- High Sheriff of Dorset
The High Sheriff Dorset is an ancient High Sheriff title which has been in existence for over one thousand years. [cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/dorset/content/articles/2008/06/05/dorset_high_sheriff_feature.shtml | publisher =
British Broadcasting Corporation | year = 2008 | title = Dorset's High Sheriff | accessdate = 2008-09-05] The position was once a powerful position responsible for collecting taxes and enforcinglaw and order inDorset . In modern times the sheriff has became a ceremonial role, presiding over public ceremonies.List of High Sheriffs
*1606
Sir Robert Napier
*1610 John Hennynge
* Sir William Clavell
*1714 Richard White [cite web | url = http://www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk/west-stafford.html | title = West Stafford | publisher = Weymouth Local and Family History | year = 2008 | accessdate = 2008-09-05]
*1830: John Bond, of Grange [LondonGazette|issue=18652|startpage=257|endpage=258|date=2 February 1830|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1831: Hon. Henry Dawson-Damer, ofMilton Abbey [LondonGazette|issue=18772|startpage=194|endpage=195|date=1 February 1831|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1832:Sir Edward Baker, 2nd Baronet , of Ranston [LondonGazette|issue=18900|startpage=254|endpage=255|date=6 February 1832|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1833: Richard Brouncker, ofBoveridge [LondonGazette|issue=19019|startpage=246|date=5 February 1833|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1834: Edward Doughty, of Upton [LondonGazette|issue=19125|startpage=206|date=4 February 1834|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1835: Sir Henry Digby, of Minterne Magna [LondonGazette|issue=19238|startpage=235|endpage=236|date=9 February 1835|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1836: John Stein, of Chalmington [LondonGazette|issue=19353|startpage=223|endpage=224|date=5 February 1836|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1837: James Chamness Fyler, of Heffleton Lodge [LondonGazette|issue=19462|startpage=232|endpage=233|date=31 January 1837|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1838: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, of Frampton House [LondonGazette|issue=19586|startpage=232|date=1 February 1838|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1839:Joseph Weld , ofEast Lulworth [LondonGazette|issue=19704|startpage=214|date=9 February 1839|accessdate=2008-09-21]
*1840:John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge-Erle-Drax , of Charborough Park [LondonGazette|issue=19819|startpage=197|endpage=198|date=31 January 1840|accessdate=2008-09-19]
*1841:Sir Richard Glyn, 2nd Baronet , of Gaunt's House [LondonGazette|issue=19948|startpage=303|endpage=304|date=5 February 1841|accessdate=2008-09-19]
*1842:Henry Ker Seymer , of Hanford [LondonGazette|issue=20067|startpage=285|endpage=286|date=4 February 1842|accessdate=2008-09-19]
*1843:James Charles Dale , ofGlanvilles Wootton [LondonGazette|issue=20192|startpage=371|endpage=372|date=1 February 1843|accessdate=2008-09-19]
*1844: John Floyer, of West Stafford [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=jc0kh800jGIC&pg=RA3-PA160&lpg=RA3-PA160 Sheriffs for the Year 1844] in "The Annual Register " for 1844, p. 160, online at books.google.com (accessed 9 September 2008)] [LondonGazette|issue=20311|startpage=347|endpage=348|date=31 January 1844|accessdate=2008-09-19]
*1845: John William Williamson, ofWhickham [LondonGazette|issue=20439|startpage=315|endpage=316|date=4 February 1845|accessdate=2008-09-19]
*1846: Charles Porcher, of Cliffe House [LondonGazette|issue=20566|startpage=361|endpage=362|date=30 January 1846|accessdate=2008-09-19]
*1847: Thomas Bowyer Bower, ofIwerne Minster [LondonGazette|issue=20698|startpage=410|endpage=411|date=5 February 1847|accessdate=2008-09-19]
*1848: John Gooden, ofOver Compton [LondonGazette|issue=20825|startpage=541|endpage=542|date=11 February 1848|accessdate=2008-09-19]
*1849: William Parry Okeden, of Turnworth [LondonGazette|issue=20944|startpage=431|endpage=432|date=13 February 1849|accessdate=2008-09-19]
*1859 James Fellowescite web | url= http://www.thepeerage.com/index_sheriff.htm| title= thePeerage| accessdate= 2006-12-10]
*1866 St John Coventry [cite web | url= http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC64053290&id=NNdkxHnE8SgC&| title= Google books| accessdate= 2006-02-03]
*1882Charles J. T. Hambro
*1891:Marwood Shuttleworth Teatman , of Holwell Manor House, Sherborne, Esq. [LondonGazette|issue=26146|startpage=1653|date=24 March 1891 |accessdate=2008-02-11]
*1899 William Colfox
*1903John Mount Batten
*1919William Llewellin [cite web | url= http://www.thedorsetpage.com/locations/Place/U040.htm| title= theDorsetPage| accessdate= 2006-12-10]
*1920 Lt.-Col. Thomas Alfred Colfox
*1923 Sir Reginald John Pinney
*1934Angus Valdimar Hambro
*1941Claud Schuster, 1st Baron Schuster
*1946Sir Philip Colfox,1st Baronet
*1947 Sir William Philip Colfox. 1st Baronet
*1953 Sir Arthur Floyer-Acland
*1968John Mansell
*1969 Sir William John Colfox
*1974Stafford Floyer-Acland
*1975 Field Marshall Samuel J Chapman
*1976 Field Marshall Samuel J Chapman
*1977 Field Marshall Samuel J Chapman
*1978 Field Marshall Samuel J Chapman
*1979 Capt. James P. Ireland
*1980 George Anthony Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers [LondonGazette|issue=48134|startpage=4412|date=21 March 1980 ]
*1982 Deric S. Scott D.L.
*1983 R.G. Earle
*1984 Mark Roper D.L.
*1985 C.P.R. Pope
*1986 Col. K.D. Ferguson
*1987 Lt-Cmdr W.V.P. Crutchley RN
*1988 H.W. Plunkett-Ernlie_Erle-Drax
*1989 The Hon. Mrs Mary Marten
*1990 P.W. Allsebrook
*1991 E. W. Ludlow DL
*1992 G.P. Sturdy DL
*1993 Richard Guy Grosvenor de Pelet
*1994 Capt.M. Fulford-Dobson RN
*1995 John Wrighton
*1996 W. J. Weld
*1997 R. W. Fielding
*1998 Cmdr P. G. Gregson RN
*1999 A. G. Yeatman
*2000 M. J. A. Bond
*2001 C. A. G. Perry
*2002 J. R. Boughey
*2003Eleanor Weld [cite web | url= http://archive.thisisdorset.net/2003/4/10/81596.html| title= Dorset Echo| date=2003-04-10 | accessdate= 2006-12-10]
*2004 Allan F. Simmons
*2005 The Hon Mrs Townshend
*2006David Harold Woodhouse [LondonGazette|issue=57921|notarchive=yes|startpage=3375|date=9 March 2006 |accessdate=2007-11-30]
*2007 Adrian Eason Bailey Scott [LondonGazette|issue=58266|notarchive=yes|startpage=3313|date=7 March 2007 |accessdate=2007-11-30]
*2008 John Roland Raymond [LondonGazette|issue=58639|notarchive=yes|startpage=3947|endpage=3948|date=13 March 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-03]References
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