The High Sheriff of Westmeath was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Westmeath, Ireland from its creation under The Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543 until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Westmeath County Sheriff. The sheriff had judicial, electoral, ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs. In 1908, an Order in Council 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. The following is an incomplete list: all addresses are in County Westmeath unless stated otherwise.
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The High Sheriff of Westmeath was the British Crown s judicial representative in County Westmeath Ireland from its creation under The Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543 until 1922 when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Westmeath County Sheriff The sheriff had judicial electoral ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs In 1908 an Order in Council 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 The following is an incomplete list all addresses are in County Westmeath unless stated otherwise Contents 1 High Sheriffs of County Westmeath 2 Anne 1702 1714 3 George I 1714 1727 4 George II 1727 1760 5 George III 1760 1820 6 George IV 1820 1830 7 William IV 1830 1837 8 Victoria 1837 1901 9 Edward VII 1901 1910 10 George V 1910 1922 11 ReferencesHigh Sheriffs of County Westmeath Edit1543 Robert Dillon 1557 Sir Oliver Nugent 1 1558 Sir Thomas le Strange 2 1572 1573 Thomas Nugent 1 1574 Thomas mac Riccard Tute of Sonnagh 3 1606 1612 Sir Edmund Fettiplace 1 1642 Edward Tuite of Tuitestown 4 killed in battle 1642 1661 Ridgeley Hatfield 1 1663 Charles Lyons 1692 Walter Pollard jnr 4 1698 Ralph Elrington of Killeenbrack 1 Anne 1702 1714 Edit1703 Edward Bertles 1 1705 Thomas Magan of Togherstown 5 1709 Richard Plummer 4 George I 1714 1727 Edit1715 Thomas Judge of Grangebegg 6 1718 Arthur Reynell of Castle Reynell 4 1720 Richard Berry of Wardenstown 1 1721 Arthur Judge of Bishopstone and later of Mosstown 6 1727 Arthur Reynell of Castle Reynell 4 George II 1727 1760 Edit1728 Hon Humphrey Butler of Belturbet 7 1729 Herbert Price 1729 Major Charles Hampson died 1729 1730 Herbert Price 1731 Charles Lyons of Ledeston Hall 4 1732 Hugh Wilton 1733 Sir Henry Tuite 6th Baronet of Sonagh 1734 William Handcock 1735 John Gay 1736 Judge Rochfort 1737 William Sherlock 1738 Henry Pilkington of Tore 4 1739 Ebenezer Lowe 1740 Nicholas Ogle 1741 Thomas Pakenham 1742 Edmond Hill 1743 Robert Cooke 1744 Isaac Smith 1745 Edmond Reynell 1746 Thomas Smyth of Drumcree 1747 Hans Widman Wood of Rosmead 1748 John Smith 1748 John Meares of Meares Court 4 1749 Edward Magan 1750 Arthur Judge 1751 Benjamin Chapman 1752 Morgan Daly 1753 Duke Tyrrell 1754 Hugh Maguire 1755 Samuel Lowe 1756 Edmond Malone of Baronston 1757 Edmond Malone of Baronston 1758 John Nugent 1759 Arthur Magan of Clonearl 4 1760 Richard Sterne TigheGeorge III 1760 1820 Edit1761 Thomas Adderly 1762 Hon George Augustus Rochfort Lord Belfield later 2nd Earl of Belvedere 1763 Brinsley Butler Hon Lord Newtown 1764 Sir Richard Levinge 4th Baronet 1765 Hon Richard Rochfort Mervyn 1766 Ralph Smith 1767 Joseph Daly 1768 Daniel Chenevix 1769 George Boleyn Whitney 1770 William Smyth of Fieldstown 4 1771 Thomas Fetherstonhaugh 4 1772 George Paul Monk 1773 Peter Delemar 1774 Sir William Pigot Piers 5th Baronet 1775 George Tyrrell 1776 Robert Hodson 1st Baronet of Tuitestown now Greenpark 1777 Hon Robert Rochfort 1778 John Lyons of Ledeston Hall 1779 John Reynell 1780 Richard Malone 1781 Cuthbert Fetherstonhaugh of Mosstown 4 1782 William Fetherstonhaugh 4 1783 John Meares of Meares Court 1784 James Fetherstonhaugh of Bracklyn Castle 4 1785 Hon Robert Moore 1786 Henry Widman Wood 1787 Philip Batty 1788 Henry Purdon 1789 Mark Synnott died 1789 and replaced by James Caulfield Browne 1790 Ralph Smyth of Gaybrook 4 1791 Sir Charles Levinge 5th Baronet 1792 Thomas Hutchinson Smyth 1793 William Smyth of Barbavilla 1794 Sterne Tighe of Carrick 1795 Henry Cope 1796 Gustavus Hume Rochfort of Rochfort 1797 Maurice Nugent O Connor of Mount Pleasant 4 1798 Dillon Pollard 1799 James Nugent of Clonlost 1800 Edward John Briscoe of Riverdale 4 1801 Thomas Fitzgerald Nugent 1802 Alexander Murray 1803 Joseph Morgan Daly 1804 Henry Daniel 1805 Theobald Fetherstonhaugh of Mosstown 4 1806 Robert Cooke 1807 James Gibbons 1808 Sir Richard Levinge 6th Baronet 1809 George Purdon 1810 Walter Nugent 1811 Robert Purdon 1812 William Dutton Pollard of Kinturk and Castle Pollard 4 1813 Ralph Smyth of Glananea 4 1814 John Middleton Berry of Middleton 1815 Robert Handcock Temple of Waterstown 1816 John Charles Lyons of Ledeston Hall 1817 James Gibbons jnr 1818 Peter Purdon 1819 Richard M Reynell 1820 William Henry MaganGeorge IV 1820 1830 Edit1821 Richard Handcock Junior 1822 Hugh Morgan Tuite later of Sonna 1823 Robert Smyth of Drumcree 1824 Thomas James Fetherstonhaugh of Bracklyn Castle 8 1825 Anthony J Doppling of Lowtown 9 1826 Thomas Shugburgh Whitney of Newpass 1827 Sir Robert Arair Hodson 2nd Bt of Holybrooke House co Wicklow 1828 Daniel or David James Hearne 1829 Gustavus Lambert 1830 Robert Smyth of Gaybrook 4 William IV 1830 1837 Edit1831 Hon Augustus Caulfeild Browne 1832 William Barlow Smythe of Barbavilla 1833 Edward Briscoe of Grangemore 4 1834 R W Cooper 1835 Sir Percy Fitzgerald Nugent 1st Bt of Donore 1836 William Chapman of Killua Casle Athboy 10 1837 John EnnisVictoria 1837 1901 Edit1838 James Nugent Count of Holy Roman Empire 1839 Richard Winter Reynell of Killynon 1840 William Pollard of Kinturk 4 1841 Cuthbert Fetherstonhaugh of Mosstown 4 1842 Hercules Robinson R N of Rosmead 1843 George Augustus Boyd of Middleton Park House 1844 Sir Montague Lowther Chapman 3rd Bt of Killua Castle 11 1845 Hon Laurence Harman King Harman of Newcastle 12 1846 Hon Laurence Harman King Harman and Sir George Frederick John Hodson 3rd Bt of Holybrooke House co Wicklow 1847 Richard Steel Fetherston Haugh 1848 James William Middleton Barry of Ballinagall Mullingar 13 1849 Lt Col John Caulfeild of Bloomfield 14 1850 Sir John Hugh Nugent 3rd Bt of Ballinlough 15 1851 Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge 7th Bt 1852 John Richard Malone of Baronston 4 1853 Charles Brinsley Marlay later Rochfort of Belvedere 1854 Sir Francis Hopkins 2nd Bt of Athboy 16 1855 John James Nugent 17 1856 Sir Benjamin James Chapman 4th Bt of Killua Castle 18 1857 Howard Fetherstonhaugh of Bracklyn Castle 19 1858 Thomas James Smyth of Ballynegall 1859 John Longworth of Glynwood 19 1860 Hon Robert Reginald Temple Harris 1861 Hon Henry William Parnell later 3rd Baron Congleton 1862 John Devenish Meares of Meares Court Moyvore 20 1863 1864 John Wilson of Daramona House 4 1865 1866 John James Ennis later 2nd Bt of Ballinahown Court Athlone 1867 Francis Hume Kelly of Glencara 4 1868 Joseph Tuite of Sonna 4 1869 1870 Hon Francis William Browne of Galston Park Killican later 4th Baron Kilmaine 21 1871 Hon George Mostyn 1872 George Nugent Purdon of Lisnabin 4 1872 Hon Sir Leicester Curzon Smyth 4 1873 Walter William Dutton Pollard Urquhart of Castle Pollard 4 1874 James Corry Jones Lowry of Rockdale 4 1875 Joshua Harry Cooper 18 1876 Major Rochfort Hamilton Boyd Rochfort of Middleton Park Castletown 22 1877 William Benjamin Digby of Ballincurra 23 1878 William Edward Smyth of Glananea 4 1879 1880 Captain Crofton Thomas Burton Vandeleur of Wordenstown 4 1881 Henry Loftus Lewis of Violetstown 24 1882 Francis Travers Dames Longworth Q C of Glynwood 4 1883 Charles Kelly of Lunestown 4 1884 Hon Patrick Emilius John Greville Nugent of Clonyn Castle 1885 William Lewis Devenish Meares of Meares Court 4 1886 Harry Corbyn Levinge of Knockdrin Castle 25 1887 Henry Ernest William Fetherstonhaugh Whitney of Newpass 26 1888 William Lyster Smythe 1889 Sir Montagu Richard Chapman 5th Bt of Killua Castle 27 1890 Cecil Howard Digby Fetherstonhaugh of Bracklyn Castle 4 1891 Francis Vansittart Chapman 1892 Col James Smyth of Gaybrook 4 1893 William Evans Esq Gillardstown Killucan 28 1894 William Edward Wilson FRS of Daramona 4 1895 William Bury Homan Mulock 1896 Col John Richard Malone of Baronston 4 1897 Henry Arthur Shuckburgh Upton of Coolatore Moate 1870 1947 29 1898 1899 Captain the Hon Ronald Fulke Greville 1900 Edward Travers Dames Longworth of Glynwood 4 1901 Lt Col Francis Edward Romulus Pollard Urquhart of Castle Pollard 4 Edward VII 1901 1910 Edit1902 Richard William Winter Bayley of Ballinderry 30 1903 Edward Kenrick Bunbury Tighe 31 1904 George Arthur Boyd Rochfort of Middleton Park 4 1905 John David Fetherstonhaugh of Rockview 4 1906 Charles Brinsley Marlay later Rochfort of Belvedere 1907 Hugh Ponsonby Wilson of Coolure 32 1908 Sir Richard William Levinge 10th Bt 31 1909 Major Gerald Dease Turbotston 1910 Gustavus Rochfort Wade later Hyde of Lynnbury 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