High Sheriff of Kilkenny City

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Not to be confused with High Sheriff of County Kilkenny.

The High Sheriff of Kilkenny City was the Sovereign's judicial representative in the city of the City of Kilkenny. 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 had ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.[2]

High Sheriffs of Kilkenny City

  • 1334–1340: John Talbot
  • 1752: Edward Jollie
  • 1813–1817: John Keogh; Henry Anderson [3] (served for 20 years)
  • 1835–1838: Benjamin Barton [4]
  • 1840–1842: Benjamin Barton [4]
  • 1843–1844: Sir John Blunden, 3rd Baronet [4]
  • 1845: John M'Craith, of Kilkenny.[5]
  • 1848: George Reade of Kilkenny [6]
  • 1849: John Newport Green of Lakeaview [7]
  • 1850: Richard Smithwick, of Birchfield, Kilkenny.[8]
  • 1853: John Wade
  • 1854: Thomas Hart [9]
  • 1856: Edward Mulhallan of Seville Lodge, Kilkenny [10]
  • 1858: George P. Helsham of John Street, Kilkenny [11]
  • 1862: Thomas Power
  • 1867: D. Cullen [12]
  • 1869: James Sullivan [4]
  • 1870: James Smithwick of Drakeland [13]
  • Joseph Empson [14]
  • John F. Smithwick [14]
  • Edmond Smithwick [14]
  • 1881: Richard Colles, of Millmount [15]
  • 1883: Simon Morris [14]
  • 1884: Patrick Murphy [14]
  • 1886: Edward Fennessy

References

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  11. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 6775. p. 180. 29 January 1958. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
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  13. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 8027. p. 104. 25 January 1970. Retrieved 2014-10-02.
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  15. ↑ County Families of the United Kingdom
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