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High Sheriff of Leicestershire

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This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Leicestershire, United Kingdom. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High 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. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as Sheriff was retitled High Sheriff. The High Sheriff changes every March.

Forum 1158 to 1566 the Sheriffdom of Leicestershire was united with that of Warwickshire. After some years as part of Leicestershire, Rutland was split away in 1996 as a Unitary Authority with its own shrievalty. Thus there is a separate High Sheriff of Rutland (an office that existed prior to 1974 as the Sheriff of Rutland).

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Sheriffs of Leicestershire

11th century

12th century

13th century

  • 1201: Robert Harecourt and Godfrey de Liege
  • 1202: William de Cantelupe and Robert Poyer
  • 1203: Robert Poyer
  • 1204–1207: Hugh Chaucomber
  • 1208–1209: Robert Roppest
  • 1210: William de Cantelupo and Robert Poyer
  • 1212–1215: Robert of Ropsley
  • 1217: William de Cantelupo and Philip Kniton
  • 1218–1219: Philip Kniton
  • 1220: William de Cantelupo and William de Luditon
  • 1221–1222: William de Luditon
  • 1223: John Russell and John Winterborne
  • 1224–1226: Robert Lupus
  • 1227: William Stutevill and William Ascellis
  • 1228: William Ascellis
  • 1229: Stephen de Segrave and William Edmonds[2]
  • 1230–1231: William Edmonds
  • 1232: Stephen de Segrave and John de Riparis
  • 1233: Ralph Bray
  • 1234: Ralph fitz Nicholas and Ralph Brewedon
  • 1235: Ralph and William Erleg.
  • 1236–1237: William de Lucy
  • 1238: Hugh Pollier and Philip Ascett
  • 1239–1246: Hugh Pollier
  • 1247–1248: Baldwin Paunton
  • 1249–1251: Philip Marmion
  • 1252–1255: William Maunsel
  • 1256: Alan Swinford
  • 1257–1258: Anketil Mativaus
  • 1259–1270: William Bagot
  • 1271: William Bagot and William Morteyn
  • 1272–1274: William Mortimer
  • 1275–1277: William Hamelin[3]
  • 1278: Robert de Verdon and Thomas de Hasele
  • 1279–1283: Robert de Verdon and Osbert Bereford[4]
  • 1284–1285: Robert de Verdon and Osbert Bereford and Thomas Farendon
  • 1286: Thomas Farendon and Fulk de Lacy
  • 1287: Fulk de Lucy[4]
  • 1288–1289: William Bonvill
  • 1290–1291: Stephen Baber
  • 1292: Stephen Baber and William de Castello
  • 1293–1297: William de Castello[4]
  • 1298–1299: John Broughton

14th century

  • 1300–1301: Philip de Gayton[4]
  • 1302–1304: John le Dene and Richard Herehus[4]
  • 1305–1306: Richard Whitnere
  • 1307: John le Dene and Geoffrey Segrave
  • 1308–1309: Richard Herthull
  • 1310–1311: John le Dene
  • 1312–1313: John Olney
  • 1314–1315: William Trussell
  • 1316: Walter de Beauchamp[4]
  • 1317: Walter de Beauchamp and William Newill
  • 1318: Ralph Beler of Kettleby
  • 1319: William Nevill
  • 1320–1321: Thomas le Rous
  • 1322:
  • 1323–1325: Henry Nottingham, Robert Morin and Oliver Waleys
  • 1327: Roger Aylesbury
  • 1328: Thomas Blancfront
  • 1329: Robert Burdet
  • 1330: Robert Burdet and Roger la Zouch
  • 1331–1332: Roger Aylesbury
  • 1333: Henry Hockley and Roger la Zouch
  • 1334–1340: Roger la Zouch
  • 1341: William Pieto
  • 1342: Robert Bereford
  • 1343–1344: John Waleys (son of Oliver, HS 1323)
  • 1345–1369: Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick
  • 1370: John Peach
  • 1371: William Catesby
  • 1372: Robert Harthull
  • 1373: Roger Hillary
  • 1374: John Boyvill
  • 1375: John Burdet of Huncote, Leics
  • 1376: William Breton
  • 1377: Richard Harthull
  • 1377: Roger Perewych
  • 1378: John de Bermingham
  • 1379: Sir William Flamville of Aston Flamville, Leics
  • 1380: Thomas Ralegh
  • 1381: Thomas de Bermingham
  • 1382–1383: William Bagot of Bagington, Warks
  • 1384: John de Bermingham
  • 1385: Sir John Calveleigh of Stapleford, Leics. and Teigh
  • 1386: John Parker
  • 1387: Richard Ashby
  • 1388: Sir William Flamville of Aston Flamville, Leics
  • 1389: Adomar de Lichfield
  • 1390: Sir Robert de Harington of Glooston, Leics
  • 1391: John Malloery of Swinford
  • 1392: Thomas de Woodford of Sproxton
  • 1393: Thomas Oudeby of Stoke Dry, Rutland and Hathern, Leics
  • 1394: Robert Veer of Thrapston, Leics
  • 1395: Sir Henry Neville of Prestwold, Leics
  • 1396: Robert Goushul
  • 1397: John Eynesford
  • 1398: Adomar de Lichfield
  • 1399: Sir John Berkeley, Kt of Coston and Wymondham, Leics
  • 1400: Sir Henry Neville, Kt of Prestwold, leics

15th century

  • 1400: Sir Henry Neville, Kt of Prestwold, Leics[5]
  • 1402: Sir Alfred Trussell, Kt of Nuthurst, Warks
  • 1403: John Blaket[6]
  • 1404: Sir William Brokesby
  • 1405: Sir John Berkeley, Kt
  • 1406: Sir Thomas Lucy, Kt of Charlecote Park, Warks.[citation needed]
  • 1407: John Parr
  • 1408: Sir Henry Neville, Kt of Prestwold, Leics
  • 1409: Sir William Brokesby of Shoby, Leics.
  • 1410: Robert Castell of Withinbroke, Warks.
  • 1411: Bartholemew Brokesby[7]
  • 1413: Thomas Crewe of Moor Hall in Wixford, Warws.
  • 1414: Sir Richard Hastings, Kt
  • 1415: Sir Thomas Burdet, Kt of Arrow
  • 1416: John Mallory of Newbold Revel, Warks.
  • 1417: William Bishopton
  • 1418: John Salveyn
  • 1419: Bartholemew Brokesby[7]
  • 1420–1421: Thomas Erdington of Erdington, Warks. and Thomas Maureward
  • 1422: Sir Richard Hastings, Kt
  • 1423: Humphrey Stafford
  • 1424: John Mallory of Newbold Revel, Warks.
  • 1425: Richard Cloddale
  • 1426: Sir Richard Hastings, Kt
  • 1427: Thomas Stanley
  • 1428: William Peyto of Chesterton, Warks.
  • 1429: Nicholas Rugeley of Dunton, Warwickshire
  • 1430: Humphrey Stafford
  • 1431: Sir William Mountfort, Kt of Coleshill-in-Arden, Warks
  • 1432: Sir Richard Hastings, Kt
  • 1433: Thomas Foulshurst
  • 1434: Thomas Ardington
  • 1435: William Lucy
  • 1436: Sir William Peyto, Kt of Chesterton, Warks.
  • 1437: Robert Ardern
  • 1438: Sir Humphrey Stafford, Kt
  • 1439: Sir Laurence Berkeley of Wymondham, Leics.[8]
  • 1440: Thomas Ashby of Lowesford
  • 1441: Sir William Mountfort, Kt of Coleshill-in-Arden
  • 1442: William Bermingham and Lawrence Sherrard of Stapleford, Leics.
  • 1443: Lawrence Sherrard[9]
  • 1444: Robert Harcourt of Bosworth, Leics.
  • 1445: Sir Thomas Erdington, Kt of Barrow, Leics
  • 1446: Thomas Everingham
  • 1447: Thomas Porter and William Purefoy
  • 1448: William Purefoy
  • 1449: William Lucy
  • 1450: Sir William Mountfort, Kt of Coleshill-in-Arden
  • 1451: Sir Robert Motun, Kt
  • 1452: Sir William Bermingham, Kt
  • 1453: Sir Edward or Leonard Hastings
  • 1454: Thomas Berkeley of Wymondham[8]
  • 1455: William Hastings
  • 1456: Thomas Walsh of Wanlip, Leics
  • 1457: Thomas Maston
  • 1458: Henry Filongley of Fillongley, Warks
  • 1459: Sir Edmund Mountford, Kt
  • 1460:
  • 1461: Thomas Ferrers
  • 1462–1463: John Grevill
  • 1464: Sir William Harcourt, Kt
  • 1465: John Huggford
  • 1466: Thomas Thockmorton of Coughton Court, Warks.[citation needed]
  • 1467: Ralph Woodford of Knipton, Leics.
  • 1468: Sir Edward Raleigh, Kt
  • 1469: Sir Thomas Ferrers, Kt
  • 1470: Sir John Grevill, Kt
  • 1471: Sir Simon Mountford, Kt
  • 1472: William Motun
  • 1473: John Huggford
  • 1474: Sir John Grevill, Kt
  • 1475: William Lucy
  • 1476: Sir William Trussell, Kt
  • 1477: John Branfitz
  • 1478: Sir John Grevill, Kt
  • 1479: Sir Thomas Pulteney of Misterton Hall, Leics[10]
  • 1480: Richard Boughton of Lauford, Warks.
  • 1481: Thomas Colesey or Cocksey
  • 1482: Sir Everard (or Edward) Fielding[11]
  • 1483: Thomas Entwysel
  • 1483: Humphrey Beaufort of Guys Cliff, Warks.
  • 1484: Richard Broughton and Robert Throgmorton
  • 1485: John Digby
  • 1486: Henry Lisle
  • 1487: Robert Throgmorton
  • 1488: Sir William Lucy, Kt
  • 1489: Thomas Brereton
  • 1490: Sir John Villiers Kt of Brokesby, Leics[12]
  • 1491: Robert Throgmorton
  • 1492: Sir Thomas Pulteney, Kt of Misterton Hall, Leics[10]
  • 1493: Sir Ralph Shirley
  • 1494: Sir John Villiers, Kt of Brooksby, Leics[12]
  • 1496: Sir Edward Raleigh, Kt
  • 1496: William Brookesby
  • 1497: Thomas Neville
  • 1498: Sir Richard Pudsey, Kt
  • 1499: Sir John Villiers, Kt of Brooksby, Leics[12]
  • 1500: Thomas Hasilrigg

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

  • 1900: Richard Smith-Carington, of Ashby Folville Manor[187]
  • 1901: Samuel Francis Stone, of Kirby Frith, Leicester[188]
  • 1902: James Burns Hartopp, of Little Dalby Hall[189]
  • 1903: George Murray Smith, of Gumley Hall[190]
  • 1904: George William Pochin, of Barkby Hall[191]
  • 1905: Thomas William Everard, of Nanpantan Hall[192]
  • 1906: Everard March Phillips de Lisle of Grace Dieu Warren, Whitwick[193]
  • 1907: Richard Dalgliesh, of Asfordby Place
  • 1908: Frederick Gretton, of Sudbury Hall
  • 1909: Arthur Hazlerigg, 1st Baron Hazlerigg, of Noseley Hall
  • 1910: Herbert Hanbury Smith-Carington, of Ashby Folville
  • 1911: Sir Edward Hussey Packe, of Prestwold Hall
  • 1912: Oswald Henry Philip Turville-Petre, of Bosworth Hall, Husbands Bosworth
  • 1913: John Breedon Everard, of Knighton
  • 1914: Lupton Topham Topham, of Lutterworth
  • 1915: Henry Trueman Mills, of Langton Hall
  • 1916: Alfred Corah, of Scraptoft Hall
  • 1917: Hugh George Goodacre, of Ullesthorpe Court
  • 1918: Thomas Fielding Johnson, Jun., of Goscote Hall
  • 1920: Sir John Turner, of Donisthorpe,
  • 1921: John Edward Faire, of Evington Hall
  • 1922: Alfred Ernest Haley, of Leicester Grange, Hinckley
  • 1922: Sir Arthur Wheeler, of Woodhouse Eaves, Baronet
  • 1923: Alfred Turner, of Brocks Hill, Oadby
  • 1924: Sir William Lindsay Everard of Ratcliffe Hall
  • 1925: James Leslie Cross, of Catthorpe Towers
  • 1926: Sir Maurice Levy, 1st Baronet of Great Glen House
  • 1927: William Montagu Curzon-Herrick of Beaumanor Hall
  • 1928: Robert Walter Kaye, of Great Glen Manor
  • 1929: Sir Harold Stansmore Nutting, 2nd Baronet of Quenby Hall, Leicester
  • 1930: Francis Herbert Carrington Smith-Carrington, of Ashby Folville Manor
  • 1931: Ernest Clive Atkins, of Stretton House, Hinckley
  • 1932: Edward Gibson Gillilan, of Great Bowden
  • 1933: Sir John Harold Corah, of Queniborough Hall
  • 1934: Sir Charles Frederick Oliver, of Leicester
  • 1935: William Albert North, of Keythorpe Hall
  • 1936: John Ellis Viccars of Ingarsby Old Hall
  • 1937: Sir Ewart Joseph Maurice Levy, of Great Glen House, Baronet
  • 1938: Claud Bennion, of Billesdon Coplow
  • 1939: Disney Barlow, of Woodhouse Eaves
  • 1940: George Cecil Gorham Gee, of Rothley
  • 1941: Victor Robert Pochin, of Barkby
  • 1942: Harry Percy Gee, of Leicester
  • 1943: Bernard Everard, of Bardon Hill
  • 1944: Horace Wilmer Pochin, of Houghton on the Hill
  • 1945: Samuel Frederick Peshall, of Quorn
  • 1946: George German of Ashby de la Zouch (died in office 10 July 1946)[194]
  • Aug 1946: Leslie Crauford Robertson, of Sludge Hall, Billesdon [195]
  • 1947: Thomas Guy Frederick Paget, of Ibstock
  • 1948: John Cecil Gerard Leigh of Thorpe Satchville Hall, Melton Mowbray.
  • 1949: Charles Hamilton Martin of Kinchley House, Rothley
  • 1950: Arthur Frederick John Roberts-George, of The Manor House, Thurnby
  • 1951: Col. John Derrick Hignett, of Langton Grange, Market Harborough
  • 1952: Arthur Stewart Gemmell, of Ingarsby Old Hall, Leicester
  • 1953: Hubert Blount of Old Dalby Hall, Melton Mowbray (vacated position circa October 1953)[196]
  • Oct 1953: Robert Adolphus George Tilney of Sutton Bonington, Loughborough[197]
  • 1954: John Adrian Frederick March Phillipps de Lisle of Stockerston Hall[198]
  • 1955: Alexander William Edward Kirkpatrick, of Lowesby Hall, Leicester
  • 1956: George Anthony Murray-Smith, of Gumley, Market Harborough
  • 1957: Philip Henry Lloyd of Stone House, Blaston, Market Harborough
  • 1958: David Constable Maxwell, of Bosworth Hall, Husbands Bosworth, Rugby
  • 1959: Robert William Banner Newton, of Carlton Curlieu Hall, Leicester
  • 1960: Willoughby Rollo Norman, of Pickwell Manor, Melton Mowbray
  • 1961: Denis Joseph Cowen of East Farndon Hall, Market Harborough
  • 1962: Sir Tresham Joseph Philip Lever, of Bosworth Old Hall, Husbands Bosworth, Rugby, Baronet
  • 1963: Stephen Gordon Holland, of Foxton Grange, Market Harborough
  • 1964: Patrick Anthony William Beresford Everard, of Ratcliffe Hall, Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicester
  • 1965: Paul Cater Hyde-Thomson, of Catthorpe Manor, Rugby
  • 1966: Hampton Ashburner Hughes of Chestnuts Farm, Hallaton, Market Harborough
  • 1967: Lionel Berry, 2nd Viscount Kemsley, of Thorpe Lubenham Hall, Market Harborough [199]
  • 1968: Richard Peter Michael Spencer, of Rotherby Grange, Melton Mowbray
  • 1969: Edmund Crispian Steven James George Brudenell, of Deene Park, Corby, Northants.
  • 1970: John Michael Hignett, of Clipston Court, Market Harborough
  • 1971: Archibald Somerset Clowes, of Ashlands, Billesdon, Leicester
  • 1972: David Babington Smith, of Somerby Grove House, Old Somerby, Grantham, Lincolnshire
  • 1973: Lord John Manners, of Reservoir Cottage, Knipton, Grantham, Lincolnshire
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High Sheriffs of Leicestershire

20th century

  • 1974: Everard John Robert March Phillips de Lisle of Stockerston Hall[200]
  • 1975: John Wedgwood Thellusson Wood of Home Farm, Bringhurst, Market Harborough
  • 1976: George Hamilton Boyle, of Bisbrooke Hall, Uppingham, Rutland
  • 1977: Simon Jasper Packe-Drury-Lowe, of Prestwold Hall, Loughborough
  • 1978: Lyonel Humphry John Tollemache of Buckminster Park, near Grantham
  • 1979: Timothy Gerald Martin Brooks of Wistow Hall, Leicester
  • 1980: Ronald Edward Coaker of Seaton Old Rectory, Uppingham
  • 1981: Kenwynn John Madocks Madocks Wright, of Saxelbye Park, Melton Mowbray.[201]
  • 1982: John Hanbury Smith-Carington of The Lodge, Ashby Folville[202]
  • 1983: Simon Everard of Sludge Hall, Cold Newton, Billesdon[203]
  • 1984: Anthony Walter Fenwick, of Eaton Grange, Grantham, Lincolnshire.[204]
  • 1985: David Gerald Brooks, 5th Baron Crawshaw, of Little Riste Farm, Long Whatton, near Loughborough[205]
  • 1986: Edward George Adrian Farnham, of Quorn House, Quorn[206]
  • 1987: Julian Peter Alexander March Phillips de Lisle, of the Old Rectory, Medbourne[207]
  • 1988: Alistair Thomas Charles Haywood of Lyndon, Oakham, Rutland[208]
  • 1989: Gerard Amoury Arnaud March Phillips de Lisle, of Quenby Hall[209]
  • 1990: Richard Douglas Fowler Bream of Manor Farm, Grace Dieu, Whitwick [210]
  • 1991: Robert Turville Constable-Maxwell, of Bosworth Hall, Husbands Bosworth, near Lutterworth.[211]
  • 1992: John Michael Moubray, of Ridlington House, near Oakham, Rutland.[212]
  • 1993: Robin Hylton Murray-Philipson of Blaston
  • 1994: John Michael Stannage Whitehead, CBE, of Houghton-on-the-Hill
  • 1995: Joseph Cowen of Laughton Manor Farm, Laughton Hills, Lutterworth [213]
  • 1996: George Nicholas Corah of Wakerley Old Rectory, near Oakham[214]
  • 1997: David Chetwode Samworth, CBE, of Thorpe Satchville [215]
  • 1998: Ian Malcolm McAlpine, OBE, of Peatling Hall, Peatling Parva [216]
  • 1999: Allison Grahame Wilson of Gaulby [217]

21st century

  • 2000: Anthony Wessel[218]
  • 2001: Michael Charles Caines Sandell, Sutton Bassett, Market Harborough.[219]
  • 2002: Richard Anthony Spencer Everard, East Farndon Hall, Market Harborough [220]
  • 2003: Julien Birchall [221]
  • 2004: Freda Hussain [222]
  • 2005: James Geoffrey Pease Buxton [223]
  • 2006: Mark Robert Newton [224]
  • 2007: Barry Wilson Jackson [225]
  • 2008: David John Wyrko [226]
  • 2009: Maurice Nicholas Beech Thompson[227]
  • 2010: Robert Cecil John Martin [228]
  • 2011: Resham Singh Sandhu [229]
  • 2012: Richard Allan Halford Brooks [230]
  • 2013: Sally Elizabeth Ann Bowie [231]
  • 2014: Richard Charles Griffin Clowes [232]
  • 2015: Gordon Drake Arthur [233]
  • 2016: Surinder Sharma [234]
  • 2017: Timothy Paul Maxted of Leicester [235]
  • 2018: Diana Thompson [236]
  • 2019: Timothy Rowland Hercock of Halstead[237]
  • 2020: Alison Victoria Smith [238]
  • 2021: Ian Thomas Mattioli [239]
  • 2022: Mehmooda Duke [240]
  • 2023: Henrietta Joscelyne Chubb[241]
  • 2024: John Henry Chatfeild-Roberts, Melton Mowbray[242][243]
  • 2025: Stephen John Patrick Bryan, Normanton-le-Heath[244]
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