The office of High Sheriff

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...

 is over 1000 years old, with its establishment before the Norman Conquest. The Office of High Sheriff remained first in precedence in the counties until the reign of Edward VII

Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...

 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.

The office of High Sheriff of Greater London was created in 1965 and covers the ceremonial county

Ceremonial counties of England

The ceremonial counties are areas of England to which are appointed a Lord Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as counties and areas for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Act 1997 with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England and Lieutenancies Act 1997...

 of Greater London

Greater London

Greater London is the top-level administrative division of England covering London. It was created in 1965 and spans the City of London, including Middle Temple and Inner Temple, and the 32 London boroughs. This territory is coterminate with the London Government Office Region and the London...

 and does not cover the City of London

City of London

The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...

, which has its own two Sheriffs

Sheriffs of the City of London

There are two Sheriffs of the City of London. The sheriffs are elected annually by the Liverymen of the Livery Companies, and it is a requirement for a Lord Mayor of the City of London to previously have served as a Sheriff. Sheriffs have only nominal duties now, but previously had large judicial...

.

Officeholders

• 1965: Major Charles Howard Kerridge Fisher, M.C., of Acton, London W.3 First High Sheriff of Greater London
• 1966: Sir Geoffrey Cecil Ryves Eley, Kt, C.B.E., of Holland Villas Road, London
• 1967: Sir Theodore Constantine, Kt, C.B.E., of Hunters Beck, Uxbridge Road, Stanmore.
• 1968: Seymour John Louis Egerton, of Eaton Square, London S.W.1.
• 1969: Leonard John Sparke, of Bury Street, Ruislip
• 1970: Sir John Blumenfeld Elliot, Kt. of London, W.1
• 1971: William Woolf Harris, O.B.E., of Bickenhall Mansions, Gloucester Place, W.1.
• 1972: Derrick Allix Pease, of Britten Street, S.W.3.
• 1973: Arthur Henry Edmond, of Northwood, Middlesex
• 1974: Kenneth Herbert Chapman, of Wentworth, Surrey
• 1975: Mark Baring, Esq., C.V.O., of Thurloe Square, London S.W.7.
• 1976: Alexander William Ramsay, of Caroline Place, London W.2.
• 1977: Lieut-Colonel Dennis Charles Titchener-Barrett, T.D., of Kingfisher House, Lord Napier House,Upper Mall, London W.6

• 1978: Commodore Charles Patrick Cay Noble, C.B.E., D.S.C., V.R.D., R.N.R., of Gerald Road, London S.W.1
• 1979: Peter Wyatt Kininmonth, of Ashley Court, Morpeth Terrace, London S.W.1
• 1980: Christopher Anthony Prendergast
• 1981: Roy Constantine, of Grove Park Terrace, London W.4.
• 1982: Simon Birch, of Regents Park
• 1983: Ronald Thomas Stewart Macpherson CBE MC TD DL
• 1988: Richard Maddock Brew CBE of Cranley Mews, South Kensington, London SW7
• 1995: Graham James Hearne, Esq., C.B.E., of London N.W.3
• 1996: Sir Cyril Julian Hebden Taylor, of Lexham Walk, London W.8.
• 1997: William Robert Harrison, of Carlyle Square, London SW3.
• 1998:
• 2004: Frances Anne Cairncross
  Frances Cairncross
  Frances Anne Cairncross CBE is a British economist, journalist and academic.Cairncross read Modern History at St Anne's College, Oxford, graduating in 1965, and holds an MA in Economics from Brown University, Rhode Island....
  
   CBE, Canonbury Lane, London
• 2005: Andrew Everard Martin Smith
• 2006: Dr Khalid Hameed
  Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed
  Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed, CBE DL, is currently the Chairman of Alpha Hospital Group, as well as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the London International Hospital. Prior to this, he was the Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer of the Cromwell Hospital in London. He hails from...
  
  , CBE
• 2007: Jan Stephen Pethick
• 2008: Lady Vallance of Tummel
• 2009: Andrew Vladimir Rhydwen Morgan
• 2010:
• 2011: