High Sheriffs
of
County Down
1714 - 1857
© Brendan Hall 2003
1714 Roth James
1715 Toby Hall
1716 Henry Maxwell
1717 Sir W. Johnston Kt.
1718 Robert Hawkins
1719 Simon Isaac
1720 George Lambert
1721 James Maxwell
1722 Cromwell Price
1723 W. Montgomery
1724 Thomas Waring
1725 John Bayley
1726 T. Montgomery
1727 Robert Lambert
1728 Robert Needham
1729 Mathew Forde
1730 Edward Bayley
1731 Wm. Savage
1732 Francis Savage
1733 John D. Isaac
1734 Samuel Waring
1735 Richard Johnston
1736 Samuel Close
1737 Hon. Arthur Hill
1738 Hill Willson
1739 Francis Hall
1740 Roger Hall
1741 James Ross
1742 James Echlin
1743 Robert Maxwell
1744 C. Fortescue
1745 Samuel Hill
1746 Bernard Ward
1747 Simon Isaac
1748 John Bateman
1749 Sir John Rawdon
1750 Henry Waring
1751 William Annesley
1752 Mathew Forde
1753 Francis Price
1754 James Johnston
1755 W. Montgomery
1756 John Mathews
1757 Hon. W. Moore
1758 John Echlin
1759 Thomas Pottinger
1760 Charles Dowglass
1761 Holt Waring
1762 R. Lambert Tate
1763 Patrick Savage
1764 Richard Maginnis
1765 Richard Johnston
1766 Nicholas Harrison
1768 John Moore
1769 John Kennedy
1770 Charles Savage
1771 Robert Ross
1772 James Waddell
1773 Craven Hamilton
1774 T. Blackwell
1775 Charles Innis
1776 John Reilly
1777 Charles Echlin
1778 Daniel Delacherois
1779 John Knox
1780 Hill Willson
1781 Cromwell Price
1782 Charles Dowglass
1783 Richard Annesley
1784 Arthur Johnston
1785 Lord Kilwarlin
1786 James Arbuckle
1787 George Hamilton
1788 Wm. Johnston
1789 Jas. W. Hull
1790 Robt. M'leroth
1791 Francis Savage
1792 Hon. Robert Ward
1793 Henry Savage
1794 H. Vesey Knox
1795 R. Johnston Smith
1796 Daniel Mussenden
1797 Thomas Waring
1798 Lord C. Fitzgerald
1799 Marcus Corry
1800 Savage Hall
1801 Nicholas Price
1802 Hugh Kennedy
1803 Mathew Forde
1804 Sir J.S. Blackwood
1805 James Cleland
1806 Francis Turnley
1807 Ross Thompson
1808 Andrew Savage
1809 Robert Bateson
1810 John L. Reilly
1811 William Sharman
1812 David Gordon
1813 James Blackwood
1814 Arthur Innis
1815 W. Edmond Reilly
1816 Roger Hall
1817 J. Waring Maxwell
1818 Arthur J. Crawford
1819 Francis Savage
1820 Matthew Forde
1821 N. Delacherois Crommelin
1822 Lord Viscount Glearwley
1823 E. Southwell Ward
1824 W.H. Montgomery
1825 John M'Cance
1826 John H. Houston
1827 John Echlin
1828 Lord Visct. Newry
1829 Daniel Delacherois
1830 Nich. Chas. Whyte
1831 Wm. Mussenden
1832 Arthur Innis
1833 Robert Gorgon
1834 Earl of Hilsboro'
1835 Narcissus Batt
1836 Charles Douglass
1837 David R. Ross
1838 Thomas J. Smith
1839 J. Sharm. Crawford
1840 Matthew Forde
1841 D.S. Ker
1842 R.E. Ward
1843 John Nugent
1844 John Reed Allen
1845 Hugh Montgomery
1846 Robert Batt
1847 T.M.H. Jones
1848 R.B.B. Houston
1849 William Keown
1850 A.R. Hamilton
1851 Robert Heron
1852 S.D. Crommelin
1853 William B. Forde
1854 John Temple Reilly
1855 Andw. Mulholland
1856 Francis C. Leslie
1857 John Andrews
The above list, originally published in the Belfast News Letter, was printed in the Newry and Louth Advertiser on 10/08/1857. However, the latter may have got its facts wrong and it is possible that the list was originally published in the Belfast Telegraph. A couple of weeks later the Advertiser published a similar list for Armagh, but this time saying it was taken from the Telegraph.