This is a list of Civic Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of the County of the City of

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

, England. The office of High Sheriff is over 1000 years old, with its establishment before the Norman Conquest. The 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 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. Bristol is unusual in having had

county corporate A county corporate or corporate county was a type of subnational division used for local government in England, Wales, and Ireland. Counties corporate were created during the Middle Ages, and were effectively small self-governing county, county-e ...

status since medieval times (1373). The Lord Mayor and one or sometimes two sheriffs served as part of its civic governance. The county was expanded to include suburbs such as Clifton in 1835, and it was named a county borough in 1889, when the term was first introduced. However, on 1 April 1974 it became a part of the local government county of Avon. On 1 April 1996 Avon was abolished, allowing Bristol to regain its independence and county status and became a unitary authority with the royal appointments of

Lord-Lieutenant A lord-lieutenant ( ) is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically, each lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia. In 1871, the lieutenant's responsibility ...

and High Sheriff.

Civic (not High) Sheriff Office holders

14th & 15th century

Sheriffs of Bristol typically took office at the end of September and served until September of the following year

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

High Sheriffs for the County of City of Bristol

20th century

*1996–1997: George Robin Paget Ferguson of Clifton *1997–1998: Richard Appleby Lalonde of Clifton *1998–1999: Edwin Howard Webber of Sneyd Park *1999–2000: John Richard Pool of Clifton

21st century

In nomination as prospective High Sheriffs: * Miss Sharon Rosemarie Foster of Horfield * The Rev Richard Norman Pendlebury MBE DL of Bishopston * Mrs Kalpna Kumari Woolf of Sneyd Park

References

Mayors and Sheriffs of Bristol 1500–1599

External links

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