This is a list of civic sheriffs andhigh sheriffs of the County of the City ofBristol
The office of high sheriff is over 1,000 years old, with its establishment before the Norman Conquest. The high sheriff remained first in precedence in the counties until the reign of Edward VII when an Order in Council in 1908 gave the lord-lieutenant the prime office under the Crown as the sovereign's personal representative. The high sheriff remains the sovereign's representative in the county for all matters relating to the judiciary and the maintenance of law and order.
Bristol is unusual in having had county status since medieval times (1373)[ 1] [ 2] Avon . On 1 April 1996 Avon was abolished, allowing the city of Bristol to become a unitary authority and gain its ceremonial independence and county status as the County of City of Bristol, with the royal appointments ofLord-Lieutenant and High Sheriff.
[ edit ] [ edit ] Sheriffs of Bristol typically took office at the end of September and served until September of the following year
1500: Hugh Elliot; John Batten 1501: Thomas Snyg; Thomas Paruaunt 1502: John Collor; John Capell 1503: Richard ap Merrick; William Bedford 1504: William Jefferis; Edward Penson 1505: Thomas Elliott;John Harris 1506: William Edwards; John Attwillis 1507: John Edwards; Simon Jarvis 1508: John Matthews; William Neal 1509: John Williams;John Wilkins 1510: Robert Hutton;Ralph Aprys 1511: John Hutton; Humphrey Brown 1512: Thomas Dale; Thomas Broke 1513: William Wosley;John Shipman 1514: John Ware; Richard Tonnell 1515:Richard Abingdon ; William Vaughan 1515: Thomas Pacy; Edward Prynne 1517:John Drewes ; John Pepe 1518: John Hall; William Dale 1519: Clement Bays; Robert Sailbrige 1520: William Shipman; Robert Aventry 1521:Robert Ellyott ;Roger Coke 1522: Gilbert Cogan;William Chester 1523: Robert Chapman;John Davis 1524: Thomas Jefferis; John Spring 1525: Henry White;John Jervis 1526: George Bathram; David Lawrence 1527: Thomas Nash;David Hutton 1528: Nicholas Thorn;John Thorn 1529: William Kelke;Thomas Silke 1530: George Hall;Robert Adams 1531: William Carey; John Mancell 1532: John Smith;William Pykes 1533: William Howell; Anthony Pain 1534: John Brampton;Nicholas Woodhouse 1535: Thomas Hart;John Northall 1536: Richard Prinn; Thomas Moore 1537: Thomas Winsmore;Rowland Cowper 1538:David Harris ; William Jay 1539: William Rowley;William Young 1540: William Spratt;Richard Morse 1541: Richard Watley;Robert Saxse 1542: William Ballard; William Pepwall 1543: Francis Codrington;Thomas Landsdown 1544: John Gurney; Roger Jones 1545:William Carr ; Robert Davis 1546: John A Wellis; Thomas Joackym 1547: Thomas Harris;William Tindall 1548: Edward Tynte;John Mathews 1549: Edward Prynne;John Stone 1550: Roger Milward;Thomas Sheward 1551: William Jones;Nicholas Williams 1552: Thomas Tyson;Anthony Standback 1553: John Pikes sen.; Thomas Pikes jun. 1554: Giles White;John Cutt 1555: Thomas Shipman;John Griffiths 1556: George Snigg;William Butler 1557: William Tucker; Arthur Richards 1558: John Brown;John Prewett 1559:Thomas Chester ; Thomas Kelke 1560: Michael Sowdelay; George Higgins 1561: John Wade;Thomas Colston 1562: John Roberts;William Belsher 1563: Thomas Young;Richard Davis 1564: Edmund Jones;Thomas Slocomb 1565: William Young;John Jones 1566:Philip Langley ;Thomas Aldworth 1567:Dominick Chester ; Walter Pykes 1568: Thomas Kyrkland; Robert Smith 1569: Thomas Rowland;Richard Cole 1570: William Hicks;John Barnes 1571: Thomas Warren;Randolph Hassell 1572: William Gibbons; Robert Kitchen 1573: Edward Porter; William Bird 1574:William Saltern ; Robert Halton 1575: Michael Pepwall; Nicholas Blake 1576: John Ash; Richard Ashurst 1577: William Hopkins; Walter Standfast 1578: William Prewett; Ralph Dole 1579: George Bathram;Francis Knight 1580: William Parfey;William Yate 1581: Bartholomew Cook; Humpry Andrews 1582: Thomas Pollington; John Webb 1583: Walter Davis;William Ellis 1584: Rice Jones;Richard Kelke 1585: Henry Gough;John Hart 1586: Edward Long;John Hopkins 1587: William Vawer;Ralph Hurt 1588: Nicholas Hobbs;John Oliver 1589:John Whitson ; Christopher Kedgwin 1590: George Snow;Hugh Griffith 1591:Thomas James ;Walter Williams 1592: Richard May;John Young 1593: John Barker;Richard Smith 1594: Matthew Haviland; Thomas Pitcher 1595: Richard Rogers;John Sly 1596: John Boucher;Robert Aldworth 1597; John Englesfield; Richard George 1598: William Cary; Abel Kitchen 1599: William Colston; John Harrison 1600 John Boulton;Thomas Hopkins 1601 William Hopkins;John Fowens 1602 John Aldworth;Thomas Farmer 1603 William Barnes;George Richards 1604 William Cole;George Harrington 1605 John Rowberowe;John Guy 1606 Thomas Packer;John Doughty 1607 Robert Rogers;Arthurs Needes 1608 Thomas Moore;William Young 1609 Thomas Aldworth;Wm. Challoner 1610 Thomas Whithead;William Pytte 1611 William Burrus;Henry Gibbes 1612 Christoper Cary;John Barker 1613 Christopher Whitson; John Gonning 1614 John Langton;Humphrey Hooke 1615 William Baldwyne; John Tomlinson 1616 Henry Yate;Henry Hobson 1617 Matthew Warren;William Turner 1618 Thomas Cecil;Thomas Wright 1619 Humphrey Browne;William Lyssett 1620 Andrew Charlton;Peter Miller 1621 Richard Holworthy;Richard Longe 1622 Edward Coxe;William Jones 1623 Oliver Snell;Ezekiel Wallis 1624 William Pitt jnr (died) and replaced by Thomas Clements;Nathaniel Butcher 1625 George Knight;John Taylor 1626 John Lock; Walter Ellis 1627 Richard Plea;Richard Aldworth 1628 Alexander James;Francis Creswick 1629 Giles Elbridge;Thomas Colston 1630 Derrick Popley;Gabriel Sherman 1631 John Gonning jnr;Miles Jackson 1632 Thomas Jackson;William Fitzherbert 1633 Robert Elliott;Thomas Lloyd 1634 John Langton;Thomas Hook 1635 William Cann;William Hobson 1636 Richard Vickris;Thos.Woodward 1637 Edward Peters, (died) and replaced by Abraham Edwards; William Wyat 1638Luke Hodges ; George Hellier 1639 Matthew Warren;Walter Deyos 1640 Henry Gibbes;Edward Pitt 1641 Richard Balman;Robert Yeamans 1642Joseph Jackson ;Hugh Browne 1643 Henry Creswick;William Colston 1644 Nathaniel Cale;William Bevan 1645 John Young; Walter Stevens 1646 Walter Sandy;Edward Tyson 1647 Arthur Farmer; George White 1648 Robert Challoner; Robert Yate 1649 William Dale;William Yeamans 1650 James Croft;George Hart 1651 George Lane;Robert Cann 1652 Jonathan Blackwell; Thomas Amory 1653 John Pope;Thomas Bubb 1654 Christopher Griffith; John Lawford 1655 Thomas Harris;John Bowen 1656 Robert Vickris;John Harper 1657 John Willoughby;Henry Appleton 1658 Edward Morgan;Nehemiah Collins 1659 Francis Gleed;Timothy Parker 1660 Richard Gregson;Thomas Langton 1661 Thomas Stevens;John Hickes 1662 John Wright;Robert Yeamans 1663 John Bradway;Richard Streamer 1664John Knight ; Ralph Olliffe 1665 William Crabb;Richard Crumpe 1666 John Lloyd;Joseph Creswick 1667 John Aldworth (died) and replaced by William Willett; Henry Gough 1668 Humphrey Little;Richard Hart 1669 Charles Powell;Edward Hurne 1670Thomas Day ;Thomas Eston 1671 Richard Stubbs;Thomas Earle 1672 Edward Young;John Cooke 1673 John Dymer (died) and replaced by William Hassell;John Cecil 1674 Samuel Wharton;Edward Fielding 1675 Charles Williams; George Lane 1676 Henry Gleson;Henry Merret 1677 William Donning; John Moore 1678 William Jackson;William Clutterbuck 1679 William Hayman;William Swymmer 1680 Abraham Saunders; Arthur Hart 1681Sir John Knight ;Richard Lane 1682 George Hart;John Combes 1683 Nathaniel Driver; Edmond Arundell 1684 Giles Merricke;James Twyford 1685 William Merricke;Robert Yate 1686 George Morgan;Edward Tocknell 1687 John Sandford;Samuel Wallis; Thomas Saunders;John Hine 1688 Thomas Liston;Joseph Jackson; Thomas Cole;George White 1689 John Bubb;John Blackwell 1690 Robert Dowding;John Yeamans 1691 John Bradway;William Opie 1692 James Pope;Henry Combe 1693 Marmaduke Bowdler; John Bacheler 1694 John Hawkins; SirWilliam Daines 1695 William Lewis;William French 1696 Francis Whitchurch; Peter Saunders 1697 Nathaniel Day;Joh Day 1698 George Stephens;John Swymmer 1699 William Whithead; James Hollidge 1700 Robert Bound;Isaac Davies 1701 Samuel Bayly;Richard Bayly 1702Abraham Elton ;Christopher Shuter 1703 Thomas Hort;Henry Whithead 1704 Anthony Swymmer;Henry Walter 1705 Morgan Smith;Nathaniel Webb 1706Abraham Hooke ;Nicholas Hicks 1707 Onesiphorus Tyndall; Thomas Tyler 1708Philip Freke ;John Day 1709 James Haynes;Thomas Clement 1710 Edmund Mountjoy;Abraham Elton 1711 William Bayly;Poole Stokes 1712 Henry Watts; 1713 John Becher;Henry Swymmer 1714 William Whithead; Richard Taylor 1715 James Donning; Joseph Jefferis 1716 Robert Earle;Peter Day 1717 Henry Nash;John Price 1718 Samuel Stokes;Edward Foy 1719 Arthur Taylor;John King 1720 Robert Addison; Jacob Elton 1721 John Rich;Noblet Ruddock 1722 Robert Smith;Lionel Lyde 1723 John Blackwell;Nathaniel Wraxall 1724 Nathaniel Day;William Jefferis 1725 Stephen Clutterbuck; Michael Puxton 1726 Ezekial Longman;Henry Combe 1727 Richard Bayley;John Bartlett 1728 Henry Lloyd;Sir Abraham Elton, 3rd Baronet 1729 John Berrow;John Day 1730 Edward Buckler;William Barnsdale 1731 Edward Cooper;William Barnes 1732 John Foy; Buckler Weekes 1733 Michael Pope;Benjamin Glisson 1734 Thomas Curtis;James Laroche 1735 David Peloquin;John Clements 1736 Morgan Smith;Abraham Elton 1737 Joseph Iles;Henry Dampier 1738 John Combe;Giles Bayly 1739 Michael Becher; David Dehany 1740 Walter Jenkins;William Martin 1741 John Chamberlayne; Henry Mugleworth 1742 William Cossley;Jeremiah Ames 1743 Isaac Elton;John Durbin 1744 John Foy; Buckler Weekes 1745 Thomas Marsh;John Noble 1746 Henry Swymmer;Richard Farr jnr 1747 John Berrow;Giles Bayly 1748 John Daltera;Isaac Baugh 1749 William Barnes jnr; John Curtis 1750 George Weare;Joseph Love 1751 Henry Dampier;Isaac Baugh 1752 Daniel Woodward;Edward Whatley 1753 Henry Bright;Thomas Harris 1754 Thomas Knox;Thomas Deane 1755 Henry Weare;James Hilhouse 1756 Nathaniel Foy;Austin Goodwin 1757 Robert Gordon;Isaac Piguenit 1758 Samuel Webb;John Berrow 1759 Charles Hotchkin; John Noble 1760 Isaac Piguenit;Samuel Sedgley 1761 Joseph Daltera;William Barnes jnr 1762 William Weare;Thomas Farr 1763 Andrew Pope;John Durbin jnr 1764James Laroche jnr; John Bull 1765 Isaac Elton jnr;Michael Miller jnr 1766 William Miles;Henry Cruger 1767 Edward Brice;Alexander Edgar 1768 John Crofts;Henry Lippincott 1769 John Merlott;George Daubeny 1770 Isaac Elton jnr;Henry Lippincott 1771 Levi Ames;Jeremy Baker 1772 John Noble;John Anderson 1773 Andrew Pope;Thomas Pierce 1774 John Durbin jnr; James Hill 1775 Edward Brice;John Noble 1776 John Farr;John Harris 1777 John Fisher Weare; Philip Protheroe 1778 Benjamin Loscombe; James Morgan jnr 1779 Edward Brice;John Harford 1780 Samuel Span;Joseph Smith 1781 Robert Colman;John Collard 1782 Rowland Williams; William Blake 1783 John Garnett;Anthony Henderson 1784 John Fisher Weare; John Harvey 1785 Joseph Harford;Stephen Nash 1786Evan Baillie ; Thomas Daniel jnr 1787 John Morgan;Robert Claxton 1788 James Hill;John Harris 1789 Henry Bengough;John Gordon jnr 1790 James Morgan; Rowland Williams 1791 Joseph Harford; Samuel Span 1792 Wm Gibbons;Joseph Gregory Harris 1793 Charles Young;John Page 1794 Robert Castle;Joseph Edye 1795 David Evans;John Wilcox 1796 John Foy Edgar;Azariah Pinney 1797Edward Protheroe ;John Span 1798 Daniel Wait;William Fripp 1799 Henry Bright;Worthington Brice 1800 Robert Castle;Samuel Birch 1801 Samuel Span;Richard Vaughan jnr 1802 John Foy Edgar;Henry Protheroe 1803 Samuel Henderson jnr;John Haythorne 1804 Levi Amis jnr; Philip Protheroe 1805 William Inman;John Hilhouse Wilcox 1806 Henry Brooke;Edward Brice jnr 1807 Sir Henry Protheroe; John Haythorne 1808 Benjamin Bickley; Philip George 1809 Michael Castle;George King 1810 William Inman;James Fowler 1811 Edward Brice;Benjamin Bickley 1812 George Hillhouse; Abraham Hilhouse 1813 Benjamin Bickley; Philip George 1814 William Fripp jnr; James George jnr 1815 Benjamin Bickley; Philip George 1816 Edward Daniel;John Barrow 1817 George Hillhouse; Abraham Hillhouse 1818 Thomas Hassel;Nicholas Roch 1819 James George jnr; John Gardiner 1820 Thomas Hassell;Robert Jenkins 1821 Nicholas Roch;Thomas Camplin 1822 Gabriel Goldney;John Cave 1823 John Savage;Charles Pinney 1824 John Gardiner ;Charles Ludlow Walker 1825 Gabriel Goldney; John Savage 1826 Thomas Hassell;Daniel Stanton 1827 Charles Payne;Henry Wenman Newman 1828 Charles L Walker; Thomas Hooper Riddle 1829 Hugh William Danson; John Evans Lunell 1830 George Protheroe; William Claxton 1831 George Bengough;Joseph Lax 1832 James Norroway Franklyn; Michael Hinton Castle 1833 James Lean; Peter Maze jnr 1834 James N Franklyn; William Killgrew Wait 1836 Daniel Cave 1836 Thomas Kington 1837 Thomas Kington Baily 1838 Francis Savage 1839 Richard Vaughan 1840 Hugh Vaughan 1841 Thomas Jones 1842 Jeremiah Hill 1843 Thomas Wadham 1844 John Harding 1845 Thomas Hill 1846 Abraham Grey Harford Battersby 1847 Edward Sampson jnr 1848 Peter Maze jnr 1849 John Jasper Leigh Baily 1850 Joseph Walters Daubeny 1851 John Battersby Harford 1852Robert Bright 1853Philip John William Miles 1854 Robert Phippen 1855 Albany Bourchier Savile 1856 George Oldham Edwards 1857 John Henry Greville Smyth 1858 William Henry Hartford 1859 William Montague Baillie 1860 Joshua Saunders 1861 George Rocke Woodward 1862Charles Daniel Cave 1863 William Wright 1864 Henry Cruger William Miles 1865 Joseph Cooke Hurle 1866 William Henry Miles 1867 William Gale Coles 1868 Robert Phippen (died July 1869) 1869 Thomas Proctor 1870 John Fisher 1871 William Thomas Poole King 1872 Thomas Todd Walton 1873 Thomas Todd Walton 1874 Charles Hill 1875 George Bright 1876 William Smith 1877William Henry Wills 1878 Charles Bowles Hare 1879 Robert Low Grant Vassall 1880 Francis Frederick Fox 1881 William Edward George 1882 John Lysaght 1883 Henry Bourchier Osborne Savile 1884 John Harvey 1885 Reginald Wyndham Butterworth 1886 Francis James Fry 1887 Robert Henry Symes 1888 George Henry Pope 1889 James Henry Lockley 1890 James Henry Lockley 1891 Arthur Baker 1892 Alfred Deedes 1893 Col. Charles Coates 1894 William Pethick 1895 William Ansell Todd 1896 James Colthurst Godwin 1897 Francis Richardson Cross 1898 Charles Wills 1899George Alfred Wills 1900 Edward Burnet James 1901 Admiral Francis Arden Close 1902 Joseph Weston-Stevens 1903 William Henry Greville Edwards 1904 Herbert Cary George Batten 1905 Henry Lorymer Risely 1906 Henry Daniel 1907 Herbert Cary George Batten 1908 Stanley Hugh Badock 1909 George Risely 1910 George Risely 1911Robert Edwin Bush 1912 Thomas Joseph Lennard 1913 Adam Cottam Castle 1914 John Stroud Gwyer William Stroud 1915 Herbert Edwin Chattock 1916 Lt Col. Joseph Beaumont Butler / Herbert Edwin Chattock 1917 Percy Steadman 1918 Ivie Mathew Dunlop 1919 William Alfred Titley 1920 Major Owen Stanley Davies 1921 Francis Nicholas Cowlin 1922 Horace Walker 1923 Frederick Burris 1924Frank Oliver Wills 1925 Lionel Goodenough Taylor 1926 Frank Ernest Sampson 1927 James Arnold Arrowsmith-Brown 1928 Ernest John Taylor 1929 Henry James Gilbert Rudman 1930 Herbert George Tanner 1931Edwin Stanley Gange 1932Dr Walter Kenneth Wills 1933 Frank Sydney Philpott 1934 Thomas Hosegood Davies 1935 Gilbert Sydney James 1936 Vivian John Robinson 1937 Sidney Cox 1938 Col. Ernest William Leonard 1939 Charles Loraine Hill 1940 Clarence Herbert William Davey 1941 Harold Maurice Comer Hosegood 1942 Harold Maurice Comer Hosegood 1943 Harold Maurice Comer Hosegood 1944 Sydney Clifford 1945 Sydney Clifford 1946 Harry Crook 1947 Herbert John Thomas 1948 Hubert Chitty 1949 Frank Manning Arkle 1950 Joseph Henry Bennett 1951 Arthur Anthony Scull 1952 Stanley William Cornwall 1953Alan Oliver Wills 1954 John Henshaw Britton 1955 Henry Richard Priday 1956 Arthur William Bryant 1957 William Ernest Wheatley 1958 George Thomas Bullock 1959 Dr Alexander MacAllister Maclachlan 1960 George Edward Maggs 1961 Charles Marcus Hartnell 1962 Stanley William Evans 1963 Arthur Ainslie Baker 1964 William Coldrick 1965 Francis Dorning Parry 1966 Frank A Ashley 1967 Kenneth Blandford Lalonde 1968 Gilbert Thomas 1969 John Norton Chivers 1970 Herbert Frederick George Skeates 1971 Robert Victor Cooke 1972 Iris Mary Knight 1973 George E Lucas 1974–1995No sheriffs appointed High Sheriffs for the County of City of Bristol [ edit ] 2000–2001: Dr Charles St. John Hartnell of Cameley, Bath & NE Somerset[ 9] 2001–2002: Dr Malcolm Joseph Campbell of Sneyd Park[ 10] 2002–2003: John Christopher Savage of Clifton[ 11] 2003–2004: Helen Mary Thornhill of Clifton[ 12] 2004–2005: Valerie, Lady Kingman of Clifton[ 13] 2005–2006: Roger Neale Baird of Sneyd Park[ 14] 2006–2007: Richard Alan Lee of Redland[ 15] 2007–2008: William Howard Robert Durie of Abbots Leigh, N Somerset[ 16] 2008–2009: Professor Richard Hodder-Williams of Clifton[ 17] 2009–2010: Timothy Lachlan Chambers of Redland[ 18] 2010–2011:Lois Patricia (Peaches) Golding of Leigh Woods, N Somerset[ 19] 2011–2012: Dr John Cottrell of Redland[ 20] 2012–2013:Andrew Nisbet of Clifton[ 21] 2013–2014: Dr Shaheen Shahzadi Chaudhry of Whitchurch[ 22] 2014–2015: Henry Louis Michael Bothamley of Leigh Woods, N Somerset[ 23] 2015–2016: Dr Rosalind Penelope Kennedy of Clifton[ 24] 2016–2017: Helen Mary Wilde of Redland[ 25] 2017–2018: Anthony Roger Ernest Brown of Clifton[ 26] 2018–2019: Roger Gordon Opie of Clifton[ 27] 2019–2020: Charles John Calcraft Wyld of Clifton[ 28] 2020–2021: Dr John Cyril Manley of Clifton[ 29] 2021–2022: Susan Joan Davies of Knowle[ 30] 2022–2023: Alexandra Olivia Ardalan Raikes of Bristol[ 31] 2023–2024: Sharon Rosemarie Foster of Horfield[ 32] 2024–2025: Rev Richard Norman Pendlebury of Bishopston[ 33] 2025–2026: Kalpna Kumari Woolf of Sneyd Park[ 34] In nomination as prospective High Sheriffs:
Anne Marie Nisbet of Clifton[ 35] Mohammed Elfatih Elsharif of Southmead[ 36] Andrew Street of Long Ashton, N Somerset[ 37]
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