The High Sheriff of Essex was an ancient High Sheriff

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...

 title originating in the time of the Angles

Angles

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, not long after the invasion of the Kingdom of England

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, which was in existence for around a thousand years. The High Shrievalties are the oldest secular titles under the Crown in England and Wales, their purpose being to represent the monarch at a local level, historically in the shires.

The office was a powerful position in earlier times, as sheriffs were responsible for the maintenance of law and order

Law and order (politics)

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 and various other roles. It was only in 1908 under Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...

 that the Lord Lieutenant became more senior than the High Sheriff. Since then the position of High Sheriff has become more ceremonial, with many of its previous responsibilities transferred to High Court judge

High Court judge

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s, magistrate

Magistrate

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s, coroner

Coroner

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s, local authorities and the police

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This is a list of High Sheriffs of Essex. Prior to 1567 the High Sheriff of Essex was also the High Sheriff of Hertfordshire

High Sheriff of Hertfordshire

The High Sheriff of Hertfordshire was an ancient High Sheriff title originating in the time of the Angles, not long after the invasion of the Kingdom of England, which was in existence for around a thousand years...

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William I, William II, Henry I, Stephen

• 1067–1070: Jacque de Buckland
• Robert FitzWimarc
  Robert FitzWimarc
  Robert FitzWimarc was a kinsman of both Edward the Confessor and William of Normandy, and was present at Edward's death bed....
  
  
• Swein
• ?-1072 Ilbert
• 1072–c1086 Peter de Valognes
  Peter de Valognes
  Peter de Valognes was a Norman noble claimed by late sources to have accompanied William the Conqueror on the invasion of England, fought at the Battle of Hastings, and became great landowner in England.-Land holdings:...
  
  
• Edward de Saresburg
• Stephen
• 1129 William of Eynesford
• 1130 Richard Basset
  Richard 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...
  
  
• 1139 Alberie de Vere, Jun
  Aubrey de Vere II
  Aubrey 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...
  
  , and Richard Basset
  Richard 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...
  
  , Justices of England
• 1140-1142 Geoffrey de Mandeville
  Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex
  Geoffrey de Mandeville II, 1st Earl of Essex was one of the prominent players during the reign of King Stephen of England. His biographer, the 19th-century historian J. H...
  
  
• 1147 Maurice

Henry II

• 1155 Richard Basset
  Richard 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...
  
  , Alberie de Vere
  Aubrey de Vere II
  Aubrey 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...
  
  
• 1156-57 Richard de Luci
  Richard de Luci
  Richard de Luci was first noted as Sheriff of the County of Essex, then he was made Chief Justiciar of England.- Biography :His wife Rohese, who is named in several documents, was a sister of Faramus of Boulogne...
  
  
• 1158-63 Maurice de Tiretie
• 1164 Fuelle de Bovilla
• 1165-68 Nicolas the Dean
• 1169 Nicolas the Clerk
• 1170-81 Robert de Mancell
• 1182-88 Otho, the son of William

Richard I

• 1189-90 Otho, the son of William
• 1191 Geoffrey, the son of Peter
• 1192-93 Geoffrey, the son of Peter & Richard Heriet
• 1193 Simon of Pattishall
  Simon of Pattishall
  Simon of Pattishall was an English judge and civil servant who is considered the first Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. The first appearance of Pattishall in the records was in 1190, where he served as the escheator for Northamptonshire and also as a judge, serving in Westminster and as a...
  
  
• 1194 Geoffrey, the son of Peter & Simon of Pattishall
  Simon of Pattishall
  Simon of Pattishall was an English judge and civil servant who is considered the first Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. The first appearance of Pattishall in the records was in 1190, where he served as the escheator for Northamptonshire and also as a judge, serving in Westminster and as a...
  
  
• 1195 William Longchamp
  William Longchamp
  William Longchamp , sometimes known as William de Longchamp or William de Longchamps, was a medieval Lord Chancellor, Chief Justiciar, and Bishop of Ely in England. Born to a humble family in Normandy, he owed his advancement to royal favour. Although contemporary writers accused Longchamp's father...
  
  
• 1196 William Pointell
• 1197-98 Hugh de Nevill

John

• 1199-1200 Hugh de Nevill
• 1201-1203 Richard de Montfichet
• 1204 Hugh de Nevill
• 1205-1208 Matthew Mancel
• 1209-1213 Earl Alberie
  Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford
  Aubrey de Vere IV, 2nd Earl of Oxford was the eldest son of Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford and his third wife Agnes of Essex, daughter of Henry de Essex, Lord of Rayleigh. The earl was hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England and was considered one of the cronies of King John...
  
  
• 1214 Matthew Mancel
• 1215 Robert Mancel

Henry III

• 1216 Robert Mancel
• 1217-18 William Mancel
• 1219-20 Walter de Verdon
• 1221-22 Stephen de Segne
  Stephen de Segrave
  Stephen de Segrave was a medieval Chief Justiciar of England.-Life:...
  
  
• 1223 Richard d’Argenton
• 1224-27 William de Cultwarden
• 1228-31 William de Coleworth
• 1232 Robert de Waltham
• 1233 William de Holewell
• 1234-35 William de Coleworth
• 1236-37 Peter de Thany
• 1238 Peter de Thany
• Richard de Gray
• 1239 Bertram de Criol
• 1240 John de Watton
• 1241 John de Watton
• 1242-44 Richard de Montfichet
• 1245 Richard de Montfichet
• 1246-49 William son of Reynald
• 1250 Richard de Whitland
• 1251-53 Hery de Helegeton
• 1254-55 Ralph de Arderne
• 1256 Thomas Rameden
• Robert Delval
• 1257-58 Hubert de Montecampo
• 1259-60 Richard de Thany
• 1261-62 Mathias Delamar
• William Delamar
• 1263 Mathias Delamar
• William Delamar
• John Bocking
• 1264 Nicholas de Espigornel
• 1265-66 Richard de Suchirch
  Richard de Southchurch
  Sir Richard de Southchurch was a knight and part of the landowning aristocracy of Essex in the thirteenth century. He was High Sheriff of Essex and of Hertfordshire in the years 1265–67, and as such became involved in the Second Barons' War...
  
  
• 1267 Richard de Suchirch
  Richard de Southchurch
  Sir Richard de Southchurch was a knight and part of the landowning aristocracy of Essex in the thirteenth century. He was High Sheriff of Essex and of Hertfordshire in the years 1265–67, and as such became involved in the Second Barons' War...
  
  
• Richard de Herlawe
• 1268 John de Canimill
• 1269 Walter de Blummil
• 1270-71 Walter de Essex

Edward I

• 1272-1273 Walter de Essex
• 1274 Thomas de Sandwie
• 1275-1277 Lawrence de Scaccario
• 1278 William de Sancto-Claro
• 1279-1283 Reginald de Ginge
• 1284 Reginald de Ginge
• 1285 William de Lambourn
• 1286 Hugh le Blunt
• 1287 Hugh le Blunt
• 1288-1289 Ralph Boxted
• 1290 Henry Grapinel
• 1291 Henry Grapinel
• 1292 (May–Dec) John Grapinel (Carbonel)
• 1292 (Dec)-1293 William de Grosse
• 1294-1296 William de Sutton
• 1297-1298 Simon de Bradenham
• 1299-1300 John de Lee
• 1301 William de Harpenden
• 1302 John de Wenegrave
• 1303 John de Bassingbourne
• 1304 John de la Lee
• 1305 John de la Lee
• John de Bassingbourne
• 1306 John de Harpesfeld

Edward II

• 1307 Edward de Baud
• 1308-09 Alan de Goldingham
• 1310 Geoffrey de la Lee
• 1311 John de la Lee
• 1312 John Aygnel
• 1313 John Ward
• 1314-17 Richard Perers
• 1318 John de Doure
• 1319 Ralph de Gifford
• 1320 John de Doure
• 1321 Nicholas Engain
• 1322-23 Thomas Gobyn
• 1324-26 Richard de Perers

Edward III

• 1327 William Baud
• 1328-29 Richard de Perers
• 1330 John de Wanton
• 1331 John de Wanton
• John de Hay
• 1332 John de Hay
• Adam Bloy
• 1333 Adam Bloy
• William Boyd
• 1334-39 Sir John de Coggeshall
• 1340 William Atemore
• 1341 Richard de Monte Caviso
• Henry Garnet
• 1342 Henry Garnet
• 1343-46 Sir John de Coggeshall
• 1347 Sir John de Coggeshall
• Peter de Boxted
• 1348 William Bret
• Humphrey de Walden
• 1349 Peter de Boxted
• 1350 Thomas Lacy
• 1351-53 Sir John de Coggeshall
• 1354 Hugh Fitz-Simon
• 1355 William de Enefeld
• 1356-57 Thomas de Chabham
• 1358-59 Roger de Louth
• 1360 Hugh Blount
• 1361 William de Lyre
• 1362 Guy de Boys
• 1363 Thomas Fitling
• 1364 John Jernoun
• 1365 Thomas de Helpeston
• 1366 John Oliver
• 1367 John Oliver
• John Shardelon
• 1368 John Henxtworth
• 1369 John Henxtworth
• Roger Keterich
• 1370 Thomas de Bassingbourn
• 1371 William Baud
• 1372 John de Bampton
• 1373 John Filiol
• 1374 Edward Fitz-Simons
• 1375 John Battaile
• 1376 Robert Fitz-William

Richard II

• 1377 Robert Goldington
• 1378 John Fitz-Simons
• 1379 Edward Bensted
• 1380 John Sewale
• 1381 Walter Godmaston
• 1382 Geoffrey de Dersham
• 1383 Thomas Battaile
• 1384 John Walton
• 1385 Geoffrey Brockhole
• 1386-87 John Rugewyn
• 1388 Henry English
• 1389 Walter Attelee
• 1390 Geoffrey Michale
• 1391 Sir William Cogeshale
• 1392 Adam Frances
• 1393 Thomas Cogeshale
• 1394 Thomas Sampkin
• 1395-97 William Bateman
• 1398 Robert Turke

Henry IV

• 1399 Edward Bensted
• 1400 Sir John Howard (1st term)
• 1401 William Marney (Essex and Hertfordshire)
• 1402 Helming Leget
• 1403 Sir Thomas Swinbourn
• 1404 William Cogeshale
• 1405 Gerard Braybroke
• 1406-07 Elming Leget
• 1408 William Loveney
• 1409 John Walden
• 1410 Thomas Aston
• 1411 Sir William Cogeshale

Henry V

• 1412 Philip Englefield
• 1413 John Tyrell
  John Tyrell
  Sir John Tyrrell possessed the manor of Heron , Essex, was Knight of the Shire for that county, and Speaker of the House of Commons....
  
  
• 1414 Sir John Howard (2nd term))
• 1415 Sir Thomas Barry
• 1416 Lewis Johan
• 1417 Reginald Malyns
• 1418 Sir John Howard (3rd term)
• 1419 Robert Darcy

Henry VI

• 1420-21 Lewis Johan
• 1422 John Tirrell
• 1423 Sir Maurice Brewyn
  Maurice Bruyn
  Sir Maurice Bruyn of South Ockendon , Essex was an English knight.-Family:...
  
   - South Okington
  South Ockendon
  South Ockendon is settlement and Church of England parish in the Thurrock borough and unitary district in Essex in the East of England, United Kingdom.-History:...
  
   (Essex and Hertfordshire)
• 1424 John Barley - Albury
• 1425 John Doreward - Bocking
• 1426 Conand Aske
• 1427 Thomas Tyrell - Heron
• 1428 John Hotoft - Knebworth
• 1429 Nicholas Richbull
• 1430 Henry Langley - Rickling
• 1431 Sir Nicholas Thorley
• 1432 John Durward
• 1433 Robert Whytingham - Pendley
• 1434 Geoffrey Rockyll
• 1435 Sir Maurice Brewyn
  Maurice Bruyn
  Sir Maurice Bruyn of South Ockendon , Essex was an English knight.-Family:...
  
   - South Okington
  South Ockendon
  South Ockendon is settlement and Church of England parish in the Thurrock borough and unitary district in Essex in the East of England, United Kingdom.-History:...
  
   (Essex and Hertfordshire)
• 1436 Edward Tyrell
• 1437 Richard Alrede
• 1438 Robert Whytingham
• 1439 Richard Witherton
• 1440 Thomas Tyrell
• 1441 Ralph Asteley
• 1442 Nicholas Morley - Hallingbury
• 1443 John Hende
• 1444 Thomas Tyrell - Heron
• 1445 Thomas Pigott
• 1446 Thomas Baud - Hadham Hall
• 1447 John Hende, the younger
• 1448 George Langham
• 1449 Geoffrey Rockhill
• 1450 Philip Boteler - Watton
• 1451 Thomas Barrington
• 1452 John Godmanston
• 1453 Sir Thomas Cobham
• 1454 Humphrey Bohun
• 1455 Ralph Bothe
• 1456 John Hende, the younger
• 1457 Lewis John
• 1458 Robert Darcy - Danbury
• 1459 Thomas Tyrell - Heron

Edward IV

• 1460 Thomas Ince
• 1461-62 Thomas Langley
• 1463 Sir John Clay
• 1464 Roger Ree
• 1465 Sir Lawrence Raynsford
• 1466 Henry Barley
• 1467 Sir William Pirton
• 1468 Walter Writell
• 1469 Ralph Baud - Hadham Hall
• 1470 Walter Writell
• 1471 Sir Roger Ree
• 1472 Alured Cornburgh
• 1473 John Sturgeon - Hitchin
• 1474 Richard Flance
• 1475 Henry Langley
• 1476 William Green
• 1477 Alured Cornburgh
• 1478 John Wode
• 1479 John Sturgeon - Hitchin
• 1480 Thomas Tyrell - Heron
• 1481 John Fortescue
• 1482 William Say - Broxbourne

Henry VII

• 1486 Sir Robert Percy, half the year
• 1486 Sir John Fortescue Kt of Hatfield
• 1487 Henry Marney Esq
• 1488 Sir William Pyrton
• 1489 Henry Tey
• 1490 John Boteler - Watton
• 1491 Robert Turbeville
• 1492 John Berfeild
• 1493 Henry Marney
• 1494 Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis - Thorndon
• 1495 Richard Plomer
• 1496 William Pulter - Hitchin
• 1497 Robert Newport - Pelham
• 1498 Thomas Peryent - Digswell
• 1499 Sir John Verney - Pendley
• 1500 Sir Roger Wentworth
• 1501 Sir Henry Tye
• 1502 William Pyrton
• 1503 Humphrey Tyrell - Heron
• 1504-05 William Skipworth - St Albans
• 1506 Roger Darcy
• 1507-08 John Brocket - Hatfield
• 1509 Humphrey Tyrell - Heron

Henry VIII

• 1510 John Leventhorpe - Shingey Hall
• 1511 William Lytton - Knebworth
• 1512 Anthony Darcy - Danbury
• 1513 Edward Tyrell - Heron
• 1514 John Seyntclere
• 1515 William Fitz-William
• 1516 Sir John Vere
• 1517 Thomas Bonham
• 1518 Sir Thomas Tyrell - Heron
• 1519 Sir John Cutts
• 1520 Sir John Vere
• 1521 Thomas Bonham
• 1522 Sir Thomas Tey
• 1523 John Christmas
• 1524 Henry Barley
• 1525 Sir John Vere
• 1526 Thomas Leventhorpe - Shingey Hall
• 1527 Thomas Bonham
• 1528 Edward Tyrell - Heron
• 1529 Sir Giles Capel - Hadham Hall
• 1530 John Bowles - Wellington
• 1531 John Brocket - Hatfield
• 1532 John Smith
• 1533 Sir Philip Boteler - Watton
• 1534 Sir Brian Tuke
  Brian Tuke
  Sir Brian Tuke , was the secretary of Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey. He became treasurer of the household.-Life:He may have been son of Richard Tuke and Agnes his wife, daughter of John Bland of Nottinghamshire...
  
   - Hatfield
• 1535 Sir William West
• 1536 Thomas Peryent - Digswell
• 1537 Sir Henry Parker
• 1538 Sir John Raynsford
• 1539 John Smith
• 1540 Sir Philip Boteler - Watton
• 1541 Sir John Mordant
• 1542 Ralph Rowlet - St Albans
• 1543 John Bowles - Wellington
• John Sewster
• 1544 John Wentworth
• 1545 Anthony Cooke
  Anthony Cooke
  Sir Anthony Cooke was an eminent English humanist, scholar and tutor to Edward VI, England's first ruler to be raised as a Protestant.-Background:...
  
  
• 1546 Robert Lytton - Knebworth
• 1547 John Conyngsby - North Mimms

Edward VI

• 1547 Edward Brocket - Hatfield
• 1548 John Cock - Broxbourne
• 1549 Sir John Gates - Cheshunt
• 1550 Sir George Norton
• 1551 Sir Henry Tyrell - Heron
• 1552 Sir Thomas Pope - Tittenhanger

Philip & Mary

• 1554 Edward Brocket - Hatfield
• 1555 William Harrie
• 1556 Sir John Boteler - Watton
• 1557 Sir Thomas Pope - Tittenhanger
• 1558 Thomas Mildmay

Elizabeth

• 1559 Ralph Rowlet - St Albans
• 1560 Edward Capel - Hadham Hall
• 1561 Sir Thomas Golding
• 1562 Sir Thomas Barrington
• 1563 Henry Fortescue of Faulkbourne
• 1564 William Ayloffe
• 1565 Robert Chester - Royston
• 1566 John Brocket - Hatfield

Elizabeth

• 1559 Ralph Rowlet - St Albans
• 1560 Edward Capel - Hadham Hall
• 1561 Sir Thomas Golding
• 1562 Sir Thomas Barrington
• 1563 Henry Fortescue of Faulkbourne
• 1564 William Ayloffe
• 1565 Robert Chester - Royston
• 1566 John Brocket - Hatfield

1567–1599

• 1570: James Altham
• 1572: Sir Thomas Mildmay
• 1575: John Petre, 1st Baron Petre
  John Petre, 1st Baron Petre
  John Petre, 1st Baron Petre was an English peer.-Biography:John was the only surviving son of the statesman Sir William Petre by his second wife Anne, daughter of William Browne...
  
  
• 1577: Gabriel (later Sir Gabriel) Poyntz
• 1579: Sir Henry Capell
• 1580: Sir Thomas Barrington
• 1587: Robert Wroth
  Robert Wroth (Middlesex MP)
  -Life:Robert, born in Middlesex about 1540, was eldest son of Sir Thomas Wroth by his wife Mary, daughter of Richard, Lord Rich. He was admitted a pensioner of St. John's College, Cambridge, on 21 April 1553, but, owing to the religious changes consequent on the accession of Mary, Queen of Scots,...
  
  
• 1589: Gabriel (later Sir Gabriel) Poyntz
• 1589: Arthur Harris

1600–1699

• 1600: Sir Thomas Meade
• 1603: Henry Maynard
  Henry Maynard
  Sir Henry Maynard was an English politician and secretary to Lord Burghley, and became a substantial landowner.-Origins:...
  
  
• 1614: Sir Harbottle Grimston, 1st Baronet
  Sir Harbottle Grimston, 1st Baronet
  Sir Harbottle Grimston, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War....
  
  
• 1615: Sir William Smith, of Hill Hall
• 1618: Sir Thomas Bendish, 1st Baronet
• 1625: Edward Alford
• 1630: Sir Thomas Bendish, 1st Baronet
• 1639: Martin Lumley
  Sir Martin Lumley, 1st Baronet
  Sir Martin Lumley, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1641 to 1648. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....
  
  
• 1644: Sir Richard Everard, 1st Baronet of Much Waltham
• 1647: Hennamell Chabburn of Messing
• 1653: Sir John Barrington, 3rd Baronet
  Sir John Barrington, 3rd Baronet
  Sir John Barrington, 3rd Baronet was an English lawyer and politician.He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Barrington, 2nd Baronet and Francis Gobert, daughter of John Gobert. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1635, when called to the bar from Gray's Inn, Barrington was knighted at...
  
  
• 1654: Sir William Marten
• 1663: Sir Thomas Smith, 1st Baronet
• 1666: Sir Heneage Fetherstone. Bt
• 1670: Sir Thomas Garret, Kt and Bt
• 1675: Sir Stephen White, Lt
• 1676: Sir Mark Guyon Kt
• 1678: Francis Osbaldeston
• 1678: William Palmer
• 1680:
• 1686: Sir Cane James, 1st Baronet
• 1689: Sir Josiah Child, 1st Baronet
  Josiah Child
  Sir Josiah Child of Wanstead, 1st Baronet , English merchant, economist proponent of mercantilism and governor of the East India Company, was born in London, the second son of Richard Child, a London merchant of old family.-Family:...
  
  
• 1693: Edward Ball
• 1696: Edward Bullock
• Joseph F. Lescher
• Thomas Fowell Buxton
• Bailey Bartlett

1700–1799

• 1703: Edward Bullock
• 1708: Thomas Millington of Gosfield Hall, Essex
• 1710: Sir Henry Bendish, 4th Baronet
• 1711: Fisher Tench
  Sir Fisher Tench, 1st Baronet
  Sir Fisher Tench, 1st Baronet was a City of London financier, who was a Member of Parliament and a director of several companies.-Background:...
  
   of The Great House, Low Leyton
  Leyton
  Leyton is an area of north-east London and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, located north east of Charing Cross. It borders Walthamstow and Leytonstone; Stratford in Newham; and Homerton and Lower Clapton in the London Borough of Hackney....
  
  
• 1715: William Blackborne
• 1720: Samuel Tufnell of Langleys
• 1737: Herbert Trist
• 1741: Joshua Baker
• 1744: Peter Du Cane, Sr.
• 1751: Osmond Beauvoir
• 1757: John Jolliffe Tufnell of Langleys
• 1758: Smart Lethieullier, of Little Illford
• 1758: Sir John Henniker, 2nd Baronet
  John Henniker, 1st Baron Henniker
  John Henniker, 1st Baron Henniker , known as Sir John Henniker, 2nd Baronet, from 1782 to 1800, was a British merchant and Member of Parliament....
  
   of Newton Hall
• 1760: Sir Charles Smyth, 5th Baronet
• 1771: Sir Charles Raymond, 1st Baronet of Valentine House, Barking
• 1785: George Bowles, of Wanstead
• 1787: John Judd
• 1789: Henry Merttins Bird, of Dagenham
• 1791: Donald Cameron
• 1794: Richard Neave, later Sir Richard Neave, 1st Baronet
  Sir Richard Neave, 1st Baronet
  Sir Richard Neave, 1st Baronet was a British merchant and a Governor of the Bank of England.Neave was the son of James Neave and Susanna Trueman...
  
   of Dagnams Park (chosen but did not act)
• 1795: John Hanson of Great Bromley
  Great Bromley
  Great Bromley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex. It lies south of Manningtree and east of Colchester and includes the hamlets of Balls Green and Hare Green...
  
  
• 1796: Jackson Barwis

1800–1899

1900–1999

2000–date

• 2000–2001: J. G. S. Coode-Adams
• 2001–2002: G. Courtauld
• 2002–2003: D. Boyle
• 2003–2004: Mark Thomasin-Foster, CBE
• 2005–2006: Jennifer Tolhurst
• 2006–2007: Christopher Dudley Stewart-Smith CBE
• 2007–2008: Lady Diana Elisabeth Kemp-Welch
• 2008–2009: Sarah Francesca Courage
• 2009–2010: Rupert Seymour Gosling