The High Sheriff of Carlow was the British Crown's judicial representative in
County Carlow
County Carlow ( ; ga, Contae Cheatharlach) is a county located in the South-East Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Carlow is the second smallest and the third least populous of Ireland's 32 traditional counties. Carlow Cou ...
, Ireland from the 14th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Carlow County Sheriff. The sheriff had judicial, electoral, ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs. In 1908, an
Order in Council
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made the
Lord-Lieutenant
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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 Carlow unless stated otherwise.
High Sheriffs of County Carlow
*1356: William Vale
[''Close Roll 32 Edward III'' ]
*1358 :William Valle, again
*1374: Geoffrey Vale
*1405: Richard fitz Esmond Butler
[''Patent Roll 6 Henry IV'' ]
*1583:
George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes
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*1612:
Sir Thomas Butler, 1st Baronet of Cloughgrenan
*1619: Nicholas Harman of Carlow
[A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, 1912, Bernard Burke]
*1622:
Sir Thomas Butler, 1st Baronet of Cloughgrenan
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*1641: Edward Butler
*1650: Henry Prittie][
*1662: Thomas Burdett of Dunmore][Complete Baronetage, p.345]
*1670: Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet
Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet of Cloughgrenan (a townland near Carlow), (died c. February 1704) was an Irish baronet and politician.
He was the son of Sir Edmund Butler, 2nd Baronet and Juliana Hyde, daughter of Bernard Hyde. By 1650, he succe ...
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*1686: William Brereton][
*1691: ]Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet
Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet of Cloughgrenan (a townland near Carlow), (died c. February 1704) was an Irish baronet and politician.
He was the son of Sir Edmund Butler, 2nd Baronet and Juliana Hyde, daughter of Bernard Hyde. By 1650, he succe ...
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*1694: Edmond Jones ][
*1695: Benjamin Bunbury of Killerig
*1700: Urban Vigors
*1701: Sir Thomas Burdett, 1st Baronet of Garryhill][
*1707: Digby Berkeley ][
*1708: Thomas Bernard of Oldtown and Clonmulsh][
*1713: Benjamin Bunbury
*1714: Richard Vigors
*1715: Henry Percy ][ ]
*1716: Charles Nuttall [
*1717: Wentworth Harman ][
*1718: Charles Bernard of Bernard's Grove][
*1721: Richard Wolseley ][
*1722: William Pendred ][
*1724: Samuel Burton of Burton Hall, Carlow][
*1733: Denny Cuffe
*1736: Benjamin Burton of Burton Hall, Carlow][
*1743: I. Thomas Trench
*1744: Jacob Peppard Warren
*1751: George Brereton][
*1754: ]Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow
Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow PC (I) (29 August 1727 – 26 June 1789) was an Anglo-Irish politician and nobleman.
Early life
Ralph Howard was born on 29 August 1727 at Shelton Abbey, County Wicklow, the eldest son of seven children born ...
*1760: Benjamin Burton of Burton hall, Carlow
George III, 1760–1820
*1761: Thomas Bunbury
*1762:
*1766: John Vigors of Old Leighlin
*1767: Vesey Colclough
*1768:
*1769: William Bunbury
*1770: Clement Wolseley
*1771: Thomas Whelan
*1772:
*1773: John Perkins
*1775: Benjamin Burton Doyne[
*1776: James Garrett of Janeville][ Google Books]
*1777: George Bunbury of Rathmore
*1782: Richard Mercer, of Lodge
*1783: William Vicars, of Ballinakill
*1784: Sir Richard Butler, 7th Baronet
Sir Richard Butler, 7th Baronet (14 July 1761 – 16 January 1817) was an Anglo-Irish politician.
He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet and his wife Dorothea Bayly, daughter of Very Rev. Edward Bayly, Archdeacon of Dublin. In ...
of Garyhunden
*1785: Henry Bruen of Sportland
*1787: Robert Cornwall
*1788:
*1789: Harry Bunbury Lodge
*1790:
*1794: John Drought
*1794: William Browne[
*1795: John Maxwell Barry of Newtownbarry
*1797: John Newton][
*1800: Edward Eustace of Castlemore
*1802: John Bennett
*1804: Henry Colclough][
*1805: David Latouche of Upton][Papers by Command-Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons-Volume 16]
*1806: William Garrett of Janeville[
*1807: Robert Anthony Latouche, jnr][
*1808: Robert Marshall][
*1809: John Cornwall][
*1810: Benjamin Disraeli of Bettyville House, Carlow (uncle of British PM)
*1811: William Knott][
*1812: Gilbert Pickering Rudkin of Wells][
*1813: James Eustace of Castlemore][
*1814: Beauchamp Colclough][ and Henry Colclough][
*1815: Henry Guy Colclough][
*1817: John Faulkner Cornwall][
*1818: Sir Thomas Butler, 8th Baronet][
*1819: John Dawson Duckett of Duckett's Grove][
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George IV, 1820–1830
*1820: Sir Charles Burton, 3rd Baronet[
*1821: William Richard Stewart][
*1822: William Fitzwilliam Burton of Burton Hall][
*1823: John Staunton Rochfort][
*1824: John Alexander, jnr. of Milford,
*1825: William Duckett][
*1827: W.Newton
*1828: John James Lecky of Ballykealey][A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland]
William IV, 1830–1837
*1831: Robert Clayton Browne of Browne's Hill[
*1834: Philip Bagnall of Drumleckney
*1835: James Hardy Eustace of Hardymount and Castlemore][
*1836: Sir Richard Pierce Butler, 9th Baronet][
*1837: George R. Keogh
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Victoria, 1837–1901
*1838: John George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough[
*1839:
*1840: Horace William Noel Rochfort, of Clogrenane]["Genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland"]
*1841:
*1842: Hon. Somerset Richard Maxwell of Mountnugent
*1843: Thomas Tench Vigors of Erindale[
*1846: Philip Jocelyn Newton][
*1850: Beauchamp Bartholomew Newton][
*1851: Charles William Cuffe Burton, 5th Baronet][
*1852: Sir Clement Wolseley, 5th Baronet of Mount Wolseley
*1853: John Beauchamp Brady of Myshall House
*1854: William Duckett of Duckett's Grove][
*1855: Rt Hon Henry Bruen][
*1856: John Newton][
*1857: ]Arthur MacMorrough Kavanagh
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Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh was born on 25 March 1831 at Borris House in Cou ...
, The MacMorrough[
*1858: Denis William Pack-Beresford of Fenagh Lodge, Bagnalstown
*1859: William Clayton Browne-Clayton][
*1860: John Lecky Watson of Kiloonnor, Fenagh
*1861: Sir John Richard Wolseley, 6th Baronet, of Castletown
*1862: Hardy Eustace of Castlemore and Hardymount][
*1863:
*1864: John Frederic Lecky of Ballykealey.]Rathvilly
Rathvilly () is a village in County Carlow, Ireland. The village is located on the River Slaney near the border with County Wicklow, 11 km from Tullow and 8 km from Baltinglass. It is also on the N81 national secondary route. Rathvill ...
, Baltinglass
Baltinglass, historically known as Baltinglas (), is a town in south-west County Wicklow, Ireland. It is located on the River Slaney near the border with County Carlow and County Kildare, on the N81 road.
Etymology
The town's Irish name, ''Be ...
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*1866: Sir Thomas Pierce Butler, 10th Baronet of Ballintemple, Tullow
Tullow (; , formerly ''Tulach Ó bhFéidhlim/ Tullowphelim'') is a market town in County Carlow, Ireland. It is located on the River Slaney where the N81 road intersects with the R725. , the population was 4,673.
History
There is a statue of ...
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*1867: Maurice James Eustace of Newstown.][
*1869: Philip Charles Newton.][
*1870: John Cornwall Brady of ]Myshall
Myshall () is a small village 22 km southeast of Carlow town, on the slopes of Mount Leinster, in County Carlow, Ireland. It is situated on the R724 regional road.
Adelaide Memorial Church
The Church of Ireland Adelaide Memorial Chur ...
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*1874: James Eustace of Newstown.][
*1875: Charles Mervyn Doyne.][
*1875: Peter George FitzGerald, 1st Baronet.][
*1876: Thomas Kane McClintock-Bunbury, 2nd Baron Rathdonnell][
*1878: James Walter Milles Stopford, 6th Earl of Courtown.][
*1879: Charles Edward Henry Duckett-Steuart of Rutland Lodge.][
*1880: John William McClintock-Bunbury.][
*1881:
*1882: Robert Abraham Brewster French-Brewster of Cloonanartmore.]Walter MacMurrough Kavanagh
The Rt. Hon. Walter MacMurrough Kavanagh, PC (14 January 1856 – 18 July 1922), was a Member of Parliament (MP) who represented County Carlow from 1908 to 1910.
He was the son of Mary Frances () and Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh who also served a ...
of Borris.[
*1887: Ambrose More-O'Ferrall of Balyna, ]Co. Kildare
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.Knight of Kerry
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*1890: Denis Robert Pack-Beresford of Fenagh House.[
*1896: Robert Westley Hall-Dare][
*1897: William Peisley Hutchinson Lloyd-Vaughan.][
*1898: ]Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough
Memorial in the chapel at Stansted Park
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Ponsonby was the eldest son of Reveren ...
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*1899: Thomas Herbert Robertson.[
*1900: John Bonham of Ballintaggart.][
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Edward VII, 1901–1910
*1901: Godwin Butler Meade Swifte of Swiftsheath and Foulksrath Castle and Lionsden[
*1903: Louis Perrin-Hatchell of Fortfield House
*1904: Henry Philip Newton of ]Mount Leinster
Mount Leinster ( ga, Stua Laighean) is a mountain in the Republic of Ireland. It straddles the border between Counties Carlow and Wexford, in the province of Leinster. It is the fifth-highest mountain in Leinster after Lugnaquilla , Mullaghclee ...
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*1905: Sir Richard Pierce Butler, 11th Baronet][
*1906: Stanley Edward Denyer of Pollacton
*1907: Lt-Col. Robert Clayton Browne-Clayton, D.S.O., of Browne's Hill ][
*1910: William Fitzwilliam Burton][
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George V 1910–1936
*1911: Walter Henry Mountiford Westropp-Dawson
*1920: Charles Richard Butler[
]
References
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Carlow
Carlow ( ; ) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Ireland, from Dublin. At the 2016 census, it had a combined urban and rural population of 24,272.
The River Barrow flows through the town and forms the historic bounda ...
History of County Carlow