High Sheriff of Bedfordshire

This is a list of High Sheriffs of Bedfordshire.

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Pre-Conquest

Tempore Regis Eduardi: Godric, Ralph Talgebose

1066–1125

From 1125 through the end of 1575, appointees to the shrievalty held the joint office of High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

1575–1599

  • 15 November 1575: George Rotherham
  • 13 November 1576: John Barnardiston
  • 27 November 1577: George Kensham
  • 17 November 1578: John Spencer
  • 23 November 1579: Nicholas Luke
  • 21 November 1580: Henry Butler
  • 27 November 1581: John Thomson
  • 5 December 1582: Richard Conqueste (1st term)
  • 25 November 1583: Lewis Dyve
  • 19 November 1584: John Rowe
  • 29 August 1585: Richard Charnocke (1st term)
  • 22 November 1585: Oliver St John
  • 14 November 1586: Richard Charnocke (2nd term)
  • 4 December 1587: William Butler
  • 29 November 1588: Ralph Astrye
  • 24 November 1589: Oliver St John, of Stanfordburgh
  • 24 November 1590: George Rotherham
  • 25 November 1591: Christopher Hoddesdon
  • 16 November 1592: William Duncombe
  • 26 November 1593: Nicholas Luke
  • 21 November 1594: John Dive
  • 27 November 1595: William Gostwick
  • 22 November 1596: Richard Conqueste (2nd term)
  • 25 November 1597: Thomas Cheyney
  • 28 November 1598: Edward Radclyffe
  • 2 December 1599: William Butler, of Biddenham

1600–1699

  • 24 November 1600: Sir John Crofte
  • 2 December 1601: Richard Charnock (3rd term)
  • 7 December 1602: George Francklin
  • 1 December 1603: Sir John Dyve
  • 5 November 1604: John Lee
  • 2 February 1606: Sir Edwin Sandys
  • 17 November 1606: Sir Francis Anderson
  • 9 November 1607: Sir Thomas Snagge
  • 12 November 1608: Edmund Mordaunt
  • 1609: Thomas Austell
  • 6 November 1610: Sir Francis Ventris
  • 1611: Sir Robert Sandy, 1st Baronet
  • 1612: William Becher
  • 1613: Richard Saunders
  • 1614: Sir Edward Duncombe
  • 6 November 1615: Sir William Plomer
  • 11 November 1616: Roger Burgoyne
  • 6 November 1617: Sir Oliver Luke
  • 9 November 1618: Sir Edmund Conquest
  • 1619: George Skeynsham
  • 6 November 1620: Sir Francis Staunton
  • 1621: William Briars
  • 7 November 1622: William Hawkins
  • 1623: Sir Francis Clarke
  • 1624: Matthew Denton
  • 1625: John Wingate
  • 1626: Sir Edward Gostwicke
  • 6 November 1627: John Moore, of Layton
  • 1628: Sir Anthony Chester, 1st Baronet
  • 1629: Michael Grigge
  • 7 November 1630: William Cater
  • 1631: Edmund Anderson
  • 1632: James Beverley
  • 10 November 1633: Onslow Winch
  • 5 November 1634: Humphrey Monoux
  • 1635: Richard Gearye
  • 3 October 1636: Henry Chester
  • 30 September 1637: John Charnock
  • 9 October 1637: William Boteler, of Biddenham
  • 4 November 1638: William Plomer
  • 1639: Richard Child
  • 1640: John Burgoyne
  • 1641: Sir Thomas Alston, 1st Baronet
  • 30 December 1643: William Duncombe, of Battlesden
  • 20 January 1644: Humphrey Fishe
  • 2 December 1644: Nicholas Denton[1]
  • 6 February 1647: Thomas Daniell
  • 9 March 1647: Matthias Tailor
  • 29 November 1647: William Allen
  • 23 November 1648: William Duncombe
  • 7 November 1649: Robert Lovett
  • 7 November 1650: Sir William Bryers
  • 4 November 1651: Thomas Bromsall
  • 12 November 1652: John Huxley
  • 10 November 1653: Henry Pigott
  • 1654: Robert Stanton
  • 1655: John Welles
  • 1657: Owen Bromsall
  • 5 November 1660: Edmund Wilde, of Howton
  • 1661: Sir Roger Burgoyne, 2nd Baronet
  • 1662: Francis Wingate
  • 1663: George Wyan
  • 1664: Sir Edward Cater
  • 12 November 1665: Thomas Snagge[2]
  • 7 November 1666: Sir John Huxley[3]
  • 6 November 1667: Sir Henry Massingberd, 1st Baronet[4]
  • 6 November 1668: Sir Ralph Bovey, 1st Baronet[5]
  • 25 November 1668: De Lawney[6]
  • 9 December 1668: Sir Thomas Brounsell, of Biggleswade[7]
  • 11 November 1669: Sir Ralph Bovey, 1st Baronet[8]
  • 3 November 1670: Richard Wagstaffe[9]
  • 9 November 1671: Henry Brandreth[10]
  • 11 November 1672: Thomas Bromsall, of Blunham[11]
  • 12 November 1673: Matthew Denis[12]
  • 5 November 1674: Robert Bell[13]
  • 15 November 1675: Samuel Reynardson
  • 1675: Francis Dodsworth
  • 10 November 1676: Thomas Arnold, of Ampthill
  • 15 November 1677: Samuel Reynardson [14]
  • 14 November 1678: Thomas Snagge
  • 13 November 1679: Sir William Gostwick, 4th Baronet
  • 4 November 1680: Villiers Chernock
  • 10 November 1681: George Abbott
  • 13 November 1682: Sir James Astrey
  • 12 November 1683: William Daniel
  • 20 November 1684: Humphrey Fish
  • 30 November 1685: Thomas Halpenny
  • 25 November 1686: John Crosse
  • 5 December 1687: John Wagstaffe
  • 8 November 1688: Ralph Bromsall
  • 25 November 1689: Samuel Cater
  • 27 November 1690: William Boteler
  • 14 December 1691: John Neale
  • 17 November 1692: John de la Fontaine
  • 28 November 1692: Sir Samuel Thompson
  • 16 November 1693: John Eston
  • 6 December 1694: Sir Stephen Anderson, 1st Baronet
  • 20 December 1694: Sir William Massingberd, 2nd Baronet
  • 5 December 1695: William Millard
  • 3 December 1696: Robert Bell
  • 16 December 1697: Sir John Burgoyne
  • 30 December 1697: John Hinde
  • 21 January 1698: John Spencer
  • 22 December 1698: John de la Fontaine
  • 20 November 1699: Sir John Burgoyne, 3rd Baronet

1700–1799

  • 28 November 1700: William Hillersden
  • 1 January 1702: Maurice Abbott
  • 12 January 1702: Thomas Bromsall
  • 19 January 1702: Thomas Bromsall, of Broxton
  • 3 December 1702: Sir Pynsent Chernock, 3rd Baronet
  • 14 December 1702: Thomas Johnson
  • 2 December 1703: Samuel Ongley
  • 21 December 1704: Edward Duncombe
  • 3 December 1705: Edward Snagg
  • 14 November 1706: John Huxley
  • 20 November 1707: Morgan Hinde
  • 18 December 1707: John Clarke
  • 29 November 1708: John Wright
  • 1 December 1709: William Chew
  • 24 November 1710: Ralph Brumsell
  • 14 June 1711: William Nicholls
  • 14 June 1711: John Harvey
  • 10 January 1712: Thomas Boswell, of Dean
  • 11 December 1712: John Vaux
  • 30 November 1713: Thomas Emerton
  • 14 November 1714: Thomas Bromsall
  • 22 November 1715: John Livesay
  • 12 November 1716: Sir Theophilus Napier, 5th Baronet
  • 21 December 1717: Sir William Smith
  • 21 December 1718: Nicholas Luke
  • 7 January 1720: Robert Hind
  • 3 January 1721: Richard Orlebar
  • 14 December 1721: Henry Brandreth
  • 11 December 1722: Robert Abbott
  • 7 January 1724: Thomas Aynscombe
  • 10 December 1724: Thomas Garth
  • 13 January 1726: Joseph Johnson
  • 29 November 1726: Theophilus Dillingham
  • 16 December 1727: William Coleman, of Cranfield
  • 18 December 1728: Benjamin Rhodes
  • December 1729: Sir John Napier, 6th Baronet
  • 14 December 1730: William Lamb
  • 9 December 1731: George Blundell
  • 14 December 1732: Henry Southouse, of Ravendon
  • 11 January 1733: Edmund Morgan, of Carrington
  • 20 December 1733: Hillersden Franks
  • 19 December 1734: Thomas Groome, of Dunstable
  • 18 December 1735: John Crawley
  • 19 January 1737: Francis Jessop, of Bedford
  • 12 January 1738: David Willaume, of Tingrith
  • 21 December 1738: Oliver Edwards, of Carrington
  • 27 December 1739: John Franklin, of Great Barford
  • 29 January 1741: John White, of Ewe Green
  • 31 December 1741: John Lawson the younger, of Barton
  • 19 January 1743: John Coppin, of Market Street
  • 7 February 1743: John Miller the younger, of Dunstable
  • 5 January 1744: Richard Brown, of Eggington
  • 2 February 1744: Andrew Crosse, of Westoning
  • 20 February 1744: Hammond Crosse
  • 10 January 1745: Richard Bell, of Bedford
  • 16 January 1746: Robert Ashwell, of Leighton Buzzard
  • 15 January 1747: William Gary, of Bushmead
  • 14 January 1748: John Hill, of Bedford
  • 11 January 1749: Thomas Crawley, of Dunstable
  • 17 January 1750: Thomas Cave, of Bedford
  • 6 December 1750: Harry Johnson, of Milton Bryan
  • 14 January 1752: Thomas Gilpin
  • 7 February 1753: Francis Herne, of Luton
  • 31 January 1754: David James, of Ampthill
  • 29 January 1755: Thomas Vaux, of Whipsnade
  • 27 January 1756: Thomas Smyth, of Streatley
  • 4 February 1757: John Capon, of Leighton Buzzard
  • 27 January 1758: William Cole, of Sundon
  • 2 February 1759: Dennis Farrer Hillersden, of Helvestow
  • 1 February 1760: Baker Coleman, of Cranfield
  • 28 January 1761: Robert Butcher, of Cople
  • 15 February 1762: Simon Taylor, of Woburn
  • 4 February 1763: Sir Philip Monoux, 5th Baronet, of Sandy
  • 10 February 1764: William Pym, of Hasell Hall
  • 1 February 1765: Richard Edwards, of Ardesley
  • 17 February 1766: Philip Field, of Barton
  • 13 February 1767: Charles Chester, of Tilsworth[15]
  • 15 January 1768: John Cater, of Kempston
  • 27 January 1769: William Farrer, of Kempston
  • 9 February 1770: John Franklin, of Northill
  • 6 February 1771: Charles Barnett, of Stratton
  • 17 February 1772: Sir Gillies Payne, 2nd Baronet, of Tempsford
  • 8 February 1773: John Howard, of Cardington
  • 7 February 1774: John Crawley, of Stockwood
  • 6 February 1775: George Paunceforth, of Ampthill
  • 5 February 1776: Christopher Tower, of Houghton Regis
  • 31 January 1777: John Sayer Weal Renal, of Eggington
  • 28 January 1778: John Beeches, of Hoobury
  • 1 February 1779: Sir Rowland Alston, 6th Baronet, of Odell
  • 2 February 1780: William Thornton Astell, of Everton
  • 5 February 1781: John Harvey, of Northill
  • 1 February 1782: Robert Thornton, of Moggerhanger
  • 10 February 1783: John Dilley, of Southill
  • 13 February 1784: William Goldsmith, of Strently
  • 7 February 1785: William Gibbard, of Sharnbrook[16]
  • 13 February 1786: Matthew Rugeley, of Potton [17]
  • 12 February 1787: Joseph Partridge, of Cranfield
  • 8 February 1788: William Lee-Antonie, of Colmworth
  • 29 April 1789: Samuel Boydon, of Milton Ernest[18]
  • 24 February 1790: James Metcalfe, of Roxton House
  • 4 February 1791: Francis Pym, of Hasell Hall [19]
  • 3 February 1792: Sir John Buchanan Riddell, 9th Baronet, of Sundon
  • 6 February 1793: Thomas Crosse, of Bramingham[20]
  • 5 February 1794: Edward Nicoll, of Studham
  • 11 February 1795: John Harvey, of Ickwell
  • 5 February 1796: George Brooks, of Flitwick
  • 1 February 1797: John Higgins the elder, of Turvey
  • 7 February 1798: John Fox, of Dean
  • 1 February 1799: Robert Trevor, of Flitwick

1800–1899

  • 5 February 1800: Sir John Everitt, of Westoning[21]
  • 11 February 1801: Stephen Raymond, of Potton[22]
  • 3 February 1802: John Higgins the younger, of Turvey[23]
  • 3 February 1803: Godfrey Thornton, of Moggerhanger[24]
  • 1 February 1804: George Edwards, of Henlow[25]
  • 6 February 1805: John Polhill, of Renholt[26]
  • 1 February 1806: William Long, of Kempston[27]
  • 4 February 1807: Sir Philip Monoux, 6th Baronet, of Sandy[28]
  • 3 February 1808: Richard Orlebar, of Puddington[29]
  • 6 February 1809: Robert Garstin, of Harrold[30]
  • 31 January 1810: Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, of Battlesden[31][32]
  • 8 February 1811: Joseph Howell, of Market Street[33]
  • 24 January 1812: John Cooper, of Toddington[34]
  • 10 February 1813: Richard Parkes, of Luton[35][36]
  • 4 February 1814: Stephen Thornton, of Moggerhanger[37]
  • 13 February 1815: Robert Hibbert, of East Hyde[38]
  • 12 February 1816: Henry Brandreth, of Houghton Regis
  • 12 February 1817: Samuel Crawley, of Stockwood
  • 24 January 1818: John Pedley, of Eaton Bray
  • 10 February 1819: Hon. Samuel Henley-Ongley, of Sandy
  • 12 February 1820: Sir John Burgoyne, 9th Baronet, of Sutton
  • 22 February 1820: Charles Barnett, of Stratton Park
  • 6 February 1821: John Thomas Brooks, of Flitwick
  • 4 February 1822: Peter Augustus Lautour, of Little Staughton
  • 31 January 1823: Thomas Charles Higgins, of Turvey
  • 31 January 1824: Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, of Milton Bryan
  • 2 February 1825: Samuel Bedford Edwards, of Arlesey
  • 30 January 1826: Robert Elliott, of Goldington
  • 5 February 1827: George Nigel Edwards, of Henlow
  • 13 February 1828: George Musgrave, of Shitlington
  • 11 February 1829: William Dodge Cooper Cooper, of Toddington
  • 2 February 1830: John Thomas Dawson, of Chapham[39]
  • 31 January 1831: Samuel Charles Whitbread, of Cardington[40]
  • 6 February 1832: Thomas Potter Macqueen, of Ridgmont[41]
  • 22 February 1832: Abram Edward Gregory, of Biggleswade.[42]
  • 4 February 1833: George Pearse, of Harlington[43]
  • 3 February 1834: Joseph Morris, of Ampthill[44]
  • 7 February 1835: Charles James Metcalfe, of Roxton[45]
  • 3 February 1836: Francis Green, of Bedford[46]
  • 28 January 1837: William Henry Whitbread, of Southill[47]
  • 1 February 1838: John Harvey, of Ickwell[48]
  • 4 February 1839: Levi Ames, of East Hyde[49]
  • 29 January 1840: William Frederick Brown, of Dunstable[50]
  • 5 February 1841: Arthur Macnamara, of Eaton Bray[51]
  • 2 February 1842: Robert Lindsell, of Fairfield House[52]
  • 1 February 1843: William Sutcliffe, of Great Bramingham[53]
  • 31 January 1844: George James Sullivan, of Leagrave[54]
  • 3 February 1845: William Bartholomew Higgins, of Turvey[55]
  • 30 January 1846: William Stuart, of Aldenham Priory[56]
  • 4 February 1847: Robert Newland, of Kempston[57]
  • 11 February 1848: Thomas Abbott Green, of Pavenham[58]
  • 13 February 1849: Humphrey Brandreth, of Houghton Regis[59]
  • 5 February 1850: Richard Thomas Gilpin, of Hockliffe Grange[60]
  • 11 February 1851: Charles Gillies Payne, of Blunham[61]
  • 2 February 1852: Sir John Burgoyne, 9th Baronet, of Sutton[62]
  • 7 February 1853: Henry Littledale, of Kempston Grange[63]
  • 30 January 1854: Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner, of Howbury Hall[64]
  • 8 February 1855: John Shaw Leigh, of Luton Hoo[65]
  • 30 January 1856: Talbot Barnard, of Kempston[66]
  • 2 February 1857: Sir George Robert Osborn, 6th Baronet, of Chicksands Priory[67]
  • 3 February 1858: John Sambrook Crawley, of Stockwood[68]
  • 2 February 1859: Richard Longuet Orlebar, of Hinwick House, Hinwick[69]
  • 23 January 1860: Charles Longuet Higgins, of Turvey Abbey[70]
  • 4 February 1861: Joseph Tucker, of Pavenham[71]
  • 5 February 1862: Crew Alston, of Odell[72]
  • 3 February 1863: Benjamin Helps Starey, of Milton Ernest Hall, Milton Ernest[73]
  • 3 February 1864: Robert Henry Lindsell, of Biggleswade[74]
  • 4 February 1865: Lionel Ames, of East Hyde[75]
  • 3 February 1866: Charles Livius Grimshawe, of Aspley Guise [76]
  • 2 February 1867: William Cooper Cooper, of Toddington [77]
  • 30 January 1868: Sir John Montagu Burgoyne, 10th Baronet, of Sutton [78]
  • 4 February 1869: Henry Francis Cockayne Cust, of Cockayne Hatley [79]
  • 5 February 1870: John Nathaniel Foster, of Sandy Place [80]
  • 8 February 1871: Edward Henry Frederick Dawkins, of Moggerhanger Park[81]
  • 5 February 1872: William Francis Higgins, of Turvey House [82]
  • 5 February 1873: Harry Thornton, of Kempston [83]
  • 2 February 1874: Salusbury Gillies Payne, of Blunham (claiming to be Sir Salusbury Gillies Payne, Baronet)[84]
  • 4 February 1875: Colonel William Stuart, of Tempsford Hall [85]
  • 12 February 1876: George Sowerby, of Putteridge Bury, Luton [86]
  • 7 February 1877: Charles Magniac, of Colworth, Sharnbrook [87]
  • 22 February 1878: James Howard, of Clapham Park [88]
  • 22 February 1879: Thomas Bagnall, jnr., of Milton Ernest [89]
  • 16 February 1880: Major John Hatfield Brooks, of Manor House, Flitwick, Ampthill [90]
  • 2 March 1881: Joseph Shuttleworth, of Warden, Biggleswade [91]
  • 27 February 1882: Francis Bassett, of the Heath, Leighton Buzzard[92]
  • 3 March 1883: Julius Alington, of Little Barford[93]
  • 4 March 1884: Edward King Fordham, of Ashwell[94]
  • 5 March 1885: James Francis Hatfeild Harter, of Cranfield Court[95]
  • 8 March 1886: John Edmund Audley Harvey, of Ickwell, Bury, Biggleswade[96]
  • 7 March 1887: James Poole Wagstaff, of Manor House, Potton[97]
  • 17 March 1888: Theodore Harris, of Leighton Buzzard[98]
  • 6 April 1889: George William Francis Sackville Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, of Oakley House[99]
  • 21 March 1890: Henry Hilton Green, of Felmersham Grange, Bedford[100]
  • 20 March 1891: Frank Shuttleworth, of Old Warden Park, Biggleswade[101]
  • 16 March 1892: Col. Thomas Joseph Sunderland, of Ravensden Grange[102]
  • 15 March 1893: Anthony Henry Wingfield, of Ampthill House[103]
  • 10 March 1894: Edward Earnest Dymond, of Oaklands, Aspley Guise[104]
  • 8 March 1895: Capt. Hugh Edmond Browning, of Clapham Park, Bedford[105]
  • 6 March 1896: Maj. Charles Villiers Somerville Downes, of Aspley House, Aspley Guise[106]
  • 26 February 1897: George James Gribble, of Henlow Grange, Biggleswade[107]
  • 7 March 1898: Henry Chernocke Gibbs Brandreth, of Houghton Hall, Houghton Regis[108]
  • 7 March 1899: James Harold Howard, of Kempston Grange, Bedford[109]

1900–1999

  • 1900: Algernon Mercer, of Morhanger Park, Sandy[110]
  • 1901: Arthur Macnamara, of Billington Manor, Leighton Buzzard [111]
  • 1902: William Clarence Watson, of Colworth House, Sharnbrook [112]
  • 1903: Francis Pym, of Hasells Hall, Sandy [113]
  • 1904: William Henry Allen, of Bromham House, Bedford [114]
  • 1905: William Long Fitzpatrick, of Woodlands, Clapham, Bedford [115]
  • 1906: John William Green, of The Larches, Luton [116]
  • 1907: Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Howard, of Highfield, Bedford [117]
  • 1908: Waller George Halfield Harter, of Kempston Bury, Bedford [118]
  • 1909: Sir Algernon Kerr Butler Osborn, Bt., of Chicksands Priory, Shefford [119]
  • 1910: Albert Edward Bowen, of Colworth House, Sharnbrook [120]
  • 1911: Charles Robert Salusbury Payne, of Blunham House, Sandy [121]
  • 1912: John Edward Howard, of Clapham Park [122]
  • 1913: Frederick George Lomax, of Cockayne Hatley, Potton [123]
  • 1914: Thomas Henry Barnard, of The Hoo, Kempston[124]
  • 1915: Charles Edmund Argentine-Alington, of Little Barford House, St. Neots [125]
  • 1916: Cyril Gurney, of Henlow Grange, Biggleswade [126]
  • 1917: Alexander Rowland Alston, of The Tofte, Sharnbrook [127]
  • 1918: Howard Spensley, of Westoning Manor, Ampthill [128]
  • 1919: John Arnold Whitchurch, of Great Barford House, near Sandy [129]
  • 1920: Herbert Owen Williams, of Farley Lynches, Luton [130]
  • 1921: Richard William Allen, CBE of The Woodlands, Clapham [131]
  • 1922: Robert Edmund Campbell, of Cranfield Court, Wbburn Sands [132]
  • 1923: John George Murray, of Wrest Park, Silsoe [133]
  • 1924: Sir George Lawson Johnston, 1st Baron Luke K.B.E. of Pavenham Bury, Pavenham [134]
  • 1925: Harold Gwynne Allen, of The Dene, Woburn Sands,Bletchley[135]
  • 1926: Dealtry Charles Part of Houghton Hall, Houghton Regis [136]
  • 1927: Lieut.-Col. Harold Augustus Wernher, of Luton Hoo [137]
  • 1928: Major Charles Ernest Wells, of Turvey Abbey, Turvey [138]
  • 1929: Henry Charles Thomas Hambro, of The Hyde, Luton [139]
  • 1930: Horace Stanley Deacon, of Kempston Croft [140]
  • 1931: Herbert Brent Grotrian ,K.C. of Knolls, Leighton Buzzard [141]
  • 1932: Christopher William Gurney, of Henlow Grange, Biggleswade [142]
  • 1933: Ronald Willie Gandar-Dower, of Clifton House, Shefford [143]
  • 1934: Brigadier - General William Brooke Thornton, D.S.O. of St. John's, Mogerhanger, Sandy [144]
  • 1935: William Alfred Lailey Rowland, of The Heath, Leighton Buzzard [145]
  • 1936: Harry Arnold, of The Downs, Luton [146]
  • 1937: Robert Skinner, of Bromham Hall, Bromham [147]
  • 1938: John Henry Staddon, of Withycombe, Lud1ow Avenue, Luton [148]
  • 1939: Frank William Crossley-Holland, of Oakwell Park, Dunstable [149]
  • 1940: Cyril Claud Dillingham, of 25, Lansdowne Road, Luton [150]
  • 1941: Sir (Percy) Malcolm Stewart, 1st Baronet, O.B.E. of The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, Baronet [151]
  • 1942: Vyvian Edwin Goodman, of Samares, Dunstable, Bedfordshire [152]
  • 1943: Allan Fergusson Wood, of Mill House, Milton Ernest [153]
  • 1944: Lieut.-Colonel Robert Adolphus Lyall, D.S.O., of Flitwick Manor, Flitwick [154]
  • 1945: Major-General Thomas Cochrane Newton, C.B., D.S.O., O.B.E., of Blunham House, near Bedford [155]
  • 1946: Lieutenant-Colonel Mervyn Lyde Chute, O.B.E., of Whipsnade, Dunstable [156]
  • 1947: Major Simon Whitbread, of Southill, near Biggleswade [157]
  • 1948: Captain Stephen Helps Starey, of Home Farm House, Milton Ernest [158]
  • 1949: Thomas Wyatt Bagshawe, Esq., of Dunstable [159]
  • 1950: Hon. Thomas George Breadalbane Morgan-Grenville, of Wootton House [160]
  • 1951: Maj. Leigh Pemberton Stedall, of Billington Manor [161]
  • 1952: Arthur Thomas Worboys, of Westray[162]
  • 1953: Herbert Robert Waller[163]
  • 1954: Sir Ronald Stewart, 2nd Baronet, of Maulden Grange[164]
  • 1955: Horace Richard Neate[165]
  • 1956: Richard Charles Oakley[166]
  • 1957: Christopher Herbert Renny Reeves, of Manor Farm[167]
  • 1958: William Kenneth Gwynne Allen, of The Old Manor[168]
  • 1959: Sir (Archibald) Douglas Gordon, of Buttercups[169]
  • 1960: Harold George Brightman, of Whitehill Avenue, Luton [170]
  • 1961: The Hon. Hugh de Beauchamp Lawson-Johnston, T.D., of Melchbourne Park, Bedford [171]
  • 1962: Humphrey Whitbread, T.D., of Howard's House, Cardington [172]
  • 1963: William Walter Samuel Robertson, C.B.E., of Oakley House, Oakley [173]
  • 1964: Sir (James) Reginald Pearson, Kt.,O.B.E., of "Wyvern," Bloomfield Road, Harpenden, Herts. [174]
  • 1965: Lieut.-Colonel Hanmer Cecil Hanbury, M.V.O., M.C., of Turvey House, Turvey [175]
  • 1966: James Francis Robinson, of Bridge House, Great Barford [176]
  • 1967: Leslie George Bowles, of " Queensfield," Silsoe [177]
  • 1968: Stanley Broughton, of Bedford Road, Luton [178]
  • 1969: The Hon. Arthur Charles St John Lawson Johnston, 3rd Baron Luke of Odell Manor, Odell [179]
  • 1970: Wing Cdr. Oliver J Wells [180]
  • 1971: Brian Stewart Porter (Deceased) [181]
  • 1972: John Lawrence Dickinson (Deceased) [182]
  • 1973: Samuel C Whitbread(H.M.Lord Lieutenant) [183]
  • 1974: Colonel Charles Richard Randall [184]
  • 1975: Ronald George Gale (Deceased) [185]
  • 1976: David H.C. Harland (Deceased) [186]
  • 1977: Dudley William Reeves [187]
  • 1978: E.D.M.Peacock (Deceased) [188]
  • 1979: Peter Wardill (Deceased) [189]
  • 1980: John Dandy, of 10 Riverside Towers[190]
  • 1981: Michael J Davison
  • 1982: James Bristow, Ramsmede Close, Biddenham, Bedford [191]
  • 1983: Gilbert Cecil White Beazley, of Bartlemas Farm[192]
  • 1984: S.C.Y Farmbrough DL
  • 1985: The Hon. Pearl Lawson-Johnston
  • 1986: Lady Grace Odell
  • 1987-1988: Major William Powers MBE JP DL
  • 1989: John H. Wells DL
  • 1990: Robin F Willmott DL
  • 1991: Mrs John Skelton
  • 1992: G.P.H James
  • 1993: Eric D Fountain DL (Deceased)
  • 1994: Brian E Howard (deceased)
  • 1995: Brian G Woodrow OBE DL
  • 1996: John J.M. Glasse
  • 1997: Charles T Lousada DL
  • 1998: Geoffrey R D Farr MBE DL
  • 1999: Christopher R Kilroy

2000–present

References

  1. ↑ "House of Commons Journal". British History Online. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
  2. ↑ The Oxford Gazette: no. 1. p. 1. 7 November 1665.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 102. p. 2. 5 November 1666.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 206. p. 2. 4 November 1667.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 311. p. 2. 9 November 1668.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 316. p. 2. 23 November 1668.
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