High Sheriff of Monaghan

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The High Sheriff of Monaghan was the British monarch's representative in County Monaghan, a territory known as his bailiwick. Selected from three nominated people, he held his office for the duration of a year. He had judicial, ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.

History

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The office of High Sheriff 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.[1]

The High Sheriff of Monaghan was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Monaghan from its creation in 1585 until 1922, when the office was abolished.

High Sheriffs of Monaghan

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17th century

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  • 1590: Ross bane McMahon
  • 1605: Richard (Rhisiart) Blayney
  • 1609–1612: Richard (Rhisiart) Blayney
  • 1660: Captain Foster
  • 1662: Oliver Ancketill[2]
  • 1664: Simon Richardson[3]
  • 1677: James Corry
  • 1682: Matthew Ancketill of Ancketills Grove[2]
  • 1689: Major John McKenna of Monmurry
  • 1692: Henry Richardson of Poplar Vale[3]
  • 1693: Blayney Owen of Newgrove
  • 1698: Henry Evatt of Monaghan Co. Ireland

18th century

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  • 1700: Henry Richardson of Poplar Vale[3]
  • 1703: Oliver Ancketill of Ancketills Grove[2]
  • 1703: Francis Lucas of Castle Shane[3]
  • 1704: George Scott of Roagh[3]
  • 1707: William Ancketill of Ancketills Grove[2]
  • 1709: Edward Lucas of Castle Shane[3]
  • 1710: William Ley
  • 1711: Alexander Montgomery[4]
  • 1712:
  • 1715: John Forster[5]
  • 1718: Colonel Alexander Montgomery of Ballyleck[3]
  • 1719:
  • 1726: John Montgomery of Ballyleck[3]
  • 1728: Baptist Johnson[6]
  • 1729:
  • 1731: Henry Owen[7]
  • 1732: Blayney Owen of Newgrove
  • 1733:
  • 1738: Richard Johnston
  • 1739: Nicholas Forster, styled 1st Baronet[5]
  • 1740: Humphrey Evatt of Mount Louise[3]
  • 1743: Galbraith Lowry-Corry
  • 1744:
  • 1747: Alexander Montgomery of Ballyleck[3]
  • 1748: Francis Lucas of Grenon[3]
  • 1750: John Madden of Hilton Park
  • 1751:
  • 1752: Edward Lucas of Castle Shane[3]
  • 1757: John Slacke of Slackesgrove[8]
  • 1758:
  • 1762: Matthew Ancketill of Arlington Castle[2]
  • 1763: William Ley of Leysborough
  • 1763: Edward Lucas of Moynalty[3]
  • 1764:
  • 1770: Thomas Lucas of Derryhalla[3]
  • 1772: William Barton Tenison of Monalty[3]
  • 1773: Francis Lucas of Castle Shane[3]
  • 1777: John Montgomery of Ballyleck[3]
  • 1778:
  • 1782: Thomas Corry of Fairfield[9]
  • 1783: Matthew Anketill of Arlington Castle, Portarlington[3]
  • 1784: Nathaniel Montgomery of Rosefield[10]
  • 1785: Richard Adams of Shercock House, Cavan[3]
  • 1786: (Sir) James Hamilton[11]
  • 1788: Charles Powell Leslie II of Glaslough[12]
  • 1792: Richard Dawson of Dawson Grove[12]
  • 1793: Edward Richardson of Poplar Vale
  • 1794:

19th century

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20th century

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References

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