High Sheriff of Cardiganshire
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The office of High Sheriff of Cardiganshire was established in 1541 since when a High Sheriff was appointed annually until 1974 when the office was transformed into that of High Sheriff of Dyfed
as part of the creation of Dyfed from the amalgamation of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Between the Edwardian Conquest of Wales in 1282 and the establishment of the High Sheriff of Cardiganshire the sheriff's duties were mainly the responsibility of the coroner and the Custos Rotulorum of Cardiganshire. The Office of High Sheriff remained first in precedence in the County until the reign of Edward VII when an Order in Council in 1908 gave the Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire the prime Office under the Crown as the Sovereign's personal representative.
High Sheriff of Dyfed
The office of High Sheriff of Dyfed was established in 1974 as part of the creation of the county of Dyfed in Wales following the Local Government Act 1972, and effectively replaced the shrievalties of the amalgamated counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire...
as part of the creation of Dyfed from the amalgamation of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Between the Edwardian Conquest of Wales in 1282 and the establishment of the High Sheriff of Cardiganshire the sheriff's duties were mainly the responsibility of the coroner and the Custos Rotulorum of Cardiganshire. The Office of High Sheriff remained first in precedence in the County until the reign of Edward VII when an Order in Council in 1908 gave the Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire the prime Office under the Crown as the Sovereign's personal representative.
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- 1900: Abraham Garrod Thomas of Panteryrod, Llanarth
- 1901: Edward Walter David Evans of Camnant Hall, Llandyssul
- 1902: Robert Davies Roberts of Cambridge and Aberystwyth
- 1903: Major James Barry Taunton, J.P., Brynellen and Ynishir Hall
- 1904: Major John Joseph Bonsall, of Fronfraith, Aberystwyth
- 1905: Edward Roberts, of Oakfield Hale, Altrincham
- 1906: David Charles Roberts, of Aberystwyth
- 1907: Sir John Lynn-Thomas of Cwmgefeile , Llandysul
- 1909: Augustus Brigstocke
- 1911: George Fossett Roberts of Aberystwith
- 1912: John Humphreys Davies
- 1913: Major Charles Herbert Davis Cass,D.S.O. of Do1-llan, Llandyssul
- 1914: Richard Evan Jones of Cambrian Terrace, Borth
- 1915: William Lewes of Llys-newydd, Henllan
- 1916: Herbert Millichamp Vaughan of Llangoedmor
- 1917: Cecil Wright
- 1918: Evan Jones of Tanygroes
- 1920: Frederick Dundas Harford of Falcondale
- 1941: John Cayo EvansJohn Cayo EvansJohn Cayo Evans was a Welsh mathematician and academic.-Life:Evans was born on 1 March 1879 and educated at St David's College School, Lampeter, Wales. He then studied at University College, Aberystwyth and Jesus College, Oxford. At Oxford, he obtained first-class degrees in Mathematics and...
- 1944: Thomas Iorwerth EllisThomas Iorwerth EllisThomas Iorwerth Ellis OBE was a Welsh classicist, who wrote many books on Welsh literature and Welshmen, , including a biography of his father, Thomas Edward Ellis.-Life:...
- 1967: Major William Herbert Rhydian Llewellyn, M.C., of Brynreithyn Ffair Rhos, Ystrad Meurig