High Sheriff of County Cork
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The High Sheriff of County Cork was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Cork
. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff
became an annual appointment following the Provisions of Oxford
in 1258. Besides his judicial importance, the sheriff had ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.
The first (High) Shrievalties were established before the Norman Conquest in 1066 and date back to Saxon times. 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. Despite however that the office retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in a county.
County Cork
County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...
. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff
High Sheriff
A high sheriff is, or was, a law enforcement officer in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.In England and Wales, the office is unpaid and partly ceremonial, appointed by the Crown through a warrant from the Privy Council. In Cornwall, the High Sheriff is appointed by the Duke of...
became an annual appointment following the Provisions of Oxford
Provisions of Oxford
The Provisions of Oxford are often regarded as England's first written constitution ....
in 1258. Besides his judicial importance, the sheriff had ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.
The first (High) Shrievalties were established before the Norman Conquest in 1066 and date back to Saxon times. 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. Despite however that the office retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in a county.
High Sheriffs of County Cork
- 1344: David Barry, 5th Lord Barry
- 1401: John Barry, 7th Lord Barry
- 1403–1415: John Barry, 7th Lord Barry
- 1433: William Barry, 8th Lord Barry
- 1451: William Barry, 8th Lord Barry
- 1461: William Barry, 8th Lord Barry
- 1617: William Galwey
- 1641: John Long of Mount Long
- 1641: Francis Roche
- 1665: Richard Aldworth
- 1671: Richard Townsend
- 1673: Phineas Bury
- 1677: Christopher Crofts
- 1687: William Coppinger
- 1687: Sir Nicholas Browne, 4th Baronet
- 1692: Boyle Aldworth
- 1693: Simon Dring
- 1694: Percy Freke of Rathbarry (afterwards Castle Freke)
- 1704: William Supple
- 1709: Ralph Freke
- 1712: George Crofts
- 1714: Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd BaronetSir Matthew Deane, 3rd BaronetSir Matthew Deane, 3rd Baronet was an Irish baronet and politician.He was the son of Sir Robert Deane, 2nd Baronet and his wife Anne Bettridge, daughter of Colonel William Bettridge./Anne Brettridge, one of the three daughters and co-heiresses of Captain Roger Brettridge of Castles Brettridge,...
of Dromore - 1719: John Causidice Maunsell
- 1724: Richard Aldworth
- 1726: Richard Townsend
- 1736: Nicholas Colthurst
- 1737: Horatio Townsend
- 1738: John Colthurst, later Sir John Colthurst, 1st baronet
- 1747: James Colthurst
- 1749: Samuel Daunt
- 1752: Sir Robert Warren, 1st Baronet
- 1753: Richard TownsendRichard Townsend (politician)Richard Townsend was an Irish politician.He was the oldest son of Richard Townsend, son of Bryan Townsend, and his second wife Elizabeth Beecher, daughter of Henry Beecher and granddaughter of Thomas Beecher. His younger brother was John Townsend. Townsend served as colonel of the Cork Militia and...
- 1755: Philip Oliver
- 1761: Wallis Colthurst
- 1764: Emanuel Moore
- 1773: Sir Robert Tilson Deane, 6th BaronetRobert Deane, 1st Baron MuskerryRobert Tilson Deane, 1st Baron Muskerry PC , known as Sir Robert Deane, 6th Baronet from 1770 to 1781, was an Irish politician....
of Dromore - 1777: Henry Baldwin
- 1778: William Wrixon
- 1781: Sir James Laurence Cotter, 2nd Baronet of Rockforest
- 1784: Philip Allen
- 1785: Richard Boyle TownsendRichard Boyle TownsendRichard Boyle Townsend was an Irish politician.He was the only son of Richard Townsend and his wife Elizabeth FitzGerald, daughter of John FitzGerald, 15th Knight of Kerry. His uncles were Maurice FitzGerald, 16th Knight of Kerry and John Townsend. Townsend entered the Irish House of Commons in...
- 1786: Sir Broderick Chinnery, 1st Baronet
- 1788: Sir Nicholas Colthurst, 3rd Baronet
- 1791: Arthur O'Connor
- 1793: Kilner Brooke Brasier
- 1796: Augustus Louis Warren, later Sir Augustus Louis Carre Warren, 2nd Baronet
- 1798: Samuel Townsend
- 1815: John Michael Wrixon
- 1815: William Johnson
- 1819: Augustus Warren, later Sir Augustus Warren, 3rd Baronet
- 1821: Henry Greene Barry
- 1824: Robert Uniacke Fitz-Gerald, of Lisquinlan
- 1825: J. Smith Barry of Foaty.
- 1826: George Courtenay
- 1827: Simon Dring of Rockgrove
- 1828: Michael Creagh, of Kilbrack, of Doneraile.
- 1828: James John Cummins
- 1829: John Longfield of Longueville
- 1830: Garrett Standish Barry
- 1831: John Hyde
- 1832: Richard Oliver Aldworth
- 1833: Richard Longfield of Longueville (son of John, HS 1829)
- 1834: William Hare, 2nd Earl of ListowelWilliam Hare, 2nd Earl of ListowelWilliam Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel KP , known as Viscount Ennismore from 1827 to 1837, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Member of Parliament....
- 1835: Richard White, 2nd Earl of BantryRichard White, 2nd Earl of BantryRichard White, 2nd Earl of Bantry DL , styled The Honourable from birth until 1816 and subsequently Viscount Berehaven until 1851, was an Irish peer and Conservative politician....
- 1836: Robert Henry King, 4th Earl of Kingston
- 1837: Sir George Goold
- 1838: Nicholas Cummins
- 1840: Horatio Townsend
- 1841: James Barry of Ballyclogh
- 1843: Hon. Arthur Grove Annesley
- 1844: Sir Edward Synge, 3rd Baronet of Kiltrough
- 1845: Hon. Hayes St. Leger of Doneraile House
- 1848: William Henry Hare Hedges-White, 3rd Earl of Bantry
- 1849: Viscount Kilworth, of Moore Park, Kilworth.
- 1850: Sir George Conway Colthurst, 5th Baronet of Ardum Inniscarra
- 1851: Sir James Charles Chatterton, 3rd Baronet
- 1862: Simon Dring
- 1867: Sir Augustus Riversdale Warren, 5th Baronet
- 1868: Richard Wallis Goold-Adams
- 1869: Richard William Aldworth
- 1873: Edward FitzEdmund Burke Roche, 2nd Baron Fermoy
- 1875: James Francis Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon
- 1882: Sir James Laurence Cotter, 4th Baronet
- 1884: Sir George St John Colthurst, 6th Baronet
- 1885: Phineas Bury
- 1886: Arthur Smith-Barry, 1st Baron BarrymoreArthur Smith-Barry, 1st Baron BarrymoreArthur Hugh Smith-Barry, 1st Baron Barrymore PC was an Anglo-Irish Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
- 1889: Henry Winthrop O'Donovan, The O'Donovan
- 1892: Morgan William O'Donovan, The O'DonovanMorgan William II O'DonovanMorgan William II O'Donovan , The O'Donovan, held the position of The O'Donovan from 1890 to his death in 1940. He was the son of Henry Winthrop O'Donovan, The O'Donovan, and Amelia O'Grady, daughter of Gerald de Courcy O'Grady, The O'Grady, and Anne Wise...
- 1896: Mangerton William Arnott
- 1898: John Pretyman NewmanJohn Pretyman NewmanLieutenant-Colonel Sir John Robert Pretyman Newman was an Irish-born British Army officer and Conservative politician....
- 1903: Edward Egerton Leigh-White
- 1907: William Cooke-Collis
- 1910: James Robert Bury-Barry
- 1914: Sir James Laurence Cotter, 5th Bt., formerly of Rockforest
- 1919: Arthur Chaloner Goold-Adams