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The High Sheriff of Sligo was the British Crown’s judicial representative in County Sligo, Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Sligo 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 Sligo unless stated otherwise.
High Sheriffs of County Sligo
- 1606 William Crofton [1]
- 1613 William Crofton [1]
- 1687 Henry Crofton [1]
- 1699 Percy Gethin [1]
- 1718 Joshua Cooper [1]
- 1724 Sir Richard Gethin, 3rd Baronet [1]
- 1770 Malby Crofton [1]
- 1780 Sir Percy Gethin, 5th Baronet [1]
- 1827 John Gethin [1]
- 1871 Edward Henry Cooper [1]
- 1872 Sir Henry William Gore-Booth, 5th Baronet [1]
- 1892 Alexander Joseph Crichton [1]
- 1893 George Gethin [1]
- 1908 Bryan Ricco Cooper [1]