The office of High Sheriff is over 1000 years old, with its establishment before the

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. The Office of High Sheriff remained first in precedence in the counties until the reign of

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when an Order in Council in 1908 gave the Lord-Lieutenant the prime office under the Crown as the Sovereign's personal representative. The High Sheriff remains the Sovereign's representative in the County for all matters relating to the Judiciary and the maintenance of law and order. The county of Avon was formed in 1974 and abolished in 1996. Before and after this time the area covered was in a variety of other shrievalties, including

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and

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Officeholders

*1974: Hugh Charles Innes Rogers, of Beach House,

Bitton Bitton is a village and civil parish of South Gloucestershire in England, to the east of the Greater Bristol area on the River Boyd. It is in South Gloucestershire. The parish of Bitton has a population of 9,307, and apart from the villag ...

, near Bristol. *1975: John Foster Robinson,

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, TD, of St. Georges Hill,

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, near Bristol. *1976: Simon Melville Wills, of The Manor House, Walton-in-Gordano, Clevedon. *1977: Malcolm Allinson Anson, of Hill Court,

Congresbury Congresbury is a village and civil parish on the northwestern slopes of the Mendip Hills in North Somerset, England, which in 2011 had a population of 3,497. It lies on the A370 between Junction 21 of the M5 and Bristol Airport, south of Bri ...

, Bristol. *1978: Humphrey Ashley Densham, OBE, of 15 Eaton Crescent,

Clifton, Bristol Clifton is both a suburb of Bristol, England, and the name of one of the city's thirty-five council wards. The Clifton ward also includes the areas of Cliftonwood and Hotwells. The eastern part of the suburb lies within the ward of Clifton D ...

. *1979: Thomas Lloyd Robinson, TD, of Lechlade, 23 Druid Stoke Avenue,

Stoke Bishop Stoke Bishop is a medium-sized outer city suburb in the north-west of Bristol, located in between Westbury-on-Trym, Sneyd Park, and Sea Mills. Although relatively low, Stoke Bishop's population has increased due to substantial infilling on the ...

, Bristol. *1980: Mary Ada Phoebe Towill, of Urchinwood Manor, Congresbury, Bristol. *1981: Roderick Macdonald Davidson, of 13 Buckingham Vale, Clifton, Bristol. *1982: Peter Douglas Smith, of Westbrook,

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, Bristol. *1983:

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Charles James Stewart, OBE, TD, of Thornton, Midford Road,

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, Bath. *1984: Christopher Wilson Thomas CBE, of Bourne House *1985: Robert Edward John Bernays, of Old Down House,

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*1986: Sir Alexander Walter Merrison FRS, of The Manor,

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*1987: Robert Alexander Chermside, of The Old Rectory, Tormarton *1988: Charles Richard Thurlow Laws, of Jerome House *1989: Sir George White, 4th Baronet, of Pypers *1990: Robert Foxcroft Robertson-Glasgow, of Hinton House, Hinton Charterhouse, near Bath. *1991: Andrew Milton Reid, of Parsonage Farm,

Publow Publow is a small village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, England. It lies beside the River Chew in the Chew Valley. It is 7 miles from Bristol, 9 miles from Bath, and 4 miles from Keynsham. The principal settlement in the par ...

Pensford Pensford is the largest village in the civil parish of Publow in Somerset, England. It lies in the Chew Valley, approximately south of Bristol, west of Bath and north of Wells. It is on the A37 road from Bristol to Shepton Mallet. Pensfor ...

. *1992: Francis William Greenacre, of 3 Cecil Road,

. *1993: Hylton Henry Bayntun-Coward *1994: Christopher Marsden-Smedley, of Church Farm, Burrington,

. *1995: James Napier Tidmarsh,

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, of 8 Princes Buildings,

. *1996: George Robert Paget Ferguson, of 5 Windsor Terrace,

References

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