The Sheriff of Madras was an apolitical titular position of authority bestowed for one year on a prominent citizen of Madras. The post was abolished in 1998. The position of Sheriff of Madras was created in the Madras Charter of 1726 which came into force on 17 August 1727. As the executive arm of the Jurisdiction the Sheriff was sworn in for a period of one year to carry out such duties as the summoning of people to the High Court, the provision of jurors, the attaching and sealing of properties and, if required, the arranging of their auction. The Sheriff had an office and staff and in the order of precedence ranked just below the Mayor. From the mid-1800s the position lost its powers and responsibilities and became primarily ceremonial.

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(Bombay) and

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(Calcutta) continue (2017) to maintain their similar posts.

Some Sheriffs of Madras

*1727 August Nicholas Morse, first Sheriff *1746-53 ''No Sheriffs'' *1770 Hon

Edward Monckton Edward Monckton (3 November 1744 – 1 July 1832) was a British colonial administrator and nabob, a Whig politician, a member of parliament for 32 years, and an important Staffordshire landowner. Background and early life Monckton was the ...

*1776 Hon

Basil Cochrane Basil Cochrane (22 April 1753 – 12 or 14 August 1826 in Paris, France) was a Scottish civil servant, businessman, inventor, and wealthy nabob of early-19th-century England. Early life The sixth son of Scottish nobleman and politician Thomas ...

*1779 William Jackson *1805 John Oakes *1824 John Savage *1828 George Lys *1831 Patrick Grant *1843-45 John Bruce Norton *1845: John Findley McKennie *1846 Leonard Cooper, solicitor (died 1852) *1854 Captain Christopher Biden *1885-86 John Henry Taylor *1886, 1887 Rajah Sir Savilai Ramaswamy Mudaliar, 158th Sheriff of Madras and first Indian Sheriff *1888, 1889 Abel Joshua Higginbotham, bookseller *1892

Pundi Runganadha Mudaliar Rai Bahadur Pundi Runganadha Mudaliar (c. 1847 – 10 December 1893) or Poondi Ranganatha Mudaliar was a Tamil writer, educationist and politician. Early life Runganadha Mudaliar was born in 1847 in Madras to Pundi Subbaraya Mudaliar who wor ...

, writer, educationist and politician *1893 Cawasji Edulji Panday, first Parsi Sheriff *1896

Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur (1867 – 12 February 1919) was an Indian politician who served as the President of the Indian National Congress in 1913 at Karachi conference. He was the third Muslim to hold this position after Badruddin Tyabji and ...

, first Muslim Sheriff *1909 December 07 - Rao Bahadur M. Venkatasawmy Naidu Garu *1922 Muthiah Chettiar, banker *1924 December 20 to 1925 December 19 - Dewan Bahadur Saravana Bhavanandam Pillai, playwright *1925 December 20 - C.E.Wood *193n William Wallace Ladden, businessman *1933 Khan Bahadur Mohammed Musa Sait, businessman *1935

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Bahadur, 6th Prince of Arcot *1938 Ganapathi Agraharam Annadhurai Ayyar Natesan *1940 December 20 -Diwan Bahadur V. Shanmuga Mudaliyar *1949-50 R. Ramanathan Chettiar, member of Lok Sabha *1952 P.V.S. Vencatachellum, businessman *1955-56 R.E. Castell *1956-57 Mrs

Mary Clubwala Jadhav Mary Clubwala Jadhav MBE (1909–1975) was an Indian philanthropist. She founded many NGOs in Chennai and across India, and is often credited with setting up the oldest organized social-work bodies in the country. Her organization ''Guild of S ...

*1961 R.M. Dave, philanthropist and mayor *1964 T.S. Narayanaswami, industrialist *1967-1968 Maruthai Pillai, industrialist *1969-70 Anantharamakrishnan Sivasailam, industrialist *1973-7
A.M. Buhari
restaurateur *1974-75 Rangaswami Ramakrishnan *1978 A.B. Ananthakrishnan *1980-81 Dr.P.M.Rex *1983

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, social worker *1984-85 Nawab

Muhammed Abdul Ali Al-Hajj Nawab Ghulam Muhammad 'Abdu'l 'Ali Khan Bahadur (born 9 August 1951) is the current and eighth titular Prince of Arcot, holding this title since July 1993 after the death of his father, Ghulam Mohammed Abdul Khader. The family traces its o ...

*1988 Nawab

*1989-91

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, industrialist *1992-93 Suresh Krishna, businessman *1997 K. Chockalingam, surgeon (last sheriff)

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* Sheriffs from 1727 to 1800 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sheriff of Madras Government of Chennai Titles of national or ethnic leadership

Some Sheriffs of Madras

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