The Office of High Sheriff of the West Midlands is the ceremonial position of High Sheriff appointed to the

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, a metropolitan county in central England. The appointment is made by the British monarch by Pricking the Lists. Created in 1974, the office of High Sheriff of the West Midlands has the duty to "protect and assist in upholding the dignity and well being of His Majesty’s judges and to represent the Queens executive powers in respect of the administration of justice in the county". The Office of High Sheriff is normally awarded to people of stature in the West Midland who have significantly and positively contributed in some way to the county's community either through voluntary work or through commerce or industry.

List of High Sheriffs

*1974-1975: Michael Hotham Cadbury, DL, of

Selly Oak Selly Oak is an industrial and residential area in south-west Birmingham, England. The area gives its name to Selly Oak ward and includes the neighbourhoods of: Bournbrook, Selly Park, and Ten Acres. The adjoining wards of Edgbaston and Harborne ...

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

*1975-1976: Edwin Hardwick Moore, of Ashfurlong Hall,

Sutton Coldfield Sutton Coldfield or the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, known locally as Sutton ( ), is a town and civil parish in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. The town lies around 8 miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, 9 miles south ...

*1976-1977: Lt.-Colonel John Henry Coldwell Horsfall, DSO, MC (& Bar), of Home Farm,

Leek Wootton Leek Wootton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Leek Wootton and Guy's Cliffe, in the Warwick district, in the county of Warwickshire, England, approximately 2 miles south of Kenilworth and 2.5 miles north of Warwick. It ...

*1977-1978: Michael Gary Southall, of

Harborne Harborne is an area of south-west Birmingham, England. It is one of the most affluent areas of the Midlands, southwest from Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in ...

*1978-1979: Lt.-Colonel Lawrence Willoughby Wilson, TD, JP, of Barlows Road,

Edgbaston Edgbaston () is an affluent suburban area of central Birmingham, England, historically in Warwickshire, and curved around the southwest of the city centre. In the 19th century, the area was under the control of the Gough-Calthorpe family an ...

*1979-1980: Anthony Reginald Wyldbore-Smith, JP, of Elmcroft,

Berkswell Berkswell ( ) is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, county of West Midlands, England. Historically in Warwickshire, Berkswell is situated in the rural east of the borough, approximately 2 miles (3.25 km) ...

*1980-1981: David Williams-Thomas, of The Manor House,

Birlingham Birlingham is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire. The village is south of Pershore, located in a bend of the River Avon. Toponymy The name Birlingham is derived from the Old English ''Byrla–inga–hamm'', mea ...

Pershore Pershore is a market town in the Wychavon district in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon. The town is part of the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency. At the 2011 census, the population was 7,125. The town i ...

*1981-1982: David Gwyn Justham, of

*1982-1983: Anthony Frederic Birtles, FRICS, Cutlers Farm,

Wootton Wawen Wootton Wawen is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. The village is on the A3400 in mid-western Warwickshire, about from Birmingham, about south of Henley-in-Arden and about north of Strat ...

*1983-1984: Hugh Kenrick, MA, of Farquhar Road,

*1984-1985: Derek Montague Percy Lea, JP, FRICS, of Rosedale,

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*1985-1986: Richard Leslie Harris, FCA, of Oldswinford,

Stourbridge Stourbridge is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England, situated on the River Stour. Historically in Worcestershire, it was the centre of British glass making during the Industrial Revolution. The 20 ...

*1986-1987: William Eric Husselby, FIPA, of Fen End House,

Kenilworth Kenilworth ( ) is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Warwick (district), Warwick District in Warwickshire, England, south-west of Coventry, north of Warwick and north-west of London. It lies on Finham Brook, a ...

*1987-1988: Patrick William Welch, BA, of Wellington Road,

*1988-1989: Francis Charles Graves, OBE, FRICS, FCIOB, DL, of Aldersyde,

Tanworth-in-Arden Tanworth-in-Arden (; often abbreviated to Tanworth) is a small village and civil parish in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is southeast of Birmingham and northeast of Redditch, and is administered by Stratford-on-Avon District Council. ...

*1989-1990: David John Crump Johnson of Shenstone, Kidderminster *1990-1991:

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*1991-1992: Bruce Winton Tanner of

*1992-1993: John Anthony Jefferson *1993-1994: John Ian Westwood *1994-1995: Sir George Adrian Hayhurst Cadbury, DL, MA, Hon DSc, Hon LL D, of Knowle,

Solihull Solihull (, or ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in West Midlands County, England. The town had a population of 126,577 at the 2021 Census. Solihull is situated on the River Blythe i ...

*1995-1996: Professor

Sir Frederick William Crawford ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

of Arthur Road,

*1996-1997: John David Saville *1997-1998: Edward Michael Worley *1998-1999: William George Key Carter of Elmey Lovett,

Droitwich Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to Droitwich ) is an historic spa town in the Wychavon district in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe. It is located approximately south-west of Birmingham and north-east of Worcester. The ...

*1999-2000: Roger Stephen Burman *2000-2001: Jeremy Frederick Woolridge *2001-2002: Mrs

Tessa King-Farlow Tessa King-Farlow (born 2 February 1941) is a British garden designer, former chair of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, and former High Sheriff of the West Midlands. Tessa King-Farlow was educated at Downe House School. She moved to Birmingham in 196 ...

*2002-2003: Gary James Allen *2003-2004: Michael Evans *2004-2005: John Leslie Andrews *2005-2006: Roger Joseph Dickens *2006-2007: John Rawcliffe Airey Crabtree *2007-2008: Robert Peter Tomlinson *2008-2009: Byron Head of Barnt Green *2009-2010: Paul Bassi of Stourbridge *2010-2011: Anita Kumari Bhalla of Handsworth Wood *2011-2012: David L Grove of Henley in Arden *2012-2013: Stewart Towe of Smethwick *2013–2014: Dame

Christine Braddock Dame Christine Braddock, DBE, DL is a British further education administrator, academic and was High Sheriff of the West Midlands for the year 2013-2014. Early life Christine Braddock was born in Burnley, Lancashire, where she attended Townel ...

of Birmingham *2014–2015: Dr Tim Watts *2015-2016: Jonnie Turpie *2016–2017: Dr Keith Bradshaw *2017–2018: John L. Hudson *2018–2019: Christopher Thomas Loughran *2019–2020: Michael Kuo of Edgbaston, Birmingham *2020–2021: Wade Cleone Lyn, CBE of Birmingham

References

*''Whitaker's Almanack'', various editions *''Birmingham Post and Mail Year Book and Who's Who'', various editions * highsheriffs.com, both current and through archive.org {{High Shrievalties

Local government in the West Midlands (county) High Sheriffs