High Sheriff of Denbighshire

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The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High 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. The High Sheriff changes every March.

[edit] List of High Sheriffs

• 1834: Francis Richard Price, of Bryn-y-Pys^[1]

• 1840: Townshend Mainwaring, of Marchweil-Hall^[2]
• 1841: Henry Ellis Boates, of Rose-Hill^[3]
• 1842: Thomas Molyneux Williams, of Penbedw-Hall^[4]
• 1843: John Townshend, of Trevallyn^[5]

• 1945: Sir Edmund Ivens Spriggs KCVO, of Plas-yn-Dre^[6]
• 1946: Wilfred John Heaton, of Plas Heaton^[7]
• 1947: Lionel Peckover Burrill, of Ty Côch^[8]
• 1948: Sir Watkin Williams-Wynne, 8th Baronet, of Belan^[9]
• 1949: Lt-Col. John Charles Wynne-Finch MC, of Voelas^[10]
• 1950: Charles Melville McLaren, of Bodnant^[11]
• 1951: Lt-Col. Ririd Myddelton MVO, of Chirk Castle^[12]
• 1952: John Francis McLaren, of Old Bodnod^[13]
• 1953: Capt. John Oliver Burton, of Broadleys^[14]

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