The High Sheriff of Antrim is the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Antrim. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the high sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258.[1] Besides his judicial importance, he has ceremonial and administrative functions and executes High Court Writs.[2]
History
The first (High) Shrivalties were established before the Norman Conquest in 1066 and date back to Saxon times.[3] 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.[4] Despite however that the office retains his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in a county.[2]
While the office of High Sheriff ceased to exist in those Irish counties, which had formed the Irish Free State in 1922, it is still present in the counties of Northern Ireland.
Medieval
- 1326: John Athy[5]
James I, 1603–1625
Charles I, 1625–1649English Interregnum, 1649–1660Charles II, 1660–1685
James II, 1685–1688William III, 1689–1702Anne, 1702–1714George I, 1714–1727George II, 1727–1760
George III, 1760–1820
George IV, 1820–1830William IV, 1830–1837Victoria, 1837–1901
Edward VII, 1901–1910
George V, 1910–1936
George VI, 1936–1952
Elizabeth II, 1952–2022
Charles III, 2022–present
See alsoNotes† Died in office References
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