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This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Suffolk.

The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually (in March) by the Crown. The Sheriff was originally the principal law enforcement officer in the county and presided at the Assizes and other important county meetings. Most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. There was a single Sheriff serving the two counties of Norfolk and Suffolk until 1576.[1]

On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, the title of Sheriff of Suffolk was retitled High Sheriff of Suffolk.[2]

Sheriff

Pre-17th century

17th century

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18th century

  • 1700: Samuel Warner of Parham
  • 1701: Henry Cooper of Yoxford
  • 1702: John Scrivener of Sibton
  • 1703: Sir Richard Allin, 1st Baronet of Somerleyton, Bt.
  • 1704: Richard Phillips of Ipswich and Edwardstone
  • 1705: Thomas Kerridge of Shelley
  • 1706: Leicester Martin of Christchurch, Ipswich
  • 1707: Thomas Macro of Bury
  • 1708: Richard Norton of Ixworth Abbey
  • 1709: John Sheppard of Campsey Ash
  • 1710: Stephen Bacon
  • 1711: Thomas Bloss, of Burstall
  • 1712: Francis Coleman of Hacheston[39] replaced by John Smith of Houlton[40]
  • 1713: John Ewer of Chediston[41] replaced by John Moore of Kentwell[42]
  • 1714: John Sheppard of Campsey Ash
  • 1715: Jonathan Myles
  • 1716: Joseph Chaplin of Bergholt
  • 1717: John Inwood
  • 1718: Edward Clarke of Bergholt
  • 1719: Nicholas Jacob
  • 1720: Bartholomew Young of Bradfield
  • 1721: John Pitt of Great Bealings
  • 1722: Sir Jasper Cullum, 4th Baronet of Hardwick House[43]
  • 1723: John Boggas of Great Finborough
  • 1724: Gregory Coppinger
  • 1725: Hustings Wilkinson
  • 1726: Thomas Driver of Earl Stonham
  • 1727: Robert Goodrich
  • 1728: Sir John Playters, 5th Baronet of Sotterley Hall
  • 1729: Tobias Bloss of Belstead
  • 1730: Sir Thomas Allin, 2nd Baronet of Somerleyton
  • 1731: Nathaniel Acton, of Hemingston
  • 1732: George Dashwood[44]
  • 1733: Alexander Bence, of Thorington
  • 1734: John Eldred
  • 1735: John Reynolds
  • 1736: John Corrance of Rougham
  • 1737: Reginald Rabett of Bramfield
  • 1737: John Cooper of Shimsfield[45]
  • 1738: Sir William Barker, of Ipswich, Bt.
  • 1739: William Acton of Bramford Hall
  • 1740: Edmund Jenney of Bredfield House
  • 1741: Samuel Lucas of Chelmondiston
  • 1742: Baron Prettyman of Bacton
  • 1743: Sir John Barker, 6th Baronet of Sproughton
  • 1744: Robert Leman of Wickham Market
  • 1745: Charles Scrivener of Sibton
  • 1746: Philips Colman of Ipswich
  • 1747: Robert Edgar of Ipswich
  • 1748: Lamb Barry, of Syleham
  • 1749: Thomas White, of Tattingstone
  • 1750: Richard Oneby, of Lowdham
  • 1751: George Goodday, of Fornham[46]
  • 1752: William Naunton, of Letheringham
  • 1753: Robert Sparrow, of Brandiston
  • 1754: William Jennens (or William Jennings), of Acton
  • 1755: Cooke Freeston, of Mettingham
  • 1756: John Canham, of Milden
  • 1757: Henry Moore, of Kentwell Hall Melford[47]
  • 1758: Robert May, of Sutton [48]
  • 1759: Sir John Rous, 5th Baronet of Henham
  • 1760: Thomas Thorowgoodof Kersey
  • 1761: Thomas Moseley of Ousden
  • 1762: Shadrach Brice of Clare
  • 1763: Ezekiel Sparke of Walsham-le-Willows
  • 1764: Sir John Blois, 5th Baronet of Yoxford
  • 1765: George Golding of Thorington[49]
  • 1766: Gabriel Trusson of Kelsall[50]
  • 1767: William Chapman, of Loudham Hall[51]
  • 1768: Osborn Fuller of Carlton
  • 1769: Hutchinson Mure of Great Saxham
  • 1770: Eleazor Davy of Ubbeston
  • 1771: John Freston Scrivener of Sibton
  • 1772: Nathaniel Acton of Bramford
  • 1773: Thomas Maynard of Wrentham
  • 1774: Edmund Tyrell of Gipping
  • 1775: Richard Moore of Kentwell Hall[47]
  • 1776: John Frere of Bacton[52]
  • 1777: Robert Sparrow of Worlingham Hall
  • 1778: Reginald Rabett of Bramfield
  • 1779: John Sheppard of Campsey Ash
  • 1780: Samuel Rush of Benhall
  • 1781: Sir Charles Kent, 1st Baronet of Fornham[53]
  • 1782: William Middleton of Crowfield
  • 1783: Robert Trotman of Ipswich
  • 1784: John Wennieve of Brettenham
  • 1785: Sir Thomas Gooch, 4th Baronet of Benacre[54]
  • 1786: James Sewell of Strutton[55]
  • 1787: John Meadows Theobald of Henley[56]
  • 1788: Sir Thomas Charles Bunbury, of Barton, Bt.
  • 1789: Nathaniel Lee Acton, of Livermere
  • 1790: Miles Barne of Sotterley Hall
  • 1791: Sir William Rowley, of Stoke[57]
  • 1792: Alexander Adair, of Flixton
  • 1793: George Doughty, of Leiston
  • 1794: Charles Purvis, of Darsham [58]
  • 1795: Jacob Whitbread, of Loudham
  • 1796: John Clayton, of Sibton
  • 1797: Chaloner Arcedeckne of Glemham
  • 1798: John Sheppard, of Campsey Ash
  • 1799: George Rush, of Benhall

19th century

20th century

  • 1900: Roger Kerrison, of Tattingstone Place[147]
  • 1901: John Dupuis Cobbold of Holywell[148]
  • 1902: Henry Edmund Buxton, of Fritton, Great Yarmouth[149]
  • 1903: The Honourable Stanhope Alfred Tollemache, of Bentley and Northleigh, Ipswich[150]
  • 1904: Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred George Lucas, of Lowestoft[151]
  • 1905: Ralph Barrett Macnaghten Blois, 9th Baronet of Cockfield Hall, Yoxford[152]
  • 1906: George Arthur Paley (1874-1941), of Ampton Hall, Bury St. Edmunds (son of: JP., 1889)[153]
  • 1907: Duncan Parker, of Clopton Hall, Rattlesden, near Bury St. Edmunds[154]
  • 1908: Sir Henry Charles John Bunbury, 10th Baronet of The Woodlands, Mildenhall[155]
  • 1909: Almeric Paget of Brandon Park
  • 1910: Sir Frederick Edward Shafto Adair
  • 1911: Sir Thomas Vere Sherlock Gooch[156]
  • 1912: Frederick Charles Ulick Vernon-Wentworth, of Black Heath, Friston, Saxmundham[157]
  • 1913: Arthur Maitland Wilson of Stowlangtoft, near Bury St. Edmunds[158]
  • 1914: William Evelyn Long of Hurts Hall, Saxmundham[159]
  • 1915: George Espec John Manners of Fornham Park, Bury St. Edmunds[160]
  • 1916: Frederick Archibald Charles, 6th Baron Rendlesham of Rendlesham Hall[161]
  • 1917: Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie of Sizewell Hall, near Leiston[162]
  • 1918: Charles Pettiward of Finborough Hall[163]
  • 1919: Francis Egbert Hollond of Leiston Old Abbey, Leiston[164]
  • 1920: Sir Gerald Hemmington Ryan, of Hintlesham Hall, Ipswich[165]
  • 1921: Capt. Robert Leatham Barclay of Higham, Bury St. Edmunds[166]
  • 1922: Sir George Agnew, 2nd Baronet of Rougham Hall[167]
  • 1923: Sir (Alfred) Collingwood Hughes, of The Lodge, East Bergholt[168]
  • 1924: Sir (Henry) Herbert Hambling, of Rookery Park, Yoxford[169]
  • 1925: Col. William Geoffrey Carwardine-Probert of Bevills Hall. Bures St. Mary[170]
  • 1926: John Soame Austen of Plumpton House, Whepstead, Bury St. Edmunds[171]
  • 1927: Sir Pierce Lacy, 1st Baronet of Ampton Hall, Bury St. Edmunds[172]
  • 1928: Brigadier-General Samuel Eyre Massy Lloyd of Westwood House, Ipswich[173]
  • 1929: Brigadier-General Archibald Fraser Home, of Cavenham Park, Mildenhall[174]
  • 1930: Lieut.-Col. Harold Everard Hambro of Coldham Hall, Stanningfield, Bury St. Edmunds[175]
  • 1931: Arthur Churchman, 1st Baron Woodbridge[176]
  • 1932: Captain James St. Vincent Broke Saumarez of Broke Hall, Nacton, Ipswich[177]
  • 1933: Algernon Henry Mackworth Praed, of Ousden Hall, Newmarket[178]
  • 1934: John Murray Cobbold of Glemham Hall, Wickham Market[179]
  • 1935: Sir Christopher Magnay, 3rd Baronet, of Saxham Hall, Bury St. Edmund's[180]
  • 1936: Sir Charles Henry Napier Bunbury, 11th Baronet[181]
  • 1937: Edward Lambert Gosling of Herringswell Manor, Mildenhall[182]
  • 1938: Stuart Paul of Freston Lodge, Ipswich[183]
  • 1939: Lieut.-Col. James William Royce Tomkin, of Little Haugh Hall, Norton, Bury St. Edmunds[184]
  • 1940: Francis Lawrence Bland of Rookwood, Copdock, Ipswich[185]
  • 1941: Harold Patrick Martin of Nether Hall, Pakenham, Bury St. Edmunds[186]
  • 1942: Captain Frank Guy Clavering Fison of Stutton Hall, Ipswich[187]
  • 1943: Lieut.-Col. James Archibald Innes of Horringer Manor, Bury St Edmunds[188]
  • 1944: Major Durham Simpson Matthews of Lanwades Park, Moulton, Newmarket.[189]
  • 1945: Captain Edward Halifax Weller-Poley of Boxted Hall, Bury St. Edmunds.[190]
  • 1946: Major Sir John Stuart Agnew, of Rougham, Bury St. Edmunds[191]
  • 1947: Colonel Sir Edward Courtenay Thomas Warner, Bt., of The Hall, Brettenham[192]
  • 1948: Captain George Marcus Tomline Pretyman of Orwell Park House, Ipswich.[193]
  • 1949: Peter Temple Chevallier of Nedging Hall.[194]
  • 1950: Sir Robert Gooch, 11th Baronet. of Benacre Hall[156]
  • 1951: John Gibson Jarvie, Gedding Hall, Suffolk[195]
  • 1952: Thomas Maltby Bland of Rookwood, Copdock, near Ipswich.[196]
  • 1953: Lieut-General Sir (Robert) Harold Carrington of Edwardstone House, Boxford[197]
  • 1954: Lieut.-Commander Alistair Philip Cobbold, of Belstead Brook, Ipswich[198]
  • 1955: Major James Perrott Philipps of Dalham Hall, Newmarket[199]
  • 1956: Colonel Brian Sherlock Gooch[156]
  • 1957: Harold Charles Drayton of Plumton Hall, Whepstead, Bury St. Edmunds.[200]
  • 1958: Lieut-Colonel John Edward Michael Bland of Little Hall, Stutton, near Ipswich.[201]
  • 1959: Theodore David Barclay of Desnage Lodge, Higham, Bury St Edmunds[202]
  • 1960: David Stanley Pierson of Abbey Oaks, Sproughton, Ipswich[203]
  • 1961: Ronald Arthur Vestey of The Hall, Great Thurlow, Haverhill.[204]
  • 1962: Alfred Joseph Samson of Northcliffe, Maybush Lane, Felixstowe.[205]
  • 1963: John Shuldham Schreiber of Marlesford Hall, Woodbridge[206]
  • 1964: Lieut-Colonel Sir George Arthur Falconer of The Old Rectory, Whatfield, near Ipswich.[207]
  • 1965: Major John Hallifax Weller-Poley of Boxted Hall, Bury St. Edmunds.[208]
  • 1966: Captain Sir Peter McClintock Greenwell, Bt. of Butley Abbey Farm, Woodbridge.[209]
  • 1967: Major-General Sir Victor Paley (1903-1976) of The Chestnuts, Great Barton, Bury St. Edmunds (great-nephew of John P.[1889], cousin of George P.[1906][210]
  • 1968: Charles Selwyn Pryor of Great Lodge, Framlingham, Woodbridge[211]
  • 1969: Brigadier James Robert Travers Aldous of Hitcham House, Hitcham, Ipswich.[212]
  • 1970: Geoffrey Hamilton Paul of Kirton Lodge, Kirton, near Ipswich.[213]
  • 1971: Sir Joshua Francis Rowley, , of The Cottage, Stoke-by-Nayland.[214]
  • 1972: Sir John William Napier Bunbury [215]
  • 1973: Alastair Ernest Henderson of Tostock Place, Tostock, Bury St. Edmunds.[216]

High Sheriff

20th century

  • 1974: Peter Algernon Strutt of Stutton Hall, Stutton, Ipswich.[217]
  • 1975: Richard Stephen Ryder of Great Bradley Hall, Newmarket.[218]
  • 1976:Charles Brodrick Amyass Bernard of By the Crossways, Kelsale, Saxmundham.[219]
  • 1977: David Rutherfurd Dickson of Barrow Lodge, Bury St. Edmunds[220]
  • 1978: Lieut-Colonel James Michael Heigham Royce Tomkin of The Red House, Wissett, Halesworth.[221]
  • 1979: Air Commodore The Hon. Sir Peter Beckford Rutgers Vanneck of White Lodge, Waldringfield, Woodbridge[222]
  • 1980: Lieut-Colonel Richard Harlackenden Carwardine Probert of Bevills, Bures.[223][224]
  • 1981: Captain Robin John Sheepshanks of The Rookery, Eyke, Woodbridge.[225]
  • 1982: Roger Hewitt Paul of Brundish Lodge, Woodbridge[226]
  • 1983: Major Walter John Blencowe Bridge of Broom Hall, Bradfield St. George, Bury St Edmunds.[227]
  • 1984: Nicholas Longe of Grange Farm, Hasketon, Woodbridge.[228]
  • 1985: Captain Christopher Baldwin Hughes Wake-Walker, of East Bergholt Lodge, East Bergholt[229]
  • 1986: Henry Francis Arnold Engleheart of The Priory, Stoke-by-Nayland.[230]
  • 1987: Hugh Ludlow Philbrick of The Cottage, Great Bealings, Woodbridge.[231]
  • 1988: Robin James Upton of Park Farm, Herringswell, Bury St. Edmunds.[232]
  • 1989: Rodney John Derek Blois of Cockfield Hall, Yoxford near Saxmundham[233]
  • 1990: George William Paul of Wherstead, Ipswich[234]
  • 1991: Merelina Mary Phyllis MacRae of Hatchery House, Little Mill Lane, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds[235]
  • 1992: William Le Grand Jacob of Brook House, Cumberland Street, Woodbridge[236]
  • 1993: Major Carol James Hay Gurney.[237]
  • 1994: Brigadier Adam Brampton Douglas Gurdon, of Burgh House, Woodbridge[238]
  • 1995: Sir Richard William Hyde Parker, of Melford Hall, Long Melford.[239]
  • 1996: John Kerr of Blaxhall Hall, Little Glemham, Woodbridge[240]
  • 1997: Jonathan Martin Paul of Freston, Ipswich[241]
  • 1998: Patrick Vavasseur Fisher of Kilverstone Hall, Thetford, Norfolk.[242]
  • 1999: Colonel David Henry Charles Gordon Lennox, Saxham Hall, Great Saxham, Bury St Edmunds[243]

21st century

See also

High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk

References