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High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire

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The High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times. The word Sheriff evolved from 'shire-reeve'.

Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. 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 title of sheriff is therefore much older than the other Crown appointment, the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, which came about in 1535.

Unlike the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, which is generally held from appointment until the holder's death or incapacity, the title of High Sheriff is appointed or reappointed annually. The High Sheriff is assisted by an Under-Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

As with the Lord Lieutenant, the purview of the High Sheriff includes both unitary authorities: Buckinghamshire Council(for the south and centre of the county) and Milton Keynes City Council (for the north of the county).

List of sheriffs

Before 1125

1125 to 1575

1575–1599

1600–1699

1700–1799

1800–1899

1900–1973

  • 1900: Sir Robert Grenville Harvey, 2nd Baronet, of Langley Park, Slough[255]
  • 1901: Rudolph Chambers Lehmann, of Fieldhead, Bourne End[256]
  • 1902: Frederick George Lloyd, of Langley House, Langley[257]
  • 1903: Robert William Hudson, of Danesfield, Marlow[258]
  • 1904: Charles Taylor, of Horton Manor, Slough[259]
  • 1905: Alfred Gilbey, of Wooburn House, Wooburn Green[260]
  • 1906: Colonel Philip Edward Pope, of The Grange, Datchet, Windsor.[261]
  • 1907: Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Broome Giles, of Holne Chase, Bletchley.[262]
  • 1908: Lieutenant-Colonel William Duncan, of Shenley Park, Bletchley.[263]
  • 1909: Sir Herbert Samuel Leon of Bletchley Park, Bletchley[264]
  • 1910: Norman McCorquodale, of Winslow Hall, Winslow[265]
  • 1911: William Baring du Pré of Taplow House, Taplow[266]
  • 1912: Alfred Ernest Skinner, of Grendon Hall, Aylesbury[267]
  • 1913: Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen[268]
  • 1914: Henry John Turner, of Braziers End, Cholesbury, Tring[269]
  • 1915: Henry Rodolph de Salis, of Ivy Lodge, Iver Heath, Uxbridge[270]
  • 1916: Sir John Charles Bell, 1st Baronet of Framewood, Stoke Poges[271]
  • 1917: Henry Hugo Worthington, of Wycombe Court, High Wycombe[272]
  • 1918: John Bell White, of Alderbourne Manor, Gerrards Cross[273]
  • 1919: Hubert George Beaumont of Wotton House, Aylesbury[274]
  • 1920: Sir John Frecheville Ramsden, of Bulstrode, Gerrards Cross[275]
  • 1921: Lieut.-Col. Michael Augustus Tighe, of Loosley House, Princes Risborough[276]
  • 1922: Captain Ivor Stewart-Liberty, of The Lee, Great Missenden[277]
  • 1923: Sir William Borradaile Savory, 3rd Baronet, of The Woodlands, Stoke Poges[278]
  • 1924: Lieut.-Col. Francis Tyringham Higgins-Bernard, of Nether Winchendon Priory, Aylesbury[279]
  • 1925: Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet, of Brill House, Brill[280]
  • 1926: Capt. William Henry Lambton, of Kedfield, Winslow[281]
  • 1927: Edward Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake, of Shardeloes, Amersham[282]
  • 1928: Major Thomas Sutton Timmis, of The Grove, Walton, Aylesbury[283]
  • 1929: Sir Gomer Berry, 1st Baronet. of The Chase, Farnham Royal[284]
  • 1930: Percy Noble, of Taplow Priory[285]
  • 1931: Major Coningsby Ralph Disraeli, of Hughenden Manor, High Wycombe[286]
  • 1932: Lieut.-Col. Frederick Henry Allhusen of Fulmer House, Fulmer[287]
  • 1933: Col. Sir Courtauld Thomson, of Dorney Wood House, Burnham[288]
  • 1934: Sir John Lindsay Dashwood, 10th Baronet, of West Wycombe Park, West Wycombe[289]
  • 1935: Col. Stanley Leonard Barry, of Long Crendon Manor, Long Crendon[290]
  • 1936: Edward Clifton-Brown, of Burnham Grove, Burnham[291]
  • 1937: Sir Nigel Leslie Campbell, of Woodrow High House, Amersham[292]
  • 1938: Major-General Sir Richard Granville Hylton Howard-Vyse, of Stoke Place, Stoke Poges[293]
  • 1939: Lieut.-Col. William Selby Lowndes, of Whaddon Hall, Bletchley[294]
  • 1940: Major Sir Reginald Bonsor, 2nd Baronet of Liscombe Park, Leighton Buzzard, Beds.[295]
  • 1941: Shirley Sutton Timmis, of Butlers Court, Beaconsfield[296]
  • 1942: Major Thomas Close-Smith, of Boycott Manor, Buckingham[297]
  • 1943: Major Harold Trestrail Morton, of The Old House, Aston Abbotts, Aylesbury[298]
  • 1944: Lieut.-Colonel William Francis Challinor, of Harleyford Manor, Marlow[299]
  • 1945: A. Noel Mobbs, of Stoke Park, Slough[300]
  • 1946: Sir William Crawford Currie, of Dinton Hall, Aylesbury[301]
  • 1947: Colonel Francis William Watson, of Glebe House, Dinton, Aylesbury[302]
  • 1948: Colonel Cecil Llewellyn Samuelson, of Rose Hill, Burnham[303]
  • 1949: Sir Everard Pauncefort Duncombe, 3rd Baronet. of Great Brickhill Manor, Bletchley[304]
  • 1950: Col. Oscar Vaughan Viney of Green End House, Aylesbury[305]
  • 1951: Lt.-Col. Philip Dayrell Stewart Palmer of Dorney Court, Dorney[306]
  • 1952: Norman William Gurney of Woodlands, Beaconsfield[307]
  • 1953: Brig. Eric Greville Earle of Walton Hall, Bletchley[308]
  • 1954: Maj. Christopher Lionel Hanbury of Juniper Hill, Burnham[309]
  • 1955: Edward Henry Dulley of Datchet Court, Datchet[310]
  • 1956: Lt.-Col. Leonard Tetley of Bacombe Warren, Wendover[311]
  • 1957: Maj. Ralph Bruce Verney of Claydon House,Middle Claydon[312]
  • 1958: Vice-Adm. Richard Shelley of The Pickeridge, Stoke Poges[313]
  • 1959: Cyril Cobham Griffith of Stoke Lodge, Stoke Poges[314]
  • 1960: John Darling Young of Thornton Hall, Bletchley[315]
  • 1961: Sir John Aubrey-Fletcher, 7th Baronet of the Gate House, Chilton[316]
  • 1962: Gerald Aubrey Mobbs of Bramleys, Little Kingshill, Great Missenden[317]
  • 1963: David John Robarts of The Glebe House, Lillingstone Lovell. Buckingham.[318]
  • 1964: Elliott Merriam Viney of Green End House, Aylesbury[319]
  • 1965: Noel Stephen Paynter of Lawn House, Edgcott[320]
  • 1966: Sir Henry Roderick Moore of Bourton Grounds, Buckingham[321]
  • 1967: John Hubert Emlyn Jones of Ivinghoe Manor, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire[322]
  • 1968: Owen Francis MacTier Wethered of Remnantz, Marlow[323]
  • 1969: John Fremantle of The Old House, Swanboume, Bletchley[324]
  • 1970: Laurence Bowring Stoddart of The Manor House, Cheddington[325]
  • 1971: Leslie Sydney Marler of Bolebec House, Whitchurch[326]
  • 1972: Ernest John Routly of Pargrove, Frieth, Henley-on-Thames[327]
  • 1973: Roger Parker-Jervis of Longdown House, Cadsden, Aylesbury[328]

List of high sheriffs

1974—1999

  • 1974–1975: John Patrick Martin-Bates of Ivy Cottage, Fingest, near Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire[329]
  • 1975–1976: June Elisabeth Micklem, of Maynes Hill, Hoggeston, Winslow[330]
  • 1976–1977: Sir Francis Dashwood, 11th Baronet of West Wycombe Park, High Wycombe[331]
  • 1977–1978: John Leslie Garton, of Fingest Manor, Henley on Thames.[332]
  • 1978–1979: John Mower Alexander Paterson of Park Hill, Great Missenden[333]
  • 1979–1980: Ralph Charles Yablon of Willow Bank, Church Street, Buckingham[334]
  • 1980–1981: David Richard Michael Curling, of The Rosary, Coleshill, Amersham[335]
  • 1981–1982: Dorrien Berkeley Euan Belson, of Stayes, Northend, Henley-on-Thames[336]
  • 1982–1983: Sir Gerald Nigel Mobbs of Widmer Lodge, Lacey Green, Aylesbury [337]
  • 1983–1984: Edna Dorothy Embleton of Mel Valley, Stowe[338]
  • 1984–1985: Greville Selby-Lowndes, of Langley Cottage, Fulmer, Slough[339]
  • 1985–1986: Victor Gerard Alexander Hoare Nairne of Turville Park, Henley-on-Thames[340]
  • 1986–1987: George Langton Kendall of The Turnery, North Dean, near Hughenden, High Wycombe[341]
  • 1987–1988: Sir Philip Pauncefort-Duncombe, 4th Baronet of Great Brickhill Manor, Milton Keynes[342]
  • 1988–1989: Alistair Francis MacLeod Matthews of The Manor House, Chenies, by Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire[343]
  • 1989–1990: Thomas Arthur Bird of Turville Heath House, Turville Heath, Henley-on-Thames[344]
  • 1990–1991: Sir Peter Reynolds of Rignall Farm, Rignall Road, Great Missenden[345]
  • 1991–1992: Christopher Prideaux of Doddershall, Quainton, Aylesbury[346]
  • 1992–1993: Catharine Margaret, Lady Popplewell, of Lime Tree Farm, Chartridge, Chesham[347]
  • 1993–1994: David Vereker Palmer[348]
  • 1994–1995: John Michael Wheeler, of Sly Corner, Lee Common, Great Missenden [349]
  • 1995–1996: Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 8th Baronet of Town Hill Farm, Chilton, Aylesbury[350]
  • 1996–1997: Richard Egerton Morris-Adams of Leap Hill, Brill, Aylesbury[351]
  • 1997–1998: Denis James Burrell of Denham Mount, Denham[352]
  • 1998–1999: Edmund Ralph Verney of Claydon House, Middle Claydon, Buckingham[353]
  • 1999–2000: Sir William McAlpine, 6th Baronet of Fawley House, Fawley, near Henley-on-Thames[354]

2000–present

  • 2000–2001: Martin Hubert Thomas Jourdan of Wapping, Long Crendon, Aylesbury[355]
  • 2001–2002: Alexander David Shephard, Stonehouse, Penn[356]
  • 2002–2003: Rupert Carington, The Manor House, Bledlow, Aylesbury[357]
  • 2003–2004: Richard Godber, Hall Farm, Little Linford, Milton Keynes[358]
  • 2004–2005: Francis Patrick Strain Phillips, Upper Farmhouse, Upton, Aylesbury[359]
  • 2005–2006: Jennifer Hopkirk of Parsonage Farm, Penn[360]
  • 2006–2007: Alexander Boswell of North Crawley[361]
  • 2007–2008: Amanda Rose Nicholson of Buckingham[362]
  • 2008–2009: Peter John Thorogood of Buckingham[363]
  • 2009–2010: Allan Thomas Westray of Butlers Cross, Aylesbury[364]
  • 2010–2011: Elizabeth, Countess Howe[365]
  • 2011–2012: James Philip Godfrey Naylor, of Cublington, Leighton Buzzard[366]
  • 2012–2013: (Alison) Carolyn Cumming of Maids Moreton, Buckingham[367]
  • 2013–2014: Sir Stuart Hampson of Bledlow Ridge[368]
  • 2014–2015: Joseph Gurney Barclay of Great White End, Latimer, Chesham[369]
  • 2015–2016: (Anna) Francesca Skelton of Great Linford, Milton Keynes[370]
  • 2016–2017: Camilla Rose Soames of Cuddington, Aylesbury[371]
  • 2017–2018: Peter Bhupatsing Kara of Bletchley[372]
  • 2018–2019: Professor Ruth Sarah Farwell, of High Wycombe[373]
  • 2019–2020: Julia Anne Upton of Little Linford, Milton Keynes[374]
  • 2020–2021: Andrew David Farncombe of Beaconsfield[375]
  • 2021–2022: George Rupert Anson of Weedon[376]
  • 2022-2023: Debbie Brock of Emberton[377]
  • 2023-2024: Dame Ann Geraldine Limb of Stony Stratford[378]
  • 2024–2025: Kurshida Begum Mirza of Milton Keynes[379]
  • 2025–2026: Philippa Jane Kirkbride of Amersham[380]
  • 2026–2027: Nicola Heather Ross of Tingewick[381]

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Notes

  1. Erroneously called "Thomas" by Willis.

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