- High Sheriff of Herefordshire
The
High 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. The High Sheriff changes every March.List of High Sheriffs
*1708: Sir Francis Charlton Bt. of
Ludford Hall [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p21839.htm#i218384 The Peerage] ]
*1830: Richard Blakemore, of the Leys [LondonGazette|issue=18652|startpage=257|endpage=258|date=2 February 1830|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1831: John Arkwright, of Hampton Court [LondonGazette|issue=18772|startpage=194|endpage=195|date=1 February 1831|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1832: John Freeman, of Gaines [LondonGazette|issue=18900|startpage=254|endpage=255|date=6 February 1832|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1833: Thomas Dunne, of Bircher [LondonGazette|issue=19019|startpage=246|date=5 February 1833|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1834: Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, of Goodrich Court [LondonGazette|issue=19125|startpage=206|date=4 February 1834|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1835: Richard Webb, of Donnington Hall [LondonGazette|issue=19238|startpage=235|endpage=236|date=9 February 1835|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1836: Edward Griffiths, of Newcourt [LondonGazette|issue=19353|startpage=223|endpage=224|date=5 February 1836|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1837: Thomas Monnington, of Sarnesfield [LondonGazette|issue=19462|startpage=232|endpage=233|date=31 January 1837|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1838: Robert Biddulph Phillipps, of Longworth [LondonGazette|issue=19586|startpage=232|date=1 February 1838|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1839: John Higford, of Abbey Dore [LondonGazette|issue=19704|startpage=214|date=9 February 1839|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1840: Thomas Heywood, of Hope End [LondonGazette|issue=19819|startpage=197|endpage=198|date=31 January 1840|accessdate=2008-09-19]
*1841: Robert Lane, of Ryelands [LondonGazette|issue=19948|startpage=304|endpage=304|date=5 February 1841|accessdate=2008-09-19]
*1842: John Lucy Scudamore, of Kentchurch Park [LondonGazette|issue=20067|startpage=285|endpage=286|date=4 February 1842|accessdate=2008-09-19]
*1843:Sir Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 2nd Baronet , ofHolme Lacy [LondonGazette|issue=20192|startpage=371|endpage=372|date=1 February 1843|accessdate=2008-09-19]
*1844: Thomas George Symons, of Mynde Park [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=jc0kh800jGIC&pg=RA3-PA160&lpg=RA3-PA160 Sheriffs for the Year 1844] in "The Annual Register " for 1844, p. 160, online at books.google.com (accessed 9 September 2008)] [LondonGazette|issue=20311|startpage=347|endpage=348|date=31 January 1844|accessdate=2008-09-19]
*1845: James King King, of Staunton Park [LondonGazette|issue=20439|startpage=315|endpage=316|date=4 February 1845|accessdate=2008-09-19]
*1846: John Francis Vaughan, of Court Hill was initially appointed, [LondonGazette|issue=20566|startpage=361|endpage=362|date=30 January 1846|accessdate=2008-09-19] but was replaced by Daniel Peploe Peploe, of Garnstone [LondonGazette|issue=20578|startpage=771|date=27 February 1841|accessdate=2008-09-29]
*1847: Thomas Barwick Lloyd-Baker, of Hardwicke Court [LondonGazette|issue=20698|startpage=410|endpage=411|date=5 February 1847|accessdate=2008-09-19]
*1848: Robert Maulkin Lingwood, of Lystone House [LondonGazette|issue=20825|startpage=541|endpage=542|date=11 February 1848|accessdate=2008-09-19]
*1849: William Barneby, of Clater [LondonGazette|issue=20944|startpage=431|endpage=432|date=13 February 1849|accessdate=2008-09-19]
*1891:Benjamin St. John Attwood Mathews, of Pontrilas Court, Hereford, [LondonGazette|issue=26146|startpage=1653|date=24 March 1891 |accessdate=2008-02-11]
*1918: Sir Richard Harington Bt.
*2000: Mrs Thomas Hone, of Bosbury House [LondonGazette|issue=55792|notarchive=yes|startpage=2987|date=16 March 2000 |accessdate=2008-04-08]
*2001: Andrew William Dyson Perrins, of The Hyde [LondonGazette|issue=56155|notarchive=yes|startpage=3254|date=22 March 2001 |accessdate=2008-04-08]
*2002: Col Sir Piers Henry George Bengough KCVO OBE, of Great House [LondonGazette|issue=56531|notarchive=yes|startpage=4283|date=9 April 2002 |accessdate=2008-04-08]
*2003: Georgina Sarah Henrietta Britten-Long, of Hill Farm [LondonGazette|issue=56884|notarchive=yes|startpage=3603|date=21 March 2003 |accessdate=2008-04-08]
*2004: James Donald Nicholas, of Welsh Court [LondonGazette|issue=57230|notarchive=yes|startpage=3128|date=11 March 2004 |accessdate=2008-04-08]
*2005: Andrew William Grant [LondonGazette|issue=57598|notarchive=yes|startpage=3762|date=29 March 2005 |accessdate=2008-04-08]
*2006: Lt-Gen Sir John Paul Foley KCB OBE MC [LondonGazette|issue=57921|notarchive=yes|startpage=3376|date=9 March 2006 |accessdate=2008-04-08]
*2007: John Sarne Yorke [LondonGazette|issue=58266|notarchive=yes|startpage=3313|date=7 March 2007 |accessdate=2008-04-08]
*2008: Lt-Col Michael Robin Ogilvie Leigh [LondonGazette|issue=58639|notarchive=yes|startpage=3947|date=13 March 2008 |accessdate=2008-04-08]References
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