenny[ 1] 1883: Henry Moore of Cremorgan[ 1] 1884: John Michael Sweetman-Powell of Lamberton Park[ 2] 1886:Eyre Coote 1886: William Gilbert ofKilleen ,Portarlington [ 1] 1888: Sir Robert Edward Pigott of Capard[ 1] 1889: 1891:Sir Hutcheson Poë, 1st Baronet of Heywood,Ballinakill [ 24] 1892:Sir Percy Raymond Grace, 4th Baronet of Boley[ 25] 1893: Standish Grady John Parker-Hutchinson of Timoney Park and Castle Lough, County Tipperary[ 1] 1895: Charles Joseph Blake 1897:Sir Algernon Coote, 11th Baronet .[ 26] 1900:Sir Hunt Henry Allen Johnson-Walsh, 5th Baronet [ 9] [ edit ] [ edit ] ^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, 1912, Bernard Burke ^a b c d "Genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland" ^a b The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 147 ^ "No. 12273" .The London Gazette . 23 February 1782. p. 1.^ "No. 12525" .The London Gazette ^ "No. 12628" .The London Gazette ^ "Upton Papers" . 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