High Sheriff of Tipperary
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The High Sheriff of Tipperary was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Tipperary. Initially an office for a lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258.[1] Besides his judicial importance, he had ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.[2]
History
The first (High) Shrievalties 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 retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in a county.[2]
County Tipperary was a liberty administered by the Earls of Ormond, who thereby appointed the Sheriff, until it was extinguished as part of the second Duke's attainder for supporting the Jacobite rising of 1715. It then became a normal county under the direct control of the King.
In Tipperary and in four of the counties of the province of Connaught the office ceased to exist with the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922.
High Sheriffs of Tipperary
- 1295: Walter Brett/le Bret[5]
- 1318: John Pembroke[6]
- 1405: James Butler[7]
- 1605: Hon Thomas Butler[8]
- 1610: Piers Butler fitzJames of Lismalin[8]
- 1612: William St John of Skaddanston[8]
- 1613: Thomas Cantwell[8]
- 1614: Richard Butler of Knocktopher[8]
- 1615: William O'Meary of Lisenoskey[8]
- 1616: Daniel O'Bryen[8]
- 1618: Gilbert Butler[8]
- 1619: Robert Carew[8]
- 1620: William St John[8]
- 1625: William O'Meara[8]
English Interregnum, 1649–1660
Charles II, 1660–1685
James II, 1685–1689
William III, 1689–1702
Anne, 1702–1714
George I, 1714–1727
George II, 1727–1760
George III, 1760–1820
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George IV, 1820–1830
William IV, 1830–1837
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Victoria, 1837–1901
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Edward VII, 1901–1910
George V, 1910–1922
Notes
† Died in office