This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of the English county of Rutland.
The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown: there has been a Sheriff of Rutland since 1129. Formerly the sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as sheriff was retitled high sheriff. The high sheriff changes every March.
After some 22 years as part of Leicestershire, Rutland was split away in 1996 as a unitary authority with its own shrievalty, thus establishing the separate High Sheriff of Rutland.
North Luffenham is a village in Rutland, in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 census was 704, decreasing to 679 at the 2011 census. It lies to the north of the River Chater, 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Uppingham and 7 miles (11 km) west of Stamford. Located to the north of the village is St George's Barracks, formerly RAF North Luffenham.
Oakham was a rural district in Rutland, England from 1894 to 1974, covering the north of the county.
Robert Johnson was a Church of England cleric and the founder of both Oakham School and Uppingham School.
Baron Harington of Exton was a title in the Peerage of England, created on 21 July 1603 for John Harington of Exton Hall, Rutland. It became extinct on the death of his son John Harington in 1614.
John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton in Rutland, was an English courtier and politician.
Sir James Harington of Exton was a 16th-century English public servant who fulfilled a number of legal, legislative and law enforcement duties and was knighted in 1565.
This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of the English county of Warwickshire.
This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Leicestershire, United Kingdom. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as Sheriff was retitled High Sheriff. The High Sheriff changes every March.
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Mackworth, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain. One creation is extant as of 2008.
Ashwell railway station was a station in Ashwell, Rutland on the line between Melton Mowbray and Oakham. It lies west of the village, on the road to Whissendine. Just north of Ashwell was Ashwell Junction where the Cottesmore Ironstone Branch joined. This was in use between 1883 and 1974 and served quarries in the vicinity of Cottesmore and Exton. Part of the former mineral branch line is now Rutland Railway Museum.
Rutland, archaically Rutlandshire, is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Leicestershire to the north and west, Lincolnshire to the north-east, and Northamptonshire to the south-west. Oakham is the largest town.
Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden was an English politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Rutland, Custos Rotulorum of Rutland and the Member of Parliament for Rutland.
John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton, of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland was a young English peer and politician. He was the Lord Lieutenant of Rutland and Baron Harington of Exton.
Bridget Markham (1579–1609), was a courtier to Anne of Denmark and subject of poems.
Sir James Harington, 1st Baronet (1542–1613/4) of Ridlington, Rutland, was an English politician.
Sir Edward Wingfield of Kimbolton (c.1562-1603), member of Parliament and author of a masque.
Sir Edward Harington, 2nd Baronet of Ridlington, English landowner.