High Sheriff of Bristol
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This is a list of High Sheriff
s of the County of City of Bristol, England.
The office of High Sheriff is over 1000 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 been a city with county status since medieval times (1373). The Lord Mayor and one or sometimes two sheriffs served the city and county as part of its civic governance. The county was expanded to include suburbs such as Clifton in 1835, and it was named a county borough in 1889, when the term was first introduced. However, on 1 April 1974 it became a part of the local government county of Avon. On 1 April 1996 Avon was abolished, allowing Bristol to regain its independence and county status and became a unitary authority with the royal appointments of Lord Lieutenant and High Sheriff.
In nomination as prospective High Sheriffs:
High Sheriff
A high sheriff is, or was, a law enforcement officer in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.In England and Wales, the office is unpaid and partly ceremonial, appointed by the Crown through a warrant from the Privy Council. In Cornwall, the High Sheriff is appointed by the Duke of...
s of the County of City of Bristol, England.
The office of High Sheriff is over 1000 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 been a city with county status since medieval times (1373). The Lord Mayor and one or sometimes two sheriffs served the city and county as part of its civic governance. The county was expanded to include suburbs such as Clifton in 1835, and it was named a county borough in 1889, when the term was first introduced. However, on 1 April 1974 it became a part of the local government county of Avon. On 1 April 1996 Avon was abolished, allowing Bristol to regain its independence and county status and became a unitary authority with the royal appointments of Lord Lieutenant and High Sheriff.
Reign of Queen Elizabeth II
- 1996–1997: George Robin Paget FergusonGeorge Ferguson (architect)George Robin Paget Ferguson, CBE, PPRIBA, RWA is a British architect, who has made a significant contribution to architecture, town planning and design in the South West of England and Europe....
- 1997–1998: Richard Appleby Lalonde
- 1998–1999: Edwin Howard Webber
- 1999–2000: John Richard Pool
- 2000–2001: Dr Charles St. John Hartnell
- 2001–2002: Dr Malcolm Joseph Campbell
- 2002–2003: John Christopher Savage
- 2003–2004: Helen Mary Thornhill
- 2004–2005: Valerie, Lady Kingman
- 2005–2006: Roger Neale Baird
- 2006–2007: Richard Alan Lee MA (Cantab) RIBARibaRiba means one of the senses of "usury" . Riba is forbidden in Islamic economic jurisprudence fiqh and considered as a major sin...
- 2007–2008: William Howard Robert Durie
- 2008–2009: Professor Richard Hodder-Williams
- 2009–2010: Timothy Lachlan Chambers OBE JP FRCP
- 2010–2011: Lois Patricia (Peaches) GoldingPeaches GoldingLois Patricia Golding, OBE, commonly known as Peaches Golding was born on 13 December 1953, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In 2010 she became the first female Afro-American High Sheriff of Bristol...
OBE - 2011–2012: Dr John Cottrell
In nomination as prospective High Sheriffs:
- Andrew Nisbet
- Dr Shaheen Shahzadi Chaudhry JP
- Michael Bothamley