High Sheriff of Suffolk
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This is a list of High Sheriff
s of Suffolk
. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually (in March) by the Crown. He was originally the principal law enforcement officer in the county and presided at the Assizes and other important county meetings . Most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. There was a single High Sheriff serving the two counties of Norfolk and Suffolk until 1576.
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 Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually (in March) by the Crown. He was originally the principal law enforcement officer in the county and presided at the Assizes and other important county meetings . Most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. There was a single High Sheriff serving the two counties of Norfolk and Suffolk until 1576.
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- 2000: John Clement of Tuddenham Hall
- 2002: Robert Rous of Dennington Hall.
- 2003: John Geoffrey Thurlow
- 2004: Clare, Countess of Euston
- 2005: Major Philip Hope-Cobbold, of Glenham Hall
- 2006: Sir Michael William Bunbury Bt. KCVOSir Michael Bunbury, 13th BaronetSir Michael William Bunbury, 13th Baronet KCVO, DL is a British businessman.-Business life:*Sometime Chairman of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster .*Appointed to the Board of Foreign and Colonial Investment Trust in March 1998, he is Chairman of the Private Equity Committee...
- 2007: Air Marshal Sir Richard John Kemball KCB CBEJohn KemballAir Marshal Sir John Kemball, KCB, CBE, DL is a former Royal Air Force officer who became Deputy Commander of Strike Command.-RAF career:...
- 2008: Diana Hunt JP, DL
- 2009: James Kennedy Buckle
- 2010: Tessa Frances Innes
- 2011: Stephen Miles