High Sheriff of Staffordshire

This is a list of the sheriffs and high sheriffs of Staffordshire.

The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. The sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. From 1204 to 1344 the High Sheriff of Staffordshire also served as Sheriff of Shropshire.

Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as sheriff was retitled high sheriff.[1] The high sheriff changes every March.

Sheriffs

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11th century

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  • 1086: Robert de Stafford [2]
  • 1094: Nicholas de Stafford [2]

12th century

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  • 1123: Robert de Stanley [2]
  • 1128–1130: Miles of Gloucester[2]
  • 1132: Nicholas de Stafford [2]
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  • 1154: Maurice de Tiretei [2]
  • 1154–1159: Robert de Stafford [2]
  • 1160–1163: Alexander de Claverley (Clericus) [2]
  • 1166: Stephen de ? Beauchamp [2]
  • 1184–1188: Thomas fitzRobert fitzNoel [2]
  • 1189: Thomas de Cresswell [2]
  • 1190–1194: Hugh de Nunant[2]
  • 1195–1196: Hugo Bardulf
  • 1197–1198: Hugh of Chalcombe[2]
  • 1198–1204: Geoffrey fitzPiers [3]

13th century

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14th century

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15th century

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16th century

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17th century

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18th century

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19th century

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20th century

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High sheriffs

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20th century

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  • 1974: Thomas Mark Carter [242]
  • 1975: Alan Stobart Monckton of Stretton Hall
  • 1976: Major James Appleton Hawley[242]
  • 1977: Guy Cavenagh-Mainwaring of Whitmore Hall
  • 1978: Major Jacinth Rodney Haszard of Milford Hall[251]
  • 1979: Christopher J. Nanscawen Williams [242]
  • 1980: Col. William A. Franks Sargeant [242]
  • 1981: Cecil H. Stafford Northcote [242]
  • 1982: Lt-Col. David J Keeling German [242]
  • 1983: Richard B. Kennedy Dyott [242]
  • 1984: John Hugh Leigh [242]
  • 1985: Anthony Paul Bamford [242]
  • 1986: Lt-Col. Michael C. Bagshaw [242]
  • 1987: Nicholas Stephen G. Bostock [242]
  • 1988: David Gerald Stern [242]
  • 1989: Derek Harold Field [242]
  • 1990: Major Charles R.M. Boote [242]
  • 1991: John Lewis Jones [242]
  • 1992: Roger Edward Whitfield [242]
  • 1993: Charles Herbert Mitchell [242]
  • 1994: Col. Michael P.K. Beatty [242]
  • 1995: Joanna Mary Monckton [242]
  • 1995: Joanna Bird Monckton of Stretton Hall
  • 1996: Sampson Eric Mitchell [242]
  • 1997: Gerald Raymond Tams [242]
  • 1998: Arthur Edward Robin Manners [242]
  • 1999: David Edward Dunn Johnson of Chartley Hall [242]

21st century

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  • 2000: David Eliot [242]
  • 2001: Deborah Chetwynd-Talbot, The Countess of Shrewsbury & Talbot, of Wanfield Hall, Uttoxeter.
  • 2002: Michael Hurdle [242]
  • 2003: Sir Stanley Clarke of Dunstall Hall near Burton upon Trent
  • 2004: Dorothy Sheila Carver née Tildesley
  • 2005: Francis Fitzherbert, 15th Baron Stafford of Swynnerton Hall
  • 2006: Angela Tams [242]
  • 2007: Graham Stow[242]
  • 2008: Catherine A Evans of Stowe by Chartley [252]
  • 2009: Richard Byrd Levett Haszard of Milford Hall[253]
  • 2010: Ian James Dudson of Stoke-on-Trent [254]
  • 2011: Simon William Clarke of Dunstall Hall, near Burton on Trent<[255]
  • 2012: A Sarah Elsom of Rugeley [256]
  • 2013: Susan Caroline Inge-Innes-Lillingston of Tamworth [257]
  • 2014: Ann E Fisher of Market Drayton[258]
  • 2015: John William Leavesley of Alrewas [259]
  • 2016: Colonel David L Leigh of Hamstall Ridware [260]
  • 2017: Humphrey David Sneyd Scott-Moncrieff <[261]
  • 2018: Philippa Jane Gee [262]
  • 2019: Ashley Edward Brough of Uttoxeter [263]
  • 2020: Charles James Bagot Jewitt of Admaston [264]
  • 2021: James Irvine Hinchliffe Friend[265]
  • 2022: Clarence Bennie Robinson[266]
  • 2023: Victoria Louise Hawley[267]

References

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