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High Sheriff of Dorset

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The High Sheriff of Dorset is an ancient high sheriff title which has been in existence for over one thousand years.[1] Until 1567 the Sheriff of Somerset was also the Sheriff of Dorset.

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

The position was once a powerful position responsible for collecting taxes and enforcing law and order in Dorset. In modern times the high sheriff has become a ceremonial role, presiding over public ceremonies.

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List of Sheriffs of Dorset

1066–1226

1567–1599

  • 18 November 1567: Robert Coker[3]
  • 18 November 1568: Robert Williams[3]
  • 12 November 1569: John Young,[3] of Melbury Sampford
  • 13 November 1570: William Huddye[3]
  • 14 November 1571: Henry Uvdale[3]
  • 13 November 1572: John Strode,[3] of Parnham
  • 10 November 1573: Richard Rogers,[3] of Bryanston
  • 15 November 1574: Sir John Horsey,[3] of Clifton
  • 15 November 1575: Sir Matthew Arrundel,[3] of Wiltshire
  • 13 November 1576: William Webbe,[3] of Motcombe
  • 12 November 1577: Nicholas Turbervill,[3] of Bere
  • 17 November 1578: Thomas Mullins[3]
  • 23 November 1579: Thomas Chaffin,[3] of Chettle
  • 21 November 1580: George Trenchard,[3] of Woolton
  • 27 November 1581: Nicholas Martin,[3] of Athelhampton
  • 5 December 1582: John Williams,[3] of Herringston House, Winterborne Herringston
  • 25 November 1583: Thomas Strangeways[3]
  • 19 November 1584: Henry Coker,[3] of Mappowder Court
  • 22 November 1585: Sir John Horsey,[3] of Clifton Maybank
  • 14 November 1586: Christopher Percy[3]
  • 4 December 1587: Sir? Richard Rogers[3]
  • 25 November 1588: Robert Frampton[3]
  • 24 November 1589: John Brown, of Frampton[3]
  • 24 November 1590: Thomas Chaffin[3]
  • 25 November 1591: Sir Ralph Horsey,[3] of Clifton Maybank
  • 16 November 1592: John Williams[3]
  • 26 November 1593: George Morton[3]
  • 21 November 1594: Robert Strode[3]
  • 27 November 1595: Thomas Hussey,[3] of Shapwick
  • 22 November 1596: Sir George Trenchard[3]
  • 25 November 1597: Thomas Freke,[3] of Iwerne Courtnay (alias Shroton)
  • 28 November 1598: George Morton[3]
  • 2 December 1599: Robert Miller,[3] of Little Bredy

1600–1699

1701–1799

  • 28 November 1700: William Fitz[48][67]
  • 1 January 1702: John Richards[48][68]
  • 2 February 1702: Nicholas Hardy, of Woolcomb[48][69]
  • 3 December 1702: John Richards[48][70]
  • 14 December 1702: Edward Clavell[48][71]
  • 2 December 1703: John Richards, of Walworth[48][72]
  • 20 December 1703: Thomas Skinner[48][73]
  • 21 December 1704: Thomas Turberville[48][74]
  • 15 February 1705: John Gould, of Milburn[48]
  • early 1705: Harry Chafyn[48][75]
  • 3 December 1705: William Whitaker[48][76]
  • 14 November 1706: William Hull[48][77]
  • 20 November 1707: Nicholas Brown[48][78]
  • 29 November 1708: Charles Brinn[48][79]
  • 1 December 1709: Richard Swain[48][80]
  • 24 November 1710: Edward Hooper[48][81]
  • 30 November 1710: George Richards,[48] of Long Bredy[82]
  • 13 December 1711: John Tregonwell[48][83]
  • 12 January 1712: Anthony Larder[48][84]
  • 11 December 1712: George Reeves[48][85]
  • 5 January 1713: John Clutterbuck, of Punknole[48][86]
  • 30 November 1713: Richard White[48][87]
  • 16 November 1714: Thomas Rose, of Wootton Fitzpaine[48][88]
  • 5 December 1715: Nicolas Cary[48][89]
  • 12 November 1716: Fitzwalter Foy, of Bewley[48][90]
  • 21 December 1717: Samuel Whetcombe[48][91]
  • 21 December 1718: John Gollop jnr[48][92]
  • 6 January 1719: Alexander Thistlethwaite[48][93]
  • 3 December 1719: Edmund Seymour[48][94]
  • 7 January 1720: Edward Seymour[48][95]
  • 3 January 1721: John Meech[48][96]
  • 14 January 1721: Henry Henly[48][97]
  • 20 January 1721: John Meech[48]
  • 14 December 1721: William Richards, of Warmell[48]
  • 11 December 1722: Richard Henvill[48]
  • 7 January 1724: Robert Henley[48][98]
  • 10 December 1724: Richard Churchill, of Compton[48]
  • 22 December 1724: Richard Churchill jnr, of Compton[48][99]
  • 13 January 1726 Thomas Gundry, of Dewlish[48][100]
  • 29 November 1726: John Hawles Johnson[48][101]
  • 16 December 1727: Richard Perry, of Busses, died in office[48]
  • 18 December 1728: George Dawbenny, of Bishops Candle[48][102]
  • 22 January 1730: Sydenham Williams, of Herringston[48][103]
  • 14 December 1730: Charles Brune[48][104]
  • 8 December 1731: William Mills, of Mearehay[48][105]
  • 14 December 1732: Sir William Napier, 4th Baronet[48][106]
  • 20 December 1733: William Clapcott[48][107]
  • 19 December 1734: Edmund Hayter, of East Creech[48]
  • 18 December 1735: Samuel Serrell, of the Isle of Purbeck[48][108]
  • 19 January 1737: Henry Whitaker,[48] of Motcombe[109]
  • 12 January 1738: Henry Bower[48][110]
  • 21 December 1738: William Smith, of Sidling[48][111]
  • 27 December 1739: Thomas Dibben, of Powerstock[48][112]
  • 24 December 1740: Sydenham Williams[48][113]
  • 31 December 1741: Robert Barber, of Ashmore[48][114]
  • 16 December 1742: James Forster, of Blandford St Mary[48][115]
  • 5 January 1744: James Frampton, of Moreton[48][116]
  • 10 January 1745: George Gollop, of Swyre[48]
  • 16 January 1746: Benjamin Adney, of Loders[48][117]
  • 15 January 1747: Robert Goodden, of Over Compton[48][118]
  • 14 January 1748: Samuel Whitcomb, of Lilington[48]
  • 11 January 1749: Julines Beckford, of Steepleton Iwerne[48]
  • 17 January 1750: Azariah Pinney, of Bettiscombe[48][119]
  • 6 December 1750: Swayne Harbin, of Gunville[48][120]
  • 14 January 1752: Thomas Ryves, of Ranston[48][121]
  • 7 February 1753: Humphrey Sturt, of Horton[48][122]
  • 31 January 1754: Awnsham Churchill, of Henbury[48][123]
  • 29 January 1755: Thomas Strode, of Beaminster[48][124]
  • 27 January 1756: Harry Meggs, of Bradford Peveril[48][125]
  • 4 February 1757: John Gannett jnr, of Blandford[48][126]
  • 27 January 1758: Nicholas Gould, of West Stafford[48][127]
  • 2 February 1759: John Damer, of Carne[48]
  • 1 February 1760: Ralph Willett, of Merley[48][128]
  • 28 January 1761: William Pitt, of Kingston[48][128]
  • 15 February 1762: Edmund Morton Pleydell, of Milburn[48][128]
  • 4 February 1763: William Richards jnr, of Warmwell[48][128]
  • 10 February 1764: John Pretor Pinney, of Dorchester[48][128]
  • 1 February 1765: John Pinney, of Blackdown[48][128]
  • 17 February 1766: Thomas Robinson, of Coombe Keynes[48][128]
  • 13 February 1767: William Churchill, of Dorchester[48][129]
  • 15 January 1768: James Gollop, of Barwick[48][128]
  • 27 January 1769: William Thorpe Holder, of Langton Long Blandford[48][128]
  • 9 February 1770: James Dale, of Blandford[48][128]
  • 6 February 1771: John Newton, of Spetisbury[48][128]
  • 17 February 1772: John Smith, of Sydling St Nicholas[128]
  • 8 February 1773: Henry Cornish Henley, of Colway[48][128]
  • 7 February 1774: Harvey Ekins, of Bere Regis[48][128]
  • 6 February 1775: George Gould, of Upway[48][128]
  • 5 February 1776: John Meech, of Dorchester[48]
  • 21 February 1776: William Taunton, of Stratton[48][128]
  • 31 January 1777: Richard Bingham, of Melcomb Horsey[48]
  • 10 February 1777: George Snow, of Langton Long Blandford[48][128]
  • 28 January 1778: William Trenchard, of Bloxworth[48][128]
  • 1 February 1779: Robert Goodden, of Over Compton[48][128]
  • 2 February 1780: Peter Beckford, of Steepleton[48][128]
  • 5 February 1781: Lewis Dymock Grosvenor Tregonwell, of Dorchester[48][128]
  • 1 February 1782: William Churchill, of Henbury[48][128]
  • 10 February 1783: Francis John Browne, of Frampton, near Dorchester[48][128]
  • 9 February 1784: Isaac Sage, of Thornhill[48][128]
  • 7 February 1785: Lionel Damer, of Warmwell[48][130]
  • 13 February 1786: Henry William Portman, of Bryanstone[48][131]
  • 12 February 1787: Peter William Baker, of Ranston House, near Blandford[132][128]
  • 8 February 1788: Anthony Chapman, of Holnest[132][133]
  • 29 April 1789: Frederick Thomas Wentworth, of Henbury[132][134]
  • 29 January 1790: Henry William Fitch, of High Hall[132][128]
  • 4 February 1791: John Calcraft, of Rempston[132][135]
  • 23 February 1791: Sir Stephen Nash, of Leweston[132][128]
  • 1 June 1792: Mark Davis, of Holnest[132][128]
  • 6 February 1793: James Frampton, of Moreton[128]
  • 5 February 1794: Edward Buckley Batson, of Sixpenny Handley[132][128]
  • 11 February 1795: Edward Greathed, of Uddings[132][128]
  • 5 February 1796: Thomas Bowyer Bower, of Iwern Minster[132][128]
  • 1 February 1797: William Richards jnr, later Clavell, of Smedmore[132][136][128]
  • 7 February 1798: Edward Berkeley Portman, of Bryanston[132][128]
  • 1 February 1799: John Calcraft, of Rempston[132]
  • 8 February 1799: Henry Seymour, of Handford[132][128]

1800–1899

1900–1973

  • 1900: Captain Richard Baynton Foster, of Lambert House, Dorchester [231]
  • 1901 Captain Edward Wilmot Williams, of Herringstone House, Dorchester [232]
  • 1902 Colonel John Bullen Symes Bullen, of Catherston Leweston, Charmouth [233]
  • 1903 Colonel John Mount Batten of Upcerne House, Dorchester [234]
  • 1904 Hastings Burton Middleton, of Bradford Peverell, Dorchester [235]
  • 1905 Reginald Douglas Thornton, of Birkin House, Dorchester [236]
  • 1906 Henry Stilwell, of Steepleton Manor, Dorchester [237]
  • 1907 Humphrey Frederick Weld, of Chideock Manor, Bridport [238]
  • 1908 Charles Ethelston Parke, of Henbury House, Wimborne [239]
  • 1909 Alexander Edward Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers, of Hinton St. Mary, Sturminster Newton [240]
  • 1910 Hector Edmond Monro, of Edmondsham House, Cranborne, Salisbury [241]
  • 1911 George Hamilton Fletcher, of Leweston Manor, Slierborne [242]
  • 1912 James Hainsworth Ismay, of Iwerne Minster House, Blandford [243]
  • 1913 Henry Frank Ward Farquharson, of Eastbury Park, Tarrant Gunville, Blandford [244]
  • 1914 Frederick James Bosworth Wingfield-Digby, of Sherborne Castle, Sherborne [245]
  • 1915 Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Farrer, of Binnegar Hall, East Stoke, Wareham [246]
  • 1916 Frederick George Alexander Lane, of Bloxworth House, Wareham [247]
  • 1917 Freeman Roper, of Forde Abbey, Chard [248]
  • 1918 Alban James Woodroffe, of Ware House, Lyme Regis[249]
  • 1919 William Llewellin of Upton House, near Poole [250][251]
  • 1920 Lt.-Col. Thomas Alfred Colfox of Coneygar, Bridport[252]
  • 1921 Major Joseph Gundry, of The Hyde, Bridport [253]
  • 1922 Alfred Douglas Pass, of Wootton Fitzpaine, Charmouth [254]
  • 1923 Sir Reginald John Pinney of Racedown, Crewkerne [255]
  • 1924 Major Kenneth Robert Balfour, of Steepleton Manor, Dorchester.[256]
  • 1925 Major Charles Robert Eustace Radclyffe, of Hyde, Wareham.[257]
  • 1926 Major Hugh Blomfield Nicholson of Mappercombe Manor, Melplash [258]
  • 1927 Capt. Sir Richard Fitzgerald Glyn Bt. of Gaunt's House, Wimborne [259]
  • 1928 Carlton Cross, of Wyke Hall, Gillingham [260]
  • 1929 Harry Rupert Fetherstonhaugh-Frampton, of Moreton New House, Dorchester [261]
  • 1930 Lieut.-Col. Edward George Troyte–Bullock of Zeals House, Zeals [262]
  • 1931 Capt. Berkeley Cole Wilmot Williams, of Herringston, Dorchester [263]
  • 1932 Wilfred John Brymer, of Ilsington House, Piddletown, Dorchester [264]
  • 1933 Lieut.-Col. Edward Philip Le Breton, of Loders Court, Bridport [265]
  • 1934 Capt. Angus Valdemar Hambro, of Merly House, Wimborne [266]
  • 1935 Major Harry Denison Denison-Pender of Strangways, Marnhull[267]
  • 1936 Lieut.-Commander Hector Richard Monro, of Edmondesham, Cranborne, Salisbury[268]
  • 1937 Lieut.-Col. John Bernhard Harbin Goodden of Compton Hawy, Sherborne [269]
  • 1938 Major Rhys Clavell Mansel, of Smedmore, Kimmeridge, Corfe Castle[270]
  • 1939 Henry John Ralph Bankes, of Kingston Lacy, Wimborne [271]
  • 1940 Capt. Lewys Legge Yeatman, of Stock House, near Sturminster Newton [272]
  • 1941 Sir Claud Schuster of The Manor House, Piddletrenthide, Dorchester [273]
  • 1942 Major William John Bates Van de Weyer of Clyffe, Dorchester [274]
  • 1943 Ernest Frederick Cambridge Lane of Poxwell House, near Dorchester [275]
  • 1944 John Henry Lionel Glasbrook of Manor House, Child Okeford, Blandford [276]
  • 1945 William Ralph Garneys Bond of Tyneham, Corfe Castle.[277]
  • 1946 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Philip Colfox, Bt. of Symondsbury Manor, Bridport.[278]
  • 1947 Lieut.-Co. George Ambrose Pinney of Horn Park, Beaminster.[279]
  • 1948 Colonel George Harold Absell Ing of Jerards, Sandford Orcas, Sherborne.[280]
  • 1949 Sir Philip Francis Cunningham Williams, Bt., of Bridehead, Little Bredy, Dorchester.[281]
  • 1950 Lieut.-Colonel John Fitzherbert Symes Bullen, of Catherston, Charmouth, Dorset.[282]
  • 1951 Lieut.-Colonel Joseph William Weld of Lulworth Castle, Dorset.[283]
  • 1952 Commander Henry Kelsall Beckford Mitchell of Folke Manor, Sherborne.[284]
  • 1953 Sir Arthur Nugent Floyer-Acland[285]
  • 1954 Lieut-Colonel Sir Thomas Henry Salt, Bt, of Shillingstone House, Shillingstone, Blandford.[286]
  • 1955 Admiral Sir Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley of Mappercombe Manor, Powerstock, Bridport [287]
  • 1956 William Wigan Llewellin of Upton House, near Poole.[288]
  • 1957 Lieut-Colonel Edward William Seymour of Tarrant Albbey, Blandford.[289]
  • 1958 Major Etienne Henry Tudor Boileau, of Rampisham Manor, Dorchester.[290]
  • 1959 Lieut.-Colonel Kenneth Greville Williams of Stock Hill, Gillingham.[291]
  • 1960 Sir Thomas Edward Lees, Bt., of Post Green, Lytchett Minster, Poole.[292]
  • 1961 Lieut.-Colonel Robert Stanley Grosvenor Perry of Moor Lane House, Briantspuddle, Dorchester.[293]
  • 1962 Lieut.-Commander George Gosselin Marten of Crichel, Wimborne.[294]
  • 1963 Colonel Richard James Longfield, of Lower Silton, Gillingham[295]
  • 1964 Lieut.-Commander Robert Hugh Hodgkinson of Milton Abbey School, near Blandford Forum.[296]
  • 1965 Commander Roger Henry Charles Fetherstonhaugh-Frampton of Moreton House, Dorchester.[297]
  • 1966 Major William Harry Gibson Fleming, of Ranston, Blandford.[298]
  • 1967 Henry Rolf Gardiner of Springhead, Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury.[299]
  • 1968 John Mansell of Smedmore, Wareham [300]
  • 1969 Sir William John Colfox of Symondsbury Manor, Bridport [301]
  • 1970 Major-General Edward Alexander Wilmot Williams of Herringston, Dorchester.[302]
  • 1971 Major Nigel Darner Martin, of Came House, Dorchester.[303]
  • 1972 Lieut-Colonel John Lewys Yeatman, of Stock Gaylard House, near Sturminster Newton.[304]
  • 1973 Peter Frank Tiarks of Melplash Court, Bridport.[305]
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List of High Sheriffs of Dorset

1974–2000

  • 1974 Brigadier Stafford Floyer-Acland[citation needed]
  • 1975 Lieut.-Colonel James Thomas Amcotts Wilson[306]
  • 1976 George Edward Sealy Woodhouse of West Lodge, Blandford[307]
  • 1977 Major-General Henry Mark Garneys Bond[308]
  • 1978 Major Graham Neville Yeatman[309]
  • 1979 Lady Elizabeth Mary Garneys Williams, of Bridehead, Littlebredy, Dorchester.[310]
  • 1980 George Anthony Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers of Manor House, Hinton St Mary, Sturminster Newton[311]
  • 1981 Sir Stephen George Hammick, 5th Baromet, of Badgers, Wraxall, Dorchester.[312]
  • 1982 Deric Sydney Scott of the Crest, Bournemouth <[313]
  • 1983 Richard Greville Earle of Frankham Farm, Ryme Intrinseca, Sherborne[314]
  • 1984 Mark Roper of Forde Abbey, Chard[315]
  • 1985 Christopher John Rolph Pope of Wrackleford House, Dorchester [316]
  • 1986 Colonel Kenneth Dubois Ferguson, of Studland Bay House, Studland, Swanage.[317]
  • 1987 Lt-Cmdr William Victor Percy Crutchley, R.N. of Mappercombe Manor, Nettlecombe, Bridport [318]
  • 1988 Henry Walter Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax of Charborough Park, Wareham [319]
  • 1989 Mary Anna Marten of Crichel, Wimborne [320]
  • 1990 Peter Winder Allsebrook, of Milton Mill, West Milton, Bridport [321]
  • 1991 Edwin William Ludlow, of Friar Waddon Farm House, Friar Waddon, Weymouth[322]
  • 1992 Giles Patrick Sturdy of Trigon House, Wareham [323]
  • 1993 Richard Guy Grosvenor de Pelet [324]
  • 1994 Capt. Michael Fulford-Dobson, R.N. of Cerne Abbey, Cerne Abbas, Dorchester[325]
  • 1995 John Derek Wrighton of Preston, Weymouth[326]
  • 1996 Wilfrid Joseph Weld[327]
  • 1997 Richard Walter Fielding [328]
  • 1998 Cmdr Peter Gelson Gregson RN [329]
  • 1999 Anthony Graham Yeatman[330]
  • 2000 Michael John Ashley Bond [331]

2001–present

  • 2001 Charles Arnold Grosvenor Perry [332]
  • 2002 James Richard Boughey[333]
  • 2003 Eleanor Weld[334]
  • 2004 Allan Frank Simmons [335]
  • 2005 Charlotte Anne Townshend [336]
  • 2006 David Harold Woodhouse[337]
  • 2007 Adrian Eason Bailey Scott[338][339]
  • 2008 John Roland Raymond[340]
  • 2009: Victoria Mary McDonaugh of Wimborne[341]
  • 2010: Timothy John Palmer of West Woodyates [342]
  • 2011: Alan John Frost of Bournemouth [343]
  • 2012: Jeremy James Richard Pope, of Dorchester [344]
  • 2013: Catriona Janet Payne of Dorchester [345]
  • 2014: Jane Stichbury of Ashley Park, Ringwood [346]
  • 2015: Jennifer Sheila Coombs of Stepleton House, Iwerne Stepleton, Blandford Forum [347]
  • 2016: Sir Philip Williams, 4th Baronet of Bridehead, Littlebredy, Dorchester [348]
  • 2017: Simon John Young of Blandford [349]
  • 2018: Jacqueline Anne Swift of Poole[350]
  • 2019: Philip Henry Warr of Canford Magna, Wimborne[351]
  • 2020: George Henry Streatfeild of Bridport [352]
  • 2021: Michael Matthew Patrick Dooley of Dorchester [353]
  • 2022: Sibyl Fine King[354]
  • 2023: Colin William George Weston[355]
  • 2024: Anthony William Woodhouse, Dorchester[356][357]
  • 2025: Callum Bremner, Bridport[358]
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