High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire

This is a list of sheriffs and since 1974 high sheriffs of Cambridgeshire.

The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the 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. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as Sheriff was retitled High Sheriff.

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Before 1154

• Tempore Regis Eduardi: Aluric Godricson, Orgar, Blacuin[1]
• 1066: Elfric
• 1070–c.1090: Picot of Cambridge[1][2]
• c.1110–1122: Gilbert[1]
• c.1125–1129: Fulk[1]
• Michaelmas 1129: Richard Basset with Aubrey de Vere[1]
• c.1133: Fulk
• 1140: Payn

From 1154 until 1635, appointees to the shrievalty held the joint office of Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.

1636–1641

• 3 October 1636: Sir John Carleton, 1st Baronet,[3] of Cheveley
• 30 September 1637: Sir Thomas Chicheley,[3] of Wimpole Hall
• 4 November 1638: Sir Thomas Wendy,[3] of Haslingfield
• 1639: Thomas Prichard,[3] of Trumpington
• 1640: John Crane,[3] of Kingston
• 1641: Sir John Cotton, 1st Baronet,[3] of Landwade

From 1642 until 1965, appointees to the shrievalty held the joint office of Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. From 1965 until 1974, sheriffs were Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely.

1974–1999

• 1974: Michael Henry Tindall Carter of Paget Hall, Tydd St. Giles, Wisbech[4]
• 1975: Kenneth Beaton[5]
• 1976: Peter Boyton Taylor[6]
• 1977: David Dring Morrell[7]
• 1978: David Whittome[8]
• 1979: George Edward McWatters[9]
• 1980: George Simon Cecil Gibson, of Landwade Hall[10]
• 1981: John Ray Horrell CBE TD[11]
• 1982: David Owen Arthur Morbey[12]
• 1983: Major William Birkbeck, of Bainton House[13]
• 1984: Brigadier Alan Norman Breitmeyer[14][15]
• 1985: John Sinclair Martin, CBE, of Denny Abbey, Waterbeach[16]
• 1986: Dr Irwin Arthur William Peck MBE[17]
• 1987: Sir Alexander James Reid, Bt[18]
• 1988: Michael John Marshall[19]
• 1989: Joseph Odam[20]
• 1990: Nigel Stewart Elgood[21]
• 1991: Hugh Duberly[22]
• 1992: Godfrey Richard Warde Wright[23]
• 1993 Elizabeth Anne, The Hon. Lady Hastings[24] of Milton Hall, Peterborough
• 1994: Frederick James Grounds[25]
• 1995: Margaret Elspeth Thomas[26]
• 1996: Nigel Hugh Mosman Chancellor[27]
• 1997: David Temple Ramply[28]
• 1998: Richard Brian Bamford[29]
• 1999: John Edwin Heading[30]

2000–present

• 2000: Antony Francis Pemberton[31]
• 2001: William Henry Proby[32]
• 2002: Jane Lewin Smith[33]
• 2003: David John Riddington OBE[34]
• 2004: Sir Charles Edward Chadwyck-Healey Bt[35]
• 2005: Simon Patrick Leatham[36] of Burghley House
• 2006: John Jeremy Seymour Marshall[37]
• 2007: Colonel Peter Geoffrey Ray Horrell, TD[38]
• 2008: Judith Penelope Glossop Bennett Gape Pearson[39]
• 2009: The Lady De Ramsey[40]
• 2010: Dr Nigel Wooldridge Brown[41]
• 2011: Richard Barnwell[42]
• 2012: Penelope Walkinshaw of Cambridge[43]
• 2013: Aubrey James Francis Buxton of Newmarket[44]
• 2014: Linda Alison Fairbrother of Cambridge[45]
• 2015: Captain Victor H. Lucas of the Manor House, Warboys[46]
• 2016: Sir David Arculus[47]
• 2017: Richard Pemberton of Haslingfield[48]
• 2018: Dr Andrew Charles Harter CBE[49]
• 2019: Neil A McKittrick of Peterborough [50]
• 2020: Brigadier Timothy John Seal of Orton Longueville [51]

References

1. Hughes 1898, p. 12.
2. "English Historical Review"
3. Hughes 1898, p. 14.
4. "No. 46249". The London Gazette. 28 March 1974. p. 4006.
5. "No. 46524". The London Gazette. 21 March 1975. p. 3843.
6. "No. 46857". The London Gazette. 23 March 1976. p. 4337.
7. "No. 47171". The London Gazette. 11 March 1977. p. 3435.
8. "No. 47497". The London Gazette. 23 March 1978. p. 3663.
9. "No. 47795". The London Gazette. 16 March 1979. p. 3547.
10. "No. 48134". The London Gazette. 21 March 1980. p. 4411.
11. "No. 48563". The London Gazette. 24 March 1981. p. 4215.
12. "No. 48919". The London Gazette. 12 March 1982. p. 3495.
13. "No. 49294". The London Gazette. 18 March 1983. p. 3829.
14. "No. 49677". The London Gazette. 16 March 1984. p. 3867.
15. "thePeerage". Retrieved 28 January 2007.
16. "No. 50071". The London Gazette. 22 March 1985. p. 4108.
17. "No. 50472". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 March 1986. p. 4373.
18. "No. 50865". The London Gazette. 19 March 1987. p. 3691.
19. "No. 51281". The London Gazette. 24 March 1988. p. 3545.
20. "No. 51678". The London Gazette. 17 March 1989. p. 3357.
21. "No. 52081". The London Gazette. 20 March 1990. p. 3677.
22. "No. 52484". The London Gazette. 25 March 1991. pp. 4709–4710.
23. "No. 52868". The London Gazette. 20 March 1992. pp. 5025–5026.
24. "No. 53247". The London Gazette. 15 March 1993. p. 4679.
25. "No. 53618". The London Gazette. 18 March 1994. p. 4243.
26. "No. 53985". The London Gazette. 20 March 1995. p. 4273.
27. "No. 54345". The London Gazette. 14 March 1996. p. 3831.
28. "No. 54715". The London Gazette. 25 March 1997. p. 3621.
29. "No. 55079". The London Gazette. 25 March 1998. p. 3449.
30. "No. 55428". The London Gazette. 12 March 1999. p. 2937.
31. "No. 55792". The London Gazette. 16 March 2000. p. 2987.
32. "No. 56155". The London Gazette. 22 March 2001. p. 3253.
33. "No. 56531". The London Gazette. 9 April 2002. p. 4283.
34. "No. 56884". The London Gazette. 21 March 2003. p. 3603.
35. "No. 57230". The London Gazette. 11 March 2004. p. 3127.
36. "No. 57598". The London Gazette. 29 March 2005. p. 3762.
37. "No. 57921". The London Gazette. 9 March 2006. p. 3375.
38. "No. 58266". The London Gazette. 7 March 2007. p. 3313.
39. "No. 58639". The London Gazette. 13 March 2008. pp. 3947–3948.
40. "No. 59011". The London Gazette. 19 March 2009. p. 4924.
41. "No. 59364". The London Gazette. 18 March 2010. p. 4707.
42. "No. 59729". The London Gazette. 17 March 2011. p. 4995.
43. "No. 60087". The London Gazette. 15 March 2012. p. 5223.
44. "No. 60447". The London Gazette. 14 March 2013. p. 5101.
45. "No. 60799". The London Gazette. 6 March 2014. p. 4635.
46. "No. 61177". The London Gazette. 23 March 2015. p. 5242.
47. "No. 61759". The London Gazette. 17 March 2016. p. 5942.
48. "No. 61868". The London Gazette. 10 March 2017. p. 5262.
49. "No. 62229". The London Gazette. 15 March 2018. p. 4814.
50. "No. 62582". The London Gazette. 15 March 2019. p. 4643.
51. "No. 62943". The London Gazette. 13 March 2020. p. 5161.

Bibliography

• Hughes, A. (1898). List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to A.D. 1831. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) (with amendments of 1963, Public Record Office)