The High Sheriff of

Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For gov ...

was an ancient

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title originating in the time of the

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, not long after the foundation of the

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, which was in existence for around a thousand years. On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the

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, the title of Sheriff of Hertfordshire was retitled High Sheriff of Hertfordshire. The High Shrievalties are the oldest secular titles under the Crown in England and Wales, their purpose being to represent the monarch at a local level, historically in the

shire Shire is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some other English-speaking countries such as Australia and New Zealand. It is generally synonymous with county. It was first used in Wessex from the begin ...

s. The office was a powerful position in earlier times, as sheriffs were responsible for the maintenance of law and order and various other roles. It was only in 1908 under

Edward VII of the United Kingdom Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and ...

that the Lord Lieutenant became more senior than the High Sheriff. Since then the position of High Sheriff has become more

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, with many of its previous responsibilities transferred to High Court judges,

magistrate The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a '' magistratus'' was one of the highest ranking government officers, and possessed both judic ...

coroner A coroner is a government or judicial official who is empowered to conduct or order an inquest into the manner or cause of death, and to investigate or confirm the identity of an unknown person who has been found dead within the coroner's jur ...

s, local authorities and the police. Below is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Hertfordshire.

List of Sheriffs of Hertfordshire

Prior to 1567 the Sheriff of Essex was also the sheriff of Hertfordshire. *Anno 9 Elizabeth : This County was severed from that of

Essex Essex () is a Ceremonial counties of England, county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the Riv ...

, and found Sheriffs by themselves. *Before 1567 see Sheriff of Essex *1567 Sir George Penruddock of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire *1568 Rowland Lytton – Knebworth *1569 Henry Coningsby – North Mimms *1570 William Doddes *1571

Edward Baeshe Edward Baeshe or Bashe (1506 or 1507 – 1587) was an English naval administrator and politician. He was born the son of Richard Baeshe of Worcester. He worked under Thomas Cromwell, and in 1550 became General Surveyor of Victuals for the nav ...

Stanstead Abbots Stanstead Abbotts (alternatively Stanstead Abbots) is a village and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England; it lies on the county boundary with Essex. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,983. ...

(1st term) *1572 George Horsey of Digswell *1573 Thomas Leventhorpe – Shingey Hall *1574

Henry Cocke Sir Henry Cocke (1538 – 24 March 1610), of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, was an English politician. He was the eldest son of John Cock, the Master of Requests, 1550–1552 and educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge (Easter 1553) and the I ...

of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire *1575 John Gill – Wyddial *1576 Thomas Bowles – Wallington *1577 Edmond Verney – Pendley *1578 Philip Boteler – Watton *1579 Charles Moryson – Cassiobury *1580 Thomas Docwray of Putteridge Bury *1581 Sir John Brocket – Hatfield *1582 Henry Coningsby – North Mimms *1583 Francis Heydon – The Grove, Watford *1584

(2nd term) *1585 Henry Capell of Hadham Hall *1586 Edward Pulter – Bradfield *1587 Thomas Leventhorpe *1588 Sir John Cutts *1589 Edmond Verney – Pendley *1590 Walter Mildmay – Pishiobury *1591 Thomas Hanchet *1592 Arthur Capel – Hadham Hall *1593 John Leventhorpe – Shingey Hall *1594 Rowland Lytton of

Knebworth House Knebworth House is an English country house in the parish of Knebworth in Hertfordshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. Its gardens are also listed Grade II* on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. In its surrounding park is t ...

*1595 Thomas Sadler of Standon *1596 Ralph Coningsby of North Mimms *1597 Richard Spencer of Offley *1598 Thomas Pope Blount – Tittenhanger *1599 Robert Chester – Royston *1600 Thomas Hanchet *1601 Thomas Bowles – Wallington *1602 Sir Edward Denny – Waltham Abbey

James I

*1603 Sir Henry Boteler – Hatfield *1604 Sir George Peryent – Digswell *1605 Thomas Docwra – Putteridge Bury (son of Thomas, HS 1580) *1606 Sir Leonard Hide – Throcking *1607 Sir John Leventhorpe – Shingey Hall *1608 Nicholas Trott of Quickswood in Clothill *1609 Ralph Sadleir – Standon *1610 Sir Richard Anderson – Pendley *1611 Sir Robert Boteler – Watton *1612 John Wild – *1613 William Frankland of Rye House *1614 Sir Thomas Dacres, snr of Cheshunt (died 1615) then (Aug–Nov) Thomas Dacres jnr of Cheshunt *1615 Sir Goddard Pemberton of Hertingfordbury (died August 1616) *1616 Lewis Pemberton – St Albans *1616 Thomas Newce – Hadham *1617 Edward Briscoe – Aldenham *1618 Thomas Read – Hatfield *1619 Sir Nicholas Hyde, 1st Baronet – North Mimms *1620 Roger Pemberton – St Albans *1621 William Hale – King's Walden *1622 Edward Newport – Pelham *1623 Sir Clement Scudamore – North Mimms *1624 Richard Sidley – Digswell

Charles I

*1625: William Lytton of Knebworth *1626: John Jennings *1627: Sir Thomas Hyde, 2nd Baronet (son of Nicholas, HS 1620) *1628: Edward Gardiner *1629: William Hoe *1630: John Boteler K.B. of Watton Woodhall, Watton-at-Stone *1631: *1632: Richard Hale – King's Walden *1633: Henry Coghill *1634: William Plomer *1635: William Priestley *1636: William Leman *1636: Ralph Freeman *1637: Thomas Coningesby *1638: Thomas Hewett of Pishiobury, Sawbridgeworth *1639: John Gore *1640: Richard Cole *1641: Arthur Pulter *1642: John Garrett *1644: Robert Jesselyn *1644: Charles Noles *1646: Richard Harlakenden of Earls Colne, Essex

Commonwealth

*1648 Francis Flyer *1648 Rowland Hale *1650 John Rowley of Berkway *1651 Thomas Keightley of Hertingfordbury Park *1652 John Fotherley *1654 Humfrey Shatcrosse of Hatfield *1654 Sir John Barrington *1655 Sir John Reade *1658

Sir John Wittewrong, 1st Baronet Sir John Wittewrong, 1st Baronet (1 November 1618 – 23 June 1693) was an English parliamentarian colonel and squire of Rothamsted Manor. Life The Wittewrongs were a Flemish Protestant family who in 1564 left Ghent in the Spanish Netherlands fo ...

Charles II

*1662 Rowland Lytton of

*12 November 1665: Sir Jonathan Keate, 1st Baronet, of the Hoo, Kimpton *7 November 1666: Edward Chester *6 November 1667: John Ellis *6 November 1668: Israel Mayo *11 November 1669: Sir Thomas Byde, of Ware Park *4 November 1670: Henry Baldwin *9 November 1671: Sir John Reade *3 December 1671: Samuel Reves *11 November 1672: Thomas Priestley *12 November 1673: Sir John Reade *6 May 1674: Henry Coghill, of Aldenham *5 November 1674: Joshua Lomax *15 November 1675:

Sir John Reade, 1st Baronet Sir John Reade, 1st Baronet (c. 1616–1694) has the unusual distinction of being granted a baronetcy by both Charles I and the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell. Biography Reade was of an ancient family, originally of Morpeth, in Northumberland. He ...

*9 February 1675: Edward Chester Royston *9 November 1676:

*10 November 1676: Sir William Leman, 2nd Baronet of Northaw *15 November 1677:

*late 1677: Sir Robert Jocelyn *14 November 1678: William Lisson *13 November 1679: Thomas Halsey *4 November 1680: Sir John Butler *1681 Sir Michael Miller *1682 James Wilmot *1683 Sir Thomas Feild *1684 James Gulston *1685 Joseph Edmunds *1686 Francis Floyer *1687 Basil Moor jnr *1688 William Hutchinson of Astwell

William and Mary

*1689 (Mar–Nov) Robert Harley of Brampton Bryan *1689 Thomas Shatterden – Hatfield *John Plumer – Blakesware *1690

Sir John Garrard, 3rd Baronet Sir John Garrard, 3rd Baronet (1638–1701), was an English politician. Garrard was the eldest son of Sir John Garrard, 2nd Baronet, of the Garrard baronets and Jane Lambard, daughter of Sir Moulton Lambard, and educated at Christ Church, Oxfor ...

of Lamer *1691 George Hadley – East Barnet *1692 Sir John Bucknall of Oxhey Place, Watford *1693 Sir James Read – Hatfield *1694 William Dyer – Newenham

William III

*1695 Sir Thomas Rolt – Sacomb *1696 John Gape of Harpsfield Hall, St Albans *1697 John Billers – Thorley *1698 Thomas Auncel – Ickleford *1699 Henry Gore – Gilston *1700 George Nodes – Shephall *1701 Thomas Blackmore

Anne

*1702 Robert Hadsley – Munden *1703 Edmond Field – Stansted *1704 Philip Boteler – Watton *1705 Joseph Huntsman *1706 Barnard Halpenny *1707 Henry Houblon – London *1708 Richard Sheppard *1709 Sir Richard Houblon – London *1710 William Robinson Lytton of

then William Berners of Moore Place, Much Hadham *1711 Henry Ewer *1712 William Smith *1713 Charles Felton

George I

*1714 Henry Long – Bayford *1715 John Duncomb *1716 William Bucknall *1717 Pulter Forester – Bradfield *1718 James Fleet – Tewin *1719 John Nichols *1720 Sir Charles Buck – Watford *1721 Edward Radcliffe – Hitchin *1722 Thomas Kentish – St Albans *1723 John Seer – Yardley *1724 Henry Sibley – Yardley * Thomas Sibley *1725 Samuel Poynter – Kelshall *1726 Richard Warren – Tewin

George II

*1727 Benedict Ithel – Hitchin *1729 Edward Searle replaced by John Turvin of Gilston *1730 Francis Goulston –

Wyddial Wyddial is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It is located around a mile and a half north-east of Buntingford (OS grid reference ), and lies due north of Greenwich on the Prime Meridian ...

*1731 Richard Chase *1732 Thomas Wooton *1733 William Freeman – Aspenden Hall *1734 Richard Tuach – Rickmersworth *1735 Thomas Rolt – Sacomb *1736 John Dean – Wormley *1737 Robert Plummer *1738 William Gape – St Albans *1739 William Benn – West Mill *1740 William Shaw – Cheshunt *1741 Robert Hadsley – Jenningsbury *1742 Geo Carpenter – Redburn *1743 Thomas Ansell – Ickleford *1744 Richard Chase – Much Hadham *1745 Sir Conyers Jocelyn – Hyde Hall *1746 Charles Halsey – Great Gaddesden *1747 Edward Chester – Albury replaced by Henry Fotherley Whitfield – Rickmersworth *1748 William Janssen – Cheshunt *1749 Nicholson Calvert – Hunsdon House *1750 John Cheshyre – Thundridgebury *1751 Thomas Whittewronge – Harpenden *1752 Benedict Ithel – Preston *1753 Caleb Lomax – Childwickbury *1754 Fitzwilliam Barrington – Lilley *1755 Giles Thornton Heysham – Paul's Walden *1756 John Turvin – Gilston *1757 Jacob Houblon – West Mill *1758 John Robinson Lytton of

*1759 Sir John Chapman of Cockenhatch *1760 Benjamin Trueman – Hatfield

George III

*1761 John Ashfordby – Cheshunt *1762 Henry Fotherley Whitfield – Rickmansworth *1763 John Cope Freeman – Abbots Langley *1764 David Williams – Sarratt *1765 Bibye Lake – St Margaret's *1766 John Seare – Tring *1767: Samuel Whitbread, of Bedwell Park *1768 Lionel Lyde, later Sir Lionel Lyde, 1st Baronet – Ayot St Lawrence *1769 Jeremiah Hadsley – Barkway *1770 Henry Green – Gaddesden Hoo *1771 George Prescott – Theobalds *1772 Samuel Moody – Watford *1773 John Dorrien – Berkhamsted St Peter's *1774

Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet (29 February 1749 – 24 March 1838, in London) was a British floriculturist and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1818. Life and Politics He was born the eldest son of Sir Abraham ...

– Wormley Bury *1775 Richard Emmott – Goldings *1776 Thomas Harwood – Preston *1777 John Searancke – Hatfield *1778 Thomas Blackmore – Hunsdon *1779 Richard Baker – Hertingfordbury *1780 John Hunter of Gubbins, Potter's Bar *1781 Thomas Clutterbuck – Watford *1782 John Mickie – North Mimms *1783 Robert Machy – Tewin *1784 John Thomas Ellis of Wyddial Hall *1785 William Phillimore – Aldenham *1786 Jeremiah Milles – Pishiobury *1787 John Roper of Berkhamsted st Peter *1788 Charles Bourchier of Shenley *1789 Drummond Smith of Tring Park *1790 Samuel Robert Gaussen of Brookman's Park, North Mimms *1791 Matthew Raper of

Ashlyns Hall Ashlyns Hall is a country house at the edge of Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. History The earliest local records of the Ashlyn name occur in a document dating from 1314 which describes a Reginal ''Assely ...

*1792 James Bourchier of Shenley *1793 Sir George William Prescott, 1st Baronet of Theobalds *1794 Samuel Lightenhouse of Orford House *1795 James Harding of Tring *1796 John Sowerby of Lilley *1797

Sir John Sebright, 7th Baronet Sir John Saunders Sebright, 7th Baronet, (23 May 1767 – 15 April 1846), of Besford, Worcestershire, and Beechwood Park, Hertfordshire, was an English politician and agricultural innovator. Life Born on 23 May 1767 in Sackville Street, St. ...

of Beechwood *1798 Felix Calvert – Hunsdon House *1799 Archibald Paxton – Watford Place *5 February 1800: Justinian Casamajor, of Potterells *11 February 1801: Thomas Fitzherbert, of

Shenley Shenley is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, between Barnet and St Albans. The village is located 14 miles from Central London. History The history of Shenley stretches back a thousand years or more – it is mentioned i ...

*3 February 1802:

Jacob Bosanquet Jacob Bosanquet Jr. (1755 – 30 July 1828) was a British merchant who was chairman of the East India Company. Life He was born in Hamburg, the son of the merchant Jacob Bosanquet. He became a junior partner in his cousin's firm of Bosanquet & Wi ...

, of Broxbourne Park *3 February 1803: Henry Brown, of North Mimms Place *1 February 1804: Edward Garrow, of

Totteridge Totteridge is a residential area and former village in the London Borough of Barnet, England. It is a mixture of suburban development and open land (including some farmland) situated 8 miles (13 km) north north-west of Charing Cross. It ...

*6 February 1805: Emilius Henry Delmé-Radcliffe, of

Hitchin Hitchin () is a market town and unparished area in the North Hertfordshire district in Hertfordshire, England, with an estimated population of 35,842. History Hitchin is first noted as the central place of the Hicce people, a tribe holding ...

Priory *1 February 1806: George Sullivan Marten, of Sandridge Lodge *4 February 1807: George Caswall, of Sacombe Park *3 February 1808: James Smyth, of Ashlyns Hall *6 February 1809: Edmond Darby, of

Aston Bury Aston Bury is a manor house near Aston, Hertfordshire, England. It is Grade I listed building. It was built in the mid 17th century, possibly by the Boteler family, restored in 1883 for Captain William Edward Freeman O'Brien and restored again i ...

*31 January 1810: Thomas Haworth, of Boreham Lodge *8 February 1811: Robert Taylor, of Tolmers *24 January 1812: John Currie, of

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*10 February 1813: John Fam Timins, of

Aldenham Aldenham is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, north-east of Watford and southwest of Radlett. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book and is one of Hertsmere's 14 conservation areas. The village has eight pre-19th-century listed buil ...

*4 February 1814: Nicholas Segar Parry, of Little Hadham *13 February 1815: Andrew Reid, of

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*1816 Daniel Giles of Youngsbury, Ware *1817 Edmund Morris of Chorleywood *1818 George Palmer – Much Hadham *1819 Samuel Unwin Heathcote – Shephallbury

George IV

*1820 John Earley Cook – Nunsbury *1821 Joseph Timperon – New Barnet *1822 Thomas Daniell – Little Berkhampstead *1823 Robert Sutton – Rossway, Northchurch *1824 Patrick Haydon – Colney Chapel *1825 Thomas Nash Kemble – Gubbins Park *1826 Sir George Duckett – Roydon *1827 Joseph Andrew Latour – Hexton Manor *1828 Sir Culling Smith – Bedwell Park *1829 Charles Phelips – Briggins Park

William IV

*1830 William Hale – King's Walden *1831 Augustus Smith – Ashlyns Hall first appointed, replaced by Hon Thomas Robert Dimsdale,

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a Baron of the Russian Empire – Camfield Place *1832

Robert Plumer Ward Robert Ward, or from 1828 Robert Plumer Ward (19 March 1765 – 13 August 1846), was an English barrister, politician, and novelist. George Canning said that his law books were as pleasant as novels, and his novels as dull as law books. Life He ...

– Gilston Park *1833 George Jacob Bosanquet – Broxbourne Bury *1834 Wiliam Robert Phillimore – Newberries *1835 William Robert Baker – Bayfordbury *1836

William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the Romantic poetry, poetry and visual art of t ...

– Danesbury

Victoria

*1837 George Proctor – Bennington *1838 Claude George Thornton – Tewin *1839 Charles Benet Drake Gerard – Lamer Park *1840 Charles Snell Chauncy – Little Munden *1841 Robert William Gaussen – Brookmans *1842 George Gould Morgan of Brickendonbury *1843 Charles John Dimsdale – Essendon Place *1844

Frederick Cass Frederick McIntosh Cass Q.C., C.D. ( August 5, 1913 – November 25, 2000) was a Canadian politician who served as both Attorney-General of Ontario and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. He served as a Progressive Conservative Membe ...

– Little Grove *1845

Sir Henry Meux, 2nd Baronet Sir Henry Meux, 2nd Baronet (pronounced "Mews") (28 December 1817 – 1 January 1883), was head of Meux and Co., a London brewery, and a Member of Parliament (MP). Early life He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. On the de ...

– Theobalds Park *1846 Felix Calvert – Hunsdon House *1847 Humphrey Harper Burchell – Bushey Grange *1848 William Parker – Ware Park *1849 Abel Smith – Woodhall Park *1850 Fulke Southwell Greville – North Mimms Park *1851 William John Lysley – Mymms *1852 Wynn Ellis – Ponsbourne Park *1853 Sir Thomas Gage Sebright – Beechwood Park *1854 Robert Hanbury –

Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in ...

*1855 Nathaniel Hibbert – Munden *1856 William Joseph Myers – Porters *1857 William Reid – Codicote *1858

William Wilshere William Wilshere (1806 – 10 November 1867) was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1837 to 1847. Life He was the son of Thomas Wilshere of The Frythe and his wife Lora, daughter of Charles Beaumont of Houghton, Hu ...

– Welwyn *1859 Martin Hadsley Gosselin – Ware *1860 James Bentley – Cheshunt *1861 William Jones Loyd –

Langleybury Langleybury is a country house and estate in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England, about northwest of the centre of the town of Watford. The house stands on a low hill above the valley of the River Gade. Owners Raymond 1711–1756 The estate ...

*1862 John Hodgson – Gilston Park *1863 Samuel Richard Block – Barnet *1864 Sir Astley Paston Cooper – Gadesbridge *1865 Forster Alleyne McGeachy – Shenley Hill *1866 Henry Heyman Toulmin –

Childwickbury Childwickbury is a hamlet in Hertfordshire, England lying to the north of St Albans in the parish of St Michael. Childwickbury Manor was home to Stanley Kubrick from 1978 until his death there in 1999. Many of the buildings in Childwickbury ar ...

*1867 Charles Booth – Stanstead Abbotts *1868 Robert Pryor – Watford *1869 Robert Smith –

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*1870 Unwin Unwin Heathcote – Shephallbury *1871 Charles Longman – Shendish *1872 Thomas Curtis – Great Berkhampstead *1873 HJ Smith – Bosanquet – Broxbournebury *1874 Sir John Gage Sebright – Beechwood *1875 James Sydney Walker – Hunsdonbury *1876

John Gwyn Jeffreys John Gwyn Jeffreys FRS (18 January 1809 – 21 January 1885) was a British conchologist and malacologist. Biography John Gwyn Jeffreys was born on 18 January 1809, at Swansea, Wales. He was the eldest son of J. Jeffreys of Fynone, Glamorgan. ...

– Ware Priory *1877 David Carnegie – Watford *1878

Thomas Fowell Buxton Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet (1 April 1786Olwyn Mary Blouet, "Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, first baronet (1786–1845)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online ed., May 201accessed 25 April 20 ...

– Ware *1879 Charles Butler – Hatfield *1880 Charles Cholmondely Hale – King's Walden *1881 John Evans – Hemel Hempstead *1882 James William Carlile – Hertford *1883 Salisbury Baxendale – Ware *1884 Henry Hucks Gibbs – Watford *1885 Sir Astley Paston-Cooper – Gadebridge *1886 John Harry Eyres Parker – Ware Park *1887 Henry Wilson Demain-Saunders – Hertford *1888 William Bunce Greenfield – Flamsteadbury *1889 Joseph Grout Williams – Pendley Manor *1890 Hon Arthur Henry Holland-Hibbert – Munden *1891 Edmund Smith Hanbury –

, Ware *1892 Richard Benyon Croft – Ware *1893 Robert Barclay – Hoddesdon *1894 Edward Henry Loyd –

*1895 Edward Salvin Bowlby – Gilston Park *1896 Percival Bosanquet – Ponfield *1897 John Henry Buxton – Hunsdon Bury *1898 Charles Thomas Part – St Albans *1899 Frederick Henry Norman – Much Hadham *1900 Sir George Faudel Faudel-Phillips – Balls Park, Hertford

Edward VII

*1901 Major-General

Apsley Cherry-Garrard Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard (2 January 1886 – 18 May 1959) was an English explorer of Antarctica. He was a member of the ''Terra Nova'' expedition and is acclaimed for his 1922 account of this expedition, '' The Worst Journey in t ...

, of Lamer Park – Wheathampstead *1902 Evelyn Simpson – Baldock *1903 Henry Tylston Hodgson – Harpenden *1904 Sir Edgar Reginald Sebright – Beechwood *1905 Thomas Fenwick Harrison – King's Walden Bury *1906 Hellier Gosselin-Grimshawe – Bengeo Hall *1907 Benjamin Samuel Faudel-Phillips – Hertford *1908 Arthur Salvin Bowlby – Gilston Park *1909 Edward Ernest Pearson – Brickendonbury *1910 Sir Alfred Reynolds – Ayot Bury

George V

*1911 Major Richard Page Croft – Ware *1912 Maurice George Carr Glyn – Hadham *1913 The Hon Herbert Cokayne Gibbs – Briggens, Nr Ware *1914 Lewis Evans – Watford *1915 Henry William Clinton Baker – Bayfordbury *1916 Walter Reynolds – St Albans *1917 The Hon Charles Robert Southwell,

– Meesden *1918 Capt Hubert Laurie Bullen – Hatfield *1919 Major-Gen Sir Charles Haddon – Great Berkhamsted *1920 John Ramsay Drake – St Albans *1921 Sir Arthur Cory-Wright – Welwyn *1922 Col Sir Edward Hildred Carlile – Hertford *1923 Capt George Strachan Pawle – Widford *1924 BrigGen Sir Brodie Henderson – Little Berkhamsted *1925 Sir Charles Alexander Nall-Cain – Hatfield *1926 Sir Alexander William Lewis – Essendon *1927 Lt Col Osmond McMullen – Ware *1928 George Richard Smith-Bosanquet – Broxbourne *1929 Capt Everard Martin-Smith – Codicote *1930 Charles Morland Agnew – Croxley Green *1931 Sir Walter Lawrence – Sawbridgeworth *1932 Major John Fenwick Harrison – King's Waldenbury *1933 Sir Lionel Faudel-Philips – Hertford *1934 Capt Robert Humphrey Haslam – Berkhamsted

George V and Edward VIII

*1935 Lt Colonel Wilfred Hubert Wild – St Albans

Edward VIII and George VI

*1936 Col Sir Geoffrey Selby Church, Bt., MC. – Hatfield

George VI

*1937 Arthur Edwin Cutforth – Sawbridgeworth *1938 Henry Fowell Buxton – Ware *1939 Capt Sir Cecil Gustavus Newman – Royston *1940 Capt Reginald Henry Abel-Smith – Hatfield *1941 Major Albert Pam – Broxbourne *1942 The Rt Hon Sir Felix Cassel – Luton *1943 Col William Hilton Briggs – Watford *1944 Michael Bruce Urquhart Dewar – Hitchin *1945 Capt Sir Humphrey Edmund de Trafford – Royston *1946 Sir

Patrick Ashley Cooper Major Sir Patrick Ashley Cooper (18 November 1887 – 22 March 1961) was a British businessman who for more than two decades was governor of the Hudson's Bay Company and director of the Bank of England. He served as High Sheriff of the County o ...

– Hexton Manor *1947 Capt Francis Pawle – Ware *1948 Brig Edward Henry Beddington – Much Hadham *1949 Brig Walter Hugh Crosland – Little Berkhamsted *1950 The Hon

David Bowes-Lyon Sir David Bowes-Lyon KCVO (2 May 1902 – 13 September 1961) was the sixth son and last child of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck, as well as their tenth and youngest child. His e ...

– St Paul's Walden Bury *1951 Col Sir William Henry Dyke Acland – Welwyn

Elizabeth II

*1952 Charles Maynard –

Potters Bar Potters Bar is a town in Hertfordshire, England,in the historic County of Middlesex Hertsmere Borough Council – Community Strategy First Review (PDF) north of central London. In 2011, it had a population of 21,882. In 2022 the population was ...

*1953 Thomas Abel Smith –

Hertford Hertford ( ) is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. The parish had a population of 26,783 at the 2011 census. The town grew around a ford on the River Lea, n ...

*1954 Col John Maitland –

Welwyn Welwyn is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The parish also includes the villages of Digswell and Oaklands. It is sometimes referred to as Old Welwyn or Welwyn Village, to distinguish it from the much newer and larger ...

*1955 Lt Col Robert McMullen –

Buntingford Buntingford is a market town and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire in England. It lies next to the River Rib and is located on the historic Roman road, Ermine Street. As a result of its location, i ...

*1956 Sir William Cooper –

Berkhamsted Berkhamsted ( ) is a historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, in the Bulbourne valley, north-west of London. The town is a civil parish with a town council within the borough of Dacorum which is based in the neighbouring large new to ...

*1957 Charles Wentworth-Stanley –

Sawbridgeworth Sawbridgeworth is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, close to the border with Essex. It is east of Hertford and north of Epping. It is the northernmost part of the Greater London Built-up Area. History Prior to the Norman ...

*1958 John Buxton – Wareside *1959 Lt Col Francis Fremantle –

*1960 Brigadier Richard Hanbury –

Braughing Braughing is a village and civil parish, between the rivers Quin and Rib, in the non-metropolitan district of East Hertfordshire, part of the English county of Hertfordshire. Braughing gave its name to a county division in Hertfordshire, know ...

*1961 Maj Adrian Hadden-Paton –

*1962 Arthur Proctor –

Harlow Harlow is a large town and local government district located in the west of Essex, England. Founded as a new town, it is situated on the border with Hertfordshire and London, Harlow occupies a large area of land on the south bank of the uppe ...

*1963 Douglas Cory-Wright –

Harpenden Harpenden () is a town and civil parish in the City and District of St Albans in the county of Hertfordshire, England. The population of the built-up area was 30,240 in the 2011 census, whilst the population of the civil parish was 29,448. Ha ...

*1964 Leopold Seymour – Hadham *1965 Lucius Thompson-McCausland –

*1966 Sir Aubrey Burke – Bovingdon *1967 Ronald Pilkington –

Stanstead Abbotts Stanstead Abbotts (alternatively Stanstead Abbots) is a village and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England; it lies on the county boundary with Essex. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,983. ...

*1968 James Ashley Cooper – Hexton Manor *1969 Julian Martin Smith –

*1970 Sir Frederick Seebohm – Chapmore End *1971 Lt Col James Thompson –

Stevenage Stevenage ( ) is a large town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, about north of London. Stevenage is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M), between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south. In 1946, Steven ...

*1972 David Wentworth-Stanley – Munden *1973 Charles Wentworth-Stanley –

Arms

List of High Sheriffs of Hertfordshire

Elizabeth II (continued)

Website

high sheriff of hertfordshire

References

*Where no other source is indicated, the name has been taken from the Shrievalty's own list
List of High Sheriffs
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High Sheriffs of Hertfordshire High may refer to: Science and technology * Height * High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area * High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory * High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift ...