High Sheriff of West Yorkshire
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The High Sheriff of West Yorkshire is a current High Sheriff
title which has existed since 1974, the holder is changed annually every March. For around 1,000 years the entire area of Yorkshire
was covered by a single High Sheriff of Yorkshire
. After the Local Government Act 1972
the title was split to cover several newly created counties, including West Yorkshire.
Below is a list of the sheriffs.
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 which has existed since 1974, the holder is changed annually every March. For around 1,000 years the entire area of Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
was covered by a single High Sheriff of Yorkshire
High Sheriff of Yorkshire
The High Sheriff of Yorkshire 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. A list of the sheriffs from the Norman conquest onwards can be found below...
. After the Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974....
the title was split to cover several newly created counties, including West Yorkshire.
Below is a list of the sheriffs.
List of High Sheriffs
- 1974-1975 Sir William Peter Bulmer
- 1975-1976 George Francis Lane Fox
- 1976-1977 Michael Edmund Lyon
- 1977-1978 David Gaunt
- 1978-1979 John Malcoln Barr
- 1979-1980 Stephen Gerald Beaumont
- 1980-1981 Robert German Owthwaite
- 1981-1982 Charles Miller Fenton
- 1982-1983 David Fearnley
- 1983-1984 Elizabeth Mary Whitaker
- 1984-1985 Stuart Alan Barr
- 1985-1986 John Lyles
- 1986-1987 Yvonne Brenda Jackson
- 1987-1988 George Cooke Armitage
- 1988-1989 John Richard Marshall Roscoe
- 1989-1990 Victor Hugo Watson
- 1990-1991 Peter John Dixon Marshall
- 1991-1992 Israel Arnold ZiffArnold ZiffIsrael Arnold Ziff was a British businessman and philanthropist, who particularly donated to good causes within Leeds, West Yorkshire. He was made a Freeman of the City of London in 1979 and received an OBE in 1981. From 1991 to 1992 he was High Sheriff of West Yorkshire.-Life:Ziff's family was...
- 1992-1993 David Humphrey Boyle
- 1993-1994 Geoffrey Flockton Armitage
- 1994-1995 Charles Wilfred David Sutcliffe
- 1995-1996 Edward Neil Pullan
- 1996-1997 John Stephen Behrens
- 1997-1998 Frederick Thomas Benson Jowitt
- 1998-1999 John James Edward Brennan
- 1999-2000 Peter Arthur Hillard Hartley
- 2000-2001 Frank Ramsey Fenton
- 2001-2002 John Stoddart-Scott
- 2002-2003 John D Jackson
- 2003-2004 Patrick Dent
- 2004-2005 James Barker
- 2005-2006 Tim Hare
- 2006-2007 Gay Hartley
- 2008-2009 Roger G Bowers
- 2009-2010 Jeremy John Burton
- 2010-2011 Richard Robert Clough
- 2011-2012 A E Grant Esq OBE