High Sheriff of Dorset

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The High Sheriff of Dorset is an ancient high sheriff title which has been in existence for over one thousand years. [1] Until 1567 the Sheriff of Somerset was also the Sheriff of Dorset.

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On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, the title of Sheriff of Dorset was retitled High Sheriff of Dorset. [2]

The position was once a powerful position responsible for collecting taxes and enforcing law and order in Dorset. In modern times the high sheriff has become a ceremonial role, presiding over public ceremonies.

List of Sheriffs of Dorset

1066–1700

1701–1800

1801–1900

1901–1973

  • 1901 Captain Edward Wilmot Williams, of Herringstone House, Dorchester [234]
  • 1902 Colonel John Bullen Symes Bullen, of Catherston Leweston, Charmouth [235]
  • 1903 Colonel John Mount Batten of Upcerne House, Dorchester [236]
  • 1904 Hastings Burton Middleton, of Bradford Peverell, Dorchester [237]
  • 1905 Reginald Douglas Thornton, of Birkin House, Dorchester [238]
  • 1906 Henry Stilwell, of Steepleton Manor, Dorchester [239]
  • 1907 Humphrey Frederick Weld, of Chideock Manor, Bridport [240]
  • 1908 Charles Ethelston Parke, of Henbury House, Wimborne [241]
  • 1909 Alexander Edward Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers, of Hinton St. Mary, Sturminster Newton [242]
  • 1910 Hector Edmond Monro, of Edmondsham House, Cranborne, Salisbury [243]
  • 1911 George Hamilton Fletcher, of Leweston Manor, Slierborne [244]
  • 1912 James Hainsworth Ismay, of Iwerne Minster House, Blandford [245]
  • 1913 Henry Frank Ward Farquharson, of Eastbury Park, Tarrant Gunville, Blandford [246]
  • 1914 Frederick James Bosworth Wingfield-Digby, of Sherborne Castle, Sherborne [247]
  • 1915 Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Farrer, of Binnegar Hall, East Stoke, Wareham [248]
  • 1916 Frederick George Alexander Lane, of Bloxworth House, Wareham [249]
  • 1917 Freeman Roper, of Forde Abbey, Chard [250]
  • 1918 Alban James Woodroffe, of Ware House, Lyme Regis [251]
  • 1919 William Llewellin of Upton House, near Poole [252] [253]
  • 1920 Lt.-Col. Thomas Alfred Colfox of Coneygar, Bridport [254]
  • 1921 Major Joseph Gundry, of The Hyde, Bridport [255]
  • 1922 Alfred Douglas Pass, of Wootton Fitzpaine, Charmouth [256]
  • 1923 Sir Reginald John Pinney of Racedown, Crewkerne [257]
  • 1924 Major Kenneth Robert Balfour, of Steepleton Manor, Dorchester. [258]
  • 1925 Major Charles Robert Eustace Radclyffe, of Hyde, Wareham. [259]
  • 1926 Major Hugh Blomfield Nicholson of Mappercombe Manor, Melplash [260]
  • 1927 Capt. Sir Richard Fitzgerald Glyn Bt. of Gaunt's House, Wimborne [261]
  • 1928 Carlton Cross, of Wyke Hall, Gillingham [262]
  • 1929 Harry Rupert Fetherstonhaugh-Frampton, of Moreton New House, Dorchester [263]
  • 1930 Lieut.-Col. Edward George Troyte–Bullock of Zeals House, Zeals [264]
  • 1931 Capt. Berkeley Cole Wilmot Williams, of Herringston, Dorchester [265]
  • 1932 Wilfred John Brymer, of Ilsington House, Piddletown, Dorchester [266]
  • 1933 Lieut.-Col. Edward Philip Le Breton, of Loders Court, Bridport [267]
  • 1934 Capt. Angus Valdemar Hambro, of Merly House, Wimborne [268]
  • 1935 Major Harry Denison Denison-Pender of Strangways, Marnhull [269]
  • 1936 Lieut.-Commander Hector Richard Monro, of Edmondesham, Cranborne, Salisbury [270]
  • 1937 Lieut.-Col. John Bernhard Harbin Goodden of Compton Hawy, Sherborne [271]
  • 1938 Major Rhys Clavell Mansel, of Smedmore, Kimmeridge, Corfe Castle [272]
  • 1939 Henry John Ralph Bankes, of Kingston Lacy, Wimborne [273]
  • 1940 Capt. Lewys Legge Yeatman, of Stock House, near Sturminster Newton [274]
  • 1941 Sir Claud Schuster of The Manor House, Piddletrenthide, Dorchester [275]
  • 1942 Major William John Bates Van de Weyer of Clyffe, Dorchester [276]
  • 1943 Ernest Frederick Cambridge Lane of Poxwell House, near Dorchester [277]
  • 1944 John Henry Lionel Glasbrook of Manor House, Child Okeford, Blandford [278]
  • 1945 William Ralph Garneys Bond of Tyneham, Corfe Castle. [279]
  • 1946 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Philip Colfox, Bt. of Symondsbury Manor, Bridport. [280]
  • 1947 Lieut.-Co. George Ambrose Pinney of Horn Park, Beaminster. [281]
  • 1948 Colonel George Harold Absell Ing of Jerards, Sandford Orcas, Sherborne. [282]
  • 1949 Sir Philip Francis Cunningham Williams, Bt., of Bridehead, Little Bredy, Dorchester. [283]
  • 1950 Lieut.-Colonel John Fitzherbert Symes Bullen, of Catherston, Charmouth, Dorset. [284]
  • 1951 Lieut.-Colonel Joseph William Weld of Lulworth Castle, Dorset. [285]
  • 1952 Commander Henry Kelsall Beckford Mitchell of Folke Manor, Sherborne. [286]
  • 1953 Sir Arthur Nugent Floyer-Acland [287]
  • 1954 Lieut-Colonel Sir Thomas Henry Salt, Bt, of Shillingstone House, Shillingstone, Blandford. [288]
  • 1955 Admiral Sir Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley of Mappercombe Manor, Powerstock, Bridport [289]
  • 1956 William Wigan Llewellin of Upton House, near Poole. [290]
  • 1957 Lieut-Colonel Edward William Seymour of Tarrant Albbey, Blandford. [291]
  • 1958 Major Etienne Henry Tudor Boileau, of Rampisham Manor, Dorchester. [292]
  • 1959 Lieut.-Colonel Kenneth Greville Williams of Stock Hill, Gillingham. [293]
  • 1960 Sir Thomas Edward Lees, Bt., of Post Green, Lytchett Minster, Poole. [294]
  • 1961 Lieut.-Colonel Robert Stanley Grosvenor Perry of Moor Lane House, Briantspuddle, Dorchester. [295]
  • 1962 Lieut.-Commander George Gosselin Marten of Crichel, Wimborne. [296]
  • 1963 Colonel Richard James Longfield, of Lower Silton, Gillingham [297]
  • 1964 Lieut.-Commander Robert Hugh Hodgkinson of Milton Abbey School, near Blandford Forum. [298]
  • 1965 Commander Roger Henry Charles Fetherstonhaugh-Frampton of Moreton House, Dorchester. [299]
  • 1966 Major William Harry Gibson Fleming, of Ranston, Blandford. [300]
  • 1967 Henry Rolf Gardiner of Springhead, Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury. [301]
  • 1968 John Mansell of Smedmore, Wareham [302]
  • 1969 Sir William John Colfox of Symondsbury Manor, Bridport [303]
  • 1970 Major-General Edward Alexander Wilmot Williams of Herringston, Dorchester. [304]
  • 1971 Major Nigel Darner Martin, of Came House, Dorchester. [305]
  • 1972 Lieut-Colonel John Lewys Yeatman, of Stock Gaylard House, near Sturminster Newton. [306]
  • 1973 Peter Frank Tiarks of Melplash Court, Bridport. [307]

List of High Sheriffs of Dorset

1974–2000

  • 1974 Brigadier Stafford Floyer-Acland [ citation needed ]
  • 1975 Lieut.-Colonel James Thomas Amcotts Wilson [308]
  • 1976 George Edward Sealy Woodhouse of West Lodge, Blandford [309]
  • 1977 Major-General Henry Mark Garneys Bond [310]
  • 1978 Major Graham Neville Yeatman [311]
  • 1979 Lady Elizabeth Mary Garneys Williams, of Bridehead, Littlebredy, Dorchester. [312]
  • 1980 George Anthony Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers of Manor House, Hinton St Mary, Sturminster Newton [313]
  • 1981 Sir Stephen George Hammick, 5th Baromet, of Badgers, Wraxall, Dorchester. [314]
  • 1982 Deric Sydney Scott of the Crest, Bournemouth < [315]
  • 1983 Richard Greville Earle of Frankham Farm, Ryme Intrinseca, Sherborne [316]
  • 1984 Mark Roper of Forde Abbey, Chard [317]
  • 1985 Christopher John Rolph Pope of Wrackleford House, Dorchester [318]
  • 1986 Colonel Kenneth Dubois Ferguson, of Studland Bay House, Studland, Swanage. [319]
  • 1987 Lt-Cmdr William Victor Percy Crutchley, R.N. of Mappercombe Manor, Nettlecombe, Bridport [320]
  • 1988 Henry Walter Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax of Charborough Park, Wareham [321]
  • 1989 Mary Anna Marten of Crichel, Wimborne [322]
  • 1990 Peter Winder Allsebrook, of Milton Mill, West Milton, Bridport [323]
  • 1991 Edwin William Ludlow, of Friar Waddon Farm House, Friar Waddon, Weymouth [324]
  • 1992 Giles Patrick Sturdy of Trigon House, Wareham [325]
  • 1993 Richard Guy Grosvenor de Pelet [326]
  • 1994 Capt. Michael Fulford-Dobson, R.N. of Cerne Abbey, Cerne Abbas, Dorchester [327]
  • 1995 John Derek Wrighton of Preston, Weymouth [328]
  • 1996 Wilfrid Joseph Weld [329]
  • 1997 Richard Walter Fielding [330]
  • 1998 Cmdr Peter Gelson Gregson RN [331]
  • 1999 Anthony Graham Yeatman [332]
  • 2000 Michael John Ashley Bond [333]

2001–present

  • 2001 Charles Arnold Grosvenor Perry [334]
  • 2002 James Richard Boughey [335]
  • 2003 Eleanor Weld [336]
  • 2004 Allan Frank Simmons [337]
  • 2005 Charlotte Anne Townshend [338]
  • 2006 David Harold Woodhouse [339]
  • 2007 Adrian Eason Bailey Scott [340] [341]
  • 2008 John Roland Raymond [342]
  • 2009: Victoria Mary McDonaugh of Wimborne [343]
  • 2010: Timothy John Palmer of West Woodyates [344]
  • 2011: Alan John Frost of Bournemouth [345]
  • 2012: Jeremy James Richard Pope, of Dorchester [346]
  • 2013: Catriona Janet Payne of Dorchester [347]
  • 2014: Jane Stichbury of Ashley Park, Ringwood [348]
  • 2015: Jennifer Sheila Coombs of Stepleton House, Iwerne Stepleton, Blandford Forum [349]
  • 2016: Sir Philip Williams, 4th Baronet of Bridehead, Littlebredy, Dorchester [350]
  • 2017: Simon John Young of Blandford [351]
  • 2018: Jacqueline Anne Swift of Poole [352]
  • 2019: Philip Henry Warr of Canford Magna, Wimborne [353]
  • 2020: George Henry Streatfeild of Bridport [354]
  • 2021: Michael Matthew Patrick Dooley of Dorchester [355]
  • 2022: Sibyl Fine King [356]
  • 2023: Colin William George Weston [357]
  • 2024: Anthony Woodhouse [358]

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