- List of High Sheriffs of Durham
This is a list of the
High Sheriff s of the EnglishCounty of Durham 16th century
*1503-16: Sir William Bulmer of Wilton Castle, near Redcar [http://www.thepeerage.com/p18919.htm#i189183 The Peerage] ]
*1523-27: Sir William Bulmer of Wilton Castle, near Redcar
*1529-32: Sir John Bulmer [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p18919.htm#i189188 The Peerage] ]17th century
*1624: Sir George Selby of Whitehouse, Ryton.
*1646: Sir George Vane of Barnard Castle
*1649: Sir James Clavering ofAxwell House , Blaydon on Tyne [http://www.thepeerage.com/p22704.htm#i277038 The Peerage] ]
*1665-73: Sir Gilbert Gerard ["The Correspondence of John Cosin DD, Lord Bishop of Durham" p11 Google Books]
*1673: Sir James Clavering ofAxwell House , Blaydon on Tyne
*1686-1709: Hon. Charles Montagu ["Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century" John Nichol (1815) p593 Google Books]18th century
*1721-23: Sir Henry Liddell of Newton Hall ["The History and Antiquities of Sunderland" JW Sumner (1858) p 137 Google Books]
*1723-47: Sir William Williamson Bt ofWhitburn "An Historical, Topographical and Descriptive View of the County of Durham" McKenzie and Ross (1834) p278. Google Books]
*1747-89: Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart. ofWhitburn
*1789-1810: Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart. ofWhitburn 19th century
*1810: Adam Askew of Redheugh ["Archaeologia Aeliana; Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity" Ed CH Hunter Blair (1943) p40 Google Books]
*1826: Cuthbert Ellison ofHebburn Hall ["The History of Northumberland" Rev John Hodgson (1840) p348 Google Books]
*1829-1833: Charles John Clavering ofAxwell House ["Gentlemans Magazine 1838" p328 Google Books]
*1833-1836: William Lloyd Wharton of Dryburn ["A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry" Burke and Burke (1891) p148 Google Books]
*1837: Anthony Wilkinson, of Coxhoe Hall [LondonGazette|issue=19462|startpage=232|date=31 January 1837 |accessdate=2008-03-24]
*1838: Sir Robert Johnson-Eden, Bart., of Windleston [LondonGazette|issue=19586|startpage=232|date=2 February 1838 |accessdate=2008-03-24]
*1839: Sir William Chaytor, Bart., ofWitton Castle [LondonGazette|issue=19704|startpage=214|date=5 February 1839 |accessdate=2008-03-24]
*1840: Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart. of Whitburn [LondonGazette|issue=19819|startpage=197|date=31 January 1840 |accessdate=2008-06-14]
*1841: William Russell ofBrancepeth Castle [LondonGazette|issue=19948|startpage=304|date=5 February 1841 |accessdate=2008-03-24]
*1842:Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto of Whitworth Park [LondonGazette|issue=20067|startpage=285|date=4 February 1842 |accessdate=2008-03-24]
*1843: Edward Shippersden of Durham [LondonGazette|issue=20192|startpage=371|date=1 February 1843 |accessdate=2008-03-24]
*1844: Henry Witham of Lartington [LondonGazette|issue=20311|startpage=347|date=31 January 1844 |accessdate=2008-03-24]
*1845: John William Williamson of Whickham [LondonGazette|issue=20439|startpage=315|date=4 February 1845 |accessdate=2008-03-24]
*1846: Ralph Stephen Pemberton of Usworth Hall [LondonGazette|issue=20566|startpage=361|date=30 January 1846 |accessdate=2008-03-24]
*1847: John Fawcett of North Bailey [LondonGazette|issue=20698|startpage=410|date=5 February 1847 |accessdate=2008-03-24]
*1848: Sir William Eden Bt ofWindlestone Hall [LondonGazette|issue=20825|startpage=541|date=11 February 1848 |accessdate=2008-03-24]
*1849: John Eden of Beamish Park [LondonGazette|issue=20944|startpage=431|date=13 February 1849 |accessdate=2008-03-24]
*1850: Robert Hilyard of Horsley [LondonGazette|issue=21065|startpage=313|date=5 February 1850 |accessdate=2008-03-24]
*1851: Robert Henry Allan, of Blackwell Hall [LondonGazette|issue=21181|startpage=363|date=11 February 1851 |accessdate=2008-06-06]
*1852: John Bowes, of Streatham Castle [LondonGazette|issue=21287|startpage=289|date=3 February 1852 |accessdate=2008-06-06]
*1853: Frederick Acklom Milbank, of Hart [LondonGazette|issue=21409|startpage=329|date=8 February 1853 |accessdate=2008-06-06]
*1854: Henry John Baker Baker, of Elemore Hall [LondonGazette|issue=21517|startpage=265|date=31 January 1854 |accessdate=2008-06-06]
*1855: Robert Surtees ofRedworth House [LondonGazette|issue=21660|startpage=470|date=9 February 1855 |accessdate=2008-06-06]
*1856: Robert Smith Surtees ofHamsterley Hall [LondonGazette|issue=21844|startpage=361|date=31 February 1856 |accessdate=2008-06-06]
*1857: William Beckwith, of Silksworth House [LondonGazette|issue=21964|startpage=379|date=3 February 1857 |accessdate=2008-06-06]
*1858: Timothy Hutchinson, of Egglestone Hall [LondonGazette|issue=22091|startpage=539|date=3 February 1858 |accessdate=2008-06-06]
*1859: Sir William Aloysius Clavering, Bart., ofAxwell House [LondonGazette|issue=22226|startpage=454|date=2 February 1859 |accessdate=2008-06-06]
*1860: Henry John Spearman, of Burn Hall [LondonGazette|issue=22348|startpage=213|date=23 January 1860 |accessdate=2008-06-06]
*1861: Richard Lawrence Pemberton, of Barnes [LondonGazette|issue=22477|startpage=434|date=5 February 1861 |accessdate=2008-06-06]
*1862: Henry George Surtees of Dinsdale Hall [LondonGazette|issue=22596|startpage=433|date=7 February 1862 |accessdate=2008-06-06]
*1863: John Richard Westgarth Hildyard, of Horsley [LondonGazette|issue=22704|startpage=573|date=3 February 1863 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1864: John Harrison Aylmer ofWalworth Castle [LondonGazette|issue=22815|startpage=525|date=3 February 1864 |accessdate=2008-09-06]
*1865: William Peareth, of Usworth House [LondonGazette|issue=22936|startpage=559|date=4 February 1865 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1866: William Edward Surtees, of Seaton Carew [LondonGazette|issue=23066|startpage=637|date=2 February 1866 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1867: William Scurfield Grey, of Norton [LondonGazette|issue=23215|startpage=611|date=2 February 1867 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1868: Anthony Wilkinson, of Hulam [LondonGazette|issue=23348|startpage=453|date=31 January 1868 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1869: Thomas Charles Thompson, of Sherburn Hall [LondonGazette|issue=23465|startpage=583|date=5 February 1869 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1870: William Briggs, ofHylton Castle , Sunderland [LondonGazette|issue=23584|startpage=721|date=7 February 1870 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1871: James Cookson, of Neasham Hall [LondonGazette|issue=23704|startpage=473|date=8 February 1871 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1872: Rowland Burdon, of Castle Eden [LondonGazette|issue=23825|startpage=403|date=6 February 1872 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1873: Charles Freville Surtees, of Mainsforth, Ferryhill [LondonGazette|issue=23945|startpage=513|date=6 February 1873 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1874: John Fogg Elliot, of Elvet Hill, Durham [LondonGazette|issue=24061|startpage=481|date=2 February 1874 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1875: Anthony Wilkinson, of Durham [LondonGazette|issue=24177|startpage=449|date=4 February 1875 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1876: Henry Edward Surtees, of Redworth House and Redforth Grove [LondonGazette|issue=24293|startpage=637|date=12 February 1876 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1877: Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart., of Whitburn Hall [LondonGazette|issue=24416|startpage=607|date=7 February 1877 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1878: John Joicey, of Newton Hall, Stocksfield, Northumberland [LondonGazette|issue=24554|startpage=378|date=22 February 1878 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1879: James Laing, of Thornhill, Sunderland [LondonGazette|issue=24683|startpage=927|date=22 February 1879 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1880: George John Scurfield, of Hurworth House [LondonGazette|issue=24817|startpage=1697|date=26 February 1880 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1881: Matthew Kearney, of the Ford, Lanchester [LondonGazette|issue=24945|startpage=979|date=2 March 1881 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1882: Robert Anthony Burrell, of Fairthorne, Botley, Hants [LondonGazette|issue=25076|startpage=823|date=27 February 1882 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1883: Alfred Backhouse, of Pilmore, Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=25208|startpage=1231|date=3 March 1883 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1884: Isaac Lothian Bell, of Rownton Grange, Northallerton [LondonGazette|issue=25325|startpage=1117|date=4 March 1884 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1885: Christopher John Foyle Fawcett, of The North Bailey, Durham [LondonGazette|issue=25447|startpage=970|date=6 March 1885 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1886: Joseph Richardson, of Potto Hall, Swainby, Northallerton [LondonGazette|issue=25566|startpage=1136|date=9 March 1886 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1887: Gerald Percy Vivian Aylmer, of Walworth Castle, Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=25680|startpage=1222|date=8 March 1887 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1888: David Dale of West Lodge, Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=25798|startpage=1696|date=20 March 1888 |accessdate=2008-02-23]
*1889: Lindsay Wood, of The Hermitage, Chester-le-Street [LondonGazette|issue=25922|startpage=2009|date=9 April 1889 |accessdate=2008-02-23]
*1890: William James Joicey, of Urpeth Lodge, Chester-le-Street [LondonGazette|issue=26036|startpage=1781|date=25 March 1890 |accessdate=2008-02-23]
*1891: Joseph Henry Straker, of Willington House, Willington [LondonGazette|issue=26146|startpage=1653|date=25 March 1891 |accessdate=2008-02-23]
*1892: Sir William Gray, of Greatham Cottage, West Hartlepool [LondonGazette|issue=26269|startpage=1589|date=18 March 1892 |accessdate=2008-02-23]
*1893: Edward Joicey, of Whinney House, Low Fell, Gateshead-on-Tyne [LondonGazette|issue=26383|startpage=1677|date=17 March 1893 |accessdate=2008-02-23]
*1894: Colonel Charles John Reed CB, of Springwell Hall, Durham [LondonGazette|issue=26494|startpage=1518|date=13 March 1894 |accessdate=2008-02-23]
*1895: Hugh Bell of Redbarns, Coatham, Redcar [LondonGazette|issue=26606|startpage=1455|date=12 March 1895 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1896: Major Robert Ropner, of Preston Hall, near Stockton-on-Tees [LondonGazette|issue=26720|startpage=1596|date=10 March 1896 |accessdate=2008-02-23]
*1897: Colonel Lancelot Allgood Gregson, of Burdon, Sunderland [LondonGazette|issue=26828|startpage=1238|date=2 March 1897 |accessdate=2008-02-23]
*1898: Samuel Peter Austin, of Cocken Hall, Fence Houses [LondonGazette|issue=26945|startpage=1414|date=8 March 1898 |accessdate=2008-02-23]
*1899: Utrick Alexander Ritson, of Calf Hall, Muggleswick Park, Consett, and Jesmond Gardens, Newcastle-on-Tyne [LondonGazette|issue=27061|startpage=1660|date=10 March 1899 |accessdate=2008-02-23]20th century
*1901: George Frederick Boyd of Moorhouse, Leamside [LondonGazette|issue=27293|startpage=1760|date=
12 March 1901 |accessdate=2008-04-15]
*1902: Sir William Henry Edward Chaytor Bt of Croft, Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=27414|startpage=1625|date=7 March 1902 |accessdate=2008-04-15]
*1903: John Ewer Jefferson Hogg of Elm Park Gardens, SW London [LondonGazette|issue=27534|startpage=1671|date=13 March 1903 |accessdate=2008-04-15]
*1904: Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart. of Whitburn Hall, near Sunderland [LondonGazette|issue=27655|startpage=1537|date=8 March 1904 |accessdate=2008-04-15]
*1905: John Edwin Rogerson of Mount Oswald, Durham [LondonGazette|issue=27777|startpage=2179|date=21 March 1905 |accessdate=2008-04-15]
*1906: Frank Stobart of Biddick Hall [LondonGazette|issue=27890|startpage=1433|date=27 February 1906 |accessdate=2008-04-15]
*1907: Rowland Burdon of The Castle, Castle Eden [LondonGazette|issue=28000|startpage=1462|date=1 March 1907 |accessdate=2008-04-15]
*1908: Slingsby Duncombe Shafto of Beamish Park [LondonGazette|issue=28115|startpage=1479|date=3 March 1908 |accessdate=2008-04-15]
*1909: William Cresswell Gray of Tunstall Manor, West Hartlepool [LondonGazette|issue=28229|startpage=1655|date=2 March 1909 |accessdate=2008-04-15]
*1910: Hon. James Arthur Joicey of Longhurst, Morpeth (later Baron Joicey) [LondonGazette|issue=28346|startpage=1680|date=8 March 1910 |accessdate=2008-04-15]
*1911: Lieut-Colonel John Henry Ropner, of Ragworth, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees [LondonGazette|issue=28473|startpage=1951|date=7 March 1911 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1912: Frederick Stirling Newall, of Castle Hill, Wylam-on-Tyne [LondonGazette|issue=28586|startpage=1556|date=1 March 1912 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1913: James Westell, of The Cloisters, Sunderland [LondonGazette|issue=28701|startpage=2058|date=18 March 1913 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1914: Francis Priestman, of Shotley Park, Shotley Bridge [LondonGazette|issue=28811|startpage=2159|date=10 March 1914 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1915: Sir Alfred Molyneux Palmer, Bart., of Walworth Castle, Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=29086|startpage=2088|date=2 March 1915 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1916: William Hustler Hustler, of Acklam Hall, Middlesbrough [LondonGazette|issue=29492|startpage=2236|date=29 February 1916 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1917: The Honourable Cyril Arthur Liddell, ofRavensworth Castle , Gateshead [LondonGazette|issue=29982|startpage=2509|date=13 March 1917 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1918: Brodrick Dale, of Apperley Dene, Stocksfield [LondonGazette|issue=30557|startpage=2780|date=5 March 1918 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1919: John Wood, of Coxhoe Hall, Coxhoe [LondonGazette|issue=31230|startpage=3477|date=14 March 1919 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1920: Arthur Francis Pease, of Middleton Lodge, Middleton Tyas [LondonGazette|issue=31821|startpage=3178|date=12 March 1920 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1921: Lt Col Maurice Hugh Lowthian Bell CMG (later Sir Maurice Bell, Bt.) of Rounton Grange, Northallerton [LondonGazette|issue=32254|startpage=1994|date=11 March 1921 |accessdate=2008-06-14]
*1922: Sir John Storey Barwick, Bt., of Ashbrook Grange, Sunderland [LondonGazette|issue=32642|startpage=2231|date=17 March 1922 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1923: Capt. Rowland Burdon Webster, of Wolviston Hall, Stockton-on-Tees [LondonGazette|issue=32805|startpage=1989|date=13 March 1923 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1924: Sir Frank Brown, Kt., of Norton Priory, Stockton-on-Tees [LondonGazette|issue=32920|startpage=2415|date=21 March 1924 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1925: Lieut.-Col. George Herbert Stobart, CBE, DSO, of Harperley Park, Harperley [LondonGazette|issue=33030|startpage=1875|date=17 March 1925 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1926: Sir Thomas Garmondsway Wrightson, Bt., of The Manor House, Eryholme, near Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=33143|startpage=2012|date=19 March 1926 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1927: Brigadier-General Herbert Conyers Surtees, CB, CMG, DSO, MVO, of Mainsforth Hall, Ferryhill [LondonGazette|issue=33259|startpage=1876|date=22 March 1927 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1928: John Henry Bacon Forster, of Whitworth House, Spennymoor [LondonGazette|issue=33369|startpage=2127|date=23 March 1928 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1929: Major Henry Siward Balliol Surtees, of Redworth Hall, Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=33479|startpage=1965|date=22 March 1929 |accessdate=2008-06-13]
*1930: John Stapylton Grey Pemberton, of Ramside, Durham [LondonGazette|issue=33592|startpage=1958|date=28 March 1930 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1931: Capt. Geoffrey Stirling Newall, of Shepherds Dene, Riding Mill, Northumberland [LondonGazette|issue=33700|startpage=1878|date=20 March 1931 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1932: Henry Peile, CBE, of Broomshiels Hall, Satley, Tow Law, Co. Durham [LondonGazette|issue=33809|startpage=1854|date=18 March 1932 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1933: Sir Arthur Nicholas Lindsay Wood, Bt., of The Hermitage, Chester-le-Street [LondonGazette|issue=33922|startpage=1856|date=17 March 1933 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1934: Standish Robert Gage Prendergast Vereker of Hamsterley Hall [LondonGazette|issue=34035|startpage=1939|date=23 March 1934 |accessdate=2008-02-15]
*1935: Col Frank Robert Simpson Bt. of Bradley Hall, Wylam [LondonGazette|issue=34135|startpage=1266|date=22 February 1935 |accessdate=2008-02-15]
*1936: Major Johnathan Lee Priestman of Shotley Park [LondonGazette|issue=34261|startpage=1379|date=3 March 1936 |accessdate=2008-02-15]
*1937: Leonard Ropner, of Preston Hall, Stockton-on-Tees [LondonGazette|issue=34381|startpage=1819|date=19 March 1937 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1938: Sir William Gray, Bt., of Tunstall Manor, West Hartlepool [LondonGazette|issue=34494|startpage=1838|date=18 March 1938 |accessdate=2008-02-15]
*1939: Frank Nicholson, CBE, of Southill Hall, near Chester-le-Street [LondonGazette|issue=34606|startpage=1632|date=10 March 1939 |accessdate=2008-02-15]
*1940: Col Robert Chapman, CMG, DSO, TD, of Undercliff, Cleadon, Sunderland [LondonGazette|issue=34807|startpage=1381|date=8 March 1940 |accessdate=2008-02-15]
*1941: Col. Harold Edward Kitching, MBE, of Elmwood, Hartburn, Stockton-on-Tees [LondonGazette|issue=35119|startpage=1802|date=28 March 1941 |accessdate=2008-02-15]
*1942: Col. Sir Thomas Andrews Bradford, Kt, DSO, of Aden Cottage, Durham [LondonGazette|issue=35508|startpage=1453|date=31 March 1942 |accessdate=2008-02-15]
*1943: Col. Hereward Sprot, of St. John's Hall, Wolsingham [LondonGazette|issue=35938|startpage=1199|date=12 March 1943 |accessdate=2008-02-15]
*1944: Captain Edward Ramsden, MC, of Sands Hall, Sedgefield [LondonGazette|issue=36444|startpage=1449|date=28 March 1944 |accessdate=2008-02-15]
*1945: Colonel Charles Edwin Vickery, CMG, DSO, of Whorlton Grange, Whorlton, Barnard Castle [LondonGazette|issue=36998|startpage=1602|date=23 March 1945 |accessdate=2008-02-15]
*1946: Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Laurence Stapylton Pemberton, MC, of Hawthorn Tower, Seaham [LondonGazette|issue=37509|startpage=1493|date=22 March 1946 |accessdate=2008-02-15]
*1947: Edward John Westgarth Hildyard, of Horsley Hall, Eastgate [LondonGazette|issue=37905|startpage=1214|date=14 March 1947 |accessdate=2008-02-15]
*1948: Major Frank Douglas Nicholson, TD, of Quarry Hill, Brancepeth [LondonGazette|issue=38235|startpage=1811|date=12 March 1948 |accessdate=2008-02-15]
*1949: Captn Sydney Riley Lord of Newbus Grange, Neasham [LondonGazette|issue=38556|startpage=1202|date=8 March 1949 |accessdate=2008-02-15]
*1950: Lt Col. Robert Appleby Bartram of Broomshiels Hall, near Bishop Aukland [LondonGazette|issue=38878|startpage=1666|date=4 April 1950 |accessdate=2008-02-15]
*1951: Colonel Thomas George Greenwell, TD, of Thornley Cottage, Tow Law, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham [LondonGazette|issue=39175|startpage=1428|date=16 March 1951 |accessdate=2008-04-24]
*1952: Philip Ivan Pease, of Sledwick, Barnard Castle [LondonGazette|issue=39489|startpage=1399|date=11 March 1952 |accessdate=2008-04-24]
*1953: Major Sir (Lawrence) Andrew Common, DSO, of Hunter House,Shotley Bridge [LondonGazette|issue=39798|startpage=1442|date=13 March 1953 |accessdate=2008-04-24]
*1953: Thomas Hawksley Summerson, of Hall Garth, Coatham Mundeville, Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=39841|startpage=2419|date=1 May 1953 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1954: Brigadier Leslie Harrison McRobert, CBE, TD, of Meadowcroft, West Hartlepool [LondonGazette|issue=40115|startpage=1315|date=2 March 1954 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1955: Major Sir Basil Robert James Simpson, Bt, OBE, of Bradley Hall, Wylam [LondonGazette|issue=40433|startpage=1609|date=18 March 1955 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1956: Maurice Oliver Pease, TD, of Eldon House, Heighington, Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=40738|startpage=1731|date=23 March 1956 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1957: Major Aubone Bryce Surtees, of Hurworth Hall West, Hurworth-on-Tees, Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=41024|startpage=1651|date=15 March 1957 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1958: John Raymond Ropner, of Middleton Lodge, Middleton Tyas, Richmond, Yorks [LondonGazette|issue=41340|startpage=1779|date=18 March 1958 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1959: Sir John Gamrondsway Wrightson, Bt., TD, of Neasham Hall, Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=41656|startpage=1725|date=13 March 1959 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1960: Lieut-Colonel Robert Macgowan Chapman, TD of Cherry Tree House, Cleadon, near Sunderland [LondonGazette|issue=41986|startpage=2025|date=18 March 1960 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1961: Richard Boys-Stones, MC, TD, of Kyo Close, Wylam-on-Tyne [LondonGazette|issue=42314|startpage=2346|date=28 March 1961 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1962: Roger Trelawny Backhouse, of The East House, Great Smeaton, Northallerton, Yorkshire [LondonGazette|issue=42623|startpage=2144|date=16 March 1962 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1963: Commander Shannan Stevenson, RN (Retd.), of White Hall, Haughton-le-Skerne, Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=42955|startpage=2823|date=29 March 1963 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1964: John Charles Hedley Booth, of Meadow Bank, Castle Eden [LondonGazette|issue=43286|startpage=2849|date=31 March 1964 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1965: Christopher William Drewett Chaytor, MBE, of Croft Hall, Croft, near Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=43610|startpage=3049|date=26 March 1965 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1966: James Kenneth Hope, CBE, of West Park, Lanchester [LondonGazette|issue=43921|startpage=2704|date=11 March 1966 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1967: Colonel James Wadham Grant, MBE, TD, of Northolme, Moor Lane, Whitburn [LondonGazette|issue=44276|startpage=3382|date=28 March 1967 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1968: Peter Guy Edwards, of Low Walworth Hall, near Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=44540|startpage=2667|date=5 March 1968 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1969: Norman Carse Marr, of Belle Vue, East Boldon, County Durham [LondonGazette|issue=44811|startpage=3011|date=20 March 1969 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1970: Ralph Meredyth Turton, TD, of The Hall, Kildale, Yorkshire [LondonGazette|issue=45070|startpage=3646|date=31 March 1970 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1971: William Talbot Gray, of Egglestone Hall, Barnard Castle [LondonGazette|issue=45321|startpage=2158|date=12 March 1971 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1972: Sir James Steel, Kt, CBE, of Fawnlees Hall, Wolsingham [LondonGazette|issue=45630|startpage=3653|date=24 March 1972 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1973: Colonel Hugh Kirton, TD, of Plawsworth House, Plawsworth, Chester-le-Street [LondonGazette|issue=45941|startpage=4153|date=30 March 1973 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1974: Elizabeth Scylla Riley Lord, of Low Dinsdale Old Rectory, Neasham, near Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=46249|startpage=4006|date=28 March 1974 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1975: Thomas Richard Featherstone Fenwick, of Bishop Oak, Wolsingham, Bishop Auckland [LondonGazette|issue=46524|startpage=3843|date=21 March 1975 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1976: Lieut.-Colonel Michael Radcliffe Kerens, MBE, TD, of The Old Vicarage, Bolam, Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=46857|startpage=4337|date=23 March 1976 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1977: Major William Kemp Trotter, of The Deanery, Staindrop, near Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=47171|startpage=3435|date=11 March 1977 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1978: Colonel Sir William Allison Lee, Kt, OBE, TD, of The Woodlands, Woodland Road, Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=47497|startpage=3663|date=23 March 1978 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1979: Captain Gerard Maurice Salvin, of Croxdale Hall, Durham [LondonGazette|issue=47795|startpage=3547|date=16 March 1979 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1980: Paul Douglas Nicholson, of Quarry Hill [LondonGazette|issue=48134|startpage=4412|date=21 March 1980 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1981: Lieut-Colonel Robert Benjamin Humphreys, of Peppermires Cottage, Brancepeth, Durham [LondonGazette|issue=48563|startpage=4215|date=24 March 1981 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1982: George Christopher Bartram, of Eldon House, Heighington Village, Newton Aycliffe [LondonGazette|issue=48919|startpage=3495|date=12 March 1982 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1983: Frederick Guy Beadon, of Little Newsham Hall, Winston, Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=49294|startpage=3830|date=18 March 1983 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1984: John Wood Snowdon, of The Old Rectory, Brandsby, York [LondonGazette|issue=49677|startpage=3867|date=16 March 1984 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1985:?
*1986: Rosemarie Hume Gray, of Eggleston Hall, Eggleston, Barnard Castle [LondonGazette|issue=50472|startpage=4373|date=27 March 1986 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1987: Ian George Bonas, of Bedburn Hall, Hamsterley [LondonGazette|issue=50865|startpage=3691|date=19 March 1987 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1988: Robert Patrick Thompson, of The Old Rectory, Wycliffe, Whorlton, Barnard Castle [LondonGazette|issue=51281|startpage=3545|date=24 March 1988 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1989: James Tyrell Brockbank, of The Orange Tree, Shincliffe, Durham City [LondonGazette|issue=51678|startpage=3357|date=17 March 1989 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1990: Captain John Hubert McBain, of Westholme Hall, Winston, Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=52081|startpage=3677|date=20 March 1990 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1991: Sir Anthony Frederick Milbank, Bt., of Barningham Park, Richmond, North Yorkshire [LondonGazette|issue=52484|startpage=4710|date=25 March 1991 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1992: Elizabeth Ann Jennings, of Broomshiels Home Farm, Saitley, Bishop Auckland [LondonGazette|issue=52868|startpage=5026|date=20 March 1992 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1993: Desmond Walker [LondonGazette|issue=53247|startpage=4679|date=20 March 1993 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1994: Nicholas David Barclay Straker, of Sough Hill, Caldwell, Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=53618|startpage=4243|date=18 March 1994 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1995: Robert Sale, of Eryholme Grange, Hurworth, Darlington [LondonGazette|issue=53985|startpage=4274|date=20 March 1995 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1996: James Allan Marr, of 2 Peppermires, Brancepeth [LondonGazette|issue=54345|startpage=3831|date=14 March 1996 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1997: Michael Philip Weston, Prebends Gate, 3 Quarryheads Lane, Durham City [LondonGazette|issue=54715|startpage=3621|date=25 March 1997 |accessdate=2008-06-12]
*1998: Sir William Gray, Bt., Eggleston Hall, Eggleston, Barnard Castle
*1999: Frank Nicholson, Cocken House, Chester-le-Street21st century
*2000: Elizabeth Ann Smyth, Greenbank, Heighington, Darlington
*2001: Thomas Macklyn Swan, The Old Hall, Bedburn, Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland
*2002: Andrew Martell, Shotley Hall, Shotley Bridge, Consett [http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/2001/11/13/154321.html]
*2003: Peter Morrison Cook, Broomsheils Hall, Satley, Bishop Auckland
*2004: Richard Louis Coad, The Glebe, Thorpe, Barnard Castle
*2005: Simon Jonathon Henry Still
*2006: Sareth Ann Nainby-Luxmoore
*2007: Ian Roberts Dewhirst
*2008: Paul Francis Adrian TownleyReferences
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