This is a list of High Sheriffs of Rutland. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown: there has been a Sheriff of Rutland since 1129. 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. After some 22 years as part of Leicestershire, Rutland was split away in 1996 as a Unitary Authority with its own shrievalty, thus re-establishing the separate High Sheriff of Rutland.

1100–1200

• 1129: William de Albeni, the Breton
  William d'Aubigny (Brito)
  William d'Aubigny , was an itinerant justice under King Henry I of England. He was commonly known by the appellation Brito....
  
  
• 1155: Richard de Humez
• 1156: Thomas Ondeby
• 1157: Robert filius Goboldi
• 1159: Richard de Humez
• 1161: Robert filius Goboldi
• 1163: Richard de Humez
• 1165: Robert Goebold
• 1166: Richard de Humez
• 1179: William Malduit
• 1188: Amalric Dispensator (Despenser)
• 1189: William Malduit
• 1195: William de Albeni
• 1198: Benedict de Haveresham
• 1199: Hugh le Scot

1200–1300

• 1200–1205: Robert Malduit
• 1205–1211: Ralph Normanville
• 1211–1217: Robert of Braybrooke
  Robert of Braybrooke
  Robert of Braybrooke or Robert le May was a medieval landowner, justice and sheriff.He was born at Braybrooke, Northamptonshire the son of justiciar Ingebald de Braybrooke and his wife Albreda de Neumarche....
  
   and Henry of Braybrooke
  Henry of Braybrooke
  Henry of Braybrooke was an English High Sheriff and justice.He was the son of Robert of Braybrooke, who had served as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland, as well as Master of the Great Wardrobe, and had accumulated large amounts of land in Northamptonshire,...
  
  
• 1215–1224: Falkes de Breauté
  Falkes de Breauté
  Sir Falkes de Breauté was an Anglo-Norman soldier who earned high office by loyally serving first King John and later King Henry III in First Barons' War. He played a key role in the Battle of Lincoln Fair in 1217. He attempted to rival Hubert de Burgh, and as a result fell from power in 1224...
  
  
• 1218–1228: Alan Basset
• 1228–1254: Jeffery de Rokingham
• 1254–1259: Ralph de Greneham
• 1259–1272: Anketyn de Markinal
• 1272–1281: Peter Wakerville and William Bovile
• 1281–1289: Alberic de Whitleber
• 1289–1300: Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall
  Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall
  Edmund of Cornwall of Almain was the 2nd Earl of Cornwall of the 7th creation.-Early life:Edmund was born at Berkhamsted Castle on 26 December 1249, the second and only surviving son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall and his wife Sanchia of Provence, daughter of Ramon Berenguer, Count of Provence,...
  
  

1300–1400

• 1300–1301: John Burley
• 1302-1313: Margaret, widow of Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall
• 1313–1316: Margaret, widow of Piers Gaveston
  Margaret de Clare
  Margaret de Clare, Countess of Cornwall, Countess of Gloucester , was an English noblewoman, heiress, and the second eldest of the three daughters of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford and his wife, Joan of Acre, making her a granddaughter of King Edward I of England...
  
  
• 1316–1324: Hugo de Audley
  Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester
  Hugh II de Audley, 1st Baron Audley and 1st Earl of Gloucester was the English Ambassador to France in 1341.-Family:...
  
  
• 1324–1327: Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent
  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent
  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent was a member of the English Royal Family.-Early life:He was born at Woodstock in Oxfordshire, the son of Edward I Longshanks, King of England and his second wife, Margaret of France. He was 62 years younger than his father, who died when Edmund of Woodstock...
  
  
• 1327–1348: Hugo de Audley
  Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester
  Hugh II de Audley, 1st Baron Audley and 1st Earl of Gloucester was the English Ambassador to France in 1341.-Family:...
  
   (died in office 1348)
• 1349–1360: William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton
  William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton
  William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, KG was an English nobleman and military commander.-Lineage:He was the fifth son of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Elizabeth of Rhuddlan. He had a twin brother, Edward...
  
   (died in office 1360)
• 1360–1365: William Wade
• 1365–1373: Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford
  Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford
  Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex, 2nd Earl of Northampton, KG was an important medieval English noble during the reign of King Edward III of England.- Lineage :...
  
   (died in office 1363)
• 1374–1376: John Wittleborough
• 1376-1377: Simon Ward
• 1378: John Wittleborough
• 1379: Sir Thomas de Burton, Kt.
• 1380: John Basings
• 1381: William Moorwood
• 1382: John Wittleborough
• 1383: William Flore (or Flower)
• 1384: Walter Skarles
• 1385: John de Calveley
• 1386–1387: Robert de Vere
• 1388: John Wittleborough
• 1389: Walter Skarles
• 1390–1397: Edward, Earl of Rutland
  Edward Plantagenet
  Edward Plantagenet may refer to:*Edward I of England , popularly known as Longshanks, reigned from 1272 until his death*Edward II of England , reigned from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327, and was murdered in September...
  
  
• 1397-1399: Thomas Onderley

1400–1500

1500–1600

1600–1700

1700–1800

• 1714: Charles Roberts
• 1715:
• 1719: John Whiteing
• 1720:
• 1724: George Brushfield
• 1725:
• 1727: Charles Tryon
• 1728:
• 1729: Kenelm Digby
• 1730:
• 1731: George Marston
• 1732: Lycester Baroden
• 1733: William Goding
• 1734: William Fowler
• 1735:
• 1737: Redenhall Pearse
• 1738: Thomas Bradgate of Uppingham
• 1739:
• 1741: Kenelm Johnson
• 1742: John Brown
• 1743:
• 1744: Henry Shield
• 1745: Anthony Lucas
• 1746: John Mitchell
• 1747: Thomas Wootton
• 1748:
• 1749: Charles Smith
• 1750:
• 1751: William Sharrard the Younger of Langham
• 1752:
• 1753: William Brushfield
• 1754: James Sismey of Lyddington
• 1755: John Maydwell, of Bart Gates in Oakham,
• 1756: Robert Tomblin, cf Edith Weston
• 1757: John Digby, of North LufFenham,
• 1758: Thomas Trollop Brown, of Tolthorpe
• 1759:
• 1785: Thomas Falkner, of Morcott
• 1789: Benjamin Cramp, of Oakham
• 1795: Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th Baronet
  Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th Baronet
  Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th Baronet was a British Member of Parliament.Heathcote was the son of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 3rd Baronet by his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hudson...
  
  

1800–1900

• 1812: Sir Gerard Noel, 2nd Baronet
  Sir Gerard Noel, 2nd Baronet
  Sir Gerard Noel Noel, 2nd Baronet , of Welham Grove in Leicestershire and Exton Park in Rutland, known as Gerard Edwardes until 1798, was an English Member of Parliament.-Background:...
  
  , of Exton Park
• 1814: George Fludyer of Atston
• 1830: John Eagleton, of South Luffenham
• 1831: Thomas Birch Reynardson, of Essendine
• 1832: William Gilford, of North Luffenham
• 1833: John Muxloe Wingfield, of Market Overton
• 1834: Edward Watson Smyth, of Gunthorpe
• 1835: Godfrey Kemp, of Belton
• 1836: Richard Wade, of Uppingham
• 1837: John Stokes of Caldecott
• 1838: Matthew Laxton, of Greetham
• 1839: John Monkton, of Seaton
• 1840: Samuel Richard Fydell, of Morcott
• 1841: Joseph Tomblin, of Leighfield
• 1842: Richard Westbrook Baker, of Cottesmore
• 1843: George Fludyer, of Ayston
• 1844: Charles Grantham, of Ketton
• 1845: Henry Bennet Pierrepont, of Ryhall
• 1846: John Gilson, of Wing
• 1847: Richard Lucas, of Edith Weston
• 1848: Hon. Charles George Noel, Viscount Campden
  Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough
  Charles George Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough , styled Viscount Campden between 1841 and 1866, was a British peer and Whig politician.-Background:...
  
  , of Flitteris Park
• 1849: John Thomas Springthorpe, of Manton
• 1850: Hon. William Middleton Noel
  William Noel
  -Background:Noel was the third son of Sir Gerard Noel, 2nd Baronet, and Diana, Baroness Barham, daughter of Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham. Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough, was his elder brother.-Political career:...
  
  , of Ketton
• 1851: John Moore Paget, of Clipsham
• 1852: William de Capell Brooke, of Martinsthorpe
• 1853: John Parker, of Preston
• 1854: Robert Lee Bradshaw, of Tinwell
• 1855: Arthur Heathcoate, of Pilton
• 1856: Clarke Morris, of Oakham
• 1857: Ayscough Smith, of Braunston
• 1858: William Rudkin Morris, of North Luffenham
• 1859: Edward Henry Cradock Monckton, of Seaton
• 1860: Samuel Hunt, of Ketton
• 1861: William Fludyer, of Ayston
• 1862: William Evans-Freke, 8th Baron Carbery
• 1863: Hon. Henry Lewis Noel, of Exton Park
• 1864: Charles Ormston Eaton, of Tixover
• 1865: William Gilford, of North Luffenham
• 1866: William Wing
• 1867:
• 1882: John William Handley Davenport-Handley of Clipsham
• 1883: Edward Philip Monckton
• 1884: William Gore Marshall of Hambleton
• 1885: William Cunliffe Gosling, of Oakham
• 1886: Frederick Gordon Blair, of Ashwell
• 1887: Arthur Morrice Blake of Whissendine
• 1889: William Woodhouse of Hambleton Hall
• 1888: Robert Neill, of Wing
• 1889: Blake Alexander Hankey, of Essendine, Stamford
• 1890: Edward Worrall, of Wing, Oakham,
• 1891: George Fydell Rowley, of Morcott, Uppingham
• 1892:
• 1897: Henry Clarke Jervoise, of Langham
• 1898: The Honourable William Charles Wentworth Fitzwilliam, of Barnsdale, near Oakham.
• 1899: Arthur Richard de Capell Brooke 1st and last Baron Brooke of Oakley

1900–1973

• 1900: Sir Arthur John Fludyer, Bt., of Ayston Hall, Uppingham
• 1901: William Henry Neill, of the Grange, Wing, Oakham
• 1902: Ernest Lucas Braithwaite
• 1906: Hubert Francis Joseph Eaton
• 1907: Ernest William Proby Conant
• 1912: Stafford Vere Hotchkin
  Stafford Vere Hotchkin
  Stafford Vere Hotchkin was an English landowner, soldier, High Sheriff of Rutland and briefly a Conservative Member of Parliament....
  
  
• 1916-1919: John Edward Corby
• 1920: Arthur William Hickling of The Old Hall, Wing, Oakham
• 1927: Roger John Edward Conant, Bt
• 1947: William Melville Codrington
• 1949: Sir Henry Tate
• 1953: Michael Auriol Buxton
• 1956: Robert Oliver Fitzroy, Bt
• 1960: Sir John Ernest Michael Conant, Bt
• 1964: George Hamilton Boyle
• 1968: Giles Henry Charles Floyd
• 1969: Charles Hugh Hoare of The Old Vicarage, Burley, Oakham.
• 1970: Denis Sydney Player, C.B.E., of North Luffenham Hall, near Oakham.
• 1971: John Giles Charles Gore Browne, of Cranford, Lyddington
• 1972: Captain Richard Miles Micklethwait, of Preston Hall, Preston, near Uppingham.
• 1973: John Michael Moubray of Ridlington House, Ridlington, near Uppingham.

• For 1974 to 1996 inclusive - See High Sheriff of Leicestershire
  High Sheriff of Leicestershire
  This is a list of High Sheriffs of Leicestershire. 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...
  
  

Rutland Unitary Authority

• 1997: Barry Owen
• 1998: Lornie Taylor
• 1999: Lady Goldring
• 2000: Robert N.C. Bingley
• 2001: Michael M. Allen
• 2002: Stuart G. Paton
• 2003: Mary C. Lloyd MBE
• 2004: Mark E. Taylor
• 2005: Robert Boyle
• 2006: Mrs Miranda Lynne Hall
• 2007: Barbara Elizabeth Gilman
• 2008: Thomas Hornby Graham (Tommy) Cooper FRICS FAAV
• 2009: Elizabeth Anne Mills
• 2010: Sarah Catharine Forsyth
• 2011: Peter Lawson

External links

• The High Sheriffs' Association of England and Wales (The Shrievalty Association)
• High Sheriff of Rutland website