High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire
Encyclopedia
This is a list of people who have served as High Sheriff
of Cambridgeshire
.
From 1154 until 1635, appointees to the shrievalty held the joint office of High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.
From 1642 until 1965, appointees to the shrievalty held the joint office of High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. From 1965 until 1974, sheriffs were High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely.
High Sheriff
A high sheriff is, or was, a law enforcement officer in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.In England and Wales, the office is unpaid and partly ceremonial, appointed by the Crown through a warrant from the Privy Council. In Cornwall, the High Sheriff is appointed by the Duke of...
of Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
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Before 1154
- Tempore Regis Eduardi: Aluric Godricson, Orgar, Blacuin
- 1066: Elfric
- 1128: Fulk
- 1070–c.1090: Picot of CambridgePicot of CambridgePicot of Cambridge was a Norman landowner and Sheriff of Cambridgeshire.Born in Saye, Normandy, he rose from obscurity to become Sheriff of Cambridgeshire aa early as 1071 until at least 1090...
- Michaelmas 1129: Richard BassetRichard Basset (royal justice)Richard Basset was an English royal judge and sheriff during the reign of King Henry I of England. His father was also a royal justice. In about 1122 Basset married the eventual heiress of another other royal justice; the marriage settlement has survived. In 1129 and 1130 Basset was sheriff of a...
with Aubrey de VereAubrey de Vere IIAubrey de Vere II — also known as "Alberic[us] de Ver" — was the second of that name in England after the Norman Conquest, being the eldest surviving son of Alberic or Aubrey de Vere who had followed William the Conqueror to England in or after 1066.Their lineage is probably Norman, possibly... - c.1133: Fulk
- 1140: Payn
From 1154 until 1635, appointees to the shrievalty held the joint office of High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.
1636–1641
- 3 October 1636: Sir John Carleton, 1st BaronetSir John Carleton, 1st BaronetSir John Carleton, 1st Baronet was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1629....
, of Cheveley - 30 September 1637: Sir Thomas Chichley, of Wimple
- 4 November 1638: Sir Thomas Wendy, of Haslingfield
- 1639: Thomas Picard, of Trumpington
- 1640: John Crane, of Kingston
- 1641: Sir John Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Landwade
From 1642 until 1965, appointees to the shrievalty held the joint office of High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. From 1965 until 1974, sheriffs were High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely.
1975–1999
- 1975: Kenneth Beaton
- 1976: Peter Boyton Taylor
- 1977: David Dring Morrell
- 1978: David Whittome
- 1979: George Edward McWatters
- 1980: George Simon Cecil Gibson, of Landwade Hall
- 1981: John Ray Horrell CBECBECBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering...
TD - 1982: David Owen Arthur Morbey
- 1983: Major William Birkbeck, of Bainton House
- 1984: Brigadier Alan Norman Breitmeyer
- 1985: John Sinclair Martin, CBE, of Denny Abbey, Waterbeach
- 1986: Dr Irwin Arthur William Peck MBE
- 1987: Sir Alexander James Reid, Bt
- 1988: Michael John Marshall
- 1989: Joseph Odam
- 1990: Nigel Stewart Elgood
- 1991: Archibald Hugh Duberly
- 1992: Godfrey Richard Warde Wright
- 1993 Elizabeth Anne, Lady Hastings of Milton HallMilton HallMilton Hall is the largest private house in Cambridgeshire, England, and formerly a part of Northamptonshire. It dates from 1594, being the historical home of the Fitzwilliam family, and is situated in an extensive park in which some original oak trees from an earlier Tudor Deer Park...
, PeterboroughPeterboroughPeterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea... - 1994: Frederick James Grounds
- 1995: Margaret Elspeth Thomas
- 1996: Nigel Hugh Mosman Chancellor
- 1997: David Temple Ramply
- 1998: Richard Brian Bamford
- 1999: John Edwin Heading
2000–present
- 2000: Antony Francis Pemberton
- 2001: William Henry Proby
- 2002: Jane Lewin Smith
- 2003: David John Riddington OBE
- 2004: Sir Charles Edward Chadwyck-Healey BtChadwyck-Healey BaronetsThe Chadwyck-Healey Baronetcy, of Wyphurst in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 6 May 1919 for the lawyer Charles Chadwyck-Healey. He died in the same year and his eldest son inherited the baronetcy, becoming the second Baronet...
- 2005: Simon Patrick Leatham of Burghley HouseBurghley HouseBurghley House is a grand 16th-century country house near the town of Stamford, Lincolnshire, England...
- 2006: John Jeremy Seymour Marshall
- 2007: Colonel Peter Geoffrey Ray Horrell, TDTerritorial DecorationThe Territorial Decoration was a medal of the United Kingdom awarded for long service in the Territorial Force and its successor, the Territorial Army...
- 2008: Judith Penelope Glossop Bennett Gape Pearson
- 2009: The Lady De RamseyBaron de RamseyBaron de Ramsey, of Ramsey Abbey in the County of Huntingdon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1887 for Edward Fellowes, who had previously represented Huntingdonshire in the House of Commons as a Conservative for 43 years...