High Sheriff Appointments, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1606-2016
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The High Sheriff of Tyrone 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.
Sources
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, Sir Bernard Burke, 1912, Belmore (1887)
Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885. Alex. Thom & Co Ltd, Dublin, Thom’s Directory
The Belfast Gazette published annually
Note: Ynyr is a traditional and ancient Welsh masculine name that translates to "honor" or "honorable".
It is the Welsh variant of the Latin name Honorius and is typically pronounced as "un-eer".
Year Appointed High Sherrif 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 [date as submitted] 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 1786 Nat. 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 Farm, Londonderry 1826 Samuel Vesey of Derrabard 1827 Sir Hugh Stewart of 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 1844 Sir 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 Major 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 Millbank, 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 none recorded 1987 none recorded 1988 none recorded 1989 none recorded 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 21st Century 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 none recorded 2013 James Baxter of Newtownstewart 2014 Kathleen Adams of Omagh 2015 Lisheen Webb 2016 Patrick John McGowan of Omagh
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