The High Sheriff of Monaghan was the British monarch's representative in

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, a territory known as his

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. 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

The office of High Sheriff was the oldest under the crown. In England it had its establishment before the

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. The High Sheriff remained first in precedence in the counties, until the reign of

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, when an Order in Council in 1908 gave the

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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. 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

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

18th century

19th century

20th century

References

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