High Sheriff of Antrim
Judicial representative in County Antrim
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The High Sheriff of Antrim is the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Antrim. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the high sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258.[1] Besides his judicial importance, he has ceremonial and administrative functions and executes High Court Writs.[2]
History
The first (High) Shrivalties were established before the Norman Conquest in 1066 and date back to Saxon times.[3] 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.[4] Despite however that the office retains his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in a county.[2]
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 present in the counties of Northern Ireland.
Medieval
- 1326: John Athy[5]
James I, 1603–1625
Charles I, 1625–1649
English Interregnum, 1649–1660
Charles II, 1660–1685
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James II, 1685–1688
William III, 1689–1702
Anne, 1702–1714
George I, 1714–1727
George II, 1727–1760
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George III, 1760–1820
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George IV, 1820–1830
William IV, 1830–1837
Victoria, 1837–1901
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Edward VII, 1901–1910
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George V, 1910–1936
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George VI, 1936–1952
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Elizabeth II, 1952–2022
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Charles III, 2022–present
- 2023: Peter Thomas Watts Mackie, of Lissanoure Castle[148]
See also
- The Antrim Lieutenancy Website Archived 31 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine
Notes
† Died in office