- High Sheriff of Worcestershire
This is a list of High Sheriffs of Worcestershire.
List of High Sheriffs
*1583:
Gilbert Lyttelton of Prestwood Hall [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p1236.htm#i12352 The Peerage website] ]
*1613: Thomas Lyttleton of Frankley Hall [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p1235.htm#i12350 The Peerage website] ]
*1619: Walter Blount of Sodington [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42898 "A History of the County of Worcester" Vol 4 (1924) p285 from British History Online] ]
*1671: Robert Foley
*1688: Sir Walter Kirkham Blount Bt of Sodington
*1730: Richard Bourne of Acton, near Ombersley [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43254 'A History of the County of Worcester" Vol 3 (1913) p460 British History Online] ]
*1830: John Scott, of Stourbridge []
*1853: Charles Noel of Bell Hall, Belbroughton [LondonGazette|issue=21409|startpage=329|date=8 February 1853 ]
*1854: Edward Bearcroft of Mere Hall, Bromsgrove [LondonGazette|issue=21517|startpage=265|date=31 January 1854 ]
*1855: William Dowderswell of Pull Court, near Tewksbury [LondonGazette|issue=21660|startpage=471|date=9 February 1855 ]
*1856: Francis Tongue Rufford of Prescot House, near Stourbridge [LondonGazette|issue=21844|startpage=362|date=31 January 1856 ]
*1857: Edward Vincent Wheeler of Kyre House [LondonGazette|issue=21964|startpage=379|date=3 February 1857 ]
*1859: William Charles Hemming of Spring Grove,Bewdley [LondonGazette|issue=22226|startpage=454|date=2 February 1859 ]
*1861: James Moilliet ofAbberley Hall , nearWorcester [LondonGazette|issue=22477|startpage=433|date=5 February 1861 ]
*1862: Sir Edmund Anthony Harley Lechmere Bt. of The Rhyd, Worcester [LondonGazette|issue=22596|startpage=649|date=7 February 1862 ]
*1863: Richard Hemming of Bentley Manor,Bromsgrove [LondonGazette|issue=22704|startpage=573|date=3 February 1863 ]
*1865: Alan Hudson Royds of Crown East, nearWorcester [LondonGazette|issue=22936|startpage=560|date=4 February 1865 ]
*1866: Edward Charles Rudge of Abbey Manor,Evesham [LondonGazette|issue=23066|startpage=638|date=2 February 1866 ]
*1867: Richard William Johnson of Bricklehampton Hall [LondonGazette|issue=23215|startpage=612|date=2 February 1867 ]
*1891: George Rushout Godson, of The Court, Tenbury [LondonGazette|issue=26146|startpage=1653|date=24 March 1891 |accessdate=2008-02-11]
*1910: John Ferguson Chance of Clent GroveMemorial inscription at St Leonards Ghurch, Clent]
*1926: Richard Stuart Todd of Clent
*2000: Mrs Thomas Hone, of Bosbury House [LondonGazette|issue=55792|notarchive=yes|startpage=2987|date=16 March 2000 |accessdate=2008-04-08]
*2001: Andrew William Dyson Perrins, of The Hyde [LondonGazette|issue=56155|notarchive=yes|startpage=3254|date=22 March 2001 |accessdate=2008-04-08]
*2002: Col Sir Piers Henry George Bengough KCVO OBE, of Great House [LondonGazette|issue=56531|notarchive=yes|startpage=4283|date=9 April 2002 |accessdate=2008-04-08]
*2003: Georgina Sarah Henrietta Britten-Long, of Hill Farm [LondonGazette|issue=56884|notarchive=yes|startpage=3603|date=21 March 2003 |accessdate=2008-04-08]
*2004: James Donald Nicholas, of Welsh Court [LondonGazette|issue=57230|notarchive=yes|startpage=3128|date=11 March 2004 |accessdate=2008-04-08]
*2005: Andrew William Grant [LondonGazette|issue=57598|notarchive=yes|startpage=3762|date=29 March 2005 |accessdate=2008-04-08]
*2006: Lt-Gen Sir John Paul Foley KBE OBE MC [LondonGazette|issue=57921|notarchive=yes|startpage=3376|date=9 March 2006 |accessdate=2008-04-08]
*2007: John Sarne Yorke [LondonGazette|issue=58266|notarchive=yes|startpage=3313|date=7 March 2007 |accessdate=2008-04-08]
*2008: Lt-Col Michael Robin Ogilvie Leigh [LondonGazette|issue=58639|notarchive=yes|startpage=3947|date=13 March 2008 |accessdate=2008-04-08]References
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