High Sheriff of Radnorshire

= History =

The office of High Sheriff is over 1000 years old, with its establishment before the Norman Conquest. The Office of High Sheriff remained first in precedence in the counties until the reign of Edward VII when an Order in Council in 1908 gave the Lord-Lieutenant the prime office under the Crown as the Sovereign's personal representative. The High Sheriff remains the Sovereign's representative in the County for all matters relating to the Judiciary and the maintenance of law and order.

The office of High Sheriff for Radnorshire ceased with local government re-organisation in 1974, when it was combined with the High Sheriffs of Brecknockshire and Montgomeryshire as the High Sheriff of Powys.

Officeholders

*1830: Robert Bell Price, of Downfield Old Radnor [LondonGazette|issue=18652|startpage=257|endpage=258|date=2 February 1830|accessdate=2008-09-29]
*1831: Richard Duppa, of Llanshay, [LondonGazette|issue=18772|startpage=194|endpage=195|date=1 February 1831|accessdate=2008-09-29] died in office and was replaced by Thomas Duppa, of Llanshay [LondonGazette|issue=18783|startpage=465|date=11 March 1831|accessdate=2008-09-29]
*1832: Thomas Evans, of Llwynbarriedd [LondonGazette|issue=18900|startpage=254|endpage=255|date=6 February 1832|accessdate=2008-09-29]
*1833: Walter Wilkins, of Maeslough Castle [LondonGazette|issue=19019|startpage=246|date=5 February 1833|accessdate=2008-09-29]
*1834: Guy Parsons, of Bettws Disserth [LondonGazette|issue=19125|startpage=206|date=4 February 1834|accessdate=2008-01-28] [LondonGazette|issue=19134|startpage=403|date=7 March 1834|accessdate=2008-01-28]
*1835: Thomas Williams, of Crossfoot [LondonGazette|issue=19238|startpage=235|endpage=236|date=9 February 1835|accessdate=2008-09-29]
*1836: James Williams Morgan, of Treble Hill, Glasbury [LondonGazette|issue=19353|startpage=223|endpage=224|date=5 February 1836|accessdate=2008-09-29]
*1837: Hans Busk, of Nantmel [LondonGazette|issue=19462|startpage=232|endpage=233|date=31 January 1837|accessdate=2008-09-29]
*1838: Sir John Dutton Colt, 4th Baronet, of Llanayne [LondonGazette|issue=19586|startpage=232|date=2 February 1838|accessdate=2008-09-29]
*1839: Henry Lingen, of Penlanoley [LondonGazette|issue=19704|startpage=214|date=5 February 1839|accessdate=2008-09-29]
*1840: Edward Rogers, of Stanage-Park [LondonGazette|issue=19819|startpage=197|endpage=198|date=31 January 1840|accessdate=2008-02-14]
*1841: Edward Breeze, of Knighton [LondonGazette|issue=19956|startpage=515|date=26 February 1841|accessdate=2008-02-14]
*1842: David Oliver, of Rhydoldog [LondonGazette|issue=20067|startpage=285|endpage=286|date=4 February 1842|accessdate=2008-02-14]
*1843: Edward David Thomas, of Wellfield House [LondonGazette|issue=20192|startpage=371|endpage=372|date=1 February 1843|accessdate=2008-02-14]

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