The High Sheriff of Queen's County was the British Crown's judicial representative in
Queen'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, an
Order in Council
An Order-in-Council is a type of legislation in many countries, especially the Commonwealth realms. In the United Kingdom this legislation is formally made in the name of the monarch by and with the advice and consent of the Privy Council (''Kin ...
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 Queen's County (County Laois) unless stated otherwise.
High Sheriffs of Queen's County
*1579: Robert Bowen of
Ballyadams
*1593: Terence O'Dempsey, 1st
Viscount Clanmalier
*1623: Barnaby or Brian Oge Dunn of Brittas
*1627: Sir Walter Crosbie, 1st Baronet
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*1637: Gerald Fitzgerald of Tymogue and Moret and Loughcurran][
*1663: Thomas Pigott of Capard]["Genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland"]
*1677: Edward Brereton[
*1689: Sir Gregory Byrne, 1st Baronet][
*1704: Gerald Fitzgerald of Coolanowle][
*1732: Lewis Moore I
*1736: Lewis Moore of Cremorgan][
]
George III, 1760–1820
*1760: Lewis Moore II of Durrow
*1763: Stephen Cassan of Sheffield House[The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 147]
*1764:
*1772: Richard Croasdaile of Rynn[
*1782: Jonathan Chetwode of Woodbrook][
*1782: John Adair of Rath
*1783: Matthew Cassan of Sheffield House][Complete Baronetage, p.383]
*1794: John or George Hartpole
*1795: Joshua Kemmis of Knightstown[A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland]
*1799: Thomas Murray Prior (1773-1854)
*1800: Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 6th Baronet
A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14t ...
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*1801: Richard Warburton of Garryhinch][Papers by Command-Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons-Volume 6]
*1805: John Bland[
*1806: Robert Laurenson][
*1807: Gilbert fitz Gerald][
*1808: Sir George Pigott][
*1809: Thomas Cosby of Stradbally Hall][
*1811: Lancelot Croasdaile of Rynn][
*1814: Lord Henry Seymour Moore][
*1816: James White of Aghavoe][
*1817: Sir Walter Dixon Borrowes, 7th Baronet][
*1818: Robert White of Old Park (Grantston Manor)][
*1819: Sir Robert Staples][
*1820: Hugh Aldborough-Bowen][
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George IV, 1820–1830
*1821: Pierce Moore[
*1822: George Adair of Rath][
*1823: Hon. Lionel Dawson][
*1824: Henry Smith, of Mount Henry
*1825: Edward John Johnson-Walsh, later Sir Edward Johnson-Walsh, 2nd Baronet of Ballykilcavan.
*1827: Hon. John Vesey, of Abbeyleix
*1828: Lewis Moore III
*1829: John Warburton of Garryhinch]
William IV, 1830–1837
*1831: William Cope Cooper of Cooper's Hill["The Heraldic Calendar"]
*1836: John Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Castletown
John Wilson FitzPatrick, 1st Baron Castletown PC (23 September 1811 – 22 January 1883), known as John Wilson until 1842, was an Irish Liberal politician.
Castletown was the illegitimate son of John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory, ...
of Upper Ossory[
]
Victoria, 1837–1901
*1839: Sir Anthony Weldon, 4th Baronet of Rahan, Ballylinan[
*1854: John Allen Johnson-Walsh, later Sir (John) Allen Johnson-Walsh, 4th Baronet][
*1857: James Butler of Lamberton Park][
*1858: John Grace of Gracefield, Athy
*1859: ]Edmund Gerald Dease
Edmund Gerald Dease (6 September 1829 – 17 July 1904) was an Irish Home Rule League and Liberal politician.
He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Queen's County at a by-election in 1870 as a Liberal candidate, and won the seat agai ...
of Rath House[
*1862: M.J.Sweetman of Lamberton Park, Maryborough.
*1863: Robert Ashworth Godolphin Cosby of Stradbally Hall][
*1869: Richard Warburton of Garryhinch][A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, 1912, Bernard Burke]
*1876: Bernard Edward Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 2nd Baron Castletown
Bernard Edward Barnaby FitzPatrick, 2nd Baron Castletown, KP, CMG, PC (I) (29 July 1848 – 29 May 1937) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Conservative Member of Parliament.
Biography
Life
Castletown was the son of John FitzPatrick, 1st Bar ...
of Upper Ossory
Upper Ossory () was an administrative barony in the south and west of Queen's County (now County Laois) in Ireland. In late Gaelic Ireland it was the túath of the Mac Giolla Phádraig ( Fitzpatrick) family and a surviving remnant of the once l ...
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*1877:
*1878: Francis Plunkett Dunne of Brittas.
*1880: ]Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 9th Baronet
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.[
*1881: William Duckett of ]Duckett's Grove
Duckett's Grove ''(Irish: Garrán Duckett)'' is a ruined 19th-century great house and former estate in County Carlow, Ireland. Belonging to the Duckett family, the house was formerly the focal point of a estate, and dominated the local land ...
.[
*1886: ]Eyre Coote Eyre Coote may refer to:
*Eyre Coote (East India Company officer) (1726–1783), Irish soldier and Commander-in-chief of India
*Eyre Coote (British Army officer) (1762–1823), Irish-born general in the British Army
* Eyre Coote (MP) (1806–1834), ...
.[
*1886: William Gilbert of Killeen, Portarlington.]Ballinakill
Ballinakill () is a small village in County Laois, Ireland on the R432 regional road between Abbeyleix, Ballyragget and Castlecomer, County Kilkenny. As of the 2016 census, there were 445 people living in Ballinakill.
History
From 1613 unti ...
.
*1892: Sir Percy Raymond Grace, 4th Baronet of Boley.
*1893: Standish Grady John Parker-Hutchinson of Timoney Park and Castle Lough, Tipperary
Tipperary is the name of:
Places
*County Tipperary, a county in Ireland
**North Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Nenagh
**South Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Clonmel
*Tipperary (town), County Tipperary's na ...
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*1897: Sir Algernon Coote, 11th Baronet.
*1900: Sir Hunt Henry Allen Johnson-Walsh, 5th Baronet.]
Edward VII, 1901–1910
*1902: Matthew Henry Franks of Westfield.
George V, 1910–1936
*1910:
*1911: Leigh Sadleir Stoney of Forrest.[
*1912: Humphrey Loftus Bland of Blandsfort.]Castle Durrow
Castle Durrow is an 18th-century country house in Durrow, County Laois, Ireland. The house was built in the pre-Palladian design and formal gardens that were popular in the 18th century.
History
The house was built between 1712-1716 by Colone ...
. [
]
References
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