Map of County Kildare , 1797 The High Sheriff of Kildare was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Kildare , Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Kildare 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 serve his full term due to death or another event, and another sheriff was then appointed for the remainder of the year. The dates given in this article are the dates of appointment.
In Ireland, the County Sheriffs were selected or "pricked" by the Lord Lieutenant. All addresses are in County Kildare unless stated otherwise.
List of High Sheriffs of County Kildare
Pre-17th century
Source: Kildare Archaeological Society[ 1]
1299 : William Alysaundre [ 2]
1301: Albert de Kenley[ 3]
1303 Sir Waleran de Wellesley (or John de Wellesley), knight , killed in battle with the Irish , October 1303, aged 70. Son of Waleran de Wellesley (died c.1276), justice in eyre , ancestor of the Duke of Wellington ;[ 4]
1306: Sir Hugh Canoun , or Canon.
1310–1314: David le Maryner (or Mazener)
1355: Richard Penkiston (also Escheator for Kildare)
1368: William De Wellesley (first term) u
1372: William de Wellesley (second term)
1373: William Ballymore
1374: Walter fitz John le Faunt
1375: John Creef
1376: Adam de Lyt
1378: Robert FitzEustace (? of Cradockstown).
1384 William De Wellesley
1386: Sir Maurice FitzEustace
1391: William de Wellesley
1392: John Fitz Maurice
1394: Patrick Flatesbury
1403: William de Wellesley
1414: Sir Richard FitzEustace
1415–16: Sir Richard De Wellesley of Dangan, County Meath and of Pollardstown, County Kildare
1419: Sir Richard De Wellesley (second term)
1421: Sir Richard De Wellesley of Dangan, County Meath and of Pollardstown, County Kildare (third term)
1422: Sir Richard De Wellesley (fourth term)
1423: Sir Edward FitzEustace, Knt.
1424: Robert Griffin
1428: Sir Edward FitzEustace, Knt.
1446: Robert Flatesbury (killed 1448)
1452: Christopher De Wellesley of Alasty
1456: Robert FitzEustace of Ballycutland (Coghlanstown)
1465: Christopher Flatesbury of Osbertown
1472: Philip Eustace of Newland
1484: Lawrence Sutton of Barbystown
1493: Richard Eustace of Eilgon (?Eilgowan)
1494: Bartholomew Aylmer of Lyons
1495: Bartholomew Aylmer
1496: Sir William De Wellesley
1498: Laurence Sutton of Tipper
1499: Maurice Eustace of Ballyoutland (Coghlanstown)
1502: Sir William Wogan of Rathcoffey
1507: William Eustace of Newland
1508: Laurence Sutton of Tipper
1509: William Eustace of Cradockstown
1523: Thomas Eustace, 1st Viscount Baltinglass of Henryston (Harristown)
1527: Thomas Netterfeld, snr.
1535: John Eustace of Harriston
1536: James FitzGerald of Osberdiston (Osberstown).
1537–38: Philip fitzMaurice FitzGerald, of Allen.
1540: William Birmingham of Dunfert.
1541: James FitzGerald of Ballysonnane (Ballyshannon).
1542: Nicholas Wogan of Rathcoffey
1543: Richard Aylmer of Lyons
1544: William Eustace of Mone (? Moone)
1556: Nicholas Eustace of Cradockston
1557: Patrick Sarsfield of Castledillon
1558: Redmund Fitzgeralde of Rathangan
1558–1560: Francis Cosby of Even [now Monasterevin]
1560: Maurice FitzGerald of "Gerardston"
1567: John Eustace of Castlemartin
1571: Robert Pypho
1573: Piers Fitz-Gerald of Ballysonan
1576: John Eustace of Castle Marten
1578: Peter Fitz-Gerald of Ballysonan
1580: John Eustace of Castle Marten
1581: Piers Fitz-Gerald of Ballysonan
1583: Redmond Bermingham of the Grange
158n: Thomas Fitz-Gerald of Timahoe, County Kildare
158n: William Eustace
1592: Maurice Eustace
1593: Sir Richard Fitzgerald
1594: John Sarsfield
1595: Sarsfield
1596: John Fitz-Gerald
1597: Sir Henry Duke
1598: James Fitz-Gerald
17th century
1601: John Harbert[ 5]
1602: Robert Nangle[ 5]
1605: Rowland Fitz-Gerald[ 5]
1606: Sir James Fitz-Gerald[ 5]
1607: William Eustace of Castle Martin[ 5]
1608: Pierce Butler[ 5]
1609: Lewis Price[ 5]
1610: Sir Richard Graham[ 5]
1611: Thomas Potts[ 5]
1612: Gerald Cowley[ 5]
1613: William Meares[ 5]
1614: Thomas Stokes of Madenstown[ 5]
1615: Richard Tighe[ 5]
1616: Sir Henry Bellings[ 5]
1617: Philip Pilsworth[ 5]
1618: Sir Henry Bellings[ 5]
1620–21: Stephen Palmes[ 5]
1622: Philip Pilsworth[ 5]
1623: Sir Henry Colley[ 5]
1624: John Weldon
1625 Sir Henry Bellings
1641: Sir Erasmus Borrowes, 1st Baronet
1649: George Medlicott of Tully
1654: Henry Bellingham
1656: John Hewetson of Kildare[ 6]
1662: Richard Tighe of Woodstock[ 7]
1667: Edward Bagot
1671: Garret Wellesley
1673: Sir Walter Borrowes, 2nd Baronet
1676: Sir William Sands, 1st Baronet[ 8]
1677: Edward Bagot of Walterstown and Harristown[ 9]
1678: Richard Nevill[ 10]
1687–1688: John Wogan[ 11]
1690: Sir Patrick Trant [ 12]
1692: Richard Nevill [ 10]
1697: Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet
18th century
19th century
1801: John Greene of Milford[ 9]
1803: John Joseph Henry of Straffan[ 9]
1803: Thomas Tickell of Carnolway[ 9]
1804: Michael Aylmer[ 22]
1805: Peter Wolfe, of Blackhall[ 22]
1806: William Mills[ 22]
1807: Joshua Rice[ 22]
1808: John Aylmer[ 22]
1809: Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 6th Barone[ 22]
1810: James Critchley[ 22]
1811–1812: Thomas Finley[ 22]
1813: James Critchley[ 23]
1814–1815: Adam Tyrell[ 23]
1815: Peter Wolfe of Blackhall[ 9]
1816: Samuel McGomery Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 6th Baronet[ 22]
1817: William Henry Carter of Castle Martin
1818: Sir (Josiah) William Hort, 2nd Baronet of Hortland[ 24]
1819: John Aylmer[ 23]
1820: Arthur Henry of Lodge Park[ 23]
1821: Samuel Mills[ 22]
1822: M C C Roberts[ 22]
1823: Ponsonby Moore[ 22]
1824: Captain George Burdett of Loughtown House[ 25]
1825: Lord Henry Moore of Moore Abbey, Monastereven
1827: Sir Gerald George Aylmer, 8th Baronet
1833: The Honorable George Francis Collet of Rathangan[ 26]
1834: John Michael Henry Fock, 3rd Baron de Robeck
1835: John Bonham of Ballintaggart
1836: John Hyacinth Nangle of Garrisker, Clonard[ 27]
1838: Edward Lawless, 3rd Baron Cloncurry
1839: Walter Hussey de Burgh of Donore House, Naas[ 26]
1840: Hugh Barton of Straffan House
1841: Richard Maunsell of Oakley Park
1842: James FitzGerald, 1st Marquess of Kildare [ 28]
1843: Charles William FitzGerald, 1st Baron Kildare
1844: David O'Connor-Henchy of Stonebrook[ 9]
1845:
1846: John La Touche of Harristown[ 9]
1848: John Rowland Eustace of Baltraney[ 29]
1849: Edward J. Beauman, of Furnace, Nass[ 30]
1850: John Rowland Eustace
1851: Nathaniel Barton of Straffan House [ 31]
1852:
1854: Sir Gerald George Aylmer, 9th Baronet
1856: Edward More O'Ferrall of Kildangan[ 32]
1857: John Harvey Lewis of Kilcullen[ 9]
1858: Penthony O'Kelly of Botristown, Newbridge[ 33]
1859: John Henry Edward Fock, 4th Baron de Robeck of Gowran Grange[ 9]
1860: Thomas De Burgh of Oldtown, Naas .[ 34]
1861: Hugh Lynedoch Barton of Straffan House .[ 9]
1863: Frederick Hugh Henry of Lodge Park.[ 9]
1864:
1866–67: Francis Edmond Joseph MacDonnell of Dunfierth.[ 9]
1867: Valentine Lawless, 4th Baron Cloncurry .
1868: John Maunsell of Oakley Park (son of Richard, HS in 1841)
1870: Samuel G Ireland of Robertstown .[ 35]
1871: Montagu William Edward Dobbs of Castle Dobbs, County Antrim .
1873: Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 9th Baronet
1874: George Mansfield of Morristown Lattin.[ 9]
1875: Charles Colley Palmer.[ 36]
1876: Ambrose More-O'Ferrall.[ 9]
1878: William Peisley Hutchinson Lloyd Vaughan of Golden Grove, Rosecrea.[ 37]
1878: William Blacker of Castle Martin.[ 29]
1879: Dominic More-O'Ferrall of Kildangan .[ 38]
1880: Richard Wilson Hartley of Beech Park, County Dublin .[ 9]
1881: Marquess of Kildare .[ 39]
1882: Thomas Richard Frederick Cooke-Trench.
1884: Hugh O'Connor-Henchy of Stonebrook.[ 9]
1884: Thomas John de Burgh of Oldtown.[ 9]
1885: George Woods Maunsell of Ashford, County Limerick . (son of Richard, HS in 1841)
1886: Charles Frederick Crichton of Mullaboden.[ 9]
1887: Robert Mackay Wilson of Coolcarrigan.[ 9]
1888: Edmund Casimir Sweetman of Longtown.[ 40]
1889: Marmaduke William Coghill Cramer-Roberts of Sallymount.[ 41]
1890: John Christopher Murphy of Mullen.[ 9]
1891: Richard Mark Synnot Maunsell of Oakley Park.[ 29]
1892: William Ireland de Courcy-Wheeler of Robertstown House.[ 9]
1893:
1894: Hans Hendrick Hendrick-Aylmer of Kerdiffstown.[ 9]
1895: Thomas Green.[ 42]
1896: John Algernon Aylmer of Courtown, Kilcock .[ 9]
1897: Surgeon-Major T.R. Keogh.
1899: Richard St Leger Moore of Naas .[ 29]
20th century
1900: George Wolfe of Forenaghts and Bishopsland[ 9]
1901: William Trench Kirkpatrick of Donacomper, Celbridge [ 43]
1902: Sir Kildare Dixon Borrowes, 10th Baronet of Barretstown Castle , Ballymore Eustace , Naas [ 43]
1903: James Laurence Carew [ 44]
1903: Bertram Francis Barton of Straffan House [ 9]
1904:
1906: Nicholas Joseph Synnott.[ 45]
1906: Henry Eliardo de Courcy-Wheeler of Robertstown House.[ 9]
1907: Sir William Goulding, 1st Baronet of Millicent, Sallins .[ 43]
1908: Bertram Hugh Barton of Straffan House .[ 9]
1909: Hugh Arthur Henry of Firmount, Sallins .[ 9]
1910: Joseph Henry Greer of Grange, Moy, County Tyrone .[ 9]
1911: Hugh Wyndham Montgomery of Ballymore .[ 9]
1912:
1916: Capt Rt Hon Herbert Dixon , OBE, Ballyalloy, near Comber , County Down.
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