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The High Sheriff of County Londonderry is
King Charles III 's judicial representative in
County Londonderry . Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the ruling monarch, 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 is present in the counties of
Northern Ireland , it ceased to exist in those Irish counties which formed the
Irish Free State in 1922.
High Sheriffs
1696: Robert Harvey of Londonderry
[5]
1780: Mossom Boyd
[6] (also Sheriff of City of Londonderry)
1817: James Major and Richard Harvey
[7] (also Sheriffs of City of Londonderry)
1818: John Thompson and Richard Babington
[7] (also Sheriffs of City of Londonderry)
1819: Thomas Kennedy
[8] (also Sheriff of City of Londonderry)
1821: Joshua Gillespie and Marcus Gage
[8] (also Sheriffs of City of Londonderry)
1828: William Lenox-Conyngham (also Sheriff of City of Londonderry)
1829:
1830:
1831:
1832:
1833: Anthony Babington of Creevagh (also Sheriff of City of Londonderry)
1834:
1835: Anthony Babington of Creevagh (also Sheriff of City of Londonderry)
1836: Henry Darcus and Archibald
McCorkell of Glengalliagh (also Sheriff of City of Londonderry)
1842: Henry Richardson
1846:
Henry Hervey Bruce
1846: John Barré Beresford, of Learmount
1848: John Stephenson of Fort William, Tobermore
[9] (also Sheriff of City of Londonderry)
1849:
James Johnston Clark (also Sheriff of City of Londonderry)
1850:
Robert Peel Dawson
1854: Robert Leslie Ogilby of Ardnargle
[10]
1857: William Edward Scott of Willsboro
[5]
1858: Samuel Maxwell Alexander of Newtownlimavady
[11] (also Sheriff of City of Londonderry)
1859: William Fitzwilliam Lenox-Conyngham of
Springhill House
[5]
1860: James Thomas Macky of Castlefin
[5]
1861: Rowley Miller of Moneymore
[12]
1862: John Adams of Ballydevitt
[5]
1863: George Skipton[
citation needed ]
1866: Conolly Thomas McCausland of Drenagh
[5]
1867: James R. Montgomery
[13]
1868: Henry Kyle of Laurel Hill
[5]
1869:
Sir John Hill, 4th Baronet , of St. Colombs
[14]
1870: Robert Jackson Alexander
1871:
1873: Alexander Shuldham of Flowerfield
[5]
1875: James Jackson Clark of Largantogher
[5]
1877: Robert Lyon Moore
[15]
1878: Bartholomew
McCorkell of Richmond
[5]
1880: George Cather of Carrickhugh, Limavady
[16]
1882: Adolphus John Spencer Churchill Chichester
1883:
1886:
Andrew Alexander Watt of Thorn Hill
[5]
1887: Robert Alexander Ogilby of Pellipar, Dungiven
[5]
1888: Conolly William Lecky Browne-Lecky of Derry
[5]
1889:
1894: Bartholomew H.
McCorkell of Richmond
[5]
1895: John Cooke
[17]
1898: John Arthur Wellesley O'Niell Torrens of Somerset, Co Londonderry
[5]
20th century
1901: Arthur David Ash Gaussen of Ballyronan
[5]
1902: Major Henry John
McCorkell of Glengallaugh
[5]
1903:
Hervey Juckes Lloyd Bruce
1905:
John McFarland later Sir John McFarland, 1st Baronet
[18]
1906: Cecil Hamilton Browne-Lecky of Comber House
[5]
1907:
Robert Peel Dawson Spencer Chichester of Moyola Park
[5]
1908:
Maurice Marcus McCausland of Drenagh
[5]
1909: William Arbuthnot Lenox-Conyngham of
Springhill House
[5]
1910: Mervyn Challoner Tynte of Tynte Park
[5]
1911:
Robert James Leslie Ogilby of Ardnargle, Limavady and Pellipar House, Dungiven
[5]
1912: William Randal Hamilton Beresford-Ash
[19]
1912: Henry Joseph Cooke
1913:
1916: Robert Lee Hogg
[20]
1917:
1922: Alexander Wallis Clark
1923: John Russell Scott of Willsboro
[21]
1924: Ralph Henry Barre de la Poer Beresford of Learmount Castle, Park
[22]
1925:
Sir Dudley Evelyn Bruce McCorkell of Ballyarnett, Londonderry.
[23]
1926: Lieutenant George Francis Gilliland of Brook Hall, Londonderry
[24]
1927: William Maxwell Scott Moore of Molenan
[25]
1928: Henry Jackson Clark of Ardtara, Upperlands
[26]
1929:
Commander James Lenox Chichester-Clark of Moyola Park, Castledawson
[27]
1930:
Hiram Parkes Wilkinson of Moneyshanere and Drumballyhagan, Tobermore
[28]
1931: Major George Dominic Heyland of Ballintemple, Garvagh
[29]
1932: Samuel Hanna, Barrister-at-Law of Drumachose, Limavady
[30]
1933: John Alexander Clark of Gravesend, Castledawson
[31]
1934:
Sir Charles Norman Lockhart Stronge, 8th Baronet
1935: William Lowry Lenox-Conyngham of
Springhill House , Moneymore
[32]
1936: Alexander William Maxwell Clark
1937: Conolly Robert McCausland of Cumber House, Claudy
[33]
1938:
William Moore Wallis Clark
1939: Hugh Ranken Morrison of Wigmore, Aghadowey
[34]
1940: Sir Henry Hewey Francis Macdonald-Tyler of The Umbra, Magilligan
[35]
1941: Captain Hugh Lecky of Beardeville, Cloyfin, County Antrim.
[36]
1942: John Michael Cromie Montague of Cromore, Portstewart
[37]
1943: Daniel Hall Christie
[38]
1944:
John Cherry Drennan of Carse Hall, Limavady
[39]
1945: Arthur Harold Noble of Rossett, Denbighshire, Wales and Victoria Road, Londonderry
[40]
1946: Captain Cyril Anthony de Lacy Nicholson, K.C. of Beech Hill, Co. Londonderry
[41]
1947: Major-General Robert Knox Hezlet of, Bovagh, Agliadowey, Co. Londonderry.
[42]
1948: Robert Maxwell Lyon Moore of Molenan, Londonderry
[43]
1949: Thomas Fitzpatrick Cooke
1950: Major Douglas Beresford-Ash of Ashbrook
[44]
1951: Thomas Jackson Clark
1952:
Colonel Sir Basil Alexander Talbot McFarland, 2nd Baronet of Aberfoyle,
[45] (also High Sheriff of Londonderry City)
1953: Major Daniel Jackson Christie of Bannfield, Coleraine
[46]
1954: Lieut.-Colonel Kenneth Bulstrode Lloyd Davidson of The Manor House, Eglinton.
[47]
1955: Major James Fitzgerald Desmond of Ballyarton House, Killaloo
[48]
1956: Colonel John Andrew Crawford of Ardmore House, Drumahoe
[49]
1957: Major Henry Francis Clark of Rockwood, Upperlands, Londonderry
[50]
1958: John Talbot McFarland, Drumleery, Shantallow, Culmore Road, Londonderry
[51]
1959: Lieut.-Colonel Richard Gowland Gaskell Harvey of Milltown House, Londonderry
[52]
1960: Major John Loewenthan Kinnaird of The Old Rectory, Culmore
[53]
1961:
Colonel Sir Michael McCorkell of Ballyarnett
1962: Air Marshal
Sir George Robert Beamish of Rocklea, Castlerock
[54]
1963: John Bullick, Esq., Farmhill, Coleraine
[55]
1964: Brigadier Leonard Ferguson Heard of The Ferns, Magilligan
[56]
1965: Charles Brian Clark of Clonmore, Upperlands
[57]
1966: Captain John Averell Lecky of Castleroe, Coleraine
[58]
1967: Marcus Edgecumbe McCausland of Shell Hill, Strieve, Limavady
[59]
1968: Vice-Admiral
Sir Arthur Richard Hezlet of Bovagh House, Aghadowey.
[60]
1969:
Henry Wallace Stuart Clark of Gorteade Cottage, Upperlands.
[61]
1970: Major Patrick Evelyn
McCorkell of Drumlerry, Shantallow,
[62]
1971: W. Bristow Stevenson of Knockan, Feeny.
[63]
1972: J. Michael A. Nicholson of Beech Hill, Ardmore
[64]
1973: William John Moore Clarke of Gorteade House, Upperlands,
[65]
1974:
Dennis F. Desmond of Claudy,
[66]
1975: Dr. Robert Wilbur Temple of Holme Lea, Castlerock Road, Coleraine,
[67]
1976: John Randal Beresford-Ash of Ashbrook,
[68]
1977: Daniel Monro Christie of Ballybogey House, Ballybogey, Ballymoney,
[69]
1978: Edward Arthur Harry Boyle of Ardnargle, Limavady.
[70]
1979: William Aubrey Craig of Bridge House, Kilrea, Colerame.
[71]
1980: Dr. Ian Robert Oscar Gordon of Old Rectory, Banagher, Denychrier, Dungiven
[72]
1981: Robert Gordon Clark of Upperlands
[73]
1982: James T. Eaton of Londonderry
[74]
1983: A.B. Johnston of Culmore Point
[75]
1984: G.A. McIlwrath of Coleraine
[76]
1985: R.M. Harvey of Drumahoe
[77]
1986: John Barry Ernest
McCorkell of Dromore
1991: R.S. McCullough of Coleraine
[78]
1992: W.R.L. Moore of Londonderry
[79]
1993: K.H. Cheevers of Coleraine
[80]
1994: William Stephen Patrick Clark
[81]
1995: John W. Moore of Portstewart
[82]
1996: Terence C. Boyd of Portrush
[83]
1997: Thomas McMullan Mcllwaine of Cloughmills
[84]
1998: Peter Miles Welsh of Limavady
[85]
1999: Mrs Doris Hutchieson of Ballymoney, Co. Antrim
[86]
21st century
2000: William Francis Graham Hunter of Bond's Glen Road, Killaloo
[87]
2001: Florence M. M. Sloan, of Feeny Road, Feeny
[88]
2002: Professor James Scott Brown of Mountsandel Road, Coleraine
[89]
2003: Patrick Joseph Heron, Edenreagh Road, Eglinton
[90]
2004: Lorna Anne Moore Dane, Mountsandel Road, Coleraine
[91]
2005: Rosemary O'Donnell of Eglinton
[92]
2006: William Hugh McKeown
[93]
2007: Sharyn Gail Griffith, Mountsandel Road, Coleraine,
[94]
2008: Patrick Thaddeus McGinnis, Clooney Road, Gortgare, Greysteel
[95]
2009: David George Henderson of Magherafelt Road, Tobermore
[96]
2010: Trevor Kenneth Alastair Magee
2011: John Burns
[97]
2012: Jean Davidson of Eglington
[98]
2013: Philip Gilliland
[99]
2014: John O'Niell of Coleraine
[100]
2015: Helen Mark of Limavady
2016: Damian John Heron of Magherafelt
[101]
2017: Jean Thompson Caulfield of Coleraine
[102]
2018: Anna Mary Clyde of Garvagh
[103]
2019: Samuel David Graham Mawhinney of Magherafelt
[98]
2020: Ross Wilson
[104]
2023: Peter Arnold Wilson, of Coleraine
[105]
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