List of High Sheriffs of Surrey

The list of known 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 Surrey extends back to 1066 At various times the High Sheriff of Surrey was also High Sheriff of Sussex

High Sheriff of Sussex

-History:The office of High Sheriff is over 1000 years old, with its establishment before the Norman Conquest. The Office of High Sheriff remained first in precedence in the counties until the reign of Edward VII when an Order in Council in 1908 gave the Lord-Lieutenant the prime office under the...

 (1229-1231, 1232-1240, 1242-1567, 1571-1635)

1066-1228

(HIGH SHERIFFS of SURREY ONLY)

1229–1398

(SHERIFFS OF SURREY & SUSSEX)

1399-1509

(HIGH SHERIFFS OF SURREY AND SUSSEX)

1509-1566

(HIGH SHERIFFS OF SURREY AND SUSSEX)

1567–1635

1636-1702

(HIGH SHERIFFS OF SURREY ONLY)

1702-1799

19th Century

20th Century

21st Century

• 2000: Michael More-Molyneaux
• 2001: William (Bill) Biddell
• 2002: Penelope Anne Constance Keith
  Penelope Keith
  Penelope Anne Constance Keith, CBE, DL is an English actress.Having started her television career in the 1950s, Penelope Keith became a household name in the United Kingdom in the 1970s when she played Margo Leadbetter in the sitcom The Good Life...
  
   OBE
• 2003: Andrew Wates
• 2004: Dr Grace Dowling
• 2005: David Hypher
• 2006: Adrian Edwin White
• 2007: Nicholas John Elliot Sealy
• 2008: Sally Varah
• 2009: Lady Elizabeth Toulson CBE
• 2010: Robert Harold Douglas CBE