The High Sheriff of Westmeath was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Westmeath, Ireland from its creation under The Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act of 1543 until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Westmeath 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. The following is an incomplete list: all addresses are in County Westmeath unless stated otherwise.
1557: Sir Oliver Nugent
1558: Sir Thomas le Strange
1572–1573: Thomas Nugent
1606–1612: Sir Edmund Fettiplace
1642: Edward Tuite, of Tuitestown (killed in battle, 1642)
1661: Ridgeley Hatfield
1663: Charles Lyons
1692: Walter Pollard, jnr
1698: Ralph Elrington, of Killeenbrack
1703: Edward Bertles
1705: Thomas Magan, of Togherstown
1709: Richard Plummer
1715: Thomas Judge, of Grangebegg
1718: Arthur Reynell, of Castle Reynell
1720: Richard Berry, of Wardenstown
1721: Arthur Judge, of Bishopstone and later of Mosstown
1727: Arthur Reynell, of Castle Reynell
1728: Hon. Humphrey Butler of Belturbet
1729: Herbert Price
1729: Major Charles Hampson
1730: Herbert Price
1731: Charles Lyons, of Ledeston
1732: Hugh Wilton
1733: Sir Henry Tuite, 6th Banoet of Sonagh
1734: William Handcock
1735: John Gay
1736: Judge Rochfort
1737: William Sherlock
1738: Henry Pilkington, of Tore
1739: Ebenezer Lowe
1740: Nicholas Ogle
1741: Thomas Pakenham
1742: Edmond Hill
1743: Robert Cooke
1744: Isaac Smith
1745: Edmond Reynell
1746: Thomas Smyth, of Drumcree
1747: Hans Widman Wood, of Rosmead
1748: John Smith
1748: John Meares, of Meares Court
1749: Edward Magan
1750: Arthur Judge
1751: Benjamin Chapman
1752: Morgan Daly
1753: Duke Tyrrell
1754: Hugh Maguire
1755: Samuel Lowe
1756: Edmond Malone, of Baronston
1757: Edmond Malone, of Baronston
1758: John Nugent
1759: Arthur Magan, of Clonearl
1760: Richard Sterne Tighe
1761: Thomas Adderly
1762: Hon. George Augustus Rochfort, Lord Belfield (later 2nd Earl of Belvedere)
1763: Brinsley Butler, Hon. Lord Newtown
1764: Sir Richard Levinge, 4th Baronet
1765: Hon. Richard Rochfort Mervyn
1766: Ralph Smith
1767: Joseph Daly
1768: Daniel Chenevix
1769: George Boleyn Whitney
1770: William Smyth, of Fieldstown
1771: Thomas Fetherstonhaugh
1772: George Paul Monk
1773: Peter Delemar
1774: Sir William Pigot Piers, 5th Baronet., of Tristernagh Abbey
1775: George Tyrrell
1776: Robert Hodson, later Sir Robert Hodson, 1st Baronet. of Tuitestown, now Greenpark
1777: Hon. Robert Rochfort
1778: John Lyons, of Ledeston
1779: John Reynell
1780: Richard Malone
1781: Cuthbert Fetherstonhaugh, of Mosstown
1782: William Fetherstonhaugh
1783: John Meares, of Meares Court
1784: James Fetherstonhaugh, of Bracklyn Castle
1785: Hon. Robert Moore
1786: Henry Widman Wood
1787: Philip Batty
1788: Henry Purdon
1789: Mark Synnott (died 1789) and replaced by James Caulfield Browne
1790: Ralph Smyth, of Gaybrook
1791: Sir Charles Levinge, 5th Baronet
1792: Thomas Hutchinson Smyth
1793: William Smyth, of Barbavilla
1794: Sterne Tighe, of Carrick
1795: Henry Cope
1796: Gustavus Hume Rochfort, of Rochfort
1797: Maurice Nugent O'Connor, of Mount Pleasant
1798: Dillon Pollard
1799: James Nugent, of Clonlost
1800: Edward John Briscoe, of Riverdale
1801: Thomas Fitzgerald Nugent
1802: Alexander Murray
1803: Joseph Morgan Daly
1804: Henry Daniel
1805: Theobald Fetherstonhaugh, of Mosstown
1806: Robert Cooke
1807: James Gibbons
1808: Sir Richard Levinge, 6th Baronet
1809: George Purdon
1810: Walter Nugent
1811: Robert Purdon
1812: William Dutton Pollard, of Kinturk and Castle Pollard
1813: Ralph Smyth, of Glananea
1814: John Middleton Berry, of Middleton
1815: Robert Handcock Temple, of Waterstown
1816: John Charles Lyons, of Ledeston
1817: James Gibbons, jnr
1818: Peter Purdon
1819: Richard M. Reynell
1820: William Henry Magan
1821: Richard Handcock, Junior
1822: Hugh Morgan Tuite, later of Sonna
1823: Robert Smyth, of Drumcree
1824: Thomas James Fetherstonhaugh, of Bracklyn Castle
1825: Anthony J. Doppling, of Lowtown
1826: Thomas Shugburgh Whitney, of Newpass
1827: Sir Robert Arair Hodson, 2nd Bt., of Holybrooke House, co. Wicklow
1828: Daniel or David James Hearne
1829: Gustavus Lambert
1830: Robert Smyth, of Gaybrook
1831: Hon. Augustus Caulfeild Browne
1832: William Barlow Smythe, of Barbavilla
1833: Edward Briscoe, of Grangemore
1834: R. W. Cooper
1835: Sir Percy Fitzgerald Nugent, 1st Bt., of Donore
1836: William Chapman
1837: John Ennis
1838: James Nugent, Count of Holy Roman Empire
1839: Richard Winter Reynell, of Killynon
1840: William Pollard, of Kinturk
1841: Cuthbert Fetherstonhaugh, of Mosstown
1842: Hercules Robinson, R.N., of Rosmead
1843: George Augustus Boyd, of Middleton Park House
1844: Sir Montague Lowther Chapman, 3rd Bt., of Killua Castle
1845: Hon. Laurence Harman King-Harman, of Newcastle
1846: Hon. Laurence Harman King-Harman and Sir George Frederick John Hodson, 3rd Bt., of Holybrooke House, co. Wicklow
1847: Richard Steel Fetherston-Haugh
1848: James William Middleton Barry, of Ballinagall, Mullingar
1849: Lt-Col. John Caulfeild, of Bloomfield
1850: Sir John Hugh Nugent, 3rd Bt., of Ballinlough
1851: Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge, 7th Bt.
1852: John Richard Malone, of Baronston
1853: Charles Brinsley Marlay (later Rochfort), of Belvedere
1854: Sir Francis Hopkins, 2nd Bt., of Athboy
1855: John James Nugent
1856: Sir Benjamin James Chapman, 4th Bt., of Killua Castle
1857: Howard Fetherstonhaugh, of Bracklyn Castle
1858: Thomas James Smyth, of Ballynegall
1859: John Longworth, of Glynwood
1860: Hon. Robert Reginald Temple Harris
1861: Hon. Henry William Parnell, later 3rd Baron Congleton
1862: John Devenish Meares, of Meares Court, Moyvore
1863:
1864: John Wilson, of Daramona House
1865:
1866: John James Ennis (later 2nd Bt.), of Ballinahown Court, Athlone
1867: Francis Hume Kelly, of Glencara
1868: Joseph Tuite, of Sonna
1869:
1870: Hon. Francis William Browne, of Galston Park, Killican (later 4th Baron Kilmaine)
1871: Hon. George Mostyn
1872: George Nugent Purdon, of Lisnabin
1872: Hon. Sir Leicester Curzon Smyth
1873: Walter William Dutton Pollard-Urquhart, of Castle Pollard
1874: James Corry Jones Lowry, of Rockdale
1875: Joshua Harry Cooper
1876: Major Rochfort Hamilton Boyd-Rochfort, of Middleton Park, Castletown
1877: William Benjamin Digby, of Ballincurra
1878: William Edward Smyth, of Glananea
1879:
1880: Captain Crofton Thomas Burton Vandeleur, of Wordenstown
1881: Henry Loftus Lewis, of Violetstown
1882: Francis Travers Dames-Longworth, Q.C., of Glynwood
1883: Charles Kelly, of Lunestown
1884: Hon. Patrick Emilius John Greville-Nugent, of Clonyn Castle
1885: William Lewis Devenish-Meares, of Meares Court
1886: Harry Corbyn Levinge, of Knockdrin Castle
1887: Henry Ernest William Fetherstonhaugh-Whitney, of Newpass
1888: William Lyster Smythe
1889: Sir Montagu Richard Chapman, 5th Bt., of Killua Castle
1890: Cecil Howard Digby Fetherstonhaugh, of Bracklyn Castle
1891: Francis Vansittart Chapman
1892: James Smyth, of Gaybrook
1893:
1894: William Edward Wilson, FRS, of Daramona
1895: William Bury Homan-Mulock
1896: Col. John Richard Malone, of Baronston
1897: Henry Arthur Shuckburgh Upton, of Coolatore, Moate(1870–1947)
1898:
1899: Captain the Hon. Ronald Fulke Greville
1900: Edward Travers Dames-Longworth, of Glynwood
1901: Lt-Col. Francis Edward Romulus Pollard-Urquhart, of Castle Pollard
1902: Richard William Winter Bayley, of Ballinderry
1903: Edward Kenrick Bunbury Tighe
1904: George Arthur Boyd-Rochfort, of Middleton Park
1905: John David Fetherstonhaugh, of Rockview
1906: Charles Brinsley Marlay (later Rochfort), of Belvedere
1907: Hugh Ponsonby Wilson, of Coolure
1908: Sir Richard William Levinge, 10th Bt.
1909: Major Gerald Dease, Turbotston
1910: Gustavus Rochfort Wade (later Hyde), of Lynnbury
1911: John Granville Wilson, of Daramona House
1912: Joseph Leycester Devenish-Meares, of Meares Court
1913: Robert Wolfe Smyth, of Portlick Castle
1914:
1915: Henry Maurice Tuite, of Sonna
1916: Col. Edward Winter Purdon-Winter, of Lisnabin
1917: Major Thomas Gibbons Hawkesworth Smyth, of Ballynegall
1918: Henry Maxwell Smyth, of Drumcree House
1919:
1920: Major Patrick Henry Augustus O'Hara, of Mornington
1921:
1922: Sir Walter Richard Nugent, 4th Bt.
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