High Sheriff of Berkshire

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The High Sheriff of Berkshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times. The word Sheriff evolved from 'shire-reeve'.

The title of High Sheriff is therefore much older than the other crown appointment, the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire, which came about after 1545. Between 1248 and 1566, Berkshire and Oxfordshire formed a joint shrievalty (apart from a brief period in 1258/1259). See High Sheriff of Oxfordshire.

Unlike the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire, which is generally held from appointment until the holder's death or incapacity, the title of High Sheriff is appointed / reappointed annually. The High Sheriff is assisted by an Under-Sheriff of Berkshire.

List of High Sheriffs of Berkshire

1248–1566

See High Sheriff of Berkshire and Oxfordshire for incumbents during this period. (From 3 November 1258 to Michaelmas 1259, Nicholas de Hendred was sheriff for Berkshire only.)

1350'John de Alveton, Sheriff of Berks'., replies that he has delivered to William de Emeldon, clerk, all the chattels of Geoffrey de Weston and half his lands, as in the extent drawn up in Geoffrey's absence.

1567–1599

1600–1699

1700–1799

  • 28 November 1700: John Breedon III[7][50]
  • 1 January 1702 (O.S.): Richard Southby,[7][51] of Carswell, Buckland
  • 12 January 1702 : Richard Southby,[7] the younger[52]
  • 3 December 1702: John Hillersden,[7][53] of Midgham Park
  • 2 December 1703: Sir Humphrey Forster,[7][54] of Aldermaston, Berkshire
  • 21 December 1704: Sir Thomas Dolman[7][55]
  • 3 December 1705: John Wildman,[7][56] of Becket House, Shrivenham
  • 14 November 1706: Henry Kings(e)mill,[7] of Sandleford
  • 20 November 1707: Felix Calvert,[7] of Marcham
  • 25 November 1708: Robert Packer,[7] of Shellingford and Donnington
  • 1 December 1709: William Waterman[7]
  • 24 November 1710: Gregory Geering[7]
  • 13 December 1711: John Blandy[7][57]
  • 11 December 1712: Anthony Blagrave,[7] of Southcot, Reading
  • 30 November 1713: Benjamin Child[7][58]
  • 16 November 1714: Clement Kent,[7] of Goring, Oxfordshire and Thatcham, Berkshire[59]
  • 22 November 1715: Richard Lyford, of Rush Deane[7]
  • 28 April 1716: Richard Curtis[7]
  • 12 November 1716: John Dodson, of Cookham[7]
  • 21 December 1717: Edward Richards, of Compton[7]
  • 6 January 1719: Richard Thompson, of Coley, Reading[7]
  • 3 December 1719: William Barker, of Caversham[7]
  • 3 January 1721: Reginald Fellowe, of Reading[7]
  • 14 December 1721: Walter Knight, of Ruscombe[7]
  • 11 December 1722: Walter Tyrrell, of Stanford in the Vale[7]
  • 7 January 1724: Sir John Rush[7][60]
  • 10 December 1724: Paul Colton[7][61]
  • 22 December 1724: Thomas Parr[7][62]
  • 13 January 1726: William Bigg,[7] of Stanford[63]
  • 29 November 1726: Edward Riggs,[7] of Binfield[64]
  • 16 December 1727: Richard Head, of Hampstead Norris[7]
  • 18 December 1728: Edward Clarke, of Ardington[7][65]
  • 18 December 1729: William Noake[7][66]
  • 14 December 1730: William Hawkins[7][67]
  • 9 December 1731: Arthur Vansittart[7][68]
  • 27 January 1732: John Watts, of Reading[7]
  • 14 December 1732: Edward Sherwood[7][69]
  • 20 December 1733: Thomas Barker[7][70]
  • 19 December 1734: Henry Tompkins[7]
  • 18 December 1735: Robert Gayer,[7] of Stoke Park
  • 19 December 1737: Matthew Weymondesould[7][71]
  • 12 January 1738: Joseph Cox,[7] of Stanford in the Vale[72]
  • 21 December 1738: William Trumbull[7]
  • 27 December 1739: Robert Lee, of Binfield[7][73]
  • 24 December 1740: Benjamin Griffin[7]
  • 31 December 1741: Henry Lanoy Hunter[7][74]
  • 16 December 1742: John Blandy, of Kingston Bagpuze[7][75]
  • 5 January 1744: Sir Thomas Head, of Langley[7][76]
  • 10 January 1745: Samuel Beaver, of Stratfield Mortimer[7][77]
  • 16 January 1746: Richard Tonson, of Water Oakeley[7][78]
  • 12 February 1747: Daniel Bunce, of Longworth[7]
  • 14 January 1748: Lawrence Head Osgood, of Winterborne[7][79]
  • 11 January 1749: Wilmot Baker, of Moulsford[7][80]
  • 17 January 1750: John Allett, of Old Windsor[7]
  • 6 December 1750: Alexander Walker, of Swallowfield[7]
  • 14 January 1752: John Price, of Ham[7]
  • 7 February 1753: Humphrey Adams, of New Windsor[7][81]
  • 31 January 1754: Richard Fuller, of Fitz Harris[7][82]
  • 29 January 1755: Sir Mark Stuart Pleydell, 1st Baronet, of Coleshill[7][83]
  • 27 January 1756: Sir Thomas Reeve, of New Windsor[7][84]
  • 4 February 1757: William Reynolds, of Binfield[7]
  • 27 January 1758: Samuel Bowes, of Binfield[7][85]
  • 2 February 1759: Henry Plant, of Shinfield[7][86]
  • 1 February 1760: William Brotherton, of Pusey[7][87]
  • 16 February 1760: Charles Wymondesold, of Lockinge[7][88]
  • 28 January 1761: James Theobald, of Waltham Place[7]
  • 15 February 1762: John Blagrave, of Southcot[7]
  • 4 February 1763: John Hippisley, of Lambourne[7]
  • 10 February 1764: John Walter, of Farley Hill[7]
  • 1 February 1765: John Archer, of Wellford[7]
  • 17 February 1766: Sir William East, 1st Baronet, of Hall Place, Hurley[7]
  • 13 February 1767: Charles Pye, of Wadley[7][89]
  • 15 January 1768: William Price, of Charlton[90]
  • 27 January 1769: John Cooke, of Frilsham[90]
  • 9 February 1770: John Mount[90]
  • 6 February 1771: Sir William Stonhouse, 9th Baronet, of Radley[90]
  • 17 February 1772: Stanlake Batson, of Winkfield[90]
  • 8 February 1773: Jeremiah Crutchley, of Sunninghill Park[90]
  • 7 February 1774: John Mayor, of Abingdon[90]
  • 6 February 1775: Bartholomew Price, of East Challow[90]
  • 5 February 1776: Hugh Watts, of Lovell's Hill[90]
  • 31 January 1777: Henry Hall, of Cookham[90]
  • 28 January 1778: Clement Saxton, of Caldecot[90]
  • 1 February 1779: Richard Smith, of Chilton Lodge, Hungerford[90]
  • 2 February 1780: John Grant, of White Waltham[90]
  • 5 February 1781: Edward Loveden Loveden, of Buscot Park[90]
  • Michaelmas 1781: Charles Hall[90]
  • 10 February 1783: Sir James Patey, of Reading[90]
  • 9 February 1784: Charles Dalbiac, of Hungerford Park[90]
  • 7 February 1785: Francis Robson, of Tubney[90][91]
  • 18 February 1785: Edward Thornhill, of Kingston Lisle[90][92]
  • 13 February 1786: William Poyntz, of Midgham[90][93]
  • 12 February 1787: William Byam Martin, of White Knights[90]
  • 8 February 1788: William Brummell, of Donnington[90]
  • 29 April 1789: Edward Golding, of Maiden Earley[90][94]
  • 29 January 1790: Alexander Cobham, of Shinfield Place[90]
  • 4 February 1791: Timothy Hare Earle, of Swallowfield Place[90][95]
  • 3 February 1792: John Blagrave, of Calcot Place[90]
  • 6 February 1793: Thomas Goodlake, of Barton Regis[90]
  • 27 February 1793: Edward Martin Atkins, of Kingston Lisle[90]
  • 5 February 1794: Edward Stephenson, of Farley Hill[90]
  • 11 February 1795: William Thoyts, of Sulhampstead[90]
  • 5 February 1796: Michael Anthony, of Shippon[90]
  • 22 February 1797: Bartholomew Tipping VII, of Woolley[90]
  • 7 February 1798: Richard Palmer, of Hurst[90]
  • 1 February 1799: James Sibbald, of Sunninghill[90]

1800–1899

1900–1999

  • 1900: Frank Walters Bond, of Parkfield, Hampton Wick[186]
  • 1901: Blackall Simonds, of Bradfield House[187]
  • 1902: Hugh Owen Tudor, of Lynwood, Old Windsor[188]
  • 1903: William Howard Palmer, of Heathlands, Wokingham[189]
  • 1904: Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Finch Mackenzie, of Ramslade, Bracknell.[190]
  • 1905: Alfred Palmer, of Wokefield Park, Mortimer[191]
  • 1906: Cyril Kendall Butler, of Bourton House, Shrivenham[192]
  • 1907: Major Edward Arthur Barry, of 0akwells Manor, Maidenhead.[193]
  • 1908: Sir William Cameron Gull, 2nd Baronet, of Frilsham House, Newbury[194]
  • 1909: William Dockar Drysdale, of Wick Hall, Radley[195]
  • 1910: Alexander Felix Clarke, of Midgham House, Woolhampton[196]
  • 1911: Archibald Thornton West, of Barcote Manor, Faringdon[197]
  • 1912: Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon of Buscot House, Faringdon[198]
  • 1913: Colonel Francis Cecil Ricardo, of Lullebrook Manor, Cookham[199]
  • 1914: Count Dudley Beaumont Melchior Gurowski, of Woolhampton Park, Woolhampton.[200]
  • 1915: John Joseph Eyston, of Hendred House, East Hendred, Steventon[201]
  • 1916: Edmund Stevens, of Kingston Lisle Park, Wantage[202]
  • 1917: Basil Guy Oswald Smith of Shottesbrooke Park[203]
  • 1918: Sir Clarendon Golding Hyde, of Longworth House[204]
  • 1919: Reginald Henry Cox, of Manor Cottage, Old Windsor[205]
  • 1920: Sir William George Watson, Bt., of Sulhamstead House, near Reading[206]
  • 1921: Sir (Adam) Mortimer Singer, of Milton Hill, Steventon[207]
  • 1922: Oscar Welwyn Rayner, of Chieveley Manor, Newbury[208]
  • 1923: Lieut.-Col. James Ashton Fairhurst, of Arlington Manor, Newbury[209]
  • 1924: Samuel Garcia Asher, of Ascot Place, Ascot,[210]
  • 1925: Henry Arthur Benyon, of Ufton Court[211]
  • 1926: Charles Eric Palmer, of Shinfield Grange, near Reading[212]
  • 1927: Arthur Thomas Loyd, of Lockinge House, Wantage[213]
  • 1928: Frederick Adolphus Simonds, of Mertonford, Wokingham[214]
  • 1929: Albert Sancton Blyth Tull, of Crookham House, Newbury[215]
  • 1930: Sir George Robert Mowbray, of Warennes Wood, Mortimer, Reading[216]
  • 1931: Vice-Admiral Francis Clifton Brown of Stanford Place, Faringdon[217]
  • 1932: Captain Geoffrey Herbert Palmer, of Woolhampton Court[218]
  • 1933: Capt. Leonard Noel Sutton, of Hillside, Reading.[219]
  • 1934: Sir Robert Andrew Stransham Black, 2nd Baronet, of Midgham Park, Reading[220]
  • 1935: Reginald Howard Reed Palmer, of Hurst Grove, near Reading[221]
  • 1936: Thomas More Eyston, of Hendred House, East Hendred[222]
  • 1937: Leo Francis Page, of Newton House, Faringdon[223]
  • 1938: Lieut.-Col. James Nockells Horlick, of Little Paddocks, Sunninghill, Ascot[224]
  • 1939: Michael Lavallin Wroughton, of Woolley Park, Wantage[225]
  • 1940: Sir Norman James Watson, of Sulhamstead House, near Reading[226]
  • 1941: Major Harry Edward Meader, of Farley Court, near Reading[227]
  • 1942: Raymond William ffennell, of Wytham Abbey, near Oxford[228]
  • 1943: Lieut.-Col. Harold Philip Green, of Queen's Hill, Ascot[229]
  • 1944: Lieut.-Colonel Sir William Ernest George Archibald Weigall, 1st Baronet, K.C.M.G., of Englemere, Ascot.[230]
  • 1945: Major George Dall Edwards, of Finchampstead House, Finchampstead[231]
  • 1946: Herbert James Thomas, of Long Leys House, Cumnor[232]
  • 1947: Sir William Malcolm Mount, Bt., of Wasing, Aldermaston[233]
  • 1948: Major Leonard Maurice Edward Dent, of Hillfields, Burghfield Common.[234]
  • 1949: Colonel Granville Walton, of Longworth Manor, near Abingdon.[235]
  • 1950: Maurice Fitz-Gerald Sandes Magill, of Highlands[236]
  • 1951: Capt. Thomas Leopold McClintock Lonsdale, of Kingstone Lisle Park[237]
  • 1952: Col. Clarence Bremer Krabbé, of Calcot Grange[238]
  • 1953: Lt.-Col. Rodney Howell Palmer, of Peasemore Manor[239]
  • 1954: Rowland Huntley Muir, of Billingbear House[240]
  • 1955: Maj. Richard Wellesley, of Old Buckland House[241]
  • 1956: Col. Arthur Ewart Marnham, of Foxley Grove, Holyport[242]
  • 1957: Langton Iliffe, 2nd Baron Iliffe, of Basildon Park[243]
  • 1958: Maj. John Lycett Wills, of Allanbay Park, Binfield[244]
  • 1959: Alan Anthony Colleton Godsall, of Haines Hill, Hurst[245]
  • 1960: Lieut.-Colonel (Brevet Colonel) Hugh Alfred Gorton Vanderfelt, of Penhallow, Cookham Dean.[246]
  • 1961: Christopher Lewis Loyd, of Lockinge, Wantage[247]
  • 1962: John Ronald Henderson, of West Woodhay House, Newbury[248]
  • 1963: Hugh Waldorf Astor of Folly Farm, Sulhamstead[249]
  • 1964: Robert Ralph Merton of The Old Rectory, Burghfield.[250]
  • 1965: Gordon William Nottage Palmer of Foudry House, Mortimer[251]
  • 1966: Derek Henry Parker Bowles of Donnington Castle House, Newbury.[252]
  • 1967: Sir Edward Christian Goschen, 3rd Baronet, of Jesmond Hill, Pangbourne.[253]
  • 1968: Michael John Verey of Little Bowden, Pangbourne[254]
  • 1969: Major John William Burke Cole of The Malthouse, West Woodham[255]
  • 1970: John Philip Lavallin Puxley of Welford House, Newbury[256]
  • 1971: Michael George Thomas Webster of The Vale, Windsor Forest[257]
  • 1972: John Gilbert Gilby of Inholmes, Woodland St Mary, Newbury[258]
  • 1973: Derrick Aylmer Frederick Henry Howard Hartley Russell of Bucklebury House, Bucklebury[259]
  • 1974: William Alexander Palmer of Phillips Hill, Snelsmore Common, Newbury[260]
  • 1975: Lt-Col Robert Cradoc Rose Price of Tetworth, Ascot[261]
  • 1976: Cdr. John Marriott of the Folly[262]
  • 1977: Philip Lavallin Wroughton of Woolley Park[263]
  • 1978: Ian Donald Cameron of the Old Rectory, Farnborough (father of David Cameron)[264]
  • 1979: Richard John Palmer of Queen Anne's Mead, Windsor[265]
  • 1980: Anthony Greenly of Everington House[266]
  • 1981: John Edwin Lavallin Nugent of Upper Lambourn, Newbury.[267]
  • 1982: Sir David Hill-Wood of Dacre Farm, Farley Hill, Reading[268]
  • 1983: Ian Alan Douglas Pilkington[269]
  • 1984: David John Simonds of Buckhold Grange, Near Pangbourne[270]
  • 1985: Rupert Oliver Steel of Winterbourne Holt, Newbury[271]
  • 1986: Charles Peregrine Albemarle Bertie of Frilsham Manor, Hermitage, Newbury[272]
  • 1987: Leonard Harold Lionel Cohen of Dovecote House, Swallowfield Park, Reading[273]
  • 1988: David Alfred William Gardiner of The Old Rectory, Lilley, Newbury[274]
  • 1989: George Raymond Seymour of The Old Vicarage, Bucklebury, Reading[275]
  • 1990: Lady Elizabeth Cameron Godsal of Haines Hill, Twyford[276]
  • 1991: Lews David Moss of Queensmere, Wokingham[277]
  • 1992: Sidney Wallace Smart of Oak Ash, Chaddleworth, Newbury[278]
  • 1993: Major Toby Clements Gore.[279]
  • 1994: Major Jeremy David Alfonso John Monson of Hare Hatch, near Reading.[280]
  • 1995: Sir William Benyon of Englefield House[281]
  • 1996: Christopher John Spence of Chieveley Manor,Church Lane, Chieveley, Newbury[282]
  • 1997: Major John Roy Trustram Eve of Waltham St. Lawrence, Twyford.[283]
  • 1998: Alfred Roland Wiseman of Windsor[284]
  • 1999: Michael John Benjamin Todhunter of Farnborough, Wantage, Oxfordshire[285]

2000–present

  • 2000: James Henry Lavallin Puxley of Welford Park[286]
  • 2001: David John Marling Roberts of Sanham Green House, Hungerford
  • 2002: Timothy Dawson of Walter's Cottage, Sunningdale
  • 2003: Malcolm Kimmins of Wick Lodge, Hoe Benham, Newbury
  • 2004: Anthony West of Remenham Manor, Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
  • 2005: Mary Bayliss of Sheepgridge Court, Swallowfield, Near Reading
  • 2006: John Hugh Miller[287]
  • 2007: Henry Merton Henderson[288] of West Woodhay House[289]
  • 2008: Dr Carolyn Jane Boulter of Reading[290]
  • 2009: Dr Christina Bernadette Thérèse Hill Williams of Upper Basildon[291]
  • 2010: Catherine May Stevenson of Ascot[292]
  • 2011: Robert Barclay Woods of Frilsham[293]
  • 2012: Charles David Brims of Brimpton Lodge, Brimpton[294]
  • 2013: Professor Suzanna Christina Rose of Henley-on-Thames[295]
  • 2014: Christopher Teik Kooi Khoo of Bakers Barn, Touchen End, Maidenhead[296]
  • 2015: David Montagu Albermarle Bertie of Allanbay Park Estate Office, Binfield[297]
  • 2016: Victoria Jane Fishburn of The Vicarage, Englefield, Reading[298]
  • 2017: Sarah Patricia Scrope of Chilton Lodge, Hungerford[299]
  • 2018: Graham Eric Barker of Maidenhead[300]
  • 2019: Lucy Violet Zeal of Haines Hill House, Twyford[301]
  • 2020: Mary Elizabeth Riall of Ufton Court, Reading[302]
  • 2021: Robin Derek [Willie] Hartley Russell of Bucklebury House[303]
  • 2022: Alka Kharbanda of Bray[304]
  • 2023: Simon Huntly Muir of Binfield, Bracknell[305]

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