High Sheriff of Donegal

The High Sheriff of Donegal was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland, from the late 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Irish Free State and replaced by the office of Donegal County Sheriff. The High 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. All addresses are in County Donegal unless stated otherwise.

County Donegal was created in 1607.

High Sheriffs of County Donegal

1640: Henry Vaughan
1664: Thomas Grove of Castle Shanahan
1669: John Nesbitt
1682: Paul Benson
1686: John Forward
1686: Lancelot Carleton ^{[citation needed]}
1687: Charles Hamilton of Cavanough
1694: Sir Francis Hamilton, 3rd Baronet of Killock in the County of Down.^{[citation needed]}
1697: William Stewart, of Fort Stewart

18th century

1707: Charles Stewart of Horn Head House^[1]
1715: Humphrey Wray of Ards
1720: Wybrants Olphert of Ballyness ^[1]
1722: William Babington
1724: Thomas Grove of Castle Shanaghan^[1]
1725: James Nesbitt of Tullydonnell
1727: William Grove of Castle Grove ^[1]
1731: John Galbraith
1732:
1735: James Nesbitt of Boyle
1736:
1737: James Grove of Grovehall ^[1]
1738: William Stewart of Killymoon and Ballymenagh ^[1]
1739: James Hamilton of Carlow
1740: John Boyd of Letterkenny^[2]
1742: Frederick Stewart of Horn Head House^[1]
1743:
1747: John Olphert of Ballyconnell ^[1]
1750: Gustavus Hamilton Stewart of Ray ^[1]
1751:
1754: John Harvey of Malin Hall^{[citation needed]}
1755: Sir Ralph Gore, 6th Bt. (later created 1st Earl of Ross)
1757: Henry Hamilton (from 1775 Sir Henry Hamilton, 1st Baronet of Manor Cunningham) ^[3]
1758:
1761: Richard Bateson ^{[citation needed]}
1764: Captain Robert McClintock of Dunmore House, Carrigans
1765:
1766: George Young of Culdaff ^[1]
1768: Charles Stewart of Horn Head House^[1]
1769:
1771: George Nesbitt of Woodhill
1772: John Boyd of Ballymacool House^[4]
1773: Colonel Alexander Montgomery
1774:
1776: William Knox of Kilcaddan ^[1]
1777:
1780: Thomas Nesbitt of KilMacredan
1781: Laurence O'Hara of Brookfield ^[5]
1782: Richard Charleton of Birdstown ^[6]
1783: Charles Nesbit ^[7]
1784: William Mortimer of Rathmelton^[8]
1785: John Lamy of Raphoe ^[9]
1786: Henry Vaughan Brooke of Brooke Hill ^[10]
1788: Francis Mansfield
1789: Wybrants Olphert of Ballyness ^[1]
1790:
1791: Alexander Stewart of Ards, Letterkenny ^[11]
1799: Sir James Stewart, 7th Baronet^[12]

19th century

1800: John Atkinson.^[1]
1800: Andrew Hamilton of Ballymadonnell.^[1]
1804: Robert Harvey.^[13]
1805: William Stewart of Horn Head House.^[13]
1806: John Boyd.^[13]
1807: James C. Nesbitt.^[13]
1808: William Stewart.^[13]
1809: Alexander Boyd.^[13]
1810: John McDonnell.^[13]
1811: Andrew Ferguson.^[13]
1812: William Law.^[14]
1813: Henry Brooke.^[14]
1814: Arthur Chichester of Greencastle.^[13]
1815: Hon. James Hewett.^[14]
1816: Henry Irwin.^[13]
1817: Thomas John Atkinson of Cavangarden, Ballyshannon.^[13]
1818: Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson ^[14]
1819: Robert Montgomery.^[14]
1820: James Stewart of Brown Hall and St Ernan's and Edmond Packenham.^[14]
1821: Hon. Francis Howard.^[14]
1822: Sir Robert Bateson, 2nd Bt.^{[citation needed]}
1824: George Knox, of Prehen House, Derry^[15]
1825: Sir Charles Style, of Cloghar-lodge.^[16]
1827: Connolly Gage, of Castle Finn.^[17]
1828: John Hart, of Kilderry, Derry ^[18]
1829:
1830: Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes, 3rd Baronet of Drumboe Castle^[19]
1831: Alexander Robert Stewart of Ards House, Creeslough.^[20]
1832: Sir James Stewart, 8th Baronet of Fort Stewart.^[20] Ramelton.
1834: John Creighton, of Lifford.^[21]
1834: Thomas Brooke of Manor Brooke and Lough Eske.^[20]
1835: Robert McClintock of Dunmore House, Carrigans.
1836: John Harvey of Malin Hall.^[22]
1837:
1838: John Vandeleur Stewart of Rock Hill.^[1]
1840: John Robert Boyd of Dunduan House.
1841: The Hon. James Hewitt (became The 4th Viscount Lifford in 1855) of Meenglass House, Stranorlar.^[20]
1842: Wybrants Olphert of Ballycommell.^[1]
1844: Thomas Batt of Rathmullan.^[1]
1845: Lord George Hill of Ballygar.^[23]
1846: John Robert Boyd of Ballymacool.^[1]
1848: Thomas Conolly.^{[citation needed]}
1848: Benjamin Geale Humfrey of Cavanacor.^[1]
1849: James Hamilton of Brown Hall and St Ernan's,^[24] Donegal Town
1850: Francis Stewart Mansfield of Castle Wray.^[1]
1850: John Fergusen of Castle Forward, Derry.^[25]
1852: Thomas Alexander of Buncrana.^{[citation needed]}
1853: Alexander John Robert Stewart of Ards House, Dunfanaghy.^[26]
1854: William Sinclair of Holyhill.^[1]
1855: James Grove of Castle Grove.^[1]
1856: William Henry Marsham Style of Glenmore, Stranorlar^[27]
1858: Horatio Granville Murray-Stewart of Broughton.^{[citation needed]}
1858: Benjamin Geale Humfrey of Cavanacor.^[1] (also Sheriffs of City of Derry)
1860: James Thompson Macky of Belmont, Derry.^[28]
1861: William John Forster of Derry.^[29]
1862: George Knox of Prehen House.^[30]
1863: Viscount Sudley.^{[citation needed]}
1864: Thomas Norman of Glengollan.^[1]
1865:
1867: The 4th Earl Erne, of Crom Castle^{[citation needed]}
1867: James Henry Todd-Thornton of Westbrook.^[1]
1868: Horatio Granville Murray-Stewart of Cally, Gatehouse.^[31]
1868: John Keys Humfrey of Cavanacor.^[1]
1870: George Miller Harvey of Malin Hall. ^{[citation needed]}
1871: Charles Frederick Stewart of Horn Head.^{[citation needed]}
William Wray
1873: John George Adair of Glenveagh Castle
1874: James Bogle Delap of Monellan.^[32]
1875: John Stouppe Charley.^{[citation needed]}
1877: Captain Baptist Johnston Barton.^[33]
1878: Robert McClintock of Dunmore House, Carrigans.
1879: Ernest Grey Lambton Cochrane of Red Castle.^{[citation needed]}
1881: Alexander Charles Hector Stewart.^[1]
1882: William Edward Hart of Kilderry, County Londonderry.^[34]
1884–87: Sir Samuel Hercules Hayes, 4th Baronet of Drumboe Castle^[35]
1886: Robert Lyon Moore of Molenan.^[1]
1887: Thomas Butler Stoney of Oakfield House, Raphoe.^{[citation needed]}
1888: Francis Coffin Macky of Belmont, County Londonderry.^[1]
1889:
1890: Captain William Knox of Clonleigh ^[36]
1891: Henry Stubbs of Danby.^[1]
1892: William Henry Boyd of Ballymacool House.^[1]
1893: Thomas John Atkinson of Cavangarden, Ballyshannon.^[1]
1894: Robert Crawford of Stonewold, Ballyshannon.^[37]
1895: Henry Chichester Hart of Carrablagh House.
1896: William Knox of Clonleigh.^[1]
1897:
1898: John Stewart Hamilton of Browns Hall, Donegal.^[1]
1899: James Montgomery Sinclair of Holyhill and Bonneyglen, Inver. (suicide 1899)^[1]
1899–1900: John Herdman of Sion House.^[1]

20th century

1901: James Boughey Monk Lingard-Monk, Dunlewy House, Dunlewy, Gaoth Dobhair.^[36]
1902: John Conyngham McClintock of Tiernaleague House, Carndonagh.^[1]
1903: Colonel William McClintock of Dunmore House.^[1]
1904:
1905: Sir Harry Jocelyn Uruquhart Stewart, 11th Baronet of Fort Stewart, Ramelton.
1906: Edmund Christopher Stewart of Ardrummon House.^[1]
1907: Sir Arthur Robert Wallace of Ardnamona.^[1]
1908: Richard Francis Ernest Cochrane.^[38]
1909: Henry Musgrave.^[39]
1910: Charles Norman of Glengollan.^[1]
1911: Fisher Henry Freke Evans of Churchlands.^[1]
1912: Henry Herbert Ronald White of Lough Eske.^[1]
1914: George Lawrence Young of Culdaff House, Culdaff.^[34]

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[Burke-1] ^ ^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 ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, 1912, Bernard Burke

[2] "Donegal Annual, 2007" (PDF). County Donegal Historical Society. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.

[3] Complete Baronetage, p. 382

[4] "Donegal Annual, 2007" (PDF). County Donegal Historical Society. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.

[5] "No. 12158". The London Gazette. 30 January 1781. p. 1.

[6] "No. 12273". The London Gazette. 23 February 1782. p. 1.

[7] "No. 12422". The London Gazette. 11 March 1783. p. 4.

[8] "No. 12525". The London Gazette. 6 March 1784. p. 3.

[9] "No. 12628". The London Gazette. 12 March 1785. p. 125.

[10] "BROOKE, Henry Vaughan (?1743-1807), of Brooke Hill, co. Donegal". History of Parliament Online. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2012.

[11] "STEWART, Alexander II (1746-1831), of Ards, Letterkenny, co. Donegal". History of Parliament Online. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.

[12] "STEWART, Sir James, 7th Bt. (?1756-1827), of Fort Stewart, co. Donegal". History of Parliament Onli9ne. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2012.

[PbC-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Papers by Command-Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons-Volume 16

[RFC-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Reports from Commissioners Volume 4 (Ireland). 1824.

[15] "High Sheriffs, 1824". The Connaught Journal. 1 March 1824. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.

[16] "High Sheriffs, 1825". The Connaught Journal. 7 February 1825. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.

[17] "High Sheriffs, 1827". The Kilkenny Independent. 24 February 1827. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2009.

[18] "High Sheriffs, 1828". The Newry Commercial Telegraph. 11 March 1828. Archived from the original on 9 January 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.

[19] "HAYES, Sir Edmund Samuel, 3rd bt. (1806-1860), of Drumboe Castle, co. Donegal | History of Parliament Online". Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

[The_heraldic_calendar-20] "The heraldic calendar"

[21] "Official Authorities, 1834, Co. Donegal". Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.

[22] Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack. 1837. p. 190.

[23] "High Sheriffs, 1845". The Armagh Guardian. 4 February 1845. Archived from the original on 30 May 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.

[24] "High Sheriffs, 1849". Anglo-Celt. 26 January 1849. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2009.

[25] "High Sheriffs, 1850". Ballina Chronicle. 2 January 1850. Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.

[26] Anglo Celt Cavan.November 1852

[27] "No. 6566". The Edinburgh Gazette. 29 January 1856. p. 108.

[28] "No. 6982". The Edinburgh Gazette. 24 January 1860. p. 88.

[29] "High Sheriffs, 1861". The Cavan Observer. 26 January 1861. Archived from the original on 8 July 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2009.

[30] "High Sheriffs, 1862". The Cavan Observer. 18 January 1862. Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2009.

[31] Welch, R. Courteney (191). The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911.

[32] Walford, Edward (1860). The county families of the United Kingdom. ebooks

[33] "High Sheriffs, 1877". Cavan Weekly News. 26 January 1877. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2009.

[Kelly's_Handbook_to_the_Titled,_Land-34] Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. 1916.

[35] Complete Baronetage, p.427

[County_Families-36] "County Families"

[37] "Crwafords of Donegal" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

[38] The county families of the United Kingdom

[39] "Musgraves of Belfast". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.

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