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Nominations for High Sheriffs of England and Wales for 2024, 2025 and 2026

On the 13th of November 2023 the following people were nominated as High Sheriff for the Counties of England and Wales for 2024, 2025 and 2026 with the exception of Cornwall, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire who are appointed by the Dukes of Cornwall and Lancaster.

England

For the County of Bedfordshire
2024/2025: Mr Bhavesh Shah
2025/2026: Mrs Camilla Anne King
2026/2027: Mr Ismail Anilmis

For the Royal County of Berkshire
2024/2025: Mr Alexander Barfield
2025/2026: Mr Sean Zain Taylor
2026/2027: Mrs Renu Raksha Wing Kapur MBE

For the County of Buckinghamshire
2024/2025: Ms Kurshida Begum Mirza
2025/2026: Mrs Philippa Jane Kirkbride
2026/2027: Ms Nicola Heather Ross

For the County of Cambridgeshire
2024/2025: Mr David John Way
2025/2026: The Hon. Frances Stanley
2026/2027: Mr Francis William Miles Burkitt

For the County of Cheshire
2024/2025: Ms Clare Elizabeth Hayward MBE
2025/2026: Mrs Joëlle Susan Warren MBE
2026/2027: Mr William James Timpson OBE

For the City of Bristol
2024/2025: The Rev Richard Norman Pendlebury MBE
2025/2026: Mrs Kalpna Kumari Woolf
2026/2027: Mrs Anne Marie Nisbet

For the County of Cumbria
2024/2025: Mr Christopher Nigel Couper Holmes
2025/2026: Dr Geoffrey Charles Jolliffe
2026/2027: Mrs Shirley Fawcett

For the County of Derbyshire
2024/2025: Mr Richard Ian Morgan OBE
2025/2026: Sir Richard Ranulph FitzHerbert Bt
2026/2027: Mr Syed Yusuf Iftikhar

For the County of Devon
2024/2025: Commodore John Keith Moores OBE
2025/2026: Mrs Caroline Anne Harlow
2026/2027: Mr Mark Picton Ansell

For the County of Dorset
2024/2025: Mr Anthony William Woodhouse
2025/2026: Mr Callum Bremner
2026/2027: Mrs Helena Margaret Conibear

For the County of Durham
2024/2025: Mr Harry Macklyn Swan
2025/2026: Mr John Michael Poole
2026/2027: Dr Arnab Basu MBE

For the County of East Riding of Yorkshire
2024/2025: Col (Rtd) Christopher James Henson QGM
2025/2026: Mr Michael Rice
2026/2027: Mr Neil Philip Sanderson

For the County of East Sussex
2024/2025: Mrs Lucinda Anne Fraser
2025/2026: Mrs Anne Doria Brown
2026/2027: Mr Michael James Bedingfield

For the County of Essex
2024/2025: Mr David Trevelyan Hurst
2025/2026: Mrs Julie Ann Fosh
2026/2027: Mrs Susannah Dutton

For the County of Gloucestershire
2024/2025: Mr Mark Hurrell
2025/2026: Mrs Julie Dawn Kent MBE
2026/2027: Dame Fiona Claire Reynolds DBE

For Greater London
2024/2025: Ms Millicent Grant KC (Hon)
2025/2026: Mr John Garbutt
2026/2027: Dame Martina Jane Milburn DCVO CBE

For the County of Hampshire
2024/2025: Mr Jonathan Charles Whitaker
2025/2026: Mrs Susan Philippa Elton
2026/2027: Mr William John Maltby

For the County of Herefordshire
2024/2025: Mrs Patricia Beatrice Churchward
2025/2026: Mrs Helen Clare Bowden
2026/2027: Mrs Tamsin Sczerina Clive

For the County of Hertfordshire
2024/2025: Mrs Anne Patricia Brewster
2025/2026: Mr Nicholas Fowell Buxton
2026/2027: Mrs Meenal Sachdev

For the County of Isle of Wight
2024/2025: Mr Graham Robert Biss BEM
2025/2026: Mr Anthony Michael Wake
2026/2027: Ms Jacqueline Anne Gazzard

For the County of Kent
2024/2025: Dr Gillian Fargher
2025/2026: Mr Jonathan Beale Neame
2026/2027: Mr Martin Lukehurst

For the County of Leicestershire
2024/2025: Mr John Henry Chatfeild-Roberts
2025/2026: Mr Stephen John Patrick Bryan
2026/2027: Mr Meldin Thomas QPM

For the County of Lincolnshire
2024/2025: Mr Philip Henry Marmion Dymoke
2025/2026: Mr David Christopher Chambers
2026/2027: Ms Susan Patricia Liburd

For the County of Norfolk
2024/2025: Mr David James Flux
2025/2026: Mr Patrick Simon Lines
2026/2027: Mr Jonathan Charles Pearson

For the County of Northamptonshire
2024/2025: Mrs Amy Louise Crawfurd
2025/2026: Mr Jeremy William Sharman
2026/2027: Mrs Miranda Wixon

For the County of Northumberland
2024/2025: Mrs Lucia Mary Battista Bridgeman
2025/2026: Mr George Nelson Farr
2026/2027: Dr Anna Maria Charlton

For the County of North Yorkshire
2024/2025: Dr Ruth Madeleine Smith
2025/2026: Sir Andrew Peter Lawson-Tancred Bt
2026/2027: Mr Nigel Frederick Hartley Corner

For the County of Nottinghamshire
2024/2025: Mr Nicholas David Rubins
2025/2026: Mr Edward John Attenborough
2026/2027: Ms Merlita Bryan-Hilton

For the County of Oxfordshire
2024/2025: Mr James Justin Macnamara TD
2025/2026: Mr John Clive Cecil May OBE
2026/2027: Mr Muhammad Jawaid Malik

For the County of Rutland
2024/2025: Mr Richard Adrian Cole TD
2025/2026: Colonel (Rtd) Richard Thomas Chesterfield
2026/2027: Mrs Susannah Kate Constance Fish

For the County of Shropshire
2024/2025: Mr Brian Welti
2025/2026: Mrs Jane Marie Trowbridge
2026/2027: Mrs Katherine Elizabeth Anne Tanner

For the County of Somerset
2024/2025: Mr Robert John Beckley QPM
2025/2026: Mrs Janet Montgomery
2026/2027: Mr Peter Charles Dixon

For the County of South Yorkshire
2024/2025: Mr John Baddeley
2025/2026: Ms Joada Celeste Allen

2026/2027: Mr Giuseppe Di'Iasio

For the County of Staffordshire
2024/2025: Mrs Julia Mitchell
2025/2026: Mr John Timothy Joseph Gillow
2026/2027: Mr Pritpal Singh Nagi MBE

For the County of Suffolk

2024/2025: Mrs Yvonne Gilchrist-Mason OBE
2025/2026: Mrs Gulshanbir Kaur Kayembe
2026/2027: Mr Oliver William Paul

For the County of Surrey
2024/2025: Mr Shahid Azeem
2025/2026: Mr Peter Charles Cluff
2026/2027: Mrs Neelam Devesher

For the County of Tyne and Wear
2024/2025: Dr Lindsey Janet Whiterod CBE
2025/2026: Ms Joanne Jane Curry MBE
2026/2027: Mr Ammar Yusuf Mirza CBE

For the County of Warwickshire
2024/2025: Mrs Rajvinder Kaur Gill
2025/2026: Mrs Karen Jane Lynch
2026/2027: Ms Susan Rasmussen

For the County of West Midlands
2024/2025: Mr Douglas Robertson Wright MBE
2025/2026: Mr Mark Lyndon Smith
2026/2027: T.B.A

For the County of West Sussex
2024/2025: Mrs Philippa Mary Gogarty
2025/2026: Dr Timothy John Charles Fooks
2026/2027: Mr Gary Richard Shipton

For the County of West Yorkshire
2024/2025: Ms Adeeba Malik CBE
2025/2026: Mrs Nicola Jane Chance-Thompson MBE
2026/2027: Dr Ruby Khalid Bhatti OBE

For the County of Wiltshire
2024/2025: Dr Susan Olivia Chapple
2025/2026: Mr Martin John Nye
2026/2027: Dr Alexander Paul Lamy Goodwin

For the County of Worcestershire
2024/2025: Mr Charles William Moyle
2025/2026: Mr Ian James Crockatt Smith
2026/2027: Mr Maynard Vincent Burton

Wales


For the County of Clwyd
2024/2025: Mrs Karen Ann Farrell-Thornley
2025/2026: Mrs Julie Annette Gillbanks
2026/2027: Mr David Baden Jones OBE

For the County of Dyfed
2024/2025: Mrs Helen Jones
2025/2026: Mrs Ann Margaret Jones
2026/2027: Mr Andrew Merfyn Phillips

For the County of Gwent
2024/2025: Her Honour Judge Helen Mifflin
2025/2026: Lt. Col. Ralph Radclyffe David Griffin
2026/2027: Mrs Shereen Williams MBE

For the County of Gwynedd
2024/2025: Ms Sarah Jane Foskett
2025/2026: Mr Rhys Meirion Davies
2026/2027: Mrs Llinos Angharad Owen

For the County of Mid Glamorgan
2024/2025: Dr Richard John Penry Lewis MBE
2025/2026: Ms Sharon Iquo Dixon
2026/2027: Mr John Edward Charles TD

For the County of Powys
2024/2025: Lady Kathryn Susan Silk
2025/2026: Mrs Sally Roberts
2026/2027: Mr William Walter Watkins

For the County of South Glamorgan
2024/2025: Mrs Janey Elizabeth Howell
2025/2026: Mrs Janet Davies
2026/2027: Mrs Jane Elizabeth John

For the County of West Glamorgan
2024/2025: Mrs Melanie Jane James
2025/2026: Mrs Diana Sara Stroia
2026/2027: Mr Emrys Shaun Elias

Nominations for High Sheriffs of England and Wales for 2023, 2024 and 2025

On the 12th of November 2022 the following people were nominated as High Sheriff for the Counties of England and Wales for 2023, 2024 and 2025 with the exception of Cornwall, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire who are appointed by the Dukes of Cornwall and Lancaster.

England

For the County of Bedfordshire
2023/2024: Mr Russell Alan Beard
2024/2025: Mr Bhavesh Shah
2025/2026: Mrs Camilla Anne King

For the Royal County of Berkshire
2023/2024: Mr Simon Huntly Muir
2024/2025: Mr Alexander Barfield
2025/2026: Mr Sean Zain Taylor

For the County of Buckinghamshire
2023/2024: Dr Ann Geraldine Limb CBE
2024/2025: Ms Kurshida Begum Mirza
2025/2026: Mrs Philippa Jane Kirkbride

For the County of Cambridgeshire

2023/2024: Dr Bharatkumar Narshidas Khetani
2024/2025: Mr David John Way
2025/2026: The Hon. Frances Stanley

For the County of Cheshire
2023/2024: Mr Dennis Dunn MBE
2024/2025: Ms Clare Elizabeth Hayward MBE
2025/2026: Mr William James Timpson OBE

For the City of Bristol
2023/2024: Miss Sharon Rosemarie Foster
2024/2025: The Rev Richard Norman Pendlebury MBE
2025/2026: Mrs Kalpna Kumari Woolf

For the County of Cumbria
2023/2024: Mrs Samantha Scott
2024/2025: Mr Christopher Nigel Couper Holmes
2025/2026: Dr Geoffrey Charles Jolliffe

For the County of Derbyshire
2023/2024: Miss Theresa Peltier
2024/2025: Mr Richard Ian Morgan OBE
2025/2026: Sir Richard FitzHerbert Bt

For the County of Devon
2023/2024: The Rt Rev Nicholas Howard Paul McKinnel
2024/2025: Commodore John Keith Moores OBE
2025/2026: Mrs Caroline Anne Harlow

For the County of Dorset
2023/2024: Mr Colin William George Weston MBE
2024/2025: Mr Anthony William Woodhouse
2025/2026: Mr Callum Bremner

For the County of Durham
2023/2024: Mrs Anne Elizabeth Elliott
2024/2025: Mr Harry Macklyn Swan
2025/2026: Mr John Michael Poole

For the County of East Riding of Yorkshire
2023/2024: Mr Michael Rice
2024/2025: Miss Christina Cerutti
2025/2026: Mr Christopher Ewart Blacksell

For the County of East Sussex
2023/2024: Mr Edward Richard Bickersteth
2024/2025: Mrs Lucinda Anne Fraser
2025/2026: Mrs Anne Doria Brown

For the County of Essex
2023/2024: Mr Charles Richard Maurice Bishop
2024/2025: Mr David Trevelyan Hurst
2025/2026: Mrs Julie Ann Fosh

For the County of Gloucestershire
2023/2024: Mr Henry Claude Winwood Robinson
2024/2025: Mr Clive Oscar Lewis OBE
2025/2026: Mr Mark Hurrell

For Greater London
2023/2024: Mrs Ina De
2024/2025: Ms Millicent Grant KC (Hon)
2025/2026: Mr John Garbutt

For the County of Hampshire
2023/2024: Mrs Amelia Sophie Ashton
2024/2025: Mr Jonathan Charles Whitaker
2025/2026: Mrs Susan Philippa Elton

For the County of Herefordshire
2023/2024: Mr Robert Charles Christian Robinson
2024/2025: Mrs Patricia Beatrice Churchward
2025/2026: Mrs Helen Clare Bowden

For the County of Hertfordshire
2023/2024: Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Green
2024/2025: Mrs Anne Patricia Brewster
2025/2026: Mr Nicholas Fowell Buxton

For the County of Isle of Wight
2023/2024: Mrs Dawn Kirsten Haig-Thomas
2024/2025: Mr Graham Robert Biss
2025/2026: Mr Anthony Michael Wake

For the County of Kent
2023/2024: Mrs Nadra Ahmed OBE
2024/2025: Dr Gillian Fargher
2025/2026: Mr Jonathan Beale Neame

For the County of Leicestershire
2023/2024: Mrs Henrietta Joscelyne Chubb
2024/2025: Mr John Henry Chatfeild-Roberts
2025/2026: Dr Nikesh Rasikial Kotecha OBE

For the County of Lincolnshire
2023/2024: Mr Richard James Lake OBE
2024/2025: Mr Philip Henry Marmion Dymoke
2025/2026: Mr David Christopher Chambers

For the County of Norfolk
2023/2024: Professor Krishna Kumar Sethia
2024/2025: Mr David James Flux
2025/2026: Mr Patrick Simon Lines

For the County of Northamptonshire
2023/2024: Mr Milan Naresh Shah
2024/2025: Mrs Amy Louise Crawfurd
2025/2026: Mrs Pinder Jit Chauhan-Birdi

For the County of Northumberland
2023/2024: Mrs Diana Mary Audrey Barkes
2024/2025: Mrs Lucia Mary Battista Bridgeman
2025/2026: Mr George Nelson Farr

For the County of North Yorkshire
2023/2024: Mrs Clare Deborah Granger
2024/2025: Dr Ruth Madeleine Smith
2025/2026: Sir Andrew Peter Lawson-Tancred Bt

For the County of Nottinghamshire
2023/2024: Mrs Veronica Moraa Pickering
2024/2025: Mr Nicholas David Rubins
2025/2026: Mr Edward John Attenborough

For the County of Oxfordshire
2023/2024: Mrs Sally Patricia Scott
2024/2025: Mr James Justin Macnamara
2025/2026: T.B.A.

For the County of Rutland
2023/2024: Mrs Geraldine Mary Ethel Feehally
2024/2025: Mr Richard Adrian Cole
2025/2026: Colonel (Rtd) Richard Thomas Chesterfield

For the County of Shropshire
2023/2024: Mrs Amanda Jillian Thorn MBE
2024/2025: Mr Brian Welti
2025/2026: Mrs Jane Marie Trowbridge

For the County of Somerset
2023/2024: Mr Robert Nicholas Foord Drewett
2024/2025: Mr Robert John Beckley QPM
2025/2026: Mrs Janet Montgomery

For the County of South Yorkshire
2023/2024: Professor Jaydip Ray
2024/2025: Mr John Baddeley
2025/2026: Ms Joada Celeste Allen

For the County of Staffordshire
2023/2024: Mrs Victoria Louise Hawley
2024/2025: Mrs Julia Mitchell
2025/2026: Mr John Timothy Joseph Gillow

For the County of Suffolk
2023/2024: Mr John Mark Pendlington
2024/2025: Mrs Yvonne Gilchrist-Mason OBE
2025/2026: Mrs Gulshanbir Kaur Kayembe

For the County of Surrey
2023/2024: Mr Timothy Andrew de Burgh Wates
2024/2025: Mr Shahid Azeem
2025/2026: Mr Peter Charles Cluff

For the County of Tyne and Wear
2023/2024: Dame Irene Lucas-Hays DBE
2024/2025: Dr Lindsey Janet Whiterod CBE
2025/2026: Ms Joanne Jane Curry MBE

For the County of Warwickshire
2023/2024: Mrs Sophie Elizabeth Hilleary
2024/2025: Mrs Rajvinder Kaur Gill
2025/2026: Mrs Karen Jane Lynch

For the County of West Midlands
2023/2024: Mr Wade Cleone Lyn CBE
2024/2025: Mr Douglas Robertson Wright
2025/2026: Dr Jane Louise Brooke-Smith OBE

For the County of West Sussex
2023/2024: Andrew Graham Bliss Esq. QPM
2024/2025: Mrs Philippa Mary Gogarty
2025/2026: Dr Timothy John Charles Fooks

For the County of West Yorkshire
2023/2024: Mr Zulfiqar Ali Karim
2024/2025: Mr Robert Anthony Cryan
2025/2026: Mrs Nicola Jane Chance-Thompson

For the County of Wiltshire
2023/2024: Mr Pradeep Bhardwaj
2024/2025: Dr Susan Olivia Chapple
2025/2026: Mr Martin John Nye

For the County of Worcestershire
2023/2024: Mrs Louise Caroline Hewett
2024/2025: Mr Charles William Moyle
2025/2026: Mr Ian James Crockatt Smith


Wales

For the County of Clwyd
2023/2024: Mrs Kate Louise Hill-Trevor
2024/2025: Mrs Karen Ann Farrell-Thornley
2025/2026: Mrs Julie Annette Gillbanks

For the County of Dyfed
2023/2024: Mr Meurig David Raymond CBE
2024/2025: Mrs Helen Jones
2025/2026: Mrs Ann Margaret Jones

For the County of Gwent
2023/2024: Professor Simon John Gibson CBE
2024/2025: Her Honour Judge Helen Mifflin
2025/2026: Lt. Col. Ralph Radclyffe David Griffin

For the County of Gwynedd
2023/2024: Mrs Janet Phillips
2024/2025: Ms Sarah Jane Foskett
2025/2026: Mr Rhys Meirion Davies

For the County of Mid Glamorgan
2023/2024: Professor Jean White CBE
2024/2025: Dr Richard John Penry Lewis MBE
2025/2026: Ms Sharon Iquo Dixon

For the County of Powys
2023/2024: Mr Reginald Cawthorne
2024/2025: Lady Kathryn Susan Silk
2025/2026: Mrs Sally Roberts

For the County of South Glamorgan
2023/2024: Mr David Rhys Hughes James
2024/2025: Mrs Janet Davies
2025/2026: Mrs Janey Elizabeth Howell

For the County of West Glamorgan
2023/2024: Mr Alan Brayley
2024/2025: Mrs Melanie Jane James
2025/2026: Mrs Diana Sara Stroia