This is alist of sheriffs and since 1974high sheriffs ofCambridgeshire.
TheSheriff is the oldestsecular office under the Crown. Formerly the 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 theLocal Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as Sheriff was retitledHigh Sheriff.