This is a list of civic sheriffs and high sheriffs of the County of the City of Bristol
The office of high sheriff is over 1,000 years old, with its establishment before the Norman Conquest. The 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.
Bristol is unusual in having had county corporate status since medieval times (1373). The Lord Mayor and one or sometimes two sheriffs served as part of its civic governance. The county was expanded to include suburbs such as Clifton in 1835, and it was named a county borough in 1889, when the term was first introduced. However, on 1 April 1974 it became a part of the local government county of Avon . On 1 April 1996 Avon was abolished, allowing the city of Bristol to become a unitary authority and gain its ceremonial independence and county status as the County of City of Bristol, with the royal appointments of Lord-Lieutenant and High Sheriff.
Sheriffs of Bristol typically took office at the end of September and served until September of the following year
16th century
1500: Hugh Elliot; John Batten
1501: Thomas Snyg; Thomas Paruaunt
1502: John Collor; John Capell
1503: Richard ap Merrick; William Bedford
1504: William Jefferis; Edward Penson
1505: Thomas Elliott; John Harris
1506: William Edwards; John Attwillis
1507: John Edwards; Simon Jarvis
1508: John Matthews; William Neal
1509: John Williams; John Wilkins
1510: Robert Hutton; Ralph Aprys
1511: John Hutton; Humphrey Brown
1512: Thomas Dale; Thomas Broke
1513: William Wosley; John Shipman
1514: John Ware; Richard Tonnell
1515: Richard Abingdon ; William Vaughan
1515: Thomas Pacy; Edward Prynne
1517: John Drewes ; John Pepe
1518: John Hall; William Dale
1519: Clement Bays; Robert Sailbrige
1520: William Shipman; Robert Aventry
1521: Robert Ellyott ; Roger Coke
1522: Gilbert Cogan; William Chester
1523: Robert Chapman; John Davis
1524: Thomas Jefferis; John Spring
1525: Henry White; John Jervis
1526: George Bathram; David Lawrence
1527: Thomas Nash; David Hutton
1528: Nicholas Thorn; John Thorn
1529: William Kelke; Thomas Silke
1530: George Hall; Robert Adams
1531: William Carey; John Mancell
1532: John Smith; William Pykes
1533: William Howell; Anthony Pain
1534: John Brampton; Nicholas Woodhouse
1535: Thomas Hart; John Northall
1536: Richard Prinn; Thomas Moore
1537: Thomas Winsmore; Rowland Cowper
1538: David Harris ; William Jay
1539: William Rowley; William Young
1540: William Spratt; Richard Morse
1541: Richard Watley; Robert Saxse
1542: William Ballard; William Pepwall
1543: Francis Codrington; Thomas Landsdown
1544: John Gurney; Roger Jones
1545: William Carr ; Robert Davis
1546: John A Wellis; Thomas Joackym
1547: Thomas Harris; William Tindall
1548: Edward Tynte; John Mathews
1549: Edward Prynne; John Stone
1550: Roger Milward; Thomas Sheward
1551: William Jones; Nicholas Williams
1552: Thomas Tyson; Anthony Standback
1553: John Pikes sen.; Thomas Pikes jun.
1554: Giles White; John Cutt
1555: Thomas Shipman; John Griffiths
1556: George Snigg; William Butler
1557: William Tucker; Arthur Richards
1558: John Brown; John Prewett
1559: Thomas Chester ; Thomas Kelke
1560: Michael Sowdelay; George Higgins
1561: John Wade; Thomas Colston
1562: John Roberts; William Belsher
1563: Thomas Young; Richard Davis
1564: Edmund Jones; Thomas Slocomb
1565: William Young; John Jones
1566: Philip Langley ; Thomas Aldworth
1567: Dominick Chester ; Walter Pykes
1568: Thomas Kyrkland; Robert Smith
1569: Thomas Rowland; Richard Cole
1570: William Hicks; John Barnes
1571: Thomas Warren; Randolph Hassell
1572: William Gibbons; Robert Kitchen
1573: Edward Porter; William Bird
1574: William Saltern ; Robert Halton
1575: Michael Pepwall; Nicholas Blake
1576: John Ash; Richard Ashurst
1577: William Hopkins; Walter Standfast
1578: William Prewett; Ralph Dole
1579: George Bathram; Francis Knight
1580: William Parfey; William Yate
1581: Bartholomew Cook; Humpry Andrews
1582: Thomas Pollington; John Webb
1583: Walter Davis; William Ellis
1584: Rice Jones; Richard Kelke
1585: Henry Gough; John Hart
1586: Edward Long; John Hopkins
1587: William Vawer; Ralph Hurt
1588: Nicholas Hobbs; John Oliver
1589: John Whitson ; Christopher Kedgwin
1590: George Snow; Hugh Griffith
1591: Thomas James ;Walter Williams
1592: Richard May; John Young
1593: John Barker; Richard Smith
1594: Matthew Haviland; Thomas Pitcher
1595: Richard Rogers; John Sly
1596: John Boucher; Robert Aldworth
1597; John Englesfield; Richard George
1598: William Cary; Abel Kitchen
1599: William Colston; John Harrison
17th century
1600 John Boulton; Thomas Hopkins
1601 William Hopkins; John Fowens
1602 John Aldworth; Thomas Farmer
1603 William Barnes; George Richards
1604 William Cole; George Harrington
1605 John Rowberowe; John Guy
1606 Thomas Packer; John Doughty
1607 Robert Rogers; Arthurs Needes
1608 Thomas Moore; William Young
1609 Thomas Aldworth; Wm. Challoner
1610 Thomas Whithead; William Pytte
1611 William Burrus; Henry Gibbes
1612 Christoper Cary; John Barker
1613 Christopher Whitson; John Gonning
1614 John Langton; Humphrey Hooke
1615 William Baldwyne; John Tomlinson
1616 Henry Yate; Henry Hobson
1617 Matthew Warren; William Turner
1618 Thomas Cecil; Thomas Wright
1619 Humphrey Browne; William Lyssett
1620 Andrew Charlton; Peter Miller
1621 Richard Holworthy;Richard Longe
1622 Edward Coxe; William Jones
1623 Oliver Snell; Ezekiel Wallis
1624 William Pitt jnr (died) and replaced by Thomas Clements;Nathaniel Butcher
1625 George Knight; John Taylor
1626 John Lock; Walter Ellis
1627 Richard Plea; Richard Aldworth
1628 Alexander James; Francis Creswick
1629 Giles Elbridge; Thomas Colston
1630 Derrick Popley; Gabriel Sherman
1631 John Gonning jnr; Miles Jackson
1632 Thomas Jackson; William Fitzherbert
1633 Robert Elliott; Thomas Lloyd
1634 John Langton; Thomas Hook
1635 William Cann; William Hobson
1636 Richard Vickris; Thos.Woodward
1637 Edward Peters, (died) and replaced by Abraham Edwards; William Wyat
1638 Luke Hodges ; George Hellier
1639 Matthew Warren; Walter Deyos
1640 Henry Gibbes; Edward Pitt
1641 Richard Balman; Robert Yeamans
1642 Joseph Jackson ; Hugh Browne
1643 Henry Creswick; William Colston
1644 Nathaniel Cale; William Bevan
1645 John Young; Walter Stevens
1646 Walter Sandy; Edward Tyson
1647 Arthur Farmer; George White
1648 Robert Challoner; Robert Yate
1649 William Dale; William Yeamans
1650 James Croft; George Hart
1651 George Lane; Robert Cann
1652 Jonathan Blackwell; Thomas Amory
1653 John Pope; Thomas Bubb
1654 Christopher Griffith; John Lawford
1655 Thomas Harris; John Bowen
1656 Robert Vickris; John Harper
1657 John Willoughby; Henry Appleton
1658 Edward Morgan; Nehemiah Collins
1659 Francis Gleed; Timothy Parker
1660 Richard Gregson; Thomas Langton
1661 Thomas Stevens; John Hickes
1662 John Wright; Robert Yeamans
1663 John Bradway; Richard Streamer
1664 John Knight ; Ralph Olliffe
1665 William Crabb; Richard Crumpe
1666 John Lloyd; Joseph Creswick
1667 John Aldworth (died) and replaced by William Willett; Henry Gough
1668 Humphrey Little; Richard Hart
1669 Charles Powell; Edward Hurne
1670 Thomas Day ; Thomas Eston
1671 Richard Stubbs; Thomas Earle
1672 Edward Young; John Cooke
1673 John Dymer (died) and replaced by William Hassell;John Cecil
1674 Samuel Wharton; Edward Fielding
1675 Charles Williams; George Lane
1676 Henry Gleson; Henry Merret
1677 William Donning; John Moore
1678 William Jackson; William Clutterbuck
1679 William Hayman; William Swymmer
1680 Abraham Saunders; Arthur Hart
1681 Sir John Knight ;Richard Lane
1682 George Hart; John Combes
1683 Nathaniel Driver; Edmond Arundell
1684 Giles Merricke; James Twyford
1685 William Merricke; Robert Yate
1686 George Morgan; Edward Tocknell
1687 John Sandford; Samuel Wallis; Thomas Saunders;John Hine
1688 Thomas Liston; Joseph Jackson; Thomas Cole; George White
1689 John Bubb; John Blackwell
1690 Robert Dowding; John Yeamans
1691 John Bradway; William Opie
1692 James Pope; Henry Combe
1693 Marmaduke Bowdler; John Bacheler
1694 John Hawkins; Sir William Daines
1695 William Lewis; William French
1696 Francis Whitchurch; Peter Saunders
1697 Nathaniel Day; Joh Day
1698 George Stephens; John Swymmer
1699 William Whithead; James Hollidge
18th century
1700 Robert Bound; Isaac Davies
1701 Samuel Bayly; Richard Bayly
1702 Abraham Elton ;Christopher Shuter
1703 Thomas Hort; Henry Whithead
1704 Anthony Swymmer; Henry Walter
1705 Morgan Smith; Nathaniel Webb
1706 Abraham Hooke ; Nicholas Hicks
1707 Onesiphorus Tyndall; Thomas Tyler
1708 Philip Freke ; John Day
1709 James Haynes; Thomas Clement
1710 Edmund Mountjoy; Abraham Elton
1711 William Bayly; Poole Stokes
1712 Henry Watts;
1713 John Becher; Henry Swymmer
1714 William Whithead; Richard Taylor
1715 James Donning; Joseph Jefferis
1716 Robert Earle; Peter Day
1717 Henry Nash; John Price
1718 Samuel Stokes; Edward Foy
1719 Arthur Taylor; John King
1720 Robert Addison; Jacob Elton
1721 John Rich; Noblet Ruddock
1722 Robert Smith; Lionel Lyde
1723 John Blackwell; Nathaniel Wraxall
1724 Nathaniel Day; William Jefferis
1725 Stephen Clutterbuck; Michael Puxton
1726 Ezekial Longman; Henry Combe
1727 Richard Bayley; John Bartlett
1728 Henry Lloyd; Sir Abraham Elton, 3rd Baronet
1729 John Berrow; John Day
1730 Edward Buckler; William Barnsdale
1731 Edward Cooper; William Barnes
1732 John Foy; Buckler Weekes
1733 Michael Pope; Benjamin Glisson
1734 Thomas Curtis; James Laroche
1735 David Peloquin; John Clements
1736 Morgan Smith; Abraham Elton
1737 Joseph Iles; Henry Dampier
1738 John Combe; Giles Bayly
1739 Michael Becher; David Dehany
1740 Walter Jenkins; William Martin
1741 John Chamberlayne; Henry Mugleworth
1742 William Cossley; Jeremiah Ames
1743 Isaac Elton; John Durbin
1744 John Foy; Buckler Weekes
1745 Thomas Marsh; John Noble
1746 Henry Swymmer; Richard Farr jnr
1747 John Berrow; Giles Bayly
1748 John Daltera; Isaac Baugh
1749 William Barnes jnr; John Curtis
1750 George Weare; Joseph Love
1751 Henry Dampier; Isaac Baugh
1752 Daniel Woodward; Edward Whatley
1753 Henry Bright; Thomas Harris
1754 Thomas Knox; Thomas Deane
1755 Henry Weare; James Hilhouse
1756 Nathaniel Foy; Austin Goodwin
1757 Robert Gordon; Isaac Piguenit
1758 Samuel Webb; John Berrow
1759 Charles Hotchkin; John Noble
1760 Isaac Piguenit; Samuel Sedgley
1761 Joseph Daltera; William Barnes jnr
1762 William Weare; Thomas Farr
1763 Andrew Pope; John Durbin jnr
1764 James Laroche jnr; John Bull
1765 Isaac Elton jnr; Michael Miller jnr
1766 William Miles; Henry Cruger
1767 Edward Brice; Alexander Edgar
1768 John Crofts; Henry Lippincott
1769 John Merlott; George Daubeny
1770 Isaac Elton jnr; Henry Lippincott
1771 Levi Ames; Jeremy Baker
1772 John Noble; John Anderson
1773 Andrew Pope; Thomas Pierce
1774 John Durbin jnr; James Hill
1775 Edward Brice; John Noble
1776 John Farr; John Harris
1777 John Fisher Weare; Philip Protheroe
1778 Benjamin Loscombe; James Morgan jnr
1779 Edward Brice; John Harford
1780 Samuel Span; Joseph Smith
1781 Robert Colman; John Collard
1782 Rowland Williams; William Blake
1783 John Garnett; Anthony Henderson
1784 John Fisher Weare; John Harvey
1785 Joseph Harford; Stephen Nash
1786 Evan Baillie ; Thomas Daniel jnr
1787 John Morgan; Robert Claxton
1788 James Hill; John Harris
1789 Henry Bengough; John Gordon jnr
1790 James Morgan; Rowland Williams
1791 Joseph Harford; Samuel Span
1792 Wm Gibbons; Joseph Gregory Harris
1793 Charles Young; John Page
1794 Robert Castle; Joseph Edye
1795 David Evans; John Wilcox
1796 John Foy Edgar; Azariah Pinney
1797 Edward Protheroe ; John Span
1798 Daniel Wait; William Fripp
1799 Henry Bright; Worthington Brice
19th century
1800 Robert Castle; Samuel Birch
1801 Samuel Span; Richard Vaughan jnr
1802 John Foy Edgar; Henry Protheroe
1803 Samuel Henderson jnr; John Haythorne
1804 Levi Amis jnr; Philip Protheroe
1805 William Inman; John Hilhouse Wilcox
1806 Henry Brooke; Edward Brice jnr
1807 Sir Henry Protheroe; John Haythorne
1808 Benjamin Bickley; Philip George
1809 Michael Castle; George King
1810 William Inman; James Fowler
1811 Edward Brice; Benjamin Bickley
1812 George Hillhouse; Abraham Hilhouse
1813 Benjamin Bickley; Philip George
1814 William Fripp jnr; James George jnr
1815 Benjamin Bickley; Philip George
1816 Edward Daniel; John Barrow
1817 George Hillhouse; Abraham Hillhouse
1818 Thomas Hassel; Nicholas Roch
1819 James George jnr; John Gardiner
1820 Thomas Hassell; Robert Jenkins
1821 Nicholas Roch; Thomas Camplin
1822 Gabriel Goldney; John Cave
1823 John Savage; Charles Pinney
1824 John Gardiner ; Charles Ludlow Walker
1825 Gabriel Goldney; John Savage
1826 Thomas Hassell; Daniel Stanton
1827 Charles Payne; Henry Wenman Newman
1828 Charles L Walker; Thomas Hooper Riddle
1829 Hugh William Danson; John Evans Lunell
1830 George Protheroe; William Claxton
1831 George Bengough; Joseph Lax
1832 James Norroway Franklyn; Michael Hinton Castle
1833 James Lean; Peter Maze jnr
1834 James N Franklyn; William Killgrew Wait
1836 Daniel Cave
1836 Thomas Kington
1837 Thomas Kington Baily
1838 Francis Savage
1839 Richard Vaughan
1840 Hugh Vaughan
1841 Thomas Jones
1842 Jeremiah Hill
1843 Thomas Wadham
1844 John Harding
1845 Thomas Hill
1846 Abraham Grey Harford Battersby
1847 Edward Sampson jnr
1848 Peter Maze jnr
1849 John Jasper Leigh Baily
1850 Joseph Walters Daubeny
1851 John Battersby Harford
1852 Robert Bright
1853 Philip John William Miles
1854 Robert Phippen
1855 Albany Bourchier Savile
1856 George Oldham Edwards
1857 John Henry Greville Smyth
1858 William Henry Hartford
1859 William Montague Baillie
1860 Joshua Saunders
1861 George Rocke Woodward
1862 Charles Daniel Cave
1863 William Wright
1864 Henry Cruger William Miles
1865 Joseph Cooke Hurle
1866 William Henry Miles
1867 William Gale Coles
1868 Robert Phippen (died July 1869)
1869 Thomas Proctor
1870 John Fisher
1871 William Thomas Poole King
1872 Thomas Todd Walton
1873 Thomas Todd Walton
1874 Charles Hill
1875 George Bright
1876 William Smith
1877 William Henry Wills
1878 Charles Bowles Hare
1879 Robert Low Grant Vassall
1880 Francis Frederick Fox
1881 William Edward George
1882 John Lysaght
1883 Henry Bourchier Osborne Savile
1884 John Harvey
1885 Reginald Wyndham Butterworth
1886 Francis James Fry
1887 Robert Henry Symes
1888 George Henry Pope
1889 James Henry Lockley
1890 James Henry Lockley
1891 Arthur Baker
1892 Alfred Deedes
1893 Col. Charles Coates
1894 William Pethick
1895 William Ansell Todd
1896 James Colthurst Godwin
1897 Francis Richardson Cross
1898 Charles Wills
1899 George Alfred Wills
20th century
1900 Edward Burnet James
1901 Admiral Francis Arden Close
1902 Joseph Weston-Stevens
1903 William Henry Greville Edwards
1904 Herbert Cary George Batten
1905 Henry Lorymer Risely
1906 Henry Daniel
1907 Herbert Cary George Batten
1908 Stanley Hugh Badock
1909 George Risely
1910 George Risely
1911 Robert Edwin Bush
1912 Thomas Joseph Lennard
1913 Adam Cottam Castle
1914 John Stroud Gwyer William Stroud
1915 Herbert Edwin Chattock
1916 Lt Col. Joseph Beaumont Butler / Herbert Edwin Chattock
1917 Percy Steadman
1918 Ivie Mathew Dunlop
1919 William Alfred Titley
1920 Major Owen Stanley Davies
1921 Francis Nicholas Cowlin
1922 Horace Walker
1923 Frederick Burris
1924 Frank Oliver Wills
1925 Lionel Goodenough Taylor
1926 Frank Ernest Sampson
1927 James Arnold Arrowsmith-Brown
1928 Ernest John Taylor
1929 Henry James Gilbert Rudman
1930 Herbert George Tanner
1931 Edwin Stanley Gange
1932 Dr Walter Kenneth Wills
1933 Frank Sydney Philpott
1934 Thomas Hosegood Davies
1935 Gilbert Sydney James
1936 Vivian John Robinson
1937 Sidney Cox
1938 Col. Ernest William Leonard
1939 Charles Loraine Hill
1940 Clarence Herbert William Davey
1941 Harold Maurice Comer Hosegood
1942 Harold Maurice Comer Hosegood
1943 Harold Maurice Comer Hosegood
1944 Sydney Clifford
1945 Sydney Clifford
1946 Harry Crook
1947 Herbert John Thomas
1948 Hubert Chitty
1949 Frank Manning Arkle
1950 Joseph Henry Bennett
1951 Arthur Anthony Scull
1952 Stanley William Cornwall
1953 Alan Oliver Wills
1954 John Henshaw Britton
1955 Henry Richard Priday
1956 Arthur William Bryant
1957 William Ernest Wheatley
1958 George Thomas Bullock
1959 Dr Alexander MacAllister Maclachlan
1960 George Edward Maggs
1961 Charles Marcus Hartnell
1962 Stanley William Evans
1963 Arthur Ainslie Baker
1964 William Coldrick
1965 Francis Dorning Parry
1966 Frank A Ashley
1967 Kenneth Blandford Lalonde
1968 Gilbert Thomas
1969 John Norton Chivers
1970 Herbert Frederick George Skeates
1971 Robert Victor Cooke
1972 Iris Mary Knight
1973 George E Lucas
1974–1995 No sheriffs appointed
High Sheriffs for the County of City of Bristol
20th century
21st century
2000–2001: Dr Charles St. John Hartnell of Cameley, Bath & NE Somerset[ 7]
2001–2002: Dr Malcolm Joseph Campbell of Sneyd Park[ 8]
2002–2003: John Christopher Savage of Clifton[ 9]
2003–2004: Helen Mary Thornhill of Clifton[ 10]
2004–2005: Valerie, Lady Kingman of Clifton[ 11]
2005–2006: Roger Neale Baird of Sneyd Park[ 12]
2006–2007: Richard Alan Lee of Redland[ 13]
2007–2008: William Howard Robert Durie of Abbots Leigh, N Somerset[ 14]
2008–2009: Professor Richard Hodder-Williams of Clifton[ 15]
2009–2010: Timothy Lachlan Chambers of Redland[ 16]
2010–2011: Lois Patricia (Peaches) Golding of Leigh Woods, N Somerset[ 17]
2011–2012: Dr John Cottrell of Redland[ 18]
2012–2013: Andrew Nisbet of Clifton[ 19]
2013–2014: Dr Shaheen Shahzadi Chaudhry of Whitchurch[ 20]
2014-2015: Henry Louis Michael Bothamley of Leigh Woods, N Somerset[ 21]
2015-2016: Dr Rosalind Penelope Kennedy of Clifton[ 22]
2016-2017: Helen Mary Wilde of Redland[ 23]
2017-2018: Anthony Roger Ernest Brown of Clifton[ 24]
2018-2019: Roger Gordon Opie of Clifton[ 25]
2019-2020: Charles John Calcraft Wyld of Clifton[ 26]
2020-2021: Dr John Cyril Manley of Clifton[ 27]
2021-2022: Susan Joan Davies of Knowle[ 28]
2022-2023: Alexandra Olivia Ardalan Raikes of Bristol[ 29]
2023-2024: Sharon Rosemarie Foster of Horfield[ 30]
2024-2025: Rev Richard Norman Pendlebury of Bishopston[ 31]
In nomination as prospective High Sheriffs:
Kalpna Kumari Woolf of Sneyd Park[ 32]
Anne Marie Nisbet of Clifton[ 33]
Mohammed Elfatih Elsharif of Southmead[ 34]
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