1066–1125

• 1066-c.1084: Ansculf de Picquigny
  Ansculf de Picquigny
  Ansculf de Picquigny was a French baron who followed William the Conqueror to England.He was born the son of Guermond de Picquigny of Picquigny, a village near Amiens in Picardy and with his brother Gilo, crossed to England with Duke William of Normandy...
  
  
• Ralph Taillebois
• Hugh de Belcamp
• 1124 Richard of Winchester

1575–1599

• Before 1575 - see High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
  High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
  This is a list of High Sheriffs of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. One sheriff was appointed for both counties from 1125 until the end of 1575, after which date separate sheriffs were appointed...
  
  

• 15 November 1575: George Rotherham
• 13 November 1576: John Barnardiston
• 27 November 1577: George Kensham
• 17 November 1578: John Spencer
• 23 November 1579: Nicholas Luke
• 21 November 1580: Henry Butler
• 27 November 1581: John Thomson
• 5 December 1582: Richard Conqueste
• 25 November 1583: Lewis Dyve
• 19 November 1584: John Rowe
• 29 August 1585: Richard Charnocke
• 22 November 1585: Oliver St John
  Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso
  Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1588 until 1596 when he inherited the peerage as Baron St John of Bletso....
  
  
• 14 November 1586: Richard Charnocke

• 4 December 1587: William Butler
• 29 November 1588: Ralph Astrye
• 24 November 1589: Oliver St John
  Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso
  Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1588 until 1596 when he inherited the peerage as Baron St John of Bletso....
  
  , of Stanfordburgh
• 24 November 1590: George Rotherham
• 25 November 1591: Christopher Hoddesdon
• 16 November 1592: William Duncombe
• 26 November 1593: Nicholas Luke
• 21 November 1594: John Dive
• 27 November 1595: William Gostwick
• 22 November 1596: Richard Conqueste
• 25 November 1597: Thomas Cheyney
• 28 November 1598: Sir Edward Ratcliffe
• 2 December 1599: William Butler, of Biddenham
  Biddenham
  Biddenham is a large village and a civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, located to the west of Bedford near the A428 road.The village largely serves as a dormitory settlement for Bedford, and also for commuters to London, being on the same side of the town centre as Bedford railway station...
  
  

1600–1699

• 24 November 1600: Sir John Crofte
• 2 December 1601: Richard Charnock
• 7 December 1602: George Francklin
• 1 December 1603: Sir John Dyve
• 5 November 1604: John Lee
• 2 February 1606: Sir Edwin Sandys
• 17 November 1606: Sir Francis Anderson
• 9 November 1607: Sir Thomas Snagge
• 12 November 1608: Edmund Mordaunt
• 1609: Thomas Austell
• 6 November 1610: Sir Francis Ventris
• 1611: Sir Robert Sandy, 1st Baronet
  Sir Robert Napier, 1st Baronet, of Luton Hoo
  Sir Robert Napier, 1st Baronet , of Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire, also referred to as Robert Sandy, was an English merchant. He was the son of Alexander Napier of Exeter, who sometimes used the alternative surname of Sandy...
  
  
• 1612: William Becher
• 1613: Richard Saunders
• 1614: Sir Edward Duncombe
• 6 November 1615: Sir William Plomer
• 11 November 1616: Roger Burgoyne
• 6 November 1617: Sir Oliver Luke
  Oliver Luke
  Oliver Luke was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1614 to 1648.Luke was born at Cople Bedfordshire, the son of Sir Nicholas Luke and his wife Margaret St John....
  
  
• 9 November 1618: Sir Edmund Conquest
• 1619: George Skeynsham
• 6 November 1620: Sir Francis Staunton
• 1621: William Briars
• 7 November 1622: William Hawkins
• 1623: Sir Francis Clarke
• 1624: Matthew Denton
• 1625: John Wingate
• 1626: Sir Edward Gostwicke
• 6 November 1627: John Moore, of Layton
• 1628: Sir Anthony Chester, 1st Baronet
• 1629: Michael Grigge
• 7 November 1630: William Cater
• 1631: Edmund Anderson
• 1632: James Beverley
• 10 November 1633: Onslow Winch
• 5 November 1634: Humphrey Monoux
• 1635: Richard Gearye
• 3 October 1636: Henry Chester
• 30 September 1637: John Charnock
• 9 October 1637: William Boteler, of Biddenham
  Biddenham
  Biddenham is a large village and a civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, located to the west of Bedford near the A428 road.The village largely serves as a dormitory settlement for Bedford, and also for commuters to London, being on the same side of the town centre as Bedford railway station...
  
  
• 4 November 1638: William Plomer
• 1639: Richard Child
• 1640: John Burgoyne
  Sir John Burgoyne, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Burgoyne, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1645 to 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War....
  
  
• 1641: Sir Thomas Alston, 1st Baronet
• 30 December 1643: William Duncombe, of Battlesden
  Battlesden
  Battlesden is a hamlet and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It is just north of the A5, between Dunstable and Milton Keynes. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 38...
  
  
• 20 January 1644: Humphrey Fishe
• 2 December 1644: Nicholas Denton
• 6 February 1647: Thomas Daniell
• 9 March 1647: Matthias Tailor
• 29 November 1647: William Allen
• 23 November 1648: William Duncombe
• 7 November 1649: Robert Lovett
• 7 November 1650: Sir William Bryers
• 4 November 1651: Thomas Bromsall

• 12 November 1652: John Huxley
• 10 November 1653: Henry Pigott
• 1654: Robert Stanton
• 1655: John Welles
• 1657: Owen Bromsall
• 5 November 1660: Edmund Wilde, of Howton
• 1661: Sir Roger Burgoyne, 2nd Baronet
  Sir Roger Burgoyne, 2nd Baronet
  Sir Roger Burgoyne, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1641 and 1656....
  
  
• 1662: Francis Wingate
• 1663: George Wyan
• 1664: Sir Edward Cater
• 12 November 1665: Thomas Snagg
• 7 November 1666: Sir John Huxley
• 6 November 1667: Sir Henry Massingberd, 1st Baronet
• 6 November 1668: Sir Ralph Bovey, 1st Baronet
• 25 November 1668: De Lawney
• 9 December 1668: Sir Thomas Brounsell, of Biggleswade
  Biggleswade
  Biggleswade is a market town and civil parish located on the River Ivel in Bedfordshire, England. It is well served by transport routes, being close to the A1 road between London and the North, as well as having a railway station on the main rail link North from London .-Geography:Located about 40...
  
  
• 11 November 1669: Sir Ralph Bovey, 1st Baronet
• 4 November 1670: Richard Wagstaffe
• 9 November 1671: Henry Brandreth
• 11 November 1672: Thomas Bromsall
• 12 November 1673: Matthew Denis
• 5 November 1674: Robert Bell
• 15 November 1675: Samuel Reynardson
• 1675: Francis Dodsworth
• 10 November 1676: Thomas Arnold, of Ampthill
  Ampthill
  Ampthill is a small town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, between Bedford and Luton, with a population of about 6,000. It is administered by Central Bedfordshire Council. A regular market has taken place on Thursdays for centuries.-History:...
  
  
• 15 November 1677: Samuel Reynardson
• 14 November 1678: Thomas Snagge
• 13 November 1679: Sir William Gostwick, 4th Baronet
• 4 November 1680: Villiers Chernock
• 10 November 1681: George Abbott
• 13 November 1682: Sir James Astrey
• 12 November 1683: William Daniel
• 20 November 1684: Humphrey Fish
• 30 November 1685: Thomas Halpenny
• 25 November 1686: John Crosse
• 5 December 1687: John Wagstaffe
• 8 November 1688: Ralph Bromsall
• 25 November 1689: Samuel Cater
• 27 November 1690: William Boteler
• 14 December 1691: John Neale
• 17 November 1692: John de la Fontaine
• 28 November 1692: Sir Samuel Thompson
• 16 November 1693: John Eston
• 6 December 1694: Sir Stephen Anderson, 1st Baronet
• 20 December 1694: Sir William Massingberd, 2nd Baronet
• 5 December 1695: William Millard
• 3 December 1696: Robert Bell
• 16 December 1697: Sir John Burgoyne
• 30 December 1697: John Hinde
• 21 January 1698: John Spencer
• 22 December 1698: John de la Fontaine
• 20 November 1699: Sir John Burgoyne, 3rd Baronet

1700–1799

• 28 November 1700: William Hillersden
• 1 January 1702: Maurice Abbott
• 12 January 1702: Thomas Bromsall
• 19 January 1702: Thomas Bromsall, of Broxton
• 3 December 1702: Vincent Charnock
• 14 December 1702: Thomas Johnson
• 2 December 1703: Samuel Ongley
• 21 December 1704: Edward Duncombe
• 3 December 1705: Edward Snagg
• 14 November 1706: John Huxley
• 20 November 1707: Morgan Hinde
• 18 December 1707: John Clarke
• 29 November 1708: John Wright
• 1 December 1709: William Chew
• 24 November 1710: Ralph Brumsell
• 14 June 1711: William Nicholls
• 14 June 1711: John Harvey
• 10 January 1712: Thomas Boswell, of Dean
  Dean, Bedfordshire
  Dean refers to a pair of villages located in the Dean and Shelton parish of Bedfordshire, England:* Lower Dean* Upper Dean...
  
  
• 11 December 1712: John Vaux
• 30 November 1713: Thomas Emerton
• 14 November 1714: Thomas Bromsall
• 22 November 1715: John Livesay
• 12 November 1716: Sir Theophilus Napier, 5th Baronet
• 21 December 1717: Sir William Smith
• 21 December 1718: Nicholas Luke
• 7 January 1720: Robert Hind
• 3 January 1721: Richard Orlebar
• 14 December 1721: Henry Brandreth
• 11 December 1722: Robert Abbott
• 7 January 1724: Thomas Aynscombe
• 10 December 1724: Thomas Garth
• 13 January 1726: Joseph Johnson
• 29 November 1726: Theophilus Dillingham
• 16 December 1727: William Coleman, of Cranfield
  Cranfield
  Cranfield is a village and civil parish in north west Bedfordshire, England, between Bedford and Milton Keynes. It has a population of 4,909, and is in Central Bedfordshire District....
  
  
• 18 December 1728: Benjamin Rhodes
• December 1729: Sir John Napier, 6th Baronet
• 14 December 1730: William Lamb
• 9 December 1731: George Blundell
• 14 December 1732: Henry Southouse, of Ravendon
• 11 January 1733: Edmund Morgan, of Carrington
• 20 December 1733: Hillersden Franks
• 19 December 1734: Thomas Groome, of Dunstable
  Dunstable
  Dunstable is a market town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England. It lies on the eastward tail spurs of the Chiltern Hills, 30 miles north of London. These geographical features form several steep chalk escarpments most noticeable when approaching Dunstable from the north.-Etymology:In...
  
  
• 18 December 1735: John Crawley
• 19 January 1737: Francis Jessop, of Bedford
  Bedford
  Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, in the East of England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the wider Borough of Bedford. According to the former Bedfordshire County Council's estimates, the town had a population of 79,190 in mid 2005, with 19,720 in the adjacent town...
  
  
• 12 January 1738: David Willaume, of Tingrith
  Tingrith
  Tingrith is a small village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. It is located adjacent to the M1 motorway near the large village of Toddington. The nearest major town is Luton, located approximately ten miles to the southeast....
  
  
• 21 December 1738: Oliver Edwards, of Carrington
• 27 December 1739: John Franklin, of Great Barford
  Great Barford
  Great Barford is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, a few miles north-east of Bedford. It lies on the River Great Ouse at . It is twinned with Wöllstein, Germany...
  
  
• 29 January 1741: John White, of Ewe Green
• 31 December 1741: John Lawson the younger, of Barton
• 19 January 1743: John Coppin, of Market Street
• 7 February 1743: John Miller the younger, of Dunstable
• 5 January 1744: Richard Brown, of Eggington
  Eggington
  Egginton – or Eggington as it is now known – is a village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England, about three miles east of Leighton Buzzard. Apart from the village itself, the parish also includes the hamlet of Briggington on the road to Leighton Buzzard,...
  
  
• 2 February 1744: Andrew Crosse, of Westoning
  Westoning
  Westoning is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire located about a mile south of the town of Flitwick. It is about two miles north-east of junction 12 of the M1 motorway, and beside the First Capital Connect railway line to London and beyond...
  
  
• 20 February 1744: Hammond Crosse
• 10 January 1745: Richard Bell, of Bedford

• 16 January 1746: Robert Ashwell, of Leighton Buzzard
  Leighton Buzzard
  -Lower schools:*Beaudesert Lower School - Apennine Way*Clipstone Brook Lower School - Brooklands Drive*Greenleas Lower School - Derwent Road*Dovery Down Lower School - Heath Road*Heathwood Lower School - Heath Road*Leedon Lower School - Highfield Road...
  
  
• 15 January 1747: William Gary, of Bushmead
  Bushmead
  Bushmead is an area within the Barnfield ward of Luton, England. Towards the northwest of the ward, it is the housing developments near Luton Sixth Form College and Warden Hill....
  
  
• 14 January 1748: John Hill, of Bedford
• 11 January 1749: Thomas Crawley, of Dunstable
• 17 January 1750: Thomas Cave, of Bedford
• 6 December 1750: Harry Johnson, of Milton Bryan
  Milton Bryan
  Milton Bryan is a village and civil parish located in Central Bedfordshire. It lies just off the A4012 road, near to its junction with the A5 at Hockliffe. The nearest large town to Milton Bryan is Leighton Buzzard, very closely followed by Dunstable...
  
  
• 14 January 1752: Thomas Gilpin
• 7 February 1753: Francis Herne, of Luton
  Luton
  Luton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000....
  
  
• 31 January 1754: David James, of Ampthill
  Ampthill
  Ampthill is a small town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, between Bedford and Luton, with a population of about 6,000. It is administered by Central Bedfordshire Council. A regular market has taken place on Thursdays for centuries.-History:...
  
  
• 29 January 1755: Thomas Vaux, of Whipsnade
  Whipsnade
  Whipsnade is a small village and civil parish in the county of Bedfordshire. It lies on the eastward tail spurs of the Chiltern Hills, about 2.5 miles South-South-West of Dunstable...
  
  
• 27 January 1756: Thomas Smyth, of Streatley
  Streatley, Bedfordshire
  Streatley is a village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.-Geography:Streatley is situated just to the west of the A6, and is the first village on the A6 north of Luton, being about north of central Luton...
  
  
• 4 February 1757: John Capon, of Leighton Buzzard
• 27 January 1758: William Cole, of Sundon
  Sundon
  Sundon is a civil parish in the English county of Bedfordshire.There are two settlements: the one called Upper Sundon at the top of the hill is now the main village, and the presumably older one by the church is now a hamlet called Lower Sundon....
  
  
• 2 February 1759: Dennis Farrer Hillersden, of Helvestow
• 1 February 1760: Baker Coleman, of Cranfield
  Cranfield
  Cranfield is a village and civil parish in north west Bedfordshire, England, between Bedford and Milton Keynes. It has a population of 4,909, and is in Central Bedfordshire District....
  
  
• 28 January 1761: Robert Butcher, of Cople
  Cople
  Cople is a village and civil parish in the English county of Bedfordshire. The name Cople is derived from the phrase Cock Pool, a place where chickens were kept, that was mentioned in the Domesday Book.- History :...
  
  
• 15 February 1762: Simon Taylor, of Woburn
  Woburn, Bedfordshire
  Woburn is a small Saxon village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. It is situated about southeast of the centre of Milton Keynes, and about south of junction 13 of the M1 motorway and is a popular tourist attraction.-History:...
  
  
• 4 February 1763: Sir Philip Monoux, 5th Baronet, of Sandy
• 10 February 1764: William Pym, of Hasell Hall
• 1 February 1765: Richard Edwards, of Ardesley
• 17 February 1766: Philip Field, of Barton
• 13 February 1767: Charles Chester, of Tilsworth
  Tilsworth
  Tilsworth is a small village and civil parish in Bedfordshire. It lies to the north west of Dunstable, and the Roman Watling Street forms the north east boundary of the parish of 1200 acres . The village lies on the gault clay, where springs well up just south of a gentle gravelly ridge...
  
  
• 15 January 1768: John Cater, of Kempston
  Kempston
  Kempston is a town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England. Once known as the largest village in England, Kempston is now a town with its own town council. It has a population of about 20,000, and together with Bedford, it forms an urban area with around 100,000 inhabitants, which is the...
  
  
• 27 January 1769: William Farrer, of Kempston
• 9 February 1770: John Franklin, of Northill
  Northill
  Northill is a village and civil parish in the county of Bedfordshire, England. It falls under the Northill and Blunham ward in the Central Bedfordshire local authority. As of 2001 Northill had a population of about 900 people. The village is also the administrative centre of the civil parish of...
  
  
• 6 February 1771: Charles Barnett, of Stratton
• 17 February 1772: Sir Gillies Payne, 2nd Baronet, of Tempsford
  Tempsford
  Tempsford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Bedfordshire.The village is split by the A1 Great North Road and is located just before the junction with the A428 at the Black Cat Roundabout...
  
  
• 8 February 1773: John Howard
  John Howard (prison reformer)
  John Howard was a philanthropist and the first English prison reformer.-Birth and early life:Howard was born in Lower Clapton, London. His father, also John, was a wealthy upholsterer at Smithfield Market in the city...
  
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  Cardington, Bedfordshire
  Cardington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, EnglandPart of the ancient hundred of Wixamtree, the settlement is best known in connection with the Cardington airship works founded by Short Brothers during World War I, which later became an RAF training station...
  
  
• 7 February 1774: John Crawley, of Stockwood
• 6 February 1775: George Paunceforth, of Ampthill
• 5 February 1776: Christopher Tower, of Houghton Regis
  Houghton Regis
  Houghton Regis is a town and civil parish sandwiched between the major towns of Luton to the east and Dunstable to the west. The parish includes the ancient hamlets of Bidwell, Thorn and Sewell...
  
  
• 31 January 1777: John Sayer Weal Renal, of Eggington
• 28 January 1778: John Beeches, of Hoobury
• 1 February 1779: Sir Rowland Alston, 6th Baronet, of Odell
  Odell, Bedfordshire
  Odell is a village and civil parish in the north of the county of Bedfordshire in England that lies to the north-west of the county town of Bedford, near the villages of Harrold, Felmersham, Sharnbrook, and Carlton.-Roman and Saxon period:...
  
  
• 2 February 1780: William Thornton Astell, of Everton
  Everton, Bedfordshire
  Everton is a small village and civil parish located in north Bedfordshire, England. Everton has no shop but is home to a pub, local church, and a lower school...
  
  
• 5 February 1781: John Harvey, of Northill
• 1 February 1782: Robert Thornton, of Moggerhanger
  Moggerhanger House
  Moggerhanger House is a Grade I listed country house in Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire, England, designed by the eminent architect John Soane. The house is owned by a Christian charity, Harvest Vision, and the Moggerhanger House Preservation Trust, and has recently undergone a £6m refurbishment...
  
  
• 10 February 1783: John Dilley, of Southill
  Southill, Bedfordshire
  Southill is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, about from Biggleswade.The principal residence, Southill Park, was formerly the home of the Viscounts Torrington, but was bought at the end of the 18th century by Samuel Whitbread....
  
  
• 13 February 1784: William Goldsmith, of Strently
• 7 February 1785: William Gibbard, of Sharnbrook
  Sharnbrook
  Sharnbrook is a village and civil parish located in the Bedford Borough of Bedfordshire, England.The settlement was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a parish within the Hundred of Willey but was probably first developed in Saxon times. The oldest surviving building, St Peter's Church, is...
  
  
• 13 February 1786: Matthew Rugeley, of Potton
  Potton
  Potton is a town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. It is 10 miles from Bedford and the population in 2001 was 4,473 people. In 1783 the 'Great Fire of Potton' destroyed a large part of the town. The parish church dates from the 13th Century and is dedicated to St Mary...
  
  
• 12 February 1787: Joseph Partridge, of Cranfield
• 8 February 1788: William Lee-Antonie, of Colmworth
  Colmworth
  Colmworth is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Bedfordshire. It is situated around north-east of Bedford. The parish includes the hamlet of Duck's Cross. Other nearby places are Little Staughton, Wilden, Renhold, Staploe, Bolnhurst and Ravensden.The church is...
  
  
• 29 April 1789: Samuel Boydon, of Milton Ernest
  Milton Ernest
  Milton Ernest is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, and is about north of Bedford itself. It has a population of 754...
  
  
• 24 February 1790: James Metcalfe, of Roxton House
• 4 February 1791: Francis Pym, of Hasell Hall
• 3 February 1792: Sir John Buchanan Riddell, 9th Baronet, of Sundon
• 6 February 1793: Thomas Crosse, of Bramingham
  Bramingham
  Bramingham is an area of Luton in Bedfordshire. The area is situated in the north of the town and takes its name from Bramingham Farm, the farm house of which is now a grade II listed building betrays the areas rural past.-Bramingham Wood:...
  
  
• 5 February 1794: Edward Nicoll, of Studham
  Studham
  Studham is a village and civil parish in the county of Bedfordshire. It has a population of 1,125. The parish bounds to the south the Buckinghamshire border, and to the east is the Hertfordshire border. The village lies in the wooded south facing rolls of the Chiltern Hills...
  
  
• 11 February 1795: John Harvey, of Ickwell
  Ickwell
  Ickwell is a hamlet in Bedfordshire, England.With the settlements of Upper and Lower Caldecote, Thorncote, Hatch, Brook End, Cow Pastures, Vinegar Hill and Budna, the hamlet of Ickwell makes up the civil parish of Northill.-History:...
  
  
• 5 February 1796: George Brooks, of Flitwick
  Flitwick
  Flitwick, pronounced , is a small town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, England. The nearby River Flit runs through Flitwick Moor, a nature reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.-Location:...
  
  
• 1 February 1797: John Higgins the elder, of Turvey
• 7 February 1798: John Fox, of Dean
  Dean, Bedfordshire
  Dean refers to a pair of villages located in the Dean and Shelton parish of Bedfordshire, England:* Lower Dean* Upper Dean...
  
  
• 1 February 1799: Robert Trevor, of Flitwick

1800–1899

1900–1999

2000–present

• 2000: Thomas F Wells
• 2001: The Hon Mrs Fiona Chapman MBE DL
• 2002: Colonel Colin R Mason OBE DL
• 2003: Andrew J. Rayment
• 2004: Clifton J Ibbett
• 2005: Angela P Farmbrough DL
• 2006: Richard Lewin Banks
• 2007: Dr Vaughan Robert Southgate
• 2008: Nazir Jessa
• 2009: Cynthia Mary Gresham
• 2010: Daniel T C Hanbury
• 2011: A.M.Slack