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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
18th century
19th century
1800: John Atkinson.
[2]
1800: Andrew Hamilton of Ballymadonnell.
[2]
1804: Robert Harvey.
[14]
1805: William Stewart of Horn Head House.
[14]
1806: John Boyd.
[14]
1807: James C. Nesbitt.
[14]
1808: William Stewart.
[14]
1809: Alexander Boyd.
[14]
1810: John McDonnell.
[14]
1811: Andrew Ferguson.
[14]
1812: William Law.
[15]
1813: Henry Brooke.
[15]
1814:
Arthur Chichester of
Greencastle .
[14]
1815:
Hon. James Hewett .
[15]
1816: Henry Irwin.
[14]
1817: Thomas John Atkinson of Cavangarden,
Ballyshannon .
[14]
1818:
Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson
[15]
1819: Robert Montgomery.
[15]
1820: James Stewart of Brown Hall and St Ernan's and Edmond Packenham.
[15]
1821: Hon. Francis Howard.
[15]
1822:
Sir Robert Bateson , 2nd
Bt.
[1]
1824: George Knox, of
Prehen House ,
Derry
[16]
1825: Sir Charles Style, of Cloghar-lodge.
[17]
1827: Connolly Gage, of Castle Finn.
[18]
1828: John Hart, of Kilderry, Derry
[19]
1829:
1830:
Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes, 3rd Baronet of
Drumboe Castle
[20]
1831:
Alexander Robert Stewart of
Ards House ,
Creeslough .
[21]
1832:
Sir James Stewart, 8th Baronet of Fort Stewart.
[21]
Ramelton .
1834: John Creighton, of
Lifford .
[22]
1834: Thomas Brooke of Manor Brooke and
Lough Eske .
[21]
1835: Robert McClintock of Dunmore House,
Carrigans .
1836: John Harvey of Malin Hall.
[23]
1837:
1838:
John Vandeleur Stewart of Rock Hill.
[2]
1840: John Robert Boyd of Dunduan House.
1841:
The Hon.
James Hewitt (became The 4th
Viscount Lifford in 1855) of Meenglass House,
Stranorlar .
[21]
1842: Wybrants Olphert of Ballycommell.
[2]
1844: Thomas Batt of
Rathmullan .
[2]
1845:
Lord George Hill of
Ballygar .
[24]
1846: John Robert Boyd of
Ballymacool .
[2]
1848: Thomas Conolly.
[1]
1848: Benjamin Geale Humfrey of Cavanacor.
[2]
1849: James Hamilton of Brown Hall and St Ernan's,
[25]
Donegal Town
1850: Francis Stewart Mansfield of Castle Wray.
[2]
1850: John Fergusen of Castle Forward,
Derry .
[26]
1852: Thomas Alexander of
Buncrana .
[1]
1853: Alexander John Robert Stewart of Ards House,
Dunfanaghy .
[27]
1854: William Sinclair of Holyhill.
[2]
1855: James Grove of Castle Grove.
[2]
1856:
William Henry Marsham Style of Glenmore, Stranorlar
[28]
1858: Horatio Granville Murray-Stewart of Broughton.
[1]
1858: Benjamin Geale Humfrey of Cavanacor.
[2] (also Sheriffs of City of Derry)
1860: James Thompson Macky of Belmont,
Derry .
[29]
1861: William John Forster of
Derry .
[30]
1862: George Knox of
Prehen House .
[31]
1863:
Viscount Sudley .
[1]
1864: Thomas Norman of Glengollan.
[2]
1865:
1867:
The 4th Earl Erne , of
Crom Castle
[1]
1867: James Henry Todd-Thornton of Westbrook.
[2]
1868: Horatio Granville Murray-Stewart of Cally, Gatehouse.
[32]
1868: John Keys Humfrey of Cavanacor.
[2]
1870: George Miller Harvey of Malin Hall. [
citation needed ]
1871: Charles Frederick Stewart of
Horn Head .
[1]
William Wray
1873:
John George Adair of Glenveagh Castle
1874: James Bogle Delap of Monellan.
[33]
1875: John Stouppe Charley.
[1]
1877: Captain Baptist Johnston Barton.
[34]
1878: Robert McClintock of Dunmore House,
Carrigans .
1879: Ernest Grey Lambton Cochrane of
Red Castle .
[1]
1881: Alexander Charles Hector Stewart.
[2]
1882: William Edward Hart of Kilderry,
County Londonderry .
[35]
1884–87:
Sir Samuel Hercules Hayes, 4th Baronet of
Drumboe Castle
[36]
1886: Robert Lyon Moore of Molenan.
[2]
1887: Thomas Butler Stoney of Oakfield House,
Raphoe .
[1]
1888: Francis Coffin Macky of Belmont,
County Londonderry .
[2]
1889:
1890: Captain William Knox of Clonleigh
[37]
1891: Henry Stubbs of Danby.
[2]
1892: William Henry Boyd of
Ballymacool House .
[2]
1893: Thomas John Atkinson of Cavangarden,
Ballyshannon .
[2]
1894: Robert Crawford of Stonewold,
Ballyshannon .
[38]
1895:
Henry Chichester Hart of Carrablagh House.
1896: William Knox of Clonleigh.
[2]
1897:
1898: John Stewart Hamilton of Browns Hall,
Donegal .
[2]
1899: James Montgomery Sinclair of Holyhill and Bonneyglen,
Inver . (suicide 1899)
[2]
1899–1900: John Herdman of Sion House.
[2]
20th century
1901: James Boughey Monk Lingard-Monk, Dunlewy House, Dunlewy,
Gaoth Dobhair .
[37]
1902: John Conyngham McClintock of Tiernaleague House,
Carndonagh .
[2]
1903: Colonel William McClintock of Dunmore House.
[2]
1904:
1905:
Sir Harry Jocelyn Uruquhart Stewart , 11th Baronet of Fort Stewart,
Ramelton .
1906: Edmund Christopher Stewart of Ardrummon House.
[2]
1907: Sir Arthur Robert Wallace of Ardnamona.
[2]
1908: Richard Francis Ernest Cochrane.
[39]
1909:
Henry Musgrave .
[40]
1910: Charles Norman of Glengollan.
[2]
1911: Fisher Henry Freke Evans of Churchlands.
[2]
1912: Henry Herbert Ronald White of
Lough Eske .
[2]
1914: George Lawrence Young of Culdaff House,
Culdaff .
[35]
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