This is a list of the 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...

s of the English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 county

Counties of England

Counties of England are areas used for the purposes of administrative, geographical and political demarcation. For administrative purposes, England outside Greater London and the Isles of Scilly is divided into 83 counties. The counties may consist of a single district or be divided into several...

 of Northumberland

Northumberland

Northumberland is the northernmost ceremonial county and a unitary district in North East England. For Eurostat purposes Northumberland is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "Northumberland and Tyne and Wear" NUTS 2 region...

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The 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...

 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.

12th Century

• 1130 Odard
• 1154 Odard
• 1155–1170 William de Vesci
  William de Vesci
  William FitzEustace de Vesci was an Anglo-Norman feudal lord and Sheriff.He was born in Knaresborough castle, Yorkshire to Eustace Fitz John de Burgo, Lord of Knaresborough and Beatrice de Vesci....
  
  , Lord of Alnwick
• 1171–1185 Roger Stuteville
• 1186–1189 Roger de Glanvill
• 1189 Hugh de Puiset
  Hugh de Puiset
  Hugh de Puiset was a medieval Bishop of Durham and Chief Justiciar of England under King Richard I. He was the nephew of King Stephen of England and Henry of Blois, who both assisted Hugh's ecclesiastical career...
  
  
• 1190 William Stuteville and Reginald Basset
• 1191
• 1192
• 1193
• 1194-1199 Hugh Bardulf
  Hugh Bardulf
  Hugh Bardulf or Hugh Bardolf was a medieval English administrator and royal justice. Known for his legal expertise, he also served as a financial administrator. He served three kings of England before his death....
  
  

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21st century

• 2000: Samuel Charles Enderby of The Riding, Hexham.
• 2001: John Philip Palmer Anderson, Esq., Little Harle Tower, Kirkwelpington.
• 2002: Sir Francis Michael Blake, 3rd Baronet
  Blake Baronets
  There have been four Baronetcies for persons with the surname Blake, one in the Baronetage of Ireland, two in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...
  
   of The Dower House, Tillmouth Park, Cornhill on Tweed.
• 2003: Mrs Jennifer Bryony Gibson, Newbiggin, Hexham.
• 2004: Mrs Susan Audrey Burnell, Stagshaw House, Corbridge.
• 2005: Ian Benjamin Speke
• 2006: Eric Davis Grounds
• 2007–2008: Sir Hugh Francis Blackett, 12th Baronet
• 2008: The Hon. Charles Richard Beaumont
• 2009: John Hamilton Blackett-Ord of hexham
• 2010: The Hon. Mrs Katie Crosbie-Dawson of Mindrum
• 2011: Reverend Fiona J Sample of Middleton