The High Sheriff of Meath was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Meath, Ireland from the conquest until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Meath County Sheriff. The sheriff had judicial, electoral, ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs. 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. However the sheriff retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in the county. The usual procedure for appointing the sheriff from 1660 onwards was that three persons were nominated at the beginning of each year from the county and the Lord Lieutenant then appointed his choice as High Sheriff for the remainder of the year. Often the other nominees were appointed as under-sheriffs. Sometimes a sheriff did not fulfil his entire term through death or other event and another sheriff was then appointed for the remainder of the year. The dates given hereunder are the dates of appointment. All addresses are in County Meath unless stated otherwise.
1368: John FitzRichard
1373: William Dalton (killed by the Cenal-Fiachaidh)
1385: Richard Drake of Drakerath
1401: Sir William Nugent of Balrath
1404: Sir John D'Arcy
1406: Matthew Hussey of Moyle-Hussey
1409: Christopher Plunket
1415: Sir John D'Arcy
1422 John Drake
1424: Richard Nugent, 2nd Baron Delvin
1435: John Barnewall
1472: James Fleming, 7th Baron Slane
1482 Alexander Plunket
1520–1521: Nicholas Hussey, Baron of Galtrim
1542: James Everard
1543: Sir Thomas Cusack
1598: Richard Brett
1627 Patrick Segrave
1658: William Cadogan
1667: Richard Janns of Blackcastle
1669: Henry Wade of Clonabreany
1670: George Pepper of Ballygarth
1671: James Naper
1686: Launcelot Dowdall of Mounttown
1686: Donogh Mac Gillicuddy.
1688: John Browne.
1698: Joseph Pratt
1700: Henry Cadogan
1702: James Naper of Loughcrew
1720: Robert Waller
1724: George Pepper of Ballygarth
1725: John Coddington
1727:
1728:
1729:
1730: James Garstin of Leragh Castle
1731:
1732:
1733: Benjamin Chapman of St Lucy's, Co. Westmeath
1734: Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington
1735: Christopher Nicholson of Balrath Burry
1736:
1737: Clotworthy Sheilds Wade of Clonebrayney
1738: Hercules Langford Rowley
1739:
1740: James Lenox Naper of Loughcrew
1741:
1742:
1743: Sir Quaile Somerville, 2nd Baronet
1744:
1745:
1746:
1747:
1748: John Wade
1749:
1750: William Waller of Allenstown
1751:
1752:
1753: John Graham
1754: Dixie Coddington
1755:
1756:
1757:
1758:
1759:
1760:
1766: Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boyne
1767:
1770: Hamilton Gorges of Kilbrew
1772: Robert Wade of Clonebraney
1774: Gustavus Hamilton, 5th Viscount Boyne
1775:
1778: Samuel Winter of Agher
1779:
1781: Michael Tisdall (1755–1794) of Charles Fort near Kells
1782: Thomas Ash of Ashfield
1783: Sir John Meredyth, Kt of Carlandstown
1784: Richard Chaloner of King's Fort
1785: Henry Coddington
1786: Thomas Taylour, Marquess of Headfort
1787:
1788: Michael Tisdall of Charlesfort
1789:
1791: Christopher Armytage Nicholson of Balrath Burry
1792:
1794: Thomas Rothwell of Rockfield
1795: Thomas Everard
1796: Hon. Clotworthy Taylour, later Rowley (cr. Baron Langford of Summerhill, Co. Meath in 1800; Surname legally changed to Rowley, 26 April 1796)
1798: Nicholas Coddington
1800: Charles Drake Dillon
1802: Thomas Pepper of Ballygarth Castle
1803: James O'Reilly of Baltrasna
1804: William Battersby
1805: Thomas Taylor Rowley
1806: John Pratt Winter of Agher
1807: Thomas Barnes
1808: Henry Woodward
1809: Arthur Hill Cornwallis Pollock of Mountainstown
1810: Claudius Cole Hamilton
1811: Charles Arthur Tisdall of Charlesfort
1812: William Blaney Wade
1813: George Pepper of Ballygarth Castle
1814: Caleb Barnes
1815: Thomas Lowther Allen
1816: James Somerville
1817: Ferdinand Meath M'Veagh
1818: John Gerrard
1819: Henry Smith
1820: William Henry Waller
1821: John Payne Garnett of Arch Hall, Navan
1822: James Lenox William Naper of Loughcrew
1823: Francis Singleton
1824: John Charles Preston, of Swainstown
1825: John Thompson, of Rathnally, Trim
1827: John Armytage Nicholson of Balrath Burry, Kells
1828: Robert George Bomford and Richard Bolton
1829: Anthony Blackburne of Parsonstown
1831: The Honorable Edward Anthony John Preston of Gormanston Castle, Balbriggan
1832: Robert George Bomford
1834: Hon. Randle E. Plunket of Dunsany Castle, Dunshaughlin
1836: Henry Meredyth, later Sir Henry Meredyth, 4th Baronet of North Dublin
1837: Samuel Winter of Agher
1838:
1839: Richard Rothwell, of Rockfield
1840: Robert Craven Wade of Clonebraney
1841: John Tisdall of Charlesfort
1842: Henry Corbet Singleton of Aclare
1843: Henry Barry Coddington of Oldbridge
1843: John Farrell of Moynalty
1844: Thomas Taylour, 3rd Marquess of Headfort of Headford House, Kells
1845: Lord Killeen, of Killeen Castle
1846: George Annesley Pollock of Oatlands
1847:
1848: Henry Barry Coddington of Old Bridge, Drogheda
1849: William Martley Blackburne, of Tankardstown-Hall, Slane
1850: Michael Thunder of Lagore, Dunshaughlin
1851: Hans Hamilton Woods of Whitestown House
1852: Edward Rotheram of Crossdrum
1853: James Lenox Naper of Loughcrew
1854: John Osborne George Pollock of Mountainstown
1855: Richard Chaloner of King's Fort
1856: Christopher A. Nicholson of Belrath, Kells
1857: John Arthur Farrell of Moynalty
1858: Samuel Garnett of Arch Hall, Navan
1859: Hercules Langford Boyle Rowley of Marlay Grange, Co. Dublin
1860: George Bomford of Oakley Park
1861:
1862: Thomas Boylan, Hilltown, Drogheda.
1863: Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown and Boyne Hill
1864: William Stawell Garnett of Williamston
1865:
1867: Thomas Rockwell of Rockfield
1868:
1870: The Hon Jenico W. J. Preston of Gormanstown Castle, Balbriggan
1871: Robert Fowler
1872: James Sanderson Winter of Agher
1873: Robert Caddell of Harbourstown
1874:
1875: Mervyn Pratt
1876:
1877: Henry Corbet Singleton of Aclare
1878: George Augustus Rotheram of Kilbride Castle, Trim
1879:
1880: William Newcombe Waller of Allenstown
1881: John Kearney
1882: Robert Grimshaw Dunville
1883: Nugent Talbot Everard, Bt
1884: John Naper George Pollock of Mountainstown
1885: Edward Rotheram of Crossdrum
1886:
1887: Charles Pepper of Ballygarth Castle
1888: Edward Hamilton Woods of Milverton Hall, Co. Dublin
1889: Nathaniel Hone Dyas of Athboy House & Staholmack, Co Meath
1890:
1891: George Joseph Brooke McVeagh of Drewstown, Kells
1892: Robert Bernard George Ashurst Gradwell
1893: Uvedale Corbet Singleton of Aclare
1894: Thomas Boylan
1895: John Hampden Nicholson of Balrath Burry
1896: William Thompson of Rathnally
1897: Gustavus Villiers Briscoe of Bellinter House
1898: Francis William Blackburne of Tankardstown
1899: Robert Henry Fowler of Rahinston and Rathmolyon
1900:
1901: Gustavus Francis William Lambart, 1st Baronet of Beau Parc
1902: Charles Henry Bulwer Caldwell of New Grange
1904: Frederick Arthur Bligh of Brittas, Nobber
1905: Fitzhenry Augustus Smith of Annesbrook, Duleek
1906: Edward Rotheram of Crossdrum
1907: John Edward Joseph Farrell of Moynalty
1908: George Fitzgerald Murphy of the Grange, Dunsany
1910: Patrick James Kennedy of Rathcore House, Enfield
1911: William Lennox Naper of Loughcrew
1912: Reginald Dashwood Tandy
1913:
1922: Arthur Francis Coddington
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