The High Sheriff of Louth was the Crown's representative for County Louth, a territory known as his bailiwick. 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.
The office of High Sheriff is the oldest under the British crown. It was established in Louth in 1227 and remained first in precedence in the county until the reign of Edward VII, when an Order in Council in 1908 gave the Lord-Lieutenant the prime office under the Crown as the Sovereign's personal representative. In the United Kingdom, the High Sheriff remains the Sovereign's county representative for all matters relating to the Judiciary and the maintenance of law and order. The office of High Sheriff of Louth was abolished in 1922 when the Irish Free State became largely independent.
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The High Sheriff of Louth was the Crown s representative for County Louth a territory known as his bailiwick 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 Contents 1 History 2 High Sheriffs of County Louth 3 17th century 4 18th century 5 19th century 6 20th century 7 ReferencesHistory editThe office of High Sheriff is the oldest under the British crown It was established in Louth in 1227 and remained first in precedence in the county until the reign of Edward VII when an Order in Council in 1908 gave the Lord Lieutenant the prime office under the Crown as the Sovereign s personal representative In the United Kingdom the High Sheriff remains the Sovereign s county representative for all matters relating to the Judiciary and the maintenance of law and order The office of High Sheriff of Louth was abolished in 1922 when the Irish Free State became largely independent High Sheriffs of County Louth edit1234 Ralph de Pitchford 1 1270 1272 John de Pitchford 1 1274 John de Baskervill 1 1275 Roger de Crumba 1 1281 1284 Nicholas de Netterville 1 1285 1291 William de Spineto 1287 Nicholas de Netterville 1 1291 Thomas de Stanley 1 1293 Richard Taaffe 1 1297 William de Hatch 1 1310 William Dowdall 1 1311 Richard Gernon murdered 1315 Richard Taaffe 1329 Geoffrey de Brandwade 1 1331 John Gernon 1346 James Audley 1355 John Clinton or Clintoun also Escheator for Louth 1375 John Dowdall 1377 John Taaffe 1381 Peter Peppard 1385 Milo Haddesor 1386 George Telyng 1400 Thomas Talbot 1401 Walter Plunkett 1402 John Clynton of Keppock 1403 Sir John Bedilowe Kt 1405 John Dowdall killed 1407 John Cusack 1408 John Cusack 1410 Walter Plunkett second term 1424 Sir James White 1425 Sir John Bellew Kt 1426 John Bellew 1427 John Bellew 1440 Sir Nicholas Taaffe 1496 Patrick Plunkett 1497 Richard Plunkett 1499 John Gernon of Killencoole 1558 Edward Gernon of Gernonstown 1562 Sir John Bellew 1578 Roger Gernon or Garland 1593 Thomas Gernon 1594 Roger Gernon 1595 Rice Jones 1596 Rice Jones17th century edit1613 Ambrose Jones 1634 James Clinton of Clintonstown 1640 Bartholomew White 1642 Anthony Townley 1643 Anthony Townley 1644 Anthony Townley 1655 William Taylor 1656 William Toxteth 1657 James Smallwood 1658 1659 John Ruxton 1660 John Ruxton 1661 John Fowke 1662 Nicholas Moore 1663 Sir James Graham 1664 Sir Thomas Bramhall 1st Baronet 2 1665 Thomas Toxteth 1666 Wolstan Dixie 1667 Arthur Brownlow 1668 Major James Garstin 1669 William Armitage 1670 William Disney 1671 Henry Bellingham 1672 Henry Townley 1673 William Peppard 1674 John Ruxton 1675 John Thomlinson 1676 Timothy Armitage Thomas Franke 1677 James Smallwood 1678 James Smallwood 1679 John Pepper 1680 Nehemiah Donellan 1681 1682 Robert Moore 1683 Robert Moore 2nd year 1684 Thomas Bellingham John Holt 1685 Norman Garstin 1686 Sir Patrick Bellew 1st Baronet 2 1687 Roger Bellew 1688 Roger Bellew 1689 John Taaffe 1690 Thomas Bellingham 1691 Henry Tichbourne 1692 Joseph Tomlinson 1693 William Barron 1694 Blayney Townley 1695 William Render 1696 John Smith 1697 John Graham 1698 John Keating 1699 18th century edit1700 James Tisdall 1701 Joseph Tomlinson 1702 Timothy Armitage 1703 Edward Singleton 1704 William Stannus 2 1705 William Eccleston of Drumshallon 1706 Henry Tichbourne 1707 John Ruxton 1708 William Brabazon 1709 Thomas Fortescue 1710 Thomas Clarke 1711 William Fortescue 1712 1713 James Leigh 1714 Peter Ludlow of Ardsallagh Castle 1715 William Aston of Beaulieu 2 1716 Thomas Tippin 1717 James Tisdall 1718 Robert Sibthorpe 1719 William Moore 1720 Randle Hern 1721 Ephraim Dawson Thomas Tipping James Stannus 2 1722 George Ball 1723 John Pepper of Pepper s Town 1724 Nicholas Moore of Ardastowne 1725 Stephen Sibthorpe 1726 Harry Townley 1727 Thomas Fortescue 1728 William Ruxton of Ardee 1729 Brabazon Newcomen 1730 Brabazon Eccleston of Drumshallon 1731 Wallop Brabazon of Killelly 1732 Richard Hansard of Peghanstown 1733 John Sotheby 1734 Henry Bellingham jnr of Castle Bellingham 1735 James Wallace 1736 Robert Parkinson 1737 John Taaffe 1738 John Graham 1739 Thomas Tennison of Thomastown 1740 Rt Hon William Graham of Castlering 1741 James Poe of Dromgoldstown 1742 Tichborne Aston 2 1743 John Harper of Mell 1744 Trevor Stannus of Stannus Hill 2 1745 Thomas Tipping of Castletown 1746 William Henry Fortescue 1st Earl of Clermont 2 1747 William Lee 1748 Ephraim Stannus of Carlingford 1749 Arthur Craven of Dromcashill 1750 Edward Smith of Maine 1751 William Brabazon of Willville 1752 Ross Moore of Carlingford 1753 Oliver Plunkett of Louth Hall 1754 William Foster of Dunleare 1755 James Fortescue 1756 Robert Sibthorpe 1757 James Hamilton 2nd Earl of Clanbrassill 2 1758 Anthony Foster of Dunleare 1759 Robert Ball of Priorstown 1760 Latham Blacker 1761 Blayney Townley Balfour of Townley Hall 1762 Edward Tipping of Ballraggin 1763 Anthony Garstin of Bragganstown 1764 William Eccleston of Termafikin 1765 Thomas Newcomen of Callistown 1766 Richard Dawson jnr of Atherdee 1767 Charles Craven of Applefield 1768 John McClintock 1769 John Foster of Collon 1770 Thomas Fortescue of Dromiskin 2 1771 Blayney Townley Balfour of Townley Hall 1772 William Eccleston of Drumshallon 1773 William Filgate of Lissreny 1774 John Bowes Benson of Catherine Grove 1775 Samuel Poe of Poe s Court 1776 John William Foster of Rosy Park 1777 Edward Smith Stafford of Maine 1778 Thomas Lee of Tullykeel 1779 William Shiels of Newtown Darver 1780 Philip Brabazon of Belleview 1781 Henry Bellingham of Castle Bellingham 1782 John Thomas Foster of Dunleer 1783 Richard Cooper of Rathescar 1784 Henry Coddington of Dunleer 2 1785 Charles Cobbe of Dowdstown 1786 Thomas James Fortescue of Ravensdale 1787 Matthew Fortescue of Stephenstown 1788 James Tisdall of Bawn 1789 Turner Camac of Greenmount Lodge 1790 Henry Foster of Green Mount 1791 Thomas William Filgate of Arthurstown 2 1792 Hon Mathew Plunkett of Charlestown 1793 Blayney Townley Balfour of Townley Hall 1794 Francis Manning of Drakestown 1795 Nicholas Coddington 2 1796 John Burne jnr 1797 William Latham Blacker Hamlin of Rath Esker Lodge 1798 John McClintock jnr of Drumcar 2 1799 Wallop Brabazon of Rath19th century edit1800 Chichester Fortescue 2 1801 Turner Macan of Greenmount Lodge 1802 John Strahan of Dundalk 1804 Francis Eastwood of Killincoole 1805 Francis Eastwood of Killincoole 1806 John Bolton of Maine 1807 Alexander Filgate of Lisrenny 1808 John Page of Dundalk 1809 Robert Thompson of Anagassan 1810 Henry Brabazon of Dromiskin 1811 Right Hon Thomas Henry Foster of Collon 1812 Hon Robert Jocelyn Viscount Jocelyn replaced by Charles Eastwood of Castletown 1813 Philip Pendleton of Dromgooldstown 1814 Matthew Fortescue of Stephenstown 1815 George Shiels Eccleston of Dromiskin 1816 Brabazon Disney Shiel of Newtown Darver 1817 Turner Macan of Greenmount Castlebellingham 1818 Faithful Fortescue of Conderry 1819 William Parkinson Ruxton of Red House 1820 Thomas Lee Norman of Corbollis 1821 Faithful William Fortescue of Miltown Grange 1822 Thomas Tisdall 1823 John Fitzherbert Ruxton of Ardee House 2 1824 James Thomas Townley Tisdall of Bawn 3 1825 Nathaniel Manning of Drakestown 1826 John Woolsey of Milestown Castlebellingham 1827 Robert Portland of Blackhail Drogheda 4 1828 Berkeley Buckingham Stafford 5 1829 Sir Alan Edward Bellingham 3rd Baronet of Castlebellingham 2 1830 Turner Macan of Greenmount Castlebellingham 1831 Patrick Bellew 1st Baron Bellew of Barmeath 2 1832 William Filgate of Lisrenny 2 1833 Edward Tipping of Bellurgan Park 1834 Francis Donagh of Newtown 1835 George Taaffe of Smarmore Castle 1836 Mathew O Reilly of Thomastown 1837 Henry Chester of Cartown Drogheda 1838 Michael Chester of Stone House 1839 Thomas Fortescue 1st Baron Clermont of Dromisken 2 1840 John McClintock 1st Baron Rathdonnell 2 1841 Blaney Balfour jnr of Townley Hall Dunleer 1842 Robert Jocelyn Viscount Jocelyn of Dundalk 1843 Samuel McClintock of Newtown Drogheda 1844 Sir Richard Robinson 2nd Baronet of Rokeby Hall Dunleer 1845 Frederick J Foster Castle Ring 6 1846 Lewis Upton of Glyde Farm Ardee 1847 William Ruxton of Ardee House Ardee 1848 Miles William O Reilly of Knockabbey Castle Louth 1849 Sir John Stephen Robinson 3rd Baronet of Rokeby Hall Dunleer 1850 Sir Frederick George Foster 2nd Baronet 7 1851 George Ruxton of Rahanna Ardee 2 1852 John Murphy of Castletown Dundalk 1853 Richard Macan of Greenmount Castlebellingham 1854 Edward Joseph Bellew 2nd Baron Bellew of Barmeath 2 1855 Richard Thomas Montgomery of Beaulieu Drogheda 1856 Myles Taaffe of Smarmore Ardee 1857 Matthew O Reilly Dease of Charleville Dunleer 1858 Michael Carraher of Cardistown Ardee 1859 Arthur Blackburn of Corderry Ardee 1860 Laurence Waldron of Ballybrack Dalkey Co Dublin 1861 Lieut Col John Charles William Fortescue of Stephenstown Dundalk 1862 Henry Edward Singletown of Hazley Heath Hampshire 1863 Charles Brinsley Marlay 1864 Edward Singleton Belpatrick Collon 1865 Henry St George Smith of Piperstown Drogheda 1866 St Clair Kilburn Mulholland of Kelburn 2 1867 Charles Cobbe of Newbridge Donabate 2 1868 William Woolsey of The Crescent Castlebellingham 1869 Ralph Smyth of Newtown House Drogheda 1870 James Hugh Smith Barry 2 1871 Richard Altamont Smythe of Newtown Drogheda 1872 John Arthur Henry Moore Brabazon 2 1873 Robert Foster Dunlop of Monasterboice Ho Collon 1874 Thomas Mahon Richardson of Prospect Dundalk 1875 John Frederick Foster of Glyde Court Ardee 1876 Percy Fitzgerald of Fane Valley Dundalk 1877 Arthur Pemberton Heywood Lonsdale 1878 John Taafe of Smarmoor Castle 8 1879 William de Salis Filgate of Lissrenny 2 1880 John R Garstin 1881 John Alexander Lee Norman of Corbollis Ardee 1882 Arthur Macan of Drumcashel Castlebellingham 1883 Conway Edward Dobbs 2 1884 Philip Callan of Dowdstown Ardee 1885 Blayney Reynell Townley Balfour of Townley Hall Drogheda 1886 Thomas Plunkett Cairnes Stameen Drogheda 1887 George Charles Smyth of Newtown Drogheda 1888 Malcolm Brown Murray of Roden Place Dundalk 1889 Major Gen O Brien Bellingham Woolsey of Milestown Castlebellingham 1890 Patrick Ternan of Listoke Drogheda 1891 John Coleman Kiernan of Rathbrist Drogheda 1892 Patrick Casey Connolly of Beaulieu Drogheda 1893 Henry Chester of Williamstown Castlebellingham 1894 Edmond O Conor of Charleville Dunleer 1895 Charles Bertram Bellew 3rd Baron Bellew of Barmeath 2 1896 Major James Patrick Waldron 1897 Alan Henry Bellingham 4th Baronet 2 1898 Sir Gerald Collingwood Robinson 4th Baronet of Rokeby Hall Dunleer 1899 Henry J Daly of Donacarney House Drogheda 20th century edit1900 Capt Mark Singleton 1901 Sir Augustus Vere Foster 4th Baronet of Glyde Court Ardee 1902 George Leopold Bryan 4th Baron Bellew of Barmeath 2 1903 Major Matthew Charles Edward Fortescue of Stephenstown Dundalk 1904 William Bellingham Jameson of Beaulieu Drogheda 1905 Richard Walter Walsh of Williamstown Castlebellingham 1906 John Roland Singleton of Mell Drogheda 1907 George Joseph Taaffe of Smarmore Castle 8 1908 Blayney Reynall Townley Balfour of Townley Hall Drogheda 1909 John James Eastwood Bigger of Falmore Hall Dundalk 1910 Richard Johnston Montgomery of Killineer House Drogheda 1911 Alfred Bellingham Cairnes of Listoke Drogheda 1912 John Dobbin Bell of Killin Dundalk 1913 Maxwell Thomas Moore Boyle of Dundalk 1914 Captain George Knaggs of Corderry 1915 William Townley George Seymour Macartney Filgate 1916 Thomas William Bell of Dundalk 1917 Thomas Callan Macardle of Dundalk 1918 Charles Davis Guinness of Dundalk 2 References editHigh Sheriffs 1361 1918 a b c d e f g h i j k The English in Louth 1170 1330 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag The peerage Retrieved 23 April 2011 High Sheriffs 1824 The Connaught Journal 1 March 1824 Retrieved 10 May 2011 New Sheriffs The Kilkenny Independent Retrieved 28 April 2011 Burke Bernard Fox 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