The High Sheriff of Carlow was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Carlow, Ireland from the 14th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Carlow 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 Carlow unless stated otherwise.

High Sheriffs of County Carlow 1355: Henry Traharne (also Escheator of County Carlow) 1356: William ValeClose Roll 32 Edward III 1358: William Vale, again 1374: Geoffrey ValePatent Roll 48 Edward III 1405: Richard fitz Esmond ButlerPatent Roll 6 Henry IV 1414: Thomas ValePatent Roll Henry V 1583: George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes 1612: Sir Thomas Butler, 1st Baronet of Cloughgrenan 1619: Nicholas Harman of CarlowA genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, 1912, Bernard Burke 1622: Sir Thomas Butler, 1st Baronet of Cloughgrenan 1641: Edward Butler 1650: Henry Prittie 1662: Thomas Burdett of DunmoreComplete Baronetage, p.345 1670: Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet 1686: William Brereton 1689: Mark Baggot (Jacobite) 1691: Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet 1694: Edmond Jones 1695: Benjamin Bunbury of Killerig 1700: Urban Vigors 1701: Sir Thomas Burdett, 1st Baronet of Garryhill 1706: George Brereton 1707: Digby Berkeley 1708: Thomas Bernard of Oldtown and Clonmulsh 1712: Michael Warren 1713: Benjamin Bunbury 1714: Richard Vigors Google Books 1715: Henry Percy 1716: Charles Nuttall 1717: Wentworth Harman 1718: Charles Bernard of Bernard's Grove 1719: Jeffrey Paul 1721: Richard Wolseley 1722: William Pendred 1724: Samuel Burton of Burton Hall, Carlow 1725: Richard Wolseley 1730: Joseph Bernard of Straw Hill 1730: Robert Burton 1733: Denny Cuffe 1736: Benjamin Burton of Burton Hall, Carlow 1737: William Brereton 1743: I. Thomas TrenchA genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland (Volume 2). Bernard Burke 1744: Jacob Peppard Warren 1751: George Brereton 1754: Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow 1758: John Rochfort 1760: Benjamin Burton of Burton hall, Carlow

George III, 1760–1820 1761: Thomas Bunbury 1762: 1766: John Vigors of Old Leighlin 1767: Vesey Colclough 1768: 1769: William Bunbury 1770: Clement WolseleyComplete Baronetage, p.356 1771: Thomas Whelan 1772: 1773: John Perkins 1775: Benjamin Burton Doyne 1776: James Garrett of Janeville Google Books 1777: George Bunbury of Rathmore 1782: Richard Mercer, of Lodge 1783: William Vicars, of Ballinakill 1784: Sir Richard Butler, 7th Baronet of Garyhunden 1785: Henry Bruen of Sportland 1787: Robert Cornwall 1788: 1789: Harry Bunbury Lodge 1790: 1794: John Drought 1794: William Browne 1795: John Maxwell Barry of Newtownbarry 1797: John Newton 1800: Edward Eustace of Castlemore 1802: John Bennett 1804: Henry Colclough 1805: David Latouche of UptonPapers by Command-Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons-Volume 16 1806: William Garrett of Janeville 1807: Robert Anthony Latouche, jnr 1808: Robert Marshall 1809: John Cornwall 1810: Benjamin Disraeli of Bettyville House, Carlow (uncle of British PM) 1811: William Knott 1812: Gilbert Pickering Rudkin of Wells 1813: James Eustace of Castlemore 1814: Beauchamp Colclough and Henry Colclough 1815: Henry Guy Colclough 1816: Benjamin Burton 1817: John Faulkner Cornwall 1818: Sir Thomas Butler, 8th Baronet 1819: John Dawson Duckett of Duckett's Grove

George IV, 1820–1830

1820: Sir Charles Burton, 3rd Baronet 1821: William Richard Stewart 1822: William Fitzwilliam Burton of Burton Hall 1823: John Staunton Rochfort 1824: John Alexander, jnr. of Milford, 1825: William Duckett 1827: W.Newton 1828: John James Lecky of BallykealeyA genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland

William IV, 1830–1837 1831: Robert Clayton Browne of Browne's Hill 1833: Horace Rochfort 1834: John Watson of Ballydarton 1834: Philip Bagnall of Drumleckney 1835: James Hardy Eustace of Hardymount and Castlemore 1836: Sir Richard Pierce Butler, 9th Baronet 1837: George R. Keogh

Victoria, 1837–1901 1838: John George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough 1839: 1840: Horace William Noel Rochfort, of Clogrenane"Genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland" 1841: 1842: Hon. Somerset Richard Maxwell of Mountnugent 1843: Thomas Tench Vigors of Erindale 1844: Sir Robert Joshua Paul, 3rd Baronet of Paulville, BallyglanComplete Baronetage, p.432 1845: Robert Stephen Doyne 1846: Philip Jocelyn Newton 1847: Hugh FaulknerThe General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales – Bernard Burke 1848: Samuel Elliott of Racrogue 1849: William Fitzwilliam Burton 1850: Beauchamp Bartholomew Newton 1851: Charles William Cuffe Burton, 5th Baronet 1852: Sir Clement Wolseley, 5th Baronet of Mount Wolseley 1853: John Beauchamp Brady of Myshall House 1854: William Duckett of Duckett's Grove 1855: Rt Hon Henry Bruen 1856: John Newton 1857: Arthur MacMorrough Kavanagh, The MacMorrough 1858: Denis William Pack-Beresford of Fenagh Lodge, Bagnalstown 1859: William Clayton Browne-Clayton 1860: John Lecky Watson of Kiloonnor, Fenagh 1861: Sir John Richard Wolseley, 6th Baronet, of Castletown 1862: Hardy Eustace of Castlemore and Hardymount 1863: 1864: John Frederic Lecky of Ballykealey. 1865: Captain William Bunbury M'Clintock Bunbury of Rathvilly, Baltinglass. 1866: Sir Thomas Pierce Butler, 10th Baronet of Ballintemple, Tullow. 1867: Maurice James Eustace of Newstown. 1868: Robert Westley Hall-Dare of Newtonbarry. 1869: Philip Charles Newton. 1870: John Cornwall Brady of Myshall. 1871: Beauchamp Frederick Bagenal of Benekerry House. 1873: Steuart James Charles Duckett of Russelltown. 1874: James Eustace of Newstown. 1875: Charles Mervyn Doyne. 1875: Peter George FitzGerald, 1st Baronet. 1876: Thomas Kane McClintock-Bunbury, 2nd Baron Rathdonnell 1878: James Walter Milles Stopford, 6th Earl of Courtown. 1879: Charles Edward Henry Duckett-Steuart of Rutland Lodge. 1880: John William McClintock-Bunbury. 1881: 1882: Robert Abraham Brewster French-Brewster of Cloonanartmore. 1884: Walter MacMurrough Kavanagh of Borris. 1885: 1886: Henry Bruen. 1887: Ambrose More-O'Ferrall of Balyna, County Kildare. 1888: Sir Maurice Fitzgerald, 20th Knight of Kerry. 1890: Denis Robert Pack-Beresford of Fenagh House. 1891: John Alexander of Milford House. 1892: 1893: Charles John Engledow. 1894: Philip Doyne of Holloden. 1895: John James Hardy Rowland Eustace-Duckett of Castlemore and Hardymount. 1896: Robert Westley Hall-Dare 1897: William Peisley Hutchinson Lloyd-Vaughan. 1898: Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough. 1899: Thomas Herbert Robertson. 1900: John Bonham of Ballintaggart.

Edward VII, 1901–1910 1901: Godwin Butler Meade Swifte of Swiftsheath and Foulksrath Castle and Lionsden 1902: Dermot Henry Doyne 1903: Louis Perrin-Hatchell of Fortfield HouseA genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland by Sir Bernard Burke 1904: Henry Philip Newton of Mount Leinster 1905: Sir Richard Pierce Butler, 11th Baronet 1906: Stanley Edward Denyer of Pollacton 1907: Lt-Col. Robert Clayton Browne-Clayton, D.S.O., of Browne's Hill 1909: Thomas Leopold McClintock-Bunbury, 3rd Baron Rathdonnell 1910: William Fitzwilliam Burton

George V 1910–1936 1911: Walter Henry Mountiford Westropp-Dawson 1920: Charles Richard Butler

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