High Sheriffs for 2024/25 in the Duchy of Lancaster

His Majesty the King acting in his capacity as Duke of Lancaster has appointed the following people to the position of High Sheriff within the Duchy of Lancaster.

Duchy of Lancaster

For the County of Lancashire

2024/2025: Mrs Helen Bingley OBE JP DL

For the County of Greater Manchester
2024/2025: Dr Eamonn Sean O’Neal DL

For the County of Merseyside
2024/2025: Professor John Michael Mohin OBE DL

High Sheriffs for 2023/24 in the Duchy of Lancaster

His Majesty the King acting in his capacity as Duke of Lancaster has appointed the following people to the position of High Sheriff within the Duchy of Lancaster.

Duchy of Lancaster

For the County of Lancashire
2023/2024: Mr David Wilson Taylor CBE DL

For the County of Greater Manchester
2023/2024: Mrs Mary-Elizabeth Walker JP DL

For the County of Merseyside
2023/2024: Dr Ruth Mary Hussey CB OBE DL

High Sheriffs for 2021/22 in the Duchy of Lancaster

Her Majesty the Queen acting in her capacity as Duke of Lancaster has appointed the following people to the position of High Sheriff within the Duchy of Lancaster. 

Duchy of Lancaster

For the County of Lancashire
2021/2022: Mr Edwin John Booth CBE DL

For the County of Greater Manchester
2021/2022: Mrs Diane Mary Hawkins JP DL

For the County of Merseyside
2021/2022: Mr Nigel Stuart Lanceley DL

High Sheriffs for 2020/21 in the Duchy of Lancaster

Her Majesty the Queen acting in her capacity as Duke of Lancaster has appointed the following people to the position of High Sheriff within the Duchy of Lancaster.

Duchy of Lancaster

For the County of Lancashire
2020/2021: Mrs Catherine Penny

For the County of Greater Manchester
2020/2021: Mr Eamonn Sean O’Neal DL

For the County of Merseyside
2020/2021: His Honour John Houghton Roberts DL

High Sheriffs for 2019/20 in the Duchy of Lancaster

Her Majesty the Queen acting in her capacity as Duke of Lancaster has appointed the following people to the position of High Sheriff within the Duchy of Lancaster.

Duchy of Lancaster

For the County of Lancashire
2019/2020: The Honourable Ralph Christopher Assheton TD DL

For the County of Greater Manchester
2019/2020: Mr. Mark Isaac Adlestone OBE DL

For the County of Merseyside
2019/2020: Mr. David Steer QC DL

High Sheriffs for 2017/18 in the Duchy of Lancaster

Her Majesty the Queen acting in her capacity as Duke of Lancaster has appointed the following people to the position of High Sheriff within the Duchy of Lancaster.

Duchy of Lancaster

For the County of Lancashire
2017/2018: Mr Robert Mitchel Webb JP DL

For the County of Greater Manchester
2017/2018: Mr Kui Man Gerry Yeung OBE DL

For the County of Merseyside
2017/2018: Mr Stephen Burrows DL

High Sheriffs for 2016/17 in the Duchy of Lancaster

Her Majesty the Queen acting in her capacity as Duke of Lancaster has appointed the following people to the position of High Sheriff within the Duchy of Lancaster.

Duchy of Lancaster

For the County of Lancashire
2016/2017: Mr John Morris Barnett MBE DL

For the County of Greater Manchester
2016/2017: Lady Joy Smith DL

For the County of Merseyside
2016/2017: Mr James Christopher Meredith Davies OBE DL

High Sheriffs for 2014/15 in the Duchy of Lancaster

Her Majesty the Queen acting in her capacity as Duke of Lancaster has appointed the following people to the position of High Sheriff within the Duchy of Lancaster.

Duchy of Lancaster

For the County of Lancashire

2014/2015: Mr James Barry Johnson

For the County of Greater Manchester

2014/2015: Mr Paul Anthony Lee DL

For the County of Merseyside

2014/2015: Mrs Abila Pointing MBE DL

High Sheriffs of England and Wales for 2014/15

The following people have been appointed High Sheriff for the Counties of England and Wales for 2014/2015 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

2014/2015: Mr Colin Osborne MBE

For the Royal County of Berkshire

2014/2015: Mr Christopher Teik Kooi Khoo

For the County of Buckinghamshire

2014/2015: Mr Joseph Gurney Barclay

For the County of Cambridgeshire

2014/2015: Mrs Linda Alison Fairbrother

For the County of Cheshire

2014/2015: Mrs Susan Elisabeth Sellers

For the City of Bristol

2014/2015: Mr Henry Louis Michael Bothamley

For the County of Cumbria

2014/2015: Mr Martyn Peter Telford Hart

For the County of Derbyshire

2014/2015: Mr David Frederick Coleman QPM

For the County of Devon

2014/2015: The Hon. John Rous

For the County of Dorset

2014/2015: Mrs Jane Stichbury CBE QPM

For the County of Durham

2014/2015: Mr Gerald Charles Osborne

For the County of East Riding of Yorkshire

2014/2015: Mrs Gail Stafford Mettyear

For the County of East Sussex

2014/2015: Mr Christopher John Gebbie OBE

For the County of Essex

2014/2015: Mr Nicholas Charrington

For the County of Gloucestershire

2014/2015: Mr Thomas Alexander Fortescue Frost

For Greater London

2014/2015: Mr Kevin David McGrath

For the County of Hampshire

2014/2015: Major General James Melville John Balfour CBE

For the County of Herefordshire

2014/2015: Major Patrick James Auchinleck Darling

For the County of Hertfordshire

2014/2015: Mr Fergus John McMullen

For the County of Isle of Wight

2014/2015: Mrs Claire Elizabeth Bradley Locke

For the County of Kent

2014/2015: Mr Hugo Mark Fenwick

For the County of Leicestershire

2014/2015: Mr Richard Charles Griffin Clowes

For the County of Lincolnshire

2014/2015: The Rt Hon. The Earl of Yarborough

For the County of Norfolk

2014/2015: Lady Dannatt MBE

For the County of Northamptonshire

2014/2015: Mrs Virginia Anne Burnett

For the County of Northumberland

2014/2015: Mr John McMorrough Carr-Ellison

For the County of North Yorkshire

2014/2015: Mr Thomas James Ponsonby Ramsden

For the County of Nottinghamshire

2014/2015: Mr Graham Cartledge CBE

For the County of Oxfordshire

2014/2015: Mr Anthony John Stratton

For the County of Rutland

2014/2015: Air Commodore Simon Miles David Williamson-Noble

For the County of Shropshire

2014/2015: Mr Robert John Bowring Bland

For the County of Somerset

2014/2015: Mr Richard David Ayshford Lloyd

For the County of South Yorkshire

2014/2015: Mr John Clive Bramah

For the County of Staffordshire

2014/2015: Mrs Ann Elizabeth Fisher

For the County of Suffolk

2014/2015: Mr Nicholas John Wingfield Digby

For the County of Surrey

2014/2015: Mr Peter John Gorringe Lee

For the County of Tyne and Wear

2014/2015: Mrs Ruth Thompson OBE

For the County of Warwickshire

2014/2015: Mrs Clare Diana Hopkinson

For the County of West Midlands

2014/2015: Mr Timothy Watts

For the County of West Sussex

2014/2015: Mr Jonathan Charles Lucas

For the County of West Yorkshire

2014/2015: The Hon. Mrs Dent

For the County of Wiltshire

2014/2015: Mr Peter John Gerald Addington

For the County of Worcestershire

2014/2015: Mr John Michael Waller Hogan


Wales

For the County of Clwyd

2014/2015: Mr John David Meredith Jones

For the County of Dyfed

2014/2015: Mrs Rachel Elinor Jones

For the County of Gwent

2014/2015: Mrs Gillian Ann Sheddick OBE

For the County of Gwynedd

2014/2015: Mr David Murray Lea-Wilson

For the County of Mid Glamorgan

2014/2015: Mrs Elizabeth Singer

For the County of Powys

2014/2015: Mr Philip Bowen

For the County of South Glamorgan

2014/2015: Mr David Ward Jenkins

For the County of West Glamorgan

2014/2015: Mr Martyn Spencer Jenkins

New Constable of Lancaster Castle

Her Majesty the Queen, acting in her position as Duke of Lancaster has appointed Mrs Pam Barker DL to the position of Constable of Lancaster Castle following the retirement of Mr Gordon Arthur Johnson.

High Sheriffs for 2013/14 in the Duchy of Lancaster

Her Majesty the Queen in her position as Duke of Lancaster has appointed the following High Sheriffs within the Duchy of Lancaster.

Duchy of Lancaster

For the County of Lancashire
2013/2014: Mrs Letitia Ann Dean DL
For the County of Greater Manchester
2013/2014: Mr Paul Griffiths DL
For the County of Merseyside
2013/2014: Mr Robert Ian Shaw Meadows OBE DL