High Sheriff of Wiltshire

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Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Sheriff in 1805,
monument in Salisbury Cathedral Sir Richard Colt Hoare monument, Salisbury Cathedral.jpg
Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Sheriff in 1805,
monument in Salisbury Cathedral

This is a list of the sheriffs and (after 1 April 1974) high sheriffs of Wiltshire .

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Until the 14th century, the shrievalty was held ex officio by the castellans of Old Sarum Castle.

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

Sheriff

To 1400

  • 1066: Edric
  • 1067–1070: Philippe de Buckland
  • 1085: Aiulphus the Sheriff
  • 1070–1105: Edward of Salisbury
  • 1110: William of Pont de L'Arche [2]
  • 1119: Edward d'Évreux
  • 1120: Humphrey "The Great" De BOHUN (2º B. Bohun of Taterford) – Bearer of the Royal Standard in 1120 in the battle of Benneville in Normandy
  • ????: Walter FitzEdward of Salisbury [3]
  • 1130: Warin de Lisures or Lisoriis
  • ????: "William the Late Sheriff", so called in 1155
  • 1152–1159: Patrick of Salisbury, 1st Earl of Salisbury [4]
  • 1160–1162: Richard Clericus (Richard de Wilton)
  • 1163: Milo de Dauntesey
  • 1164–1181: Richard de Wilton or de Wilteshire
  • 1181: Michael Belet and Robert Malde (Mauduit)
  • 1182: ditto 1181 and Roger Fitz Renfr or Renf
  • 1183–1187: Robert Mauduit
  • 1189: Hugh Bardolf
  • 1190: William of Salisbury, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, son of Patrick
  • 1191: Robert de Tregoz
  • 1192: William d'Évreux (as above)
  • 1193–1197: William d'Évreux (as above) and Thomas d'Évreux (otherwise Devereux) his son
  • 1197–1198: Stephen of Thornham and Alexander de Ros
  • 1199: Stephen of Thornham and Wandragesil de Courselles
  • 1200–1203: William Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and Robert de Berneres
  • 1207: Geoffrey de Neville
  • 1210: Robert de Veteriponte (i.e., de Vipont) jointly with Nicholas de Vipont
  • 1211–1212: Robert de Veteriponte (i.e., de Vipont)
  • 1215–1225: William Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (died in office)
  • 1226: Simon de Hale, or de Hales (previously Sheriff of Yorkshire 1223-5)
  • 1227: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury and John Dacus
  • 1228: John of Monmouth and Walter de Bumesey
  • 1229–1230: John of Monmouth
  • 1231–1234: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury and John Dacus
  • 1235: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury and Robert de Hogesham
  • 1236: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury
  • 1237: William Gerebred / Robert de Hogesham
  • 1238–1239: Robert de Hogesham
  • 1240–1245: Nicholas de Haversham
  • 1246–1248: Nicholas de Lusteshull
  • 1249–1252: William de Tynchiden
  • 1253–1254: William de Tenhide and his son John
  • 1255–1257: John de Verund
  • 1258–1259: John de Verund and Geoffrey Scudamor (otherwise Scudamore)
  • 1260: John de Verund
  • 1261–1263: Rad. [i.e. Radulphus otherwise Rafe or Ralph] Cussell
  • 1264: Rad. de Aungers and John de Aungers
  • 1265: Rad. de Aungers
  • 1266–1270: William de Duy and Stephen de Edworth
  • 1271: Stephen de Edwarth and Walter de Strichesley
  • 1272–1274: Walter de Strichesley
  • 1275–1280: Hildebrand of London (otherwise Sir Hildebrand de Londres)
  • 1281–1288: John de Wotton
  • 1289–1290: Richard de Combe
  • 1291–1295: Thomas de St Omero (otherwise de St-Omer)
  • 1296–1298: Walter Pavely (otherwise Paveley)
  • 1299–1300: John of Newtown
  • 1301–1303: John of Hertinger
  • 1304: Henry of Cobham
  • 1305–1306: John de Gerberge
  • 1307: Andreas de Grimstead
  • 1308–1309: Alex Cheverell and John de Sto Laudo (otherwise de St Lo or Saint Lowe)
  • 1310: William de Harden
  • 1311: Adam Walrand
  • 1312–1313: Adam Walrand and John Kingston
  • 1314: John de Holt and Sir Philip de la Beche
  • 1315–1316: Sir Philip de la Beche
  • 1317–1319: Walter de Risum
  • 1320–1321: Adam de Tichbourne and Adam Walrand
  • 1322: Walter le Longe
  • 1323–1325: Sir Adam Walrand
  • 1327: Sir Adam Walrand
  • 1328: Sir Philip de la Beche
  • 1329–1331: Sir John Mauduit
  • 1332: Gifford le Long
  • 1333: John Mauduit and William Randolph
  • 1334: John Tichbourne and John Mauduit
  • 1335–1336: Gilbert de Berewik and Reginald de Paveley
  • 1337: Sir Peter Doynel and Gilbert de Berewik (i.e. de Berwick)
  • 1338–1340: John Mauduit
  • 1341: Thomas de Sto Mauro (otherwise Seymour) and Robert Lokes
  • 1342–1344: John Mauduit
  • 1345–1346: John Roches
  • 1347: John Roches and Thomas Semor (otherwise Seymour, see also 1341)
  • 1348–1350: Robert Russell
  • 1350:
  • 1351–1353: Thomas de la River
  • 1354: John Everard of Stratford-sub-Castle
  • 1355–1360: Thomas Hungerford
  • 1361–1366: Henry Sturmy
  • 1367–1371: Walter de Haywood
  • 1372: William de Worston
  • 1373: Henry Sturmy
  • 1374: Sir John Dauntsey
  • 1375: Sir John Delamare [5]
  • 1376–1377: Ralph Cheyne [6]
  • 1378: Peter de Cusaunce and William de Worston
  • 1379–1380: Rad. (i.e. Radulphus) de Norton
  • 1381: Laurence de Sco. Martino (otherwise de St Martin) and Hugo Cheyne
  • 1382: Nicholas Woodhall
  • 1383: Sir Bernard Brocas
  • 1384–1385: John Lancaster
  • 1386–1387: John Salesbury
  • 1388–1389: Ralph Cheyne [6]
  • 1390: Richard Mawarden of Stratford sub Castle
  • 1391: John Roches
  • 1392: Robert Dyneley of Fittleton
  • 1393: John Gawen of Norrington
  • 1394: Richard Mawarden of Stratford sub Castle
  • 1395: Sir John Moigne (or Moyne) of Owermoigne
  • 1396: Thomas Bonham
  • 1397–1399: Richard Mawarden of Stratford sub Castle
  • 1400: John Dauntsey

15th century

16th century

17th century

  • 1601: Henry Bayntun of Bromham House [9]
  • 1602: Sir Jasper Moore of Heytesbury
  • 1603: Sir Jasper Moore, of Heytesbury
  • 1604: Sir Alexander Tutt of Idmiston
  • 1605: John Hungerford of Cadnam, Bremhill
  • 1606: Gabriel Pile
  • 1607: Sir Thomas Thynne, of Longleat
  • 1608: Richard Goddard, of Standon Hussey
  • 1609: John Ayliffe, of Brinkworth and Grittenham
  • 1610: Sir Giles Wroughton, of Broad Hinton
  • 1611: Sir William Button, 1st Baronet, of Alton Priors and of Tockenham Court, Lyneham
  • 1612: Francis Popham, of Littlecote
  • 1613: Sir William Pawlett, of Edington
  • 1614: Henry Mervyn of Pertwood and Fonthill Giffard
  • 1615: Thomas Moore, of Heytesbury
  • 1616: Sir Richard Grobham, of Great Wishford, Berwick St Leonard and Nettleton
  • 1617: Sir John Horton, of Iford and Westwood
  • 1618: Sir Henry Moody of Garsdon, near Malmesbury
  • 1619: Sir Henry Poole of Oaksey
  • 1620: Sir Charles Pleydell, of Midgehall in Lydiard Tregoze
  • 1621: Sir William Pawlett, of Edington
  • 1622: Sir John Lambe Kt, of Coulston
  • 1623: Gifford Long of Rowde Ashton
  • 1624: Edward Reade, of Corsham
  • 1625: Sir Francis Seymour
  • 1626: Sir Giles Estcourt, 1st Baronet of Long Newnton
  • 1627: Sir Walter Long, Bt of Whaddon
  • 1628: John Duckett, of Hartham near Corsham
  • 1629: Sir Robert Baynard of Lackham
  • 1630: John Topp of Stockton
  • 1631: Sir Edward Hungerford of Corsham and Farleigh Hungerford
  • 1632: Sir John St John, of Lydiard Tregoze
  • 1633: Sir Henry Ludlow, of Maiden Bradley
  • 1634: Francis Goddard, of Standon Hussey and Cliffe Pypard
  • 1635: Sir George Ayliffe, of Foxley and Grittenham in Brinkworth
  • 1636: Sir Nevil Poole, of Poole Keynes
  • 1637: Sir Edward Bayntun of Bromham House, Bromham
  • 1638: John Grubbe, of Potterne and Cherhill
  • 1639: John Duke, of Lake
  • 1640: Giles Eyre, of Brickworth
  • 1641: Robert Chivers, of Calne, Quemerford, and Leigh Delamere
  • 1642: Sir George Vaughan, of Fallersdon
  • 1643: Sir John Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
  • 1644: Sir James Long, Bt, of Draycot Cerne
  • 1645: Edmund Ludlow, of Hill Deverill, and Alexander Thistlethwaite, of Winterslow
  • 1646: Sir Henry Chalk (?Choke)
  • 1647: Sir Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Bt
  • 1648: Edward Tooker, of Maddington
  • 1649: William Calley, of Burderop
  • 1650: Thomas Bond of Ogbourne St George
  • 1651: Lawrence Washington of Garsdon, near Malmesbury
  • 1652: Sir Henry Clerk, of Enford near Amesbury
  • 1653: Thomas Long, of Little Cheverell
  • 1654: Hugh Audley (otherwise Awdley), of Colepark, Malmesbury
  • 1655: John Dove, of Salisbury
  • 1656: Robert Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren near Highworth
  • 1657: (?Robert) Hippesley
  • 1658: John Ernle of Bourton in Bishop's Cannings and of Whetham in Calne
  • 1659: Isaac Burgess
  • 1660: Edward Horton, of Great Chaldfield, near Bradford
  • 1661: Sir James Thynne of Longleat
  • 1662: Sir Walter Ernle, 1st Baronet of Etchilhampton
  • 1663: Sir Henry Coker, of Hill Deverill
  • 1664: Sir Edward Bayntun of Bromham
  • 1665: Thomas Mompesson, of Corton in Boyton
  • 12 November 1665: Sir John Weld, [10] of Compton Bassett
  • 7 November 1666: Christopher Willoughby, [11] of Bishopstone
  • 6 November 1667: John Long, [12] of Little Cheverell
  • 6 November 1668: Sir Richard Grobham Howe, [13] of Berwick St Leonard
  • 11 November 1669: John Hall, [14] of Bradford-on-Avon
  • 4 November 1670: Sir Robert Button, 3rd Baronet, [15] of Tockenham Court, Lyneham
  • 9 November 1671: Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet, [16] of Whaddon
  • 11 November 1672: Walter Smith, [17] of Shalbourne and Great Bedwyn
  • 12 November 1673: Bernard Pawlett, [18] of Cottles, near Bradford
  • 5 November 1674: Thomas Goddard, [19] of Swindon
  • 15 November 1675: Sir Matthew Andrews, [20] of Mere
  • 10 November 1676: Giles Earl [21]
  • 18 November 1676: Richard Hart [22]
  • 23 November 1676: John Hawkins, of Ashton Keynes [23] [24]
  • 17 November 1677: Henry Chivers, [25] of Calne and Quemerford
  • 14 November 1678: John Hawkins, [26] of Ashton Keynes
  • 13 November 1679: Giles Earle [27]
  • late 1679: Thomas Earle, of Eastcourt House, Crudwell [28]
  • 4 November 1680: John Jacob [29]
  • 1681: Thomas Gore, of Alderton
  • 1682: Richard Lewis, of Edington
  • 1683: Sir Edmund Warneford of Sevenhampton near Highworth
  • 1684: George Willoughby of Bishopstone
  • 1685: (John Davenant: altered to) William Chafyn, of Zeals Monachorum
  • 1686: John Davenant, of Landford in Frustfield Hundred
  • 1687: Richard Chaundler of Idmiston [30]
  • 1688: Sir Jeremy Craye [31]
  • 1689: John Wyndham of Norrington
  • 1690: (James Blatch: altered to) Stephen Blatch, of Westbury
  • 1691: Henry Wallis, of Trowbridge
  • 1692: Henry Nourse (altered to Sir William Pynsent, Bt, and again to Henry Nourse)
  • 1693: Sir Thomas Estcourt, of Sherston Pinkney
  • 1694: Sir William Pynsent, Bt of Urchfont
  • 1695: Gifford Yerbury
  • 1696: Joseph Houlton, of Trowbridge
  • 1697: John Benett, of Norton Bavant
  • 1698: Thomas Baskerville, (? of Richardston near Winterbourne Basset)
  • 1699: (Walter Ernle: altered to) John Kyrle (otherwise Curll), of Turley near Bradford
  • 1700: (Joseph Houlton: altered to) Francis Merewether of Easterton, Market Lavington

18th century

  • 1701: Richard Jones of Ramsbury
  • 1702: (William Willoughby: altered to) Christopher Willoughby, of West Knoyle
  • 1703: Richard Long of Collingbourne
  • 1704: Walter Long of South Wraxall
  • 1705: John Flower, of Grimstead, or of Worton, near Devizes
  • 1706: (Thomas Blatch: altered to) Andrew Duke, of Bulford
  • 1707: Sir James Ashe, 2nd Baronet
  • 1708: Francis Kenton
  • 1709: (Oliver Calley: altered to) Walter Ernle, of Conock, Chirton
  • 1710: William Benson of Amesbury
  • 1711: Daniel Webb of Monkton Farleigh
  • 1712: John Cox of Kemble, near Malmesbury
  • 1713: John Smith, of Alton Priors
  • 1714: Richard Goddard of Swindon
  • 1715: Matthew Pitts, of Salisbury
  • 1716: John Eyles, of Devizes
  • 1717: Robert Houlton replaced by Calthorpe Parker Long then Thomas Bennett of Steeple Ashton [32]
  • 1718: George Speke Petty, of Cheney Court and Haselbury House, Box
  • 1719: John Askew, of Lydiard Millicent
  • 1720: Caleb Bayley replaced by John Vilett, of Swindon
  • 1721: Henry Read, of Crowood
  • 1722: Edward Hill, of Wanborough
  • 1723: Ralph Freke, of Hannington, near Highworth
  • 1724: Joseph Houlton, of Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, and Grittleton, Wiltshire
  • 1725: John Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren
  • 1726: Henry Long, of Melksham
  • 1727: John Mills, of Cherhill, Calne [33] replaced by William Coleman [34]
  • 1728: Walter Hungerford of Studley House, Calne
  • 1729: Henry Hungerford, of Fyfield, Milton Lislebonne
  • 1730: Ezekiel Wallace (or Wallis), of Lucknam, Colerne [35]
  • 1731: Henry Skilling, of Draycott Foliat
  • 1732: John Smith, of Whitley, Calne
  • 1733: Job Polden, of Imber
  • 1734: Thomas Phipps, of Westbury Leigh and Chalford
  • 1735: William Vilett, of Swindon
  • 1736: Richard Baskerville, of Berwick Bassett [36]
  • 1736: Edward Mortimer, of Trowbridge
  • 1737: William Hedges of Compton Bassett
  • 1738: Isaac Warriner, of Conock, Chirton
  • 1739: William Wyndham, of Dinton
  • 1740: Edward Mortimer, of Trowbridge (or William Wyndham?)
  • 1741: Anthony Guy, of Chippenham
  • 1742: William Batt, of Salisbury
  • 1743: John or William Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren
  • 1744: (John Walters of Titherley: altered to) Fulke Greville, of Wilbury House, Newton Toney
  • 1745: Walter Long, of Salisbury, Wiltshire, and Preshaw, Hampshire
  • 1746: Godfrey Huckle Kneller, of Donhead Hall, Donhead St Mary
  • 1747: William Phipps, of Heywood
  • 1748: Thomas Phipps, of Westbury Leigh
  • 1749: Thomas Cooper, of Salisbury
  • 1750: James Bartlett, of Salisbury [37]
  • 1751: Charles Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
  • 1752: Thomas Cooper, of Cumberwell, near Bradford
  • 1753: Edward Polhill, of Heale House, Woodford, near Salisbury
  • 1754: William Phipps, of Westbury Leigh
  • 1755: Arthur Evans, of the Close, Salisbury
  • 1756: John Jacob, of Tockenham Wick House, Lyneham
  • 1757: William Coles, of the Close, Salisbury
  • 1758: Thomas Bennett (otherwise Benett), of Pyt House
  • 1759: William Norris, of Nonesuch House, Bromham
  • 1760: George Flower, of Devizes
  • 1761: Scrope (otherwise Scroop) Egerton, of Salisbury
  • 1762: Prince Sutton, of Devizes
  • 1763: John Talbot of Lacock Abbey
  • 1764: Walter Long (of South Wraxall)
  • 1765: Benjamin Adamson, of Kemble
  • 1766: Edward Medlicott, of Warminster
  • 1767: Edward Goddard, of Cliffe Pypard [38]
  • 1768: Edmund Lambert, of Boyton
  • 1769: William Talk, of Salisbury (New Sarum)
  • 1770: Thomas Maundrell, of Blacklands, near Calne
  • 1771: William Langham, of Ramsbury Manor
  • 1772: Henry Penruddocke Wyndham, of the College, Salisbury
  • 1773: Edward Poore, of Rushall
  • 1774: Thomas Estcourt, of Newnton
  • 1775: Francis Dugdale Astley, of Everley
  • 1776: William Northey, of the Ivy House, Chippenham
  • 1777: Joseph Colborne, of Hardenhuish, Chippenham
  • 1778: William Beach, of Nether Avon House
  • 1779: Robert Cooper, of Salisbury
  • 1780: Paul Cobb Methuen of Corsham House
  • 1781: William Hayter, of Newton Toney
  • 1782: William Bowles, of Heale House
  • 1783: Thomas Hussey, of Salisbury
  • 1784: William Chaffin Grove of Zeals House, Mere
  • 1785: James Sutton of New Park, Devizes [or of Roundway] [39]
  • 1786: Seymour Wroughton, of Eastcott, Urchfont [40]
  • 1787: Isaac William Webb Horlock, of Ashwick, Marshfield, Gloucestershire
  • 1788: Robert Ashe, of Langley Burrell
  • 1789: Thomas Grove, of Ferne
  • 1790: Gifford Warriner, of Conock, Chirton
  • 1791: John Awdry, of Notton, Lacock
  • 1792: Matthew Humphries, of the Ivy House, Chippenham
  • 1793: John Gaisford, of Iford House, near Bradford
  • 1794: Richard Godolphin Long, of Rood Ashton
  • 1795: James Montagu, of Alderton and Lackham
  • 1796: Gilbert Trowe Beckett Turner, of Penley House, Westbury
  • 1797: Sir John Methuen Poore, 1st Bt. of Rushall
  • 1798: John Benett of Pyt House
  • 1799: Edward Hinxman, of Little Durnford
  • 1800: George Yalden Fort, of Alderbury [41]

19th century

20th century

  • 1901: Charles Awdry of Shaw Hill, Melksham [105]
  • 1902: Edmund Clerke Schomberg of Clyffe Hall, Market Lavington [106]
  • 1903: George Palmer of Lackham, Lacock [107]
  • 1904: Hugh Morrison, of Fonthill, Tisbury [108]
  • 1905: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Audley Dallas Neeld, of Grittleton [109]
  • 1906: Sir Gabriel Goldney, 2nd Baronet, of Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham [110]
  • 1907: Fitzroy Pleydell Goddard, of The Lawn, Swindon [111]
  • 1908: Frederick Hastings Goldney, of Beechfield, Corsham [112]
  • 1909: Captain George Hounsom Fort, of Alderbury House [113]
  • 1910: Sir John Tankerville Goldney, of Monks Park, Corsham [114]
  • 1911: William Stancomb, of Blount's Court, Devizes [115]
  • 1912: Sir William Heward Bell
  • 1913: Charles Penruddocke
  • 1914: George Simon Arthur Watson-Taylor, of Erlestoke Park [116]
  • 1915: Sir Henry Hugh Arthur-Hoare, 6th Baronet of Stourhead [117]
  • 1916: George William Wynter Blathwayt, of Melksham House, Melksham [118]
  • 1917: John Moulton
  • 1918: Eustace Richardson-Cox
  • 1919: Walter Richard Shaw-Stewart
  • 1920: Louis George Greville of Heale House, Upper Woodford [119]
  • 1921: Sir Frederick George Panizzi Preston of Landford Manor [120]
  • 1922: Charles Garnett of Greathouse, Kington Langley [121]
  • 1923: Bertram Erasmus Philipps of Dinton House, Dinton [122]
  • 1924: Washington Merritt Grant Singer [123]
  • 1925: Major Gerard James Buxton of Tockenham Manor, Swindon [124]
  • 1926: Major Robert Fleetwood Fuller of Great Chalfield, Melksham [125]
  • 1927: Lieut-Col Edgar Hugh Brassey of Dauntsey Park, Chippenham, M.V.O. [126]
  • 1928: Robert William Awdry of Little Cheverell, Wilts, T.D. [127]
  • 1929: Lieut-Col Arthur Carlton Nicholson of Hartham Park, Corsham, Wilts [128]
  • 1930: Vice-Admiral John Luce of Little Cheverell House, Devizes [129]
  • 1931: Claude Basil Fry, of Hannington Hall, Highworth [130]
  • 1932: William Cory Heward Bell [131]
  • 1933: Lieut-Col. William Llewellen Palmer of Rushmore Park, Salisbury, M.C. [132]
  • 1934: Brigadier-General Edward Harding-Newman of Portway House, Warminster, C.B., C.M.G.,D.S.O. [133]
  • 1935: Herbert Paton Holt of Manor House, Great Somerford, Chippenham, M.C. [134]
  • 1936: George Jardine Kidston
  • 1937: Frederick George Glyn Bailey
  • 1938: John Granville Morrison, created Lord Margadale in 1965
  • 1939: John Morley
  • 1940: Rupert Stephens
  • 1941: Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick George Glyn Bailey, of Lake House, Salisbury
  • 1942: William Herbert Lee Ewart
  • 1943: Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps
  • 1944: William Llewellen Palmer
  • 1945: Brudenell Hunt-Grubbe
  • 1946: Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Edward Phillips, of Elm House, Winterbourne Dauntsey [135]
  • 1947: Egbert Cecil Barnes of Hungerdown, Seagry [136]
  • 1948: Claude Alexander Codrington of Wroughton House, Swindon [137]
  • 1949: Samuel Vandeleur Christie-Miller of Clarendon House, Clarendon Park, Salisbury [138]
  • 1950: Roger Money-Kyrle of Whetham House, Whetham, Calne [139]
  • 1951: Brigadier Francis Ernle Fowle of The Manor, Charlton St. Peter [140]
  • 1952: Guy Elland Carne Rasch
  • 1953: Sir Noel Arkell
  • 1954: Charles Edwin Awdry, of Notton Lodge, Lacock [141]
  • 1955: Sir Geoffrey Ronald Codrington of Roche Court, Winterslow [142]
  • 1956: Christopher Herbert Fleetwood Fuller
  • 1957: Arthur Guy Stratton of Manor House, Alton Priors [143]
  • 1958: Sir Geoffrey Ernest Tritton, 3rd Baronet, C.B.E. of Stanton House, Highworth, Swindon. [144]
  • 1959: Hugh Trefusis Brassey, M.C., of Manor Farm, Little Somerford, Chippenham [145]
  • 1960: Major David Adwyne Carne Rasch of Heale House, Middle Woodford [146]
  • 1961: Major-General George Drew Fanshawe of Farley Farm House, Farley [147]
  • 1962: Charles Murray Floyd [148]
  • 1963: Peter Thomas Wellesley Sykes
  • 1964: Arthur Frank Seton Sykes
  • 1965: Geoffrey Henry Barrington Chance
  • 1966: Christopher Henry Maxwell Peto
  • 1967: Frank Harold Elcho Skyrme
  • 1968: Anthony William Allen Llewellen Palmer, MC (born 1912) [149]
  • 1969: Edward Lancelot Luce
  • 1970: Captain Roger Edward Lennox Harvey, of Parliament Piece, Ramsbury [150]
  • 1971: James Ian Morrison
  • 1972: Nigel Bailey
  • 1973: William Erskine Stobart Whetherly of Hallam, Ogbourne St George, [151]

High Sheriff

20th century

  • 1974: Martin Anthony Gibbs of Sheldon Manor, Chippenham [152]
  • 1975: Captain Robert Henry Heywood-Lonsdale, M.B.E., M.C., of Bapton Manor, near Warminster [153]
  • 1976: Gerald John Ward, of Park Farm, Chilton Foliat, Hungerford, Berkshire [154]
  • 1977: Major Anthony Richard Tumor, of Foxley Manor, Malmesbury [155]
  • 1978: Count Jan Badeni, of Norton Manor, Malmesbury [156]
  • 1979: John Michael Stratton, of Manor Farm, Stockton [157]
  • 1980: Major Peter Sturgis, of Church Lodge, Dauntsey Park, Chippenham [158]
  • 1981: Richard Flower Stratton, of "Seagrams", Kingston Deverill [159]
  • 1982: Samuel George Davenport, of Codford St Mary [160]
  • 1983: John Heatley Noble, of Puckshipton House, near Pewsey [161]
  • 1984: Major General John Humphrey Stephen Bowring, of Lower Swillbrook Farm, Minety [162]
  • 1985: Lieut-Colonel John Godfrey Jeans, of Chalke Pyt House, Broadchalke [163]
  • 1986: Arthur Peter Bedingfeld Scott, of Grange Farm, Maiden, Devizes [164]
  • 1987: Tristram Seton Sykes, of Norrington Manor, Alvediston [165]
  • 1988: Bonar Hugh Charles Sykes, of Conock Manor, Devizes [166]
  • 1989: Beresford Norman Gibbs, of Flintham House, Oaksey [167]
  • 1990: Nigel James Moffatt Anderson, of Hamptworth Lodge, Landford [168]
  • 1991: Christopher Eliot Eliot-Cohen, of Hilldrop Farm, Ramsbury [169]
  • 1992: George William Michael Street, of The Dairy House, Berwick St James [170]
  • 1993: Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Johnston [171] [172]
  • 1994: Anna Ruth Grange, of Thomhill Farm, Malmesbury [173]
  • 1995: David John Randolph, of West Foscote Farm, Grittleton [174]
  • 1996: Andrew William Michael Christie-Miller, of Clarendon Park [175]
  • 1997: John Barnard Bush [176]
  • 1998: Lady Hawley, Little Cheverell House, Devizes [177]
  • 1999: Philip John Miles, of Middle Farm, Stanley [178]
  • 2000: Robert Lawton

21st century

See also

Notes

  1. Local Government Act 1972: Section 219 at legislation.gov.uk, accessed 28 April 2020: ”Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any reference in any enactment or instrument to a sheriff shall be construed accordingly in relation to sheriffs for a county or Greater London".
  2. Davis, "Regesta Regnum Anglo-Normannum", p93, Entry 948, Oxford, 1956 at archive.org
  3. Rootsweb
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