is the Sovereign's judicial representative in
County Tyrone. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the
Sovereign, the
High Sheriff became annually appointed from the
Provisions of Oxford in 1258. Besides his judicial importance, he has
ceremonial and administrative functions and executes High Court Writs.
While the office of High Sheriff ceased to exist in those Irish counties, which
had formed the
Irish Free State in 1922, it is still extant in the counties of
Northern Ireland.
High Sheriffs
17th century
1606:
Sir Henry Oge O'Neil
1607:
Edmond Leigh
1608:
John Leigh
1610:
John Leigh
1612:
John Meade
1613:
James Glapham
1614:
John Leigh
1616:
Edmond Blomer
1620:
Sir William Caulfeild
1622:
Alexander Sanderson of Tullylegan
1624:
Sir Daniel Leigh
1634:
Edward Torleton
1638:
William Hamilton
1639:
Terence O'Neil – Thomas Bayley
1640:
Sir Thomas Staples, 1st Baronet
1641:
Edward Maxwell
1650:
Edward Richardson
1657:
Sir George Acheson, Baronet
1658:
John Morris
1659:
James Stewart
1662:
William Richardson
1663:
Thomas Goulbourne
1664:
William Moore of Garvey
1666:
Robert Stewart (or Stuart), 6th Baron Castle Stewart
1666:
Sir Arthur Chichester, Kt,
1667:
Arthur Newburgh
1668:
Samuel Hill
1669:
Hugh Edwards
1670:
Alexander McCauslaud
1671:
Claud Hamilton
1672:
John Anthony
1673:
Gilbert Eccles of Shannock
1674:
Edward Edwards
1675:
Daniel Eccles of Shannock
1676:
Oliver M'Causland,
1677:
Robert Lindesay of Loughry
1678:
John Moderall
1679:
Patrick Hamilton
1680:
Archibald Richardson
1681:
Thomas Maxwell
1682:
James Moutray Favour Royal
1663:
Claud Hamilton
1684:
James Cilligan
1685:
Edward Edwards
1686:
Henry Mervyn
1687:
Terence Doughty
1689:
John O'Neil
1691:
Oliver McCausland
1692:
Audley Mervyn
1693:
Patrick Hamilton
1694:
Charles Eccles of Fintona
1695:
James Moutray of Favour Royal
1696:
John Tesley
1697:
James Moore of Garvey or Fasseroe, Co. Wicklow
1698:
William Latham
1699:
William Cairnes
18th century
1700:
John Caulfield
1701:
James Moore of Garvey or Fasseroe, Co. Wicklow
1702:
Thomas Knox
1703:
Sir Robert Staples, 4th Baronet Lissan
1704:
Andrew Stewart (or Stuart), 7th Baron Castle Stewart
1705:
Thomas Morris
1706:
Stewart Blacker of Carrickblacker
1707:
John Gamble – Robert Lowry
1708:
Robert Lowry
1709:
John Hamilton
1709:
Charles Eccles of Ecclesville, Fintona
1710:
Patrick Hamilton
1711:
Henry Stewart
1712:
Acheson Moore of Garvey or Fasseroe, Co. Wicklow
1713:
James Young
1714:
Claud Hamilton
1715:
Henry Mervyn
1716:
Hon. William Richard.
1717:
Richard Maxwell
1718:
Audley Mervyn
1719:
Robert Lowry
1720:
Daniel Eccles of Fintona
1721:
John Moutray of Favour Royal
1722:
George Gledstanes
1723:
Thomas White
1724:
John McCausland
1726:
William Babington
1726:
Robert Lowry, jnr
1727:
William Colhoun
1728:
George Magee
1729:
Thomas Singleton
1730:
Oliver M'Causland
1731:
Hugh Edwards
1732:
John Sinclair
1733:
Galbraith Lowry
1734:
James Richardson
1735:
William Hamilton
1736:
John Houston
1737:
George Conyngham
1738:
William Stuart (or Stewart) of Killymoon and Ballymenagh
1739:
Oliver McCausland
1740:
John McCausland
1741:
John Hamilton
1742:
Francis White
1743:
David Richardson
1745:
Alexander M'Causland
1746:
Charles Eodes
1747:
Thomas Singleton
1748:
Claud Hamilton
1749:
William Blacker
1750:
Thomas Goodlatte
1751:
Thomas Knox
1752:
Alexander Stuart of Drumespill
1753:
John Cairnes
1754:
James Tisdall
1755:
Andrew Thomas (Stewart later Stewart-Moore), 9th Baron Castle Stewart
1756:
Lawrence O'Hara
1757:
William Hamilton of Ballyfatton
1758:
John M'Causland
1759:
Andrew Knox
1760:
Captain Robert McClintock of Dunmore
1761:
Francis Houston
1762:
James Moutray of Favour Royal and Killibrick
1763:
Sir Robert Staples, Bt
1764:
John Stuart Hamilton, later Sir John Stuart Hamilton, 1st Baronet of Dunamana
1765:
James Colhoun
1766:
John Staples
1767:
William Coningham
1768:Amar Lowry-Corry
1769:
William Irvine
1770:
William Irvine of Castle Irvine
177n:
James Caulfield
1771:
Hamilton Gorges
1772:
Daniel Eccles of Ecclesville
1773:
James Moore Hamilton
1774:
Richard Vincent
1775:
Alexander McCausland
1776:
Thomas Knox
1777: Sir Edward Loftus of Mount Loftus
1778:
John Richardson
1779:
Thomas Knox Junior
1780:
James Alexander Caledon
1781:
John McClintock
1782:
Charles King of Fordruss
1783:
John Ferguson
1784:
George Gladstenes
1785:
George Sinclair
1786Nat
Montgomert Moore of Garvey and Fassaroe Castle,
1787:
William Baillie
1788:
Robert Lindesay of Loughry
1789: Sir William Richardson of Augher
1790:
James Verner
1791:
Samuel Galbraith of Greenmount and Omagh
1792:
Arthur Cole -Hamilton Gortin
1793:
Charles Crawford
1794:
John Corry Moutray of Favour Royal
1795:
George Lenox Conyngham
1796:
Gorges D'Arcy Irvine
1797:
William Hamilton
1798:
Thomas Knox Hanyngton
1799:
William Richardson
19th century
1800:
Hamilton Gorges, junior
1801:
Sir George Talbot, 3rd Baronet of Chart Park
1802:
John Henry Burges
1803:
George Perry
1804:
Charles Eccles
1805:
William McLintock
1806:
John Mackey
1807:
William Richardson Goodlatte
1808:
Jones Crawford
1809:
Sir John Stewart
1810:
Hugh Montgomery
1811:
Claude William Cole-Hamilton of Beltrim
1812:
Robert William Lowry of Pomeroy House, Dungannon
1813:
James Lowry
1814:
Hon. Andrew Godfrey Stewart
1815:
John Dickson Eccles
1816:
Arthur Lowry Galbraith
1817:
Robert Bateson
1818:
William Lenox-Conyngham
1819:
George Lendrum
1820:
James Caulfield
1821:
Robert Waring Maxwell
1822:
Sir James Stronge
1823:
William Vernier
1824:
William Steward Richardson
1825:
Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson Bart.
of the
Farm, Londonderry
1826:
Samuel Vesey of Derrabard
1827: Sir Hugh Stewartof Ballygawley
1828:
Mervyn Stuart of Mulloghmore, Omagh.
1829:
John Burges
1830:
Arthur Willoughby Cole-Hamilton of Beltrim
1831:
Sir James Mervyn Richardson-Bunbury, 2nd Baronet of Killeacle
1832:
Thomas Richardson Browne
1833:
Samuel Galbraith of Clanabogan and Riverstown
1834:
Robert Montgomery Moore
1835:
Charles Eccles
1836:
Charles John Gardiner
1837:
James Lendrum of Magheracross
1838:
Edward H Caulfield
1839:
Thomas Houston
1840:
John Lindesay of Loughry
1841:
Charles Boyle
1842:
James Moleneau
1842:
Joseph Goff of Hall House
1843:
Robert Gordon of Florida
1844Sir
Matthew James Strong
1845:
William D'Arcy of Necairn Castle
1846:
Francis John Gervais of Cecil
1847:
Richard Lloyd
1848:
Andrew Ferguson Knox of Urney Park, Strabane
1849:
Robert William Lowry, jnr., of Pomeroy House,
1850:
Henry Mervyn D'Arcy Irvine of Mescairn Castle, Lowtherstown
1851:
William Venier
1852:
William L. Ogilby
1853:
Alexander G. Stuart
1854:
Daniel Baird
1855:
Anketel Moutray of Favour Royal
1856:
Francis John Graham of Drumgoon
1857:
William F. Black
1858:
Sir John Marcus Stewart, 3rd Baronet of Ballygawley
1859:
Frederick Lindesay of Loughry
1860:
Sir James John Hamilton, 2nd Baronet
1861:
William Archdale of Dromard
1862: Samuel Blackhall of Coolamber,
1863:
James Hamilton 2nd Duke of Abercorn
1864:
Hugh Gore Edwards
1865:
George Perry McClintock of Seskinore
1866:
William Fitzwilliam Lenox Conyngham of Spring Hill
1867:
William Cole Hamilton
1868:
James Alfred Caulfeild
1869:
Ynyr Henry Burges
1870:
Henry James Stewart (later Stuart-Richardson),
5th
Earl Castle Stewart
1871:
J. B. Gunning Moore
1872:
Thomas Auchinleck
1873:
John Mulholland.
1874:
James Corry Jones Lowry of Rockdale
1875:
John Samuel Galbraith of Clanabogan and Riverstown
1876:
Thomas Greer of Sea Park, Carrickfergus
1877:
Anketil Moutray
1878:
John Gerard Irvine of Killadeas
1879:
George Waller Vesey of Derrabard
1880: Captain James Strong, Tynan Abbey, Tynan.
1881:
Fitzameline Maxwell Anketill, of Killyfaddy, Clogher
1882:
George Cosby Lendrum of Magheracross
1883:
Robert Hawkes Ellis
1884:
Hugh Gore
1885:
John Mervyn Archdall Carleton Richardson of Rossfad
1886:
James Bruce of Manor House , Benburb
1887:
John Hervey Knox-Browne of Aughentaine Castle
1888: Hugh Montgomery
1889:
Sir William Samuel McMahon, 3rd Baronet
1890:
Emerson Tennant Herdman of Sion House
1891:
John Knox McClintock of Seskinore and Ecclesville
1892:
William King Edwards
1893:Sir Hutchinson Poe Baronet of Heywood, Ballinakill
1894:
John Herdman of Carricklee, Strabane
1895:
Francis Porter Gunning
1896:
Robert Thomas Graves Lowry of Pomeroy House
1898:
Ynyr Richard Patrick Burges
1899:
Emerson Crawford Herdman of Carricklee
20th century
1901:
Armar Lowry Corry
1902: Francis Peter Gervais of Cecil Manor
1904: Sir Alexander George Montgomery of Garvey
1905: Edward Leslie Barnwell Lowry of Rockdale
1906: Edward Archdale
1907:
John Carmichael Ferrall of Augher Castle, Augher
1908:
Evelyn James Story of Errington, Kilskeery
1909:
Vacant
1912:
Capt. John Claudius Herdman, of Sion House
1914:
Lionel McMahon
1916:
Cecil Lowry-Corry
1917:Vacant
1921:
James Blackwood Archdale
1922:
William Arbuthnot Lenox-Conyngham
1923:
Brigadier-General Thomas Francis Bushe of Crevenagh, Omagh
1924:
John Adair, of Greenvale, Cookstown
1925:
Edward C. Thompson of Camowen Hill, Omagh
1926:
William Bates Smyth of Strathfoyle, Strabane.
1927:
Lt.-Col. James Ponsonby Galbraith of Clanabogan, Omagh
1928: Maj.-General Hugh M. de Fellenberg Montgomery of Fivemiletown
1929:
William Hugh Montgomery Sinclair of Holy Hill, Strabane
1930:
George Young Smith of Rathronan, Omagh
1931:
Lieut.-Colonel Ambrose Upton Gledstanes of Fardross, Clogher
1932:
Major Robert Stevenson, D.L., "Aloha," Dungannon
1933:
Robert Hawkes Ellis, Rash House, Omagh
1934:
Major Anketell Gerald Moutray of Favour Royal, Augher
1935:
Mervyn William Charles Nesbitt Knox-Browne
1936:
Major Charles Adam Murray Alexander of Pomeroy
1937:
Adam Murray Alexander, of Thornfield, Fivemiletown
1938:
William Lowry Lenox-Conyngham of Spring Hill, Moneymore, County Londonderry
1939:
Captain Ynyr Alfred Burges of Parkanaur House Castle Caulfield,
1940:
Lt.-Colonel Rupert Caesar Smythe of Augher Castle,Augher
1941:
Lt.-Colonel William Brooksbank Garnett of Corick, Clogher
1942:
Major Thomas Cedric Harold Dickson of Milltown House, Dungannon
1943:
Emerson Tennent Rex Herdman, of Sion House, Sion Mills
1944:
Captain William Maddin Scott, of Mill-bank, Omagh
1945:
Thomas Louis Napoleon Adair, of Greenvale, Cookstown
1946:
James Edward Hamilton of Baronscourt
1947:
Lieut-Colonel Percy Beresford Fleming of Campsie House, Omagh,
1948:
Robert Newton of Killymeal,Dungannon
1949:
Major William Stewart of Daisy Hill, Clogher
1950:
Marcus Beresford Lendrum of Corkill, Kilskeery
1951:
Colonel Edward Gibbon of Errington, Kilskeery
1952:
Joseph Wilson of Glenalt, Dublin Road, Omagh
1953:
Brigadier John Alexander Sinton, V.C., F.R.S., Slaghtfreedan Lodge,Cookstown
1954:
John Matthew Blakiston-Houston of Beltrim Castle, Gortin
1955:
Major Sir Hugh Charley Godfrey Stewart, 6th Baronet, Loughmacrory Lodge,
Carrickmore.
1956:
John Patrick Herdman, of Carricklee House, Strabane.
1957:
Brigadier George Cecil Ballentine of Aghareany House, Donaghmore
1958:
Lieut.-Colonel Ralph Reginald Auchinleck Darling, J.P.,Crsvenagh, Omagh
1959:
Commander Claudius Alexander Herdman of Sion Mills
1960:
Major George Norman Proctor of Tullydoey, Dungannon
1961:
Thomas Lyons of Riversdale, Newtownstewart
1962:
Lieut.-Colonel John Rowan Addison McFerran, D.L., Camus, Strabane
1963: Captain Jame Huey Pollock of Drumcairne, Stewartstown
1964:
Captain Peter Stephen Montgomery of Fivemiiletown
1965:
Captain Robert Hawkes Ellis, Rash House, Omagh
1966:General Thomas Patrick Scott of Mullaghmore House, Omagh
1967:
James Patterson Duff of The Mill House, Coagh, Cookstown
1968:
Captain Thomas Alexander Dickson of Miltown House, Dungannon
1969:
Major General Denis Grattan Moore of Mountfield Lodge, Omagh.
1970: The Marquiss of Hamilton M.P. of Barons Court, Newtownstewart.
1971:
Captain John Richardson McAusland of Millbank, Omagh.
1972:
Captain John H. Hamilton-Stubber of Aughentain, Fivemiletown,
1973:
R. T. M. Scott of Lisnamallard House, Omagh,
1974:
William Daniel Smyth of Cloneen, Strabane,
1975:
Henry Frederick Dougan Stevenson of Mullaghanagh Lane, Dungannon.
1976:
Albert John Black McFarland of Glenlea, Plumbridge,
1977:
John Stiles Tempest Reilly of Beltany Lodge, Mountjoy, Omagh,
1978:
Raymond McCartney
1979:
William Edmund Stafford of Sion Mills, Strabane,
1980:
Major Elsmere McClintock of Brook House, Newtownstewart
1981:
Thomas James Wilmot of Ornagh
1982:
Peter N. Acheson of Donaghmore
1983:
A.V.C. Maltby of Omagh
1984:
J.T. Ward of Dungannon
1985:
Mervyn Talbot Archdale of Omagh
1986:
1987:
1988:
1989:
1990:
Capt. Robert Hawkes Ellis of Rash House, Omagh.
1991:
W.R. McAusland of Omagh
1992:
R.W.L. Scott of Omagh
1993:
Gerald Ralph Auchinleck Darling of Omagh
1994:
R.N.A. Lowry of Fivemiletown
1995:
W. Richard C. Butler of Cookstown
1996:
J. Robert H. Ellis of Omagh
1997:
Peter Anthony Black of Cookstown
1998:
Gerald Hugh Caldecott of Strabane
1999:
Miss Angela F. Colhoun of Omagh
2000:
Rowland Ralph Terence Cummings of Tullyhogue, Cookstown
2001:
Brigadier John G. G. de P. Ferguson of Braewood, Sion Mills,
2002:
Domingos J D T Pinto of Kevlin Road, Omagh
2003:
Raymond George Moffatt of Omagh Road, Drumquin
2004:
Robert Max Eitel of Mullaghadun Lane, Dungannon
2005:
Sydney Gamble of Strabane
2006:
William Andrew Stewart of Strabane
2007:
John James Little of Northland Row, Dungannon,
2008:
Robert Andrew Pollock of Omagh
2009:
Dr Brendan J. O'Hare of Castlederg
2010:
Francis Eugene Shields
2011:
Gerard Broderick
2012:
2013:
James Baxter of Newtownstewart
2014:
Kathleen Adams of Omagh
2015:
Lisheen Webb
2016:
Patrick John McGowan of Omagh
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genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, Burke, 1912
Belmore
(1887) Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885. Alex.
Thom & Co Ltd, Dublin,
Thom’s
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genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland by Sir Bernard
Burke
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