The High Sheriff of Antrim is the Sovereign's judicial representative in

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. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the high sheriff became annually appointed from the

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in 1258. Besides his judicial importance, he has ceremonial and administrative functions and executes High Court Writs.

History

The first (High) Shrivalties were established before the

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in 1066 and date back to

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times. In 1908, an

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made the

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the Sovereign's prime representative in a county and reduced the High Sheriff's precedence. Despite however that the office retains his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in a county. While the office of High Sheriff ceased to exist in those Irish counties, which had formed the

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in 1922, it is still present in the counties of

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Medieval

*1326: John Athy''Patent Roll 20 Edward II''

James I, 1603–1625

*1603: Thomas Pavell *1613: Hugh Clotworthy *1618: Sir Hugh Clotworthy *1622: Sir Hugh Clotworthy

Charles I, 1625–1649

*1625: Moses Hill *1626: Neal Oge O'Neill *1627: Cormick O'Hara *1628: William Houston *1629: Alexander MacDonnell *1630: Robert Adair *1631: Arthur O'Neill *1632: Alexander Stuart *1633: John Donaldson *1634: Arthur Hill *1635: Edward Maxwell *1636: John Dalway

English Interregnum, 1649–1660

*1656: Roger Lyndon *1659: John Upton

Charles II, 1660–1685

*1660: John Shaw *1661: Hercules Langford *1662: Alexander Dalway *1663: Thomas Warrin *1664: Richard Dobbs *1665: John Donaldson *1666: Anthony Horsman *1667: Francis Stafford *1668: Patrick Agnew *1669: Archibald Edmonston *1670: Sir Robert Colville *1671: George Maccartney *1672: William Upton *1673: Thadeus O'Hara *1674: John Galland *1675: Randall Bryce *1676: William Huston *1677: William Lesley *1678: Edward Harrison *1679: Henry Spencer *1680: Randall Smith *1681: George Macartney *1682: John Bickerstaffe *1683: John Bickerstaffe † / succeeded by Charles Stuart *1684: Henry Davys

James II, 1685–1688

*1685: Thomas Knox *1686: Cormick O'Neill *1687: Cormick O'Neill *1688: Shane O'Neill

William III, 1689–1702

*1689: Shane O'Neill *1690: Isaac MacCartney *1691: Thomas Smith *1692: Thomas Smith *1693: William Shaw *1694: Richard Dobbs *1695: Clotworthy Upton *1696: Sir Robert Adair *1697: Michael Harrison *1698: Edmond Ellis *1699: Andrew Clements *1700: John O'Neill *1701: John Davys

Anne, 1702–1714

*1702: Benjamin Galland *1703: Charles O'Neill *1704: Brent Spencer *1705: John Davys *1706: Westerna Warring *1707: Edward Clements *1708: Benjamin Galland *1709: Arthur Davys *1710: William Shaw *1711: Andrew Clements *1712: Westerna Warring *1713: Brent Spencer

George I, 1714–1727

*1714: Robert Green *1715: Edmund T. Stafford *1716: Edward Clements *1717: James Hamilton *1718: William Moore *1719: Hercules Upton *1720:

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*1721: Francis Clements *1722: Henry O'Hara *1723: William Johnston *1724: Ezekiel William Crombie *1725: Ezekiel Davys Wiilson *1726: Sir Robert Adair

George II, 1727–1760

*1727: Rowley Hill *1728: John Skeffington *1729: Charles O'Neill *1730: Valentine Jones *1731: Alexander Stuart *1732: John Moore *1733: Hector McNeill *1734: Hugh Boyd *1735: John Houston *1736: Clotworthy O'Neill *1737: Hill Wilson *1738: Edward Smith *1739: Davys Wilson *1740: William Boyd *1741: Conway Spencer *1742: Felix O'Neill *1743: George Macartney *1744: William Agnew *1745: Charles MacDaniel *1746: John Cuppage *1747: Edmund MacNaghten *1748: Edward Brice *1749: Roger MacNeill *1750: Roger Moore *1751: John Dunkin *1752: Conway Richard Dobbs *1753: Robert Adair *1754: Bernard O'Neill *1755: John Rowan *1756: John MacNaghten *1757: Arthur Upton *1758: Charles O'Hara *1759: James Leslie

George III, 1760–1820

*1760: Richard Magenis *1761: Alexander Boyd *1762: Alexander Stuart *1763: John Henry *1764: Rowley Heylands *1765: Charles Hamilton *1766: Alexander MacAuley *1767: Sampson Moore *1768: Thomas Thomson *1769: Bryan MacManus *1770: Alexander Legge *1771: Randal William MacDonnell, Viscount Dunluce *1772: John O'Neill *1773: Hugh Boyd *1774: St John O'Neill *1775: Robert Morris Jones † / succeeded by Samuel Bristow *1776: Ezekiel Davies Boyd *1777:

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*1778: William Moore *1779: Robert Rowan *1780: William Legge *1781: Bartholomew MacNaghten *1782: Alexander MacManus *1783: John Brown *1784: John Crombie *1785: Henry O'Hara *1786: John Allen *1787: Robert Gage *1788: Henry W. Shaw *1789: Charles Crymble *1790: Samuel Allen *1791: Richard Gervais Kerr *1792: Hugh Boyd *1793: Edmund Alexander Macnaghten *1794: Roger Moore *1795: Stewart Banks *1796: James Watson *1797: Hon. Chichester Skeffington *1798: James Stewart Moore *1799: James Leslie *1800: George A. MacCleverty *1801: Thomas Benjamin Adair *1802: Langford Heylands *1803:

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*1804: Hugh Montgomery *1805: Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, 2nd Bt *1806: Hon. John Bruce O'Neill *1807: Francis MacNaghten *1808: William Moore *1809: Stephen Moore *1810: Ezekiel Boyd *1811: James Caulfield *1812: John Campbell *1813: George Bristow *1814: John Rowan *1815: James Agnew Farrell *1816: Robert Thompson *1817: Samuel Thompson *1818: Hon. Thomas Henry Skeffington *1819: John Montgomery

George IV, 1820–1830

*1820: Edmund MacDonald *1821: John Cromie *1822: Hon. Hercules Rowley Pakenham *1823: William Wallace Legge *1824: Francis Turnley *1825: George Hutchinson of Ballymoney *1826: Alexander MacManus *1827: John MacCance *1828: Cunningham Gregg *1829: Nicholas de la Cherois-Crommelin

William IV, 1830–1837

*1830: Richard Magennis *1831: George H. Macartney *1832: Alexander McNeill *1833: Charles O'Hara *1834: David Kerr *1835: Hugh Leckey of Beardiville *1836: Edward Bruce of Scoutbush

Victoria, 1837–1901

*1837: Edmund C. MacNaghten *1838: James Owens *1839: James Agnew *1840: T. Gregg *1841:

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*1842:

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*1843: John MacNeill *1844: John MacGildowney *1845: John White *1846: Thomas Morres Hamilton Jones of Moneyglass House *1847: William Moore *1848: Charles MacGarel *1849: James Stewart Moore *1850: Alexander Montgomery *1851: James Thomson Tennant *1852: Robert Smyth *1853: Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, 1st Baron Waveney *1854: James Edmund Leslie *1855: Ambrose O'Rorke *1856: Robert Grimshaw *1857: David Stewart Ker of Montalto *1858:

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of Springvale, Ballywalter *1859: George Gray *1860: Henry Hugh McNeile *1861: Henry H. H. O'Hara *1862: Frederick Hugh Henry *1863: John Young *1864: *1865: *1866: William Thomas Bristow Lyons *1867: Robert James Montgomery *1868: Richard Henry Magenis *1869: William Coates *1870: Robert James Montgomery *1871: Henry Adair *1872: *1873:

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*1874: Thomas Casement *1875: Robert Jackson Alexander *1876: Sir Charles Lanyon *1877: Sir Francis Edmund Workman-Macnaghten, 3rd Bt *1878: James Owens *1879: Edmund McNeill *1880: James Stewart-Moore *1881: John Casement *1882: *1883: Ogilvie Blair Graham *1884: Anthony Traill *1885: Thomas Montgomery *1886: Samuel Allen *1887: Henry Cole Magenis *1888: Montagu William Edward Dobbs *1889: James Sinclair Cramsie *1890: William Moore *1891: James Macaulay *1892: George Edmondstone Kirk *1893: Victor Coates of Rathmore, Dunmurry *1894: *1895: Harold William Stannus Gray *1896: *1897: Sir William Quartus Ewart, 2nd Bt *1898:

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*1899: Hugh Houston Smiley *1900: George Johnston Preston

Edward VII, 1901–1910

*1901: Robert Henry Sturrock Reade *1902: William Chaine *1903: Thomas Hugh Torrens *1904: William Henry Holmes Lyons *1905:

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*1906: Hercules Arthur Pakenham *1907: James Graham Leslie *1908: Sir William Grey Ellison-Macartney *1909: Archibald Edward Dobbs *1910: John Alexander Montgomery

George V, 1910–1936

*1911: Robert Peel Dawson Spencer Chichester *1912: Sir Thomas James Dixon, 2nd Bt *1913: Edward Johnson Charley *1914: *1915: *1916: Sir William Thompson Adair *1917: John Johnston Kirkpatrick *1918: *1919: *1920: *1921: Arthur Frederick Dobbs *1922: Charles Lewis MacKean *1923: Sir Francis Alexander Macnaghten, 8th Bt *1924: Thomas Kelly Evans Johnston *1925: James Love McFerran *1926: James Young *1927: Robert Arthur Alexander *1928: St Clair Mulholland Dobbs *1929: William Stewart Traill *1930: Hugh Lecky *1931: Sir William Frederick Coates, 1st Bt *1932: Sydney James Lyle *1933: Arthur O'Neill Cubitt Chichester *1934: Sir Robert William Hugh O'Neill, 1st Bt *1935: Godfrey William Ferguson *1936: John Alexander James Montgomery

George VI, 1936–1952

*1937: James Stewart Moore *1938: Robert Christopher Alexander *1939: Anthony O'Brien Traill *1940: Sir George Ernest Clark, 2nd Bt *1941: David Cecil Lindsay *1942:

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*1943: Sydney Adam McNeill *1944: William Samson Moore *1945: William Litton Rowland De Burgh Young *1946: Arthur Cochran Herdman *1947: Henry Adair Allen *1948: Edward Stanley Clarke *1949: Archibald Gordon Edward Turnley *1950: Alexander James Henry Cramsie of O'harabrook, Ballymoney *1951: Francis Casement