High Sheriff of Devon
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The High Sheriff of Devon is the Queen's representative for the County of Devon, a territory known as his bailiwick. Selected from three nominated people, he holds his office over the duration of a year. He has judicial, ceremonial and administrative functions and executes High Court Writs.
[edit] History
The office of High Sheriff is the oldest under the crown. It is over 1000 years old, with its establishment before the Norman Conquest. It 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.
[edit] High Sheriffs of Devon
- John Bulteel[1]
- William Coffin
- John Doidge
- Richard Duke
- 1359: William Atte Yeo
- 1483: William Courtenay[1]
- 1560: Richard Hilliard
- 1578: Edward Bridgeman[2]
- 1608: John Akeland[1]
- 1612: Sir Thomas Wise
- 1629–1630 Sir Henry Rosewell
- c1675: John Arscott Esq ( Died In Office 25/09/1675)
- 1701–1702 Sir John Rogers, 1st Baronet[1]
- 1747 Thomas Benson[3]
- 1749: Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet[1]
- 1753–1754: Sir John Chichester, 5th Baronet [1]
- 1755–1756 Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet[1]
- 1788–1789: Sir John Chichester, 6th Baronet [1]
- 1799: Robert Lydston Newcombe
- 1813: Richard Hippisley-Tuckfields
- 1816–1817: Sir Arthur Chichester, 7th Baronet [1]
- 1844: Henry Cartwright, of Ford House[4]
- 1859–1860: John Henry Hippisley-Tuckfields
- 1860: William Arundell Yeo
- 1866: Sir John Kennaway, 2nd Baronet[5]
- 1898: Charles Cave[1]
- 1903: Sir Charles Dyke Acland, 12th Baronet[1]
- 1916: Sir Ernest Cable[1]
- 1926: Sir Charles Cave, 2nd Baronet[1]
- Sir Dennis Stucley, Baronet
- 1958: Brigadier Sir Ralph Rayner, of Ashcombe Tower[6]
- 1961: Peter Acland[1]
- 1962: Richard Douglas Davis Birdwood[1]
- 1969: Sir Charles Cave, 4th Baronet[1]
- Sir Simon Day
- 1974: John Pine-Coffin
- 1980: Captain William Grenville Peek, of Hazelwood[7]
- 1997: Noel Page-Turner
- 2000: Major Ranulf Courtauld Rayner, of Ashcombe Tower[8]
- 2006: Sir Hugh George Coplestone Bampfylde Stucley, Baronet[9]
- 2007: Anthony John Bramble Mildmay-White[10]
- 2008: Lady Clifford of Chudleigh[11] (wife of Thomas Clifford, 14th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p thePeerage. Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
- ^ Leonard Jacks (1881). The Great Houses of Nottinghamshire and the County Families. Retrieved on 2006-11-30.
- ^ Lundy history. Pete Robsons Lundy site. Retrieved on 2007-09-06.
- ^ Sheriffs for the Year 1844 in The Annual Register for 1844, p. 160, online at books.google.com (accessed 26 January 2008)
- ^ Google books. Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 41340, page 1779, 18 March 1958. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 48134, page 4412, 21 March 1980.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 55792, page 2987, 16 March 2000. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 57921, page 3375, 9 March 2006. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 58266, page 3313, 7 March 2007. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 58639, pages 3947–3948, 13 March 2008. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
