Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

High Sheriff of Wicklow

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Remove ads

The High Sheriff of Wicklow was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Wicklow, Ireland from Wicklow's formation in 1606 until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Wicklow 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 Wicklow unless stated otherwise.

Remove ads

High Sheriffs of County Wicklow

Remove ads

Victoria, 1837–1901

Remove ads

Edward VII, 1901–1910

  • 1902: Henry Leslie-Ellis of Magherymore.[1]
  • 1904: William Henry Olphert Kemmis of Ballinacor.[1]
  • 1905: Humphrey Loftus Bland of Blandsfort, Queens County.[1]
  • 1906: Craven Henry Clotworthy Wade of Rockfield.[1]
  • 1907: Roger Casement of Cronroe, Ashford.[1]
  • 1909: Lambert John Dopping-Hepenstall of Altidore Castle.[1]
  • 1910: Maurice Falkiner Dennis.[1]

George V, 1910–1936

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads