High Sheriff of Oxfordshire

The High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times. The word Sheriff evolved from 'shire-reeve'.

The title of High Sheriff is therefore much older than the other crown appointment, the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, which came about after 1545. Between 1248 and 1566 Berkshire and Oxfordshire formed a joint shrievalty (apart from a brief period in 1258/9). See High Sheriff of Berkshire.

Contents

List of High Sheriffs of Oxfordshire

12th century

13th century

1248–1566

See High Sheriff of Berkshire

1567–1699

  • 1567 Richard Fines
  • 1568 Humphrey Ashfield
  • 1569 William Taverner
  • 1570 Thomas Gibbons
  • 1571 Richard Waynmam
  • 1572 John Danvers
  • 1573 Henry Rainford
  • 1574 William Babington
  • 1575 Michael Molyns
  • 1576 Robert D'Oyly of Merton and John Coop
  • 1577 William Hawtrey
  • 1578 Richard Corbet
  • 1579 Edmund Bray
  • 1580 Richard Huddleston
  • 1581 Thomas Denton
  • 1582 Sir Anthony Cope, 1st Baronet of Hanwell
  • 1583 Richard Fines
  • 1584 On. Oglethorpe
  • 1585–1586 John D'Oyly of Merton
  • 1587 Michael Blount of Mappleduram
  • 1588 John Danvers
  • 1589 William Clarke
  • 1590 William Spencer
  • 1591 Sir Anthony Cope, 1st Baronet
  • 1592 Robert Chamblayn
  • 1593 Francis Stonard
  • 1594 Richard Fiennes, 7th Baron Saye and Sele [4]
  • 1595 Oni. Oglethorpe
  • 1596 William Freer of Water Eaton
  • 1597 George Broome
  • 1598 Michael Blount
  • 1599 Francis Curson
  • 1600 William Greene
  • 1601 William Pope
  • 1602 Richard Farmer
  • 1603 Sir Anthony Cope, 1st Baronet
  • 1604 Sir George Tipping
  • 1605 James Harington
  • 1606 Sir Thomas Temple
  • 1607 Roland Lacy
  • 1608 Henry Sambourne
  • 1609 Michael Dormer
  • 1610 Benedict Winchcombe
  • 1611 Thomas Moyle
  • 1612 William Clerke
  • 1613 Henry Lee
  • 1614 Edward Dunch
  • 1615 Thomas Read
  • 1616 Thomas Spencer
  • 1617 John Curson
  • 1618 Edward Fenner
  • 1619 Sir William Cope
  • 1620 Sir Richard Baker
  • 1621 Francis Stonor [4]
  • 1622 Rowland Lacy
  • 1623 William Aishcombe
  • 1624 Walter Dunch
  • 1625 Richard Blount
  • 1626 Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace of Hurley, Berkshire and Cope Doyley
  • 1627 Richard Wenman, 1st Viscount Wenman
  • 1628 Robert Dormer
  • 1629 William Cobb
  • 1630 John Lacy
  • 1631 John Harbourne
  • 1632 Thomas Coghill
  • 1633 John Mellor
  • 1634 Peter Wentworth
  • 1635 Sir Francis Norris
  • 1636 William Walter
  • 1637 Sir Thomas Peniston
  • 1638 John D'Oyly
  • 1639 Rad. Warcoppe
  • 1640 Richard Libb
  • 1641 Thomas Tippin
  • 1642
  • 1643 Thomas Chamberlayne, 1st Baronet [4]
  • 1648 Chamberlein of Bishops Land [5]
  • 1654 Charnwell Pettie [6]
  • 1666 Thomas Wheate of Glimston [7]
  • 1667 Edmund Dunch [4]
  • 1670 Sir Samuel Jones [8]
  • 1672 John Lenthall (politician)
  • 1675 William Wright [9]
  • 1678 J. Parsons of Nether Worston [10]
  • 1683 Robert Dashwood, 1st Baronet [4]
  • 1696 Sir Thomas Wheate, 1st Baronet
  • 1699 Thomas Cartwright of Aynho Park

18th century

19th century

  • 1801: George Clarke
  • 1802: Isaac Manley
  • 1830: Richard Weyland, of Woodeaton[37]
  • 1831: Sir Henry Lambert, 5th Baronet, of Aston[38]
  • 1832: Michael Henry Blount of Maple, Durham[39]
  • 1833: Sir George Dashwood, 4th Baronet, of Kirtlington Park[40]
  • 1834: William Francis Lowndes-Stone, of Brightwell House[41]
  • 1835: John Fane, of Wormsley[42]
  • 1836: Thomas Stonor, of Stonor[43]
  • 1837: Philip Thomas Herbert Wykeham, of Tythrop House[44]
  • 1838: William Peere Williams-Freeman, of Fawley Court[45]
  • 1839: John Harrison Slater Harrison, of Shelswell[46]
  • 1840: Hugh Hamersley, of Great Haseley House[47]
  • 1841: John Loveday, of Williamscote[48]
  • 1842: John Shawe Phillips, of Culham House[49]
  • 1843: William Henry Vanderstegen, of Cane End House[50]
  • 1844: Walter Strickland, of Cokethorpe Park[51]
  • 1845: John Sidney North, of Wroxton Abbey[52]
  • 1846: Mortimer Ricardo, of Kiddington[53]
  • 1847: Henry Baskerville, of Crowsley Park, Henley-on-Thames[54]
  • 1848: Matthew Piers Watt Boulton, of Great Tew[55]
  • 1849: Samuel Weare Gardiner, of Coombe Lodge, Whitchurch[56]
  • 1850: Henry Hall, of Barton[57]
  • 1851: John Brown, of Kingston Blount[58]
  • 1852: John Henry Ashhurst, of Waterstock[59][60]
  • 1853: James Morrell Jr., of Oxford[61]
  • 1854: John William Fane, of Wormsley[62]
  • 1855: Benjamin John Whippy, of Lee Place, Charlbury[63]
  • 1856: William Evetts, of Tackley Park[64]
  • 1857: Charles Dillon, 14th Viscount Dillon, of Dytchley[65]
  • 1858: Henry Lomax Gaskell, of Kiddington Hall[66]
  • 1859: George Gammie, of Shotover House[67]
  • 1860: John Fowden Hodges, of Bolney Court[68]
  • 1861: Henry Birch Reynardson, of Adwell[69]
  • 1862: Edward Mackenzie, of Fawley Court[70]
  • 1863: Thomas Taylor, of Aston House[71]
  • 1864: George Glen, of Stratton Audley Park[72]
  • 1865: William Melliar Foster-Melliar, of North Aston[73]
  • 1866: Sir Henry William Dashwood, of Kirtlington Park, Baronet [74]
  • 1867: Alexander William Hall[75]
  • 1868: William Earle Biscoe, of Holton Park [76]
  • 1869: James Mason of Eynsham Hall[77]
  • 1870: John Weyland of Woodeaton[78]
  • 1871: Sir Algernon William Peyton, 4th Bt. of Swifts House, Stoke Lyne near Bicester [79]
  • 1872: Charles Sartoris of Wilcote House[80]
  • 1873: William Dalziel Mackenzie, of Gillotts[81]
  • 1874: Arthur, Viscount Valentia, of Bletchingdon Park [82]
  • 1875: Edward William Vernon Harcourt, of Nuneham Park [83]
  • 1876: Holford Cotton Risley, of Deddington [84]
  • 1877: Arthur Henry Clerke Brown, of Kingston Blount [85]
  • 1878: Albert Brassey, of Heythrop Park[86]
  • 1879: William Fanning, of Bozedown, Whitchurch[87]
  • 1880: Lieutenant – Colonel James Miller, of Shotover House [88]
  • 1881: Major – General Sir Thomas Peyton, of Swift's House, 5th Baronet[89]
  • 1882: Edward Slater Harrison, of Shelswell Park [90]
  • 1883: William Henry Fox, of Bradwell Grove [91]
  • 1884: Wenman Aubrey Wykeham-Musgrove, of Thame Park[92]
  • 1885: George Herbert Morrell, of Headington Hill Hall [93]
  • 1886: Sir Francis George Stapleton, of Grey's Court, 8th Baronet [94]
  • 1887: Philip James Digby Wykeham,of Tythrop House [95]
  • 1888: John Darell Blount, of Mapledurham House [96]
  • 1889: William Mewburn, of Wykham Park [97]
  • 1890: John Foster, of Combe Park [98]
  • 1891: William Henry Ashhurst, of Waterstock[99]
  • 1892: Cecil D'Aguilar Samuda, of Shipton Court [100]
  • 1893: Charles Twysden Hoare, of Bignell, Bicester [101]
  • 1894: Alexander Casper Fraser, of Mongewell [102]
  • 1895: Richard Ovey, of Badgemore, Henley-on-Thames [103]
  • 1896: Sir Algernon Francis Peyton, of Swift's House, Bicester, 6th Baronet [104]
  • 1897: Aubrey Harcourt, of Nuneham Park [105]
  • 1898: Lieutenant – Colonel George Gosling, of Stratton Audley Park [106]
  • 1889:John Frederick Starkey, of Borticote House,[107]

20th century

  • 1900: Robert Hichens Camden Harrison, of Shiplake Court[108]
  • 1901: Henry Clerke Brown, of Kingston Blount[109]
  • 1902: Captain Charles Walter Cottrell-Dormer, of Rousham Park[110]
  • 1903: Sir George John Egerton Dashwood, Bt., of Kirtlington Park[111]
  • 1904: James Walker Larnach, of Adderbury House[112]
  • 1905: Leonard Noble, of Harpsden Court[113]
  • 1906: George Talfourd Inman, of Highmoor Hall[114]
  • 1907: Leigh Hoskyns, of Cotefield[115]
  • 1908: Vernon James Watney, of Cornbury Park[116]
  • 1909: Robert Fleming, of Joyce Grove, Nettlebed[117]
  • 1910: William Frederick Pepper, of Shipton Court[118]
  • 1911: Sir Paul Augustine Makins, Bt. of Chilterns End, Henley-on-Thames[119]
  • 1912: Edward Ferguson Chance, of Sandford Park[120]
  • 1913: William John Birch Reynardson, of Adwell House, Tetsworth[121]
  • 1914: John Norman Hardcastle, of Broughton Hall[122]
  • 1915: John Wormald, of Springs, North Stoke[123]
  • 1916: Colonel James Hoole, of The Manor House, Headington, Oxford[124]
  • 1917: Arthur Henry Renshaw, of Watlington Park[125]
  • 1918: Frederick Gelderd-Somervell, of Haseley Manor[126]
  • 1919: George Merrick Fowler, of Horspath Manor, Oxford[127]
  • 1920: Edmund Charles Sawver, of Little Milton Manor[128]
  • 1921: Ernest Samuelson, of Bodicote Grange, Banbury[129]
  • 1922: Stephen Montagu Burrows, CIE, of 9, Norham Gardens, Oxford[130]
  • 1923: Francis Durrant Hunt, of The Lodge, Stanton Harcourt[131]
  • 1924: George Boscawen Randolph, OBE, of Steeple Aston[132]
  • 1925: Charles Vincent Sale, of Aston Rowant House[133]
  • 1926: John Graeme Thomson, of Shipton Court, Shipton-under-Wychwood[134]
  • 1927: Lieut.-Col. Richard Lockhart Ovey, DSO, of Hernes, Henley-on-Thames[135]
  • 1928: Capt. Sir Algernon Thomas Peyton, 7th Bt., of Swifts House, Stoke Lyne, near Bicester[136]
  • 1929: Lieut.-Col. Cecil Francis Heyworth-Savage, OBE, of Bradwell Grove, Burford, Oxford[137]
  • 1930: James Herbert Morrell, of Headington Hill, Oxford[138]
  • 1931: Major Arthur Henry Dillon, TD, of Barton Lodge, Steeple Aston, Oxford[139]
  • 1932: Lieut.-Col. Sir Francis Kennedy McClean, Kt, AFC, of Huntercombe Place, Henley-on-Thames[140]
  • 1933: Major George Edward Gosling, MC, of Stratton Audley Park, Bicester[141]
  • 1934: Lieut.-Col. Mervyn Edward George Rhys Wingfield, of Barrington Park, Burford[142]
  • 1935: Capt. The Hon. Bertram Thomas Carlyle Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, DSO, RN,(later 3rd Baron Redesdale) of Westwell, Burford[143]
  • 1936: Major George Cecil Whitaker, of Britwell House, Watlington[144]
  • 1937: Oliver Vernon Watney, of Cornbury Park, Charlbury[145]
  • 1938: Major Percy Henry Guy Feilden, of Cokethorpe, Witney[146]
  • 1939: Lieut.-Col Henry Everard Du Cane Norris, of Cross Hill, Adderbury, Banbury[147]
  • 1940: Frederick Edward Withington, of Fringford Lodge, Bicester[148]
  • 1941: Major George Cecil Whitaker, of Britwell House, Watlington, Oxford[149]
  • 1942: Bertram Edward Dunbar Kilburn, of Ledwell House, Sandford St. Martin, Oxford[150]
  • 1943: Sir Sothern Holland, Bt., of Westwell Manor, Burford, Oxfordshire[151]
  • 1944: Henry Mark Beaufoy, of Hill House, Steeple Aston[152]
  • 1945: The Hon. Randal Hugh Vivian Smith, of Tusmore Park, Bicester[153]
  • 1946: Ellis Haldane Chinnery, of Fringford House, Bicester[154]
  • 1947: Captain Thomas Miller, of Icknield House, Goring-on-Thames[155]
  • 1948: Sir William Macnamara Goodenough, Bt., of Filkins Hall, Lechlade, Gloucs.[156]
  • 1949: Captain Duncan Mackinnon, of Swinbrook House, Burford[157]
  • 1950: Brevet-Colonel Morys Lancelot Lloyd-Mostyn, of Old Rectory, Hethe, Bicester[158]
  • 1951: Michael Henry Mason, of Scott's House, Eynsham Park, Witney[159]
  • 1952: Lieut-Colonel Robert Peter Fleming, OBE, of Merrimoles House, Nettlebed, Henley-on-Thames[160]
  • 1953: Doctor Arthur Quinton Wells, of Shipton Manor, Kidlington, Oxford[161]
  • 1954: Major Harold George Morrell, of King's End House, Bicester[162]
  • 1955: Major Alexander Alfred Miller, of Shotover House, Wheatley[163]
  • 1956: Colonel Hugh John Cochrane Ducat-Hamersley, of Pyrton Manor, Watlington[164]
  • 1957: Brevet Colonel John Thomson, TD, of Woodperry, Stanton St. John, Oxford[165]
  • 1958: Lieut-Colonel Henry Thomas Birch Reynardson, CMG, of Adwell House, Tetsworth,[166]
  • 1959: Lieut-Colonel Aubrey Vere Spencer, DSO, of Wheatfield- Park, Tetsworth[167]
  • 1960: Colonel Herbert William James Morrell, OBE, MC, of Carphill, Sandford St. Martin[168]
  • 1961: Hugh David Hamilton Wills, MBE, of Sandford Park, Sandford St. Martin, Oxford[169]
  • 1962: John Heyworth, of Bradwdl Grove, Burford[170]
  • 1963: Lieut.-Colonel Anthony Donndthorne Taylor, DSO, MC, of North Aston Manor, Oxford[171]
  • 1964: John Barkley Schuster, TD, of Manor Farm, Nether Worton, Middle Barton[172]
  • 1965: Richard Alan Budgett, of Portway House, Kirtlington[173]
  • 1966: Lieut.-Colonel John Edward Stanes Chamberlayne, of The Elm, Chipping Norton[174]
  • 1967: Captain Charles Raymond Radclyffe, of Lew, Oxford[175]
  • 1968: Major Robert Arnold Paul Butler, TD, of Lower Farm, Ramsden, Oxford[176]
  • 1969: Major Benjamin George Barnett, MBE, TD, of Swifts House, near Bicester[177]
  • 1970: Henry Miles Gosling, of Stratton Audley Park, Bicester[178]
  • 1971: Major-General Sir Randle Guy Feilden, KCVO, CB, CBE, of Old Manor House, Minster Lovell[179]
  • 1972: Major John Francis Ballard, of Over Worton House, Middle Barton[180]
  • 1973: Major Peter Henry Parker, of The Hays, Ramsden[181]
  • 1974: William Robert Ashley Birch Reynardson, of Adwell House, Tetsworth[182]
  • 1975: John Ernest Harley Collins, MBE, DSC, of Tusmore Park, Bicester[183]
  • 1976: Major Alastair Giles Mann, MBE, of Wheatfield House, Tetsworth, Oxford[184]
  • 1977: John Coppleston Luther Fane, of Wormsley Park, Watlington[185]
  • 1978: William Archibald Ottley Juxon Bell, of Cottisford House, near Bicester[186]
  • 1979: The Hon. Charles Evelyn Cecil, of Wilcote House, Charlbury[187]
  • 1980: Robin Fleming, of Church Farm, Steeple Barton[188]
  • 1981: Colonel Thomas Armitage Hall, OBE, of Chiselhampton House, Stadhampton[189]
  • 1982: Ian Weston Smith, of The Old Rectory, Hinton Waldrist, Faringdon[190]
  • 1983: Sir Mark Annesley Norman, Bt., of Wilcote Manor, Charlbury[191]
  • 1984: Isabella Juliet Hutchinson, of Sarsden Glebe, Churchill.[192]
  • 1985: Alan Tyser, Esq, of West Hanney House, Wantage [193]
  • 1986: Charles John Swallow, of Manor Barn House, Wendlebury, Bicester[194]
  • 1987: Frederick Roger Goodenough, of Broadwell Manor, Lechlade, Gloucs.[195]
  • 1988: Hugo Laurence Joseph Brunner, of 26 Norham Road, Oxford[196]
  • 1989: Charles George Archibald Parker, of The White House, Nuffield[197]
  • 1990: Crispin Gascoigne, of The Manor House, Stanton Harcourt, Oxford[198]
  • 1991: Julian Blackwell, of Osse Field, Appleton, near Abingdon.[199]
  • 1992: John Joseph Eyston, of Mapledurham House, near Reading, Berkshire[200]
  • 1993: Sir David Black, Bt.[201]
  • 1994: David Peter Mason, of Scott's House, Eynsham Park, Witney[202]
  • 1995: John Stuart Bridgeman, of Eastgate House, Hornton, Banbury[203]
  • 1996: Malcolm Ralph Cochrane, of Grove Farmhouse, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Chipping Norton[204]
  • 1997: Lady French, The Old Vicarage, Ipsden[205]
  • 1998: Richard Ovey, Hernes, Rotherfield Greys
  • 1999: Andrew James Feilden, The Old Manor House, Minster Lovell, near Witney

21st century

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