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The High Sheriff of Longford was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Longford, Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Longford 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 Longford unless stated otherwise. Longford was created in 1569. ==High Sheriffs of County Longford== *1590: Fergus O'Farrell〔History of the County Longford〕 *1611: Robert Bellingham〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= The Peerage )〕 *1623: Sir Richard Browne, 1st Baronet〔 *1646: John Edgeworth of Cranallagh Castle〔 *1680: Charles Fox of Fox Hall〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= ''Some notes on the High Sheriffs of Co. Longford, 1701-1800'' - 'The Irish Genealogist', Vol. 2, No. 1 )〕 *1681: Charles Adare *1686: James Nugent〔John D'Alton, ''King James's Irish Army List 1689''.〕 *1692: Charles Fox of Fox Hall〔 *1696: Mathew Wilder of Castle Wilder〔http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LF®no=13402321〕 *1698: Anthony Sheppard〔 * Redmund Mulledy 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「High Sheriff of Longford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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