High Sheriff of County Galway
The High Sheriff of County Galway was the Sovereign's judicial representative in
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]
The first (High) Shrivalties were established before the
Lord-Lieutenant the Sovereign's prime representative in a county and reduced the High Sheriff's precedence.[4] However the office retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in a county.[2]
In Galway the office of High Sheriff was established when Connacht was shired around 1569Irish Free State in 1922 .
and ceased to exist with the establishment of theElizabeth I, 1558–1603
- 1582: William Óge Martyn
James I, 1603–1625
- 1607: Henry Bingham[5] / Robert Martin[6]
- 1612: John Donelan[6]
Charles I, 1625–1649
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William III, 1689–1702
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Anne, 1702–1714
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George I, 1714–1727
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George II, 1727–1760
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George III, 1760–1820
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George IV, 1820–1830
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William IV, 1830–1837
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Victoria, 1837–1901
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Edward VII, 1901–1910
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George V, 1910–1922
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- ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1913). Vicary Gibbs (ed.). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Vol. III. London: The St Catherine Press Ltd. p. 328.
- ^ a b c d e f g Walford, Edward (1909). The County Families of the United Kingdom. London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd.
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