Pre-Conquest

pre-1042: Aelfstan^[1]

1042–1066; Godric, Ralph Talgebose ^[1] Bondi the staller^[2]

1066–1125

1066-c.1084: Ansculf de Picquigny
Ralph Taillebois
c. 1080 Hugh de Beauchamp^[3]
1124 Richard of Winchester

From 1125 through the end of 1575, appointees to the shrievalty held the joint office of High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

1575–1599

15 November 1575: George Rotheram^[4]
13 November 1576: John Barnardiston^[4]
27 November 1577: George Kensham^[4]
17 November 1578: John Spencer^[4]
23 November 1579: Nicholas Luke^[4]
21 November 1580: Henry Butler^[4]
27 November 1581: John Thomson^[4]
5 December 1582: Richard Conqueste (1st term)^[4]
25 November 1583: Lewis Dyve^[4]
19 November 1584: John Rowe^[4]
29 August 1585: Richard Charnocke (1st term)^[4]
22 November 1585: Oliver St John^[4]
14 November 1586: Richard Charnocke (2nd term)^[4]
4 December 1587: William Butler^[4]
29 November 1588: Ralph Astrye^[4]
24 November 1589: Oliver St John, of Stanfordburgh^[4]
24 November 1590: George Rotheram^[4]
25 November 1591: Christopher Hoddesdon^[4]
16 November 1592: William Duncombe^[4]
26 November 1593: Nicholas Luke^[4]
21 November 1594: John Dyve^[4]
27 November 1595: William Gostwick^[4]
22 November 1596: Richard Conqueste (2nd term)^[4]
25 November 1597: Thomas Cheyney^[4]
28 November 1598: Edward Radclyffe^[4]
2 December 1599: William Butler, of Biddenham^[4]

1600–1699

24 November 1600: Sir John Crofts^[4]
2 December 1601: Richard Charnock (3rd term)^[4]
7 December 1602: George Francklin^[4]
1 December 1603: Sir John Dyve^[4]
5 November 1604: John Lee^[4]
2 February 1606: Sir Edwin Sandys^[4]
17 November 1606: Sir Francis Anderson^[4]
9 November 1607: Sir Thomas Snagge^[4]
12 November 1608: Edmund Mordaunt^[4]
1609: Thomas Austell^[4]
6 November 1610: Sir Francis Ventris^[4]
1611: Sir Robert Sandy, 1st Baronet^[4]
1612: William Beecher^[4]
1613: Richard Saunders^[4]
1614: Sir Edward Duncombe^[4]
6 November 1615: Sir William Plomer^[4]
11 November 1616: Roger Burgoyne ^[4]
6 November 1617: Sir Oliver Luke^[4]
9 November 1618: Sir Edmund Conquest^[4]
1619: George Skeynsham^[4]
6 November 1620: Sir Francis Staunton^[4]
1621: William Briars^[4]
7 November 1622: William Hawkins^[4]
1623: Sir Francis Clarke^[4]
1624: Matthew Denton^[4]
1625: John Wingate^[4]
1626: Sir Edward Gostwick, 2nd Baronet^[4]
6 November 1627: John Moore, of Layton^[4]
1628: Sir Anthony Chester, 1st Baronet^[4]
1629: Michael Grigge^[4]
7 November 1630: William Cater^[4]
1631: Edmund Anderson^[4]
1632: James Beverley^[4]
10 November 1633: Onslow Winch^[4]
5 November 1634: Humphrey Monoux^[4]
1635: Richard Gearye^[4]
3 October 1636: Henry Chester^[4]
30 September 1637: John Charnock^[4]
9 October 1637: William Boteler, of Biddenham^[4]
4 November 1638: William Plomer^[4]
1639: Richard Child^[4]
1640: John Burgoyne^[4]
1641: Sir Thomas Alston, 1st Baronet^[4]
30 December 1643: William Duncombe, of Battlesden^[4]
20 January 1644: Humphrey Fishe^[4]
2 December 1644: Nicholas Denton^[4]^[5]
6 February 1647: Thomas Daniell^[6]
9 March 1647: Matthias Tailor^[6]
29 November 1647: William Allen^[6]
23 November 1648: William Duncombe^[6]
7 November 1649: Robert Lovett^[6]
7 November 1650: Sir William Bryers^[6]
4 November 1651: Thomas Bromsall^[6]
12 November 1652: John Huxley^[6]
10 November 1653: Henry Pigott^[6]
1654: Robert Stanton^[6]
1655: John Welles^[6]
1657: Owen Bromsall^[6]
5 November 1660: Edmund Wilde, of Howton^[6]
1661: Sir Roger Burgoyne, 2nd Baronet^[6]
1662: Francis Wingate^[6]
1663: George Wyan^[6]
1664: Sir Edward Cater^[6]
12 November 1665: Thomas Snagge^[6]^[7]
7 November 1666: Sir John Huxley^[6]^[8]
6 November 1667: Sir Henry Massingberd, 1st Baronet^[6]^[9]
6 November 1668: Sir Ralph Bovey, 1st Baronet^[6]^[10]
25 November 1668: De Lawney^[6]^[11]
9 December 1668: Sir Thomas Brounsell, of Biggleswade^[6]^[12]
11 November 1669: Sir Ralph Bovey, 1st Baronet^[6]^[13]
3 November 1670: Richard Wagstaffe^[6]^[14]
9 November 1671: Henry Brandreth^[6]^[15]
11 November 1672: Thomas Bromsall, of Blunham^[6]^[16]
12 November 1673: Matthew Denis^[6]^[17]
5 November 1674: Robert Bell^[6]^[18]
15 November 1675: Samuel Reynardson^[6]^[19]
1675: Francis Dodsworth^[6]
10 November 1676: Thomas Arnold, of Ampthill^[6]^[20]
15 November 1677: Samuel Reynardson^[6]^[21]
14 November 1678: Thomas Snagge^[6]^[22]
13 November 1679: Sir William Gostwick, 4th Baronet^[6]^[23]
4 November 1680: Villiers Chernock^[6]^[24]
10 November 1681: George Abbott^[6]^[25]
13 November 1682: Sir James Astrey^[6] or Astry^[26]
12 November 1683: William Daniel^[6]^[27]
20 November 1684: Humphrey Fish^[6]^[28]
30 November 1685: Thomas Halpenny^[6] or Halfpenny^[29]
25 November 1686: John Crosse,^[6] of Breminger^[30]
5 December 1687: John Wagstaffe^[6]^[31]
8 November 1688: Ralph Bromsall^[6]^[32]^[33]
25 November 1689: Samuel Cater^[6]^[34]
27 November 1690: William Boteler^[6]^[35]
14 December 1691: John Neale^[6]^[36]
17 November 1692: John de la Fontaine^[6]^[37]
28 November 1692: Sir Samuel Thompson^[6]^[38]
16 November 1693: John Eston^[6]^[39]
6 December 1694: Sir Stephen Anderson, 1st Baronet^[6]^[40]
20 December 1694: Sir William Massingberd, 2nd Baronet^[6]^[41]
5 December 1695: William Millard^[6]^[42]
3 December 1696: Robert Bell^[6]^[43]
16 December 1697: Sir John Burgoyne^[6]^[44]
30 December 1697: John Hinde^[6]^[45]
21 January 1698: John Spencer^[6]^[46]
22 December 1698: John de la Fontaine^[6]^[47]
20 November 1699: Sir John Burgoyne, 3rd Baronet^[6]^[48]

1700–1799

28 November 1700: William Hillersden^[6]^[49]
1 January 1702: Maurice Abbott^[6]^[50]
12 January 1702: Thomas Bromsall^[6]^[51]
19 January 1702: Thomas Bromsall, of Roxton^[6]^[52]
3 December 1702: Sir Pynsent Chernock, 3rd Baronet^[6]^[53]
14 December 1702: Thomas Johnson^[6]^[54]
2 December 1703: Samuel Ongley^[6]^[55]
21 December 1704: Edward Duncombe^[6]^[56]
3 December 1705: Edward Snagg^[6]^[57]
14 November 1706: John Huxley^[6]
20 November 1707: Morgan Hinde^[6]
18 December 1707: John Clarke^[6]
29 November 1708: John Wright^[6]
1 December 1709: William Chew^[6]
24 November 1710: Ralph Brumsell^[6]
14 June 1711: William Nicholls^[6]
14 June 1711: John Harvey^[6]
10 January 1712: Thomas Boswell, of Dean^[6]
11 December 1712: John Vaux^[6]
30 November 1713: Thomas Emerton^[6]
14 November 1714: Thomas Bromsall^[6]
22 November 1715: John Livesay^[6]
12 November 1716: Sir Theophilus Napier, 5th Baronet^[6]
21 December 1717: Sir William Smith^[6]
21 December 1718: Nicholas Luke^[6]
7 January 1720: Robert Hind^[6]
3 January 1721: Richard Orlebar^[6]
14 December 1721: Henry Brandreth^[6]
11 December 1722: Robert Abbott^[6]
7 January 1724: Thomas Aynscombe^[6]
10 December 1724: Thomas Garth^[6]
13 January 1726: Joseph Johnson^[6]
29 November 1726: Theophilus Dillingham^[6]
16 December 1727: William Coleman, of Cranfield^[6]
18 December 1728: Benjamin Rhodes^[6]
December 1729: Sir John Napier, 6th Baronet^[6]
14 December 1730: William Lamb^[6]
9 December 1731: George Blundell^[6]
14 December 1732: Henry Southouse, of Ravendon^[6]
11 January 1733: Edmund Morgan, of Carrington^[6]
20 December 1733: Hillersden Franks^[6]
19 December 1734: Thomas Groome, of Dunstable^[6]
18 December 1735: John Crawley^[6]
19 January 1737: Francis Jessop, of Bedford^[6]
12 January 1738: David Willaume, of Tingrith^[6]
21 December 1738: Oliver Edwards, of Carrington^[6]
27 December 1739: John Franklin, of Great Barford^[6]
29 January 1741: John White, of Ewe Green^[6]
31 December 1741: John Lawson the younger, of Barton^[6]
19 January 1743: John Coppin, of Market Street^[6]
7 February 1743: John Miller the younger, of Dunstable^[6]
5 January 1744: Richard Brown, of Eggington^[6]
2 February 1744: Andrew Crosse, of Westoning^[6]
20 February 1744: Hammond Crosse^[6]
10 January 1745: Richard Bell, of Bedford^[6]
16 January 1746: Robert Ashwell, of Leighton Buzzard^[6]
15 January 1747: William Gary, of Bushmead^[6]
14 January 1748: John Hill, of Bedford^[6]
11 January 1749: Thomas Crawley, of Dunstable^[6]
17 January 1750: Thomas Cave, of Bedford^[6]
6 December 1750: Harry Johnson, of Milton Bryan^[6]
14 January 1752: Thomas Gilpin^[6]
7 February 1753: Francis Herne, of Luton^[6]
31 January 1754: David James, of Ampthill^[6]
29 January 1755: Thomas Vaux, of Whipsnade^[6]
27 January 1756: Thomas Smyth, of Streatley^[6]
4 February 1757: John Capon, of Leighton Buzzard^[6]
27 January 1758: William Cole, of Sundon^[6]
2 February 1759: Dennis Farrer Hillersden, of Helvestow^[6]
1 February 1760: Baker Coleman, of Cranfield^[6]
28 January 1761: Robert Butcher, of Cople^[6]
15 February 1762: Simon Taylor, of Woburn^[6]
4 February 1763: Sir Philip Monoux, 5th Baronet, of Sandy^[6]
10 February 1764: William Pym, of Hasell Hall^[6]
1 February 1765: Richard Edwards, of Ardesley^[6]
17 February 1766: Philip Field, of Barton^[6]
13 February 1767: Charles Chester, of Tilsworth^[6]^[58]
15 January 1768: John Cater, of Kempston^[59]
27 January 1769: William Farrer, of Kempston^[59]
9 February 1770: John Franklin, of Northill^[59]
6 February 1771: Charles Barnett, of Stratton^[59]
17 February 1772: Sir Gillies Payne, 2nd Baronet, of Tempsford^[59]
8 February 1773: John Howard, of Cardington^[59]
7 February 1774: John Crawley, of Stockwood^[59]
6 February 1775: George Paunceforth, of Ampthill^[59]
5 February 1776: Christopher Tower, of Houghton Regis^[59]
31 January 1777: John Sayer Weal Renal, of Eggington^[59]
28 January 1778: John Beeches, of Hoobury^[59]
1 February 1779: Sir Rowland Alston, 6th Baronet, of Odell^[59]
2 February 1780: William Thornton Astell, of Everton^[59]
5 February 1781: John Harvey, of Northill^[59]
1 February 1782: Robert Thornton, of Moggerhanger^[59]
10 February 1783: John Dilley, of Southill^[59]
13 February 1784: William Goldsmith, of Strently^[59]
7 February 1785: William Gibbard, of Sharnbrook^[59]^[60]
13 February 1786: Matthew Rugeley, of Potton^[59]^[61]
12 February 1787: Joseph Partridge, of Cranfield^[59]
8 February 1788: William Lee Antonie, of Colworth House^[59]
29 April 1789: Samuel Boydon, of Milton Ernest^[59]^[62]
24 February 1790: James Metcalfe, of Roxton House^[59]
4 February 1791: Francis Pym, of Hasell Hall^[59]^[63]
3 February 1792: Sir John Buchanan Riddell, 9th Baronet, of Sundon^[59]
6 February 1793: Thomas Crosse, of Bramingham^[59]^[64]
5 February 1794: Edward Nicoll, of Studham^[59]
11 February 1795: John Harvey, of Ickwell^[59]
5 February 1796: George Brooks, of Flitwick^[59]
1 February 1797: John Higgins the elder, of Turvey^[59]
7 February 1798: John Fox, of Dean^[59]
1 February 1799: Robert Trevor, of Flitwick^[59]

1800–1899

5 February 1800: Sir John Everitt, of Westoning^[59]^[65]
11 February 1801: Stephen Raymond, of Potton^[59]^[66]
3 February 1802: John Higgins the younger, of Turvey^[59]^[67]
3 February 1803: Godfrey Thornton, of Moggerhanger^[59]^[68]
1 February 1804: George Edwards, of Henlow Grange^[59]^[69]
6 February 1805: John Polhill, of Renholt^[59]^[70]
1 February 1806: William Long, of Kempston^[59]^[71]
4 February 1807: Sir Philip Monoux, 6th Baronet, of Sandy^[59]^[72]
3 February 1808: Richard Orlebar, of Puddington^[59]^[73]
6 February 1809: Robert Garstin, of Harrold^[59]^[74]
31 January 1810: Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, of Battlesden^[59]^[75]^[76]
8 February 1811: Joseph Howell, of Market Street^[59]^[77]
24 January 1812: John Cooper, of Toddington^[59]^[78]
10 February 1813: Richard Parkes, of Luton^[59]^[79]^[80]
4 February 1814: Stephen Thornton, of Moggerhanger^[59]^[81]
13 February 1815: Robert Hibbert, of East Hyde^[59]^[82]
12 February 1816: Henry Brandreth, of Houghton Regis^[59]
12 February 1817: Samuel Crawley, of Stockwood^[59]
24 January 1818: John Pedley, of Eaton Bray^[59]
10 February 1819: Hon. Samuel Henley-Ongley, of Sandy^[59]
12 February 1820: Sir John Burgoyne, 9th Baronet, of Sutton^[59]
22 February 1820: Charles Barnett, of Stratton Park^[59]
6 February 1821: John Thomas Brooks, of Flitwick^[59]
4 February 1822: Peter Augustus Lautour, of Little Staughton^[59]
31 January 1823: Thomas Charles Higgins, of Turvey^[59]
31 January 1824: Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, of Milton Bryan^[59]
2 February 1825: Samuel Bedford Edwards, of Arlesey^[59]
30 January 1826: Robert Elliott, of Goldington^[59]
5 February 1827: George Nigel Edwards, of Henlow Grange^[59]
13 February 1828: George Musgrave, of Shillington^[59]
11 February 1829: William Dodge Cooper Cooper, of Toddington^[59]
2 February 1830: John Thomas Dawson, of Chapham^[59]^[83]
31 January 1831: Samuel Charles Whitbread, of Cardington^[59]^[84]
6 February 1832: Thomas Potter Macqueen, of Ridgmont^[59]^[85]
22 February 1832: Abram Edward Gregory, of Biggleswade^[59]^[86]
4 February 1833: George Pearse, of Harlington^[87]
3 February 1834: Joseph Morris, of Ampthill^[88]
7 February 1835: Charles James Metcalfe, of Roxton^[89]
3 February 1836: Francis Green, of Bedford^[90]
28 January 1837: William Henry Whitbread, of Southill^[91]
1 February 1838: John Harvey, of Ickwell^[92]
4 February 1839: Levi Ames, of East Hyde^[93]
29 January 1840: William Frederick Brown, of Dunstable^[94]
5 February 1841: Arthur Macnamara, of Eaton Bray^[95]
2 February 1842: Robert Lindsell, of Fairfield House^[96]
1 February 1843: William Sutcliffe, of Great Bramingham^[97]
31 January 1844: George James Sullivan, of Leagrave^[98]
3 February 1845: William Bartholomew Higgins, of Turvey^[99]
30 January 1846: William Stuart, of Aldenham Priory^[100]
4 February 1847: Robert Newland, of Kempston^[101]
11 February 1848: Thomas Abbott Green, of Pavenham^[102]
13 February 1849: Humphrey Brandreth, of Houghton Regis^[103]
5 February 1850: Richard Thomas Gilpin, of Hockliffe Grange^[104]
11 February 1851: Charles Gillies Payne, of Blunham^[105]
2 February 1852: Sir John Burgoyne, 9th Baronet, of Sutton^[106]
7 February 1853: Henry Littledale, of Kempston Grange^[107]
30 January 1854: Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner, of Howbury Hall^[108]
8 February 1855: John Shaw Leigh, of Luton Hoo^[109]
30 January 1856: Talbot Barnard, of Kempston^[110]
2 February 1857: Sir George Robert Osborn, 6th Baronet, of Chicksands Priory^[111]
3 February 1858: John Sambrook Crawley, of Stockwood^[112]
2 February 1859: Richard Longuet Orlebar, of Hinwick House, Hinwick^[113]
23 January 1860: Charles Longuet Higgins, of Turvey Abbey^[114]
4 February 1861: Joseph Tucker, of Pavenham^[115]
5 February 1862: Crew Alston, of Odell^[116]
3 February 1863: Benjamin Helps Starey, of Milton Ernest Hall, Milton Ernest^[117]
3 February 1864: Robert Henry Lindsell, of Biggleswade^[118]
4 February 1865: Lionel Ames, of East Hyde^[119]
3 February 1866: Charles Livius Grimshawe, of Aspley Guise^[120]
2 February 1867: William Cooper Cooper, of Toddington^[121]
30 January 1868: Sir John Montagu Burgoyne, 10th Baronet, of Sutton^[122]
4 February 1869: Henry Francis Cockayne Cust, of Cockayne Hatley^[123]
5 February 1870: John Nathaniel Foster, of Sandy Place^[124]
8 February 1871: Edward Henry Frederick Dawkins, of Moggerhanger Park^[125]
5 February 1872: William Francis Higgins, of Turvey House^[126]
5 February 1873: Harry Thornton, of Kempston^[127]
2 February 1874: Salusbury Gillies Payne, of Blunham (claiming to be Sir Salusbury Gillies Payne, Baronet)^[128]
21 February 1874: John Gerard Leigh of Luton^[129]
4 February 1875: Colonel William Stuart, of Tempsford Hall^[130]
12 February 1876: George Sowerby, of Putteridge Bury, Luton^[131]
7 February 1877: Charles Magniac, of Colworth, Sharnbrook^[132]
22 February 1878: James Howard, of Clapham Park^[133]
22 February 1879: Thomas Bagnall, jnr., of Milton Ernest^[134]
16 February 1880: Major John Hatfield Brooks, of Manor House, Flitwick, Ampthill^[135]
2 March 1881: Joseph Shuttleworth, of Warden, Biggleswade^[136]
27 February 1882: Francis Bassett, of the Heath, Leighton Buzzard^[137]
3 March 1883: Julius Alington, of Little Barford^[138]
4 March 1884: Edward King Fordham, of Ashwell^[139]
5 March 1885: James Francis Hatfeild Harter, of Cranfield Court^[140]
8 March 1886: John Edmund Audley Harvey, of Ickwell, Bury, Biggleswade^[141]
7 March 1887: James Poole Wagstaff, of Manor House, Potton^[142]
17 March 1888: Theodore Harris, of Leighton Buzzard^[143]
6 April 1889: George William Francis Sackville Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, of Oakley House^[144]
21 March 1890: Henry Hilton Green, of Felmersham Grange, Bedford^[145]
20 March 1891: Frank Shuttleworth, of Old Warden Park, Biggleswade^[146]
16 March 1892: Col. Thomas Joseph Sunderland, of Ravensden Grange^[147]
15 March 1893: Anthony Henry Wingfield, of Ampthill House^[148]^[149]
10 March 1894: Edward Earnest Dymond, of Oaklands, Aspley Guise^[150]
8 March 1895: Capt. Hugh Edmond Browning, of Clapham Park, Bedford^[151]
6 March 1896: Maj. Charles Villiers Somerville Downes, of Aspley House, Aspley Guise^[152]
26 February 1897: George James Gribble, of Henlow Grange, Biggleswade^[153]
7 March 1898: Henry Chernocke Gibbs Brandreth, of Houghton Hall, Houghton Regis^[154]
7 March 1899: James Harold Howard, of Kempston Grange, Bedford^[155]

1900–1999

1900: Algernon Mercer, of Morhanger Park, Sandy^[156]
1901: Arthur Macnamara, of Billington Manor, Leighton Buzzard^[157]
1902: William Clarence Watson, of Colworth House, Sharnbrook^[158]
1903: Francis Pym, of Hasells Hall, Sandy^[159]
1904: William Henry Allen, of Bromham House, Bedford^[160]
1905: William Long Fitzpatrick, of Woodlands, Clapham, Bedford^[161]
1906: John William Green, of The Larches, Luton^[162]
1907: Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Howard, of Highfield, Bedford^[163]
1908: Waller George Halfield Harter, of Kempston Bury, Bedford^[164]
1909: Sir Algernon Kerr Butler Osborn, Bt., of Chicksands Priory, Shefford^[165]
1910: Albert Edward Bowen, of Colworth House, Sharnbrook^[166]
1911: Charles Robert Salusbury Payne, of Blunham House, Sandy^[167]
1912: John Edward Howard, of Clapham Park^[168]
1913: Frederick George Lomax, of Cockayne Hatley, Potton^[169]
1914: Thomas Henry Barnard, of The Hoo, Kempston^[170]
1915: Charles Edmund Argentine-Alington, of Little Barford House, St. Neots^[171]
1916: Cyril Gurney, of Henlow Grange, Biggleswade^[172]
1917: Alexander Rowland Alston, of The Tofte, Sharnbrook^[173]
1918: Howard Spensley, of Westoning Manor, Ampthill^[174]
1919: John Arnold Whitchurch, of Great Barford House, near Sandy^[175]
1920: Herbert Owen Williams, of Farley Lynches, Luton^[176]
1921: Richard William Allen, of The Woodlands, Clapham^[177]
1922: Robert Edmund Campbell, of Cranfield Court, Wbburn Sands^[178]
1923: John George Murray, of Wrest Park, Silsoe^[179]
1924: Sir George Lawson Johnston, 1st Baron Luke of Pavenham Bury, Pavenham^[180]
1925: Harold Gwynne Allen, of The Dene, Woburn Sands,Bletchley^[181]
1926: Dealtry Charles Part of Houghton Hall, Houghton Regis^[182]
1927: Lieut.-Col. Harold Augustus Wernher, of Luton Hoo^[183]
1928: Major Charles Ernest Wells, of Turvey Abbey, Turvey^[184]
1929: Henry Charles Thomas Hambro, of The Hyde, Luton^[185]
1930: Horace Stanley Deacon, of Kempston Croft^[186]
1931: Herbert Brent Grotrian of Knolls, Leighton Buzzard^[187]
1932: Christopher William Gurney, of Henlow Grange, Biggleswade^[188]
1933: Ronald Willie Gandar-Dower, of Clifton House, Shefford^[189]
1934: Brigadier – General William Brooke Thornton, of St. John's, Mogerhanger, Sandy^[190]
1935: William Alfred Lailey Rowland, of The Heath, Leighton Buzzard^[191]
1936: Harry Arnold, of The Downs, Luton^[192]
1937: Robert Skinner, of Bromham Hall, Bromham^[193]
1938: John Henry Staddon, of Withycombe, Ludlow Avenue, Luton^[194]
1939: Frank William Crossley-Holland, of Oakwell Park, Dunstable^[195]
1940: Cyril Claud Dillingham, of 25, Lansdowne Road, Luton^[196]
1941: Sir (Percy) Malcolm Stewart, 1st Baronet, of The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, Baronet^[197]
1942: Vyvian Edwin Goodman, of Samares, Dunstable, Bedfordshire^[198]
1943: Allan Fergusson Wood, of Mill House, Milton Ernest^[199]
1944: Lieut.-Colonel Robert Adolphus Lyall, of Flitwick Manor, Flitwick^[200]
1945: Major-General Thomas Cochrane Newton, of Blunham House, near Bedford^[201]
1946: Lieutenant-Colonel Mervyn Lyde Chute, of Whipsnade, Dunstable^[202]
1947: Major Simon Whitbread, of Southill, near Biggleswade^[203]
1948: Captain Stephen Helps Starey, of Home Farm House, Milton Ernest^[204]
1949: Thomas Wyatt Bagshawe, of Dunstable^[205]
1950: Thomas George Breadalbane Morgan-Grenville, of Wootton House^[206]
1951: Maj. Leigh Pemberton Stedall, of Billington Manor^[207]
1952: Arthur Thomas Worboys, of Westray^[208]
1953: Herbert Robert Waller of Barton-in-the-Clay^[209]
1954: Sir Ronald Stewart, 2nd Baronet, of Maulden Grange^[210]
1955: Horace Richard Neate of Bedford^[211]
1956: Richard Charles Oakley of Luton^[212]
1957: Christopher Herbert Renny Reeves, of Manor Farm, Podington^[213]
1958: William Kenneth Gwynne Allen, of The Old Manor, Aspley Guise^[214]
1959: Sir (Archibald) Douglas Gordon, of Buttercups^[215]
1960: Harold George Brightman, of Whitehill Avenue, Luton^[216]
1961: Hugh de Beauchamp Lawson-Johnston, of Melchbourne Park, Bedford^[217]
1962: Humphrey Whitbread, of Howard's House, Cardington^[218]
1963: William Walter Samuel Robertson, of Oakley House, Oakley^[219]
1964: Sir (James) Reginald Pearson, of "Wyvern," Bloomfield Road, Harpenden, Herts.^[220]
1965: Lieut.-Colonel Hanmer Cecil Hanbury, of Turvey House, Turvey^[221]
1966: James Francis Robinson, of Bridge House, Great Barford^[222]
1967: Leslie George Bowles, of " Queensfield," Silsoe^[223]
1968: Stanley Broughton, of Bedford Road, Luton^[224]
1969: Arthur Charles St John Lawson Johnston, 3rd Baron Luke of Odell Manor, Odell^[225]
1970: Wing Cdr. Oliver J. Wells of Ickwell Grange, Ickwell, Biggleswade^[226]^[227]
1971: Brian Stewart Porter of Holme Lodge, Biggleswade^[228]^[229]
1972: John Lawrence Dickinson of The Old Rectory, Higham Gobion, near Hitchin, Herts^[230]^[231]
1973: Samuel C. Whitbread (H.M.Lord Lieutenant), of Southill Park, Biggleswade^[232]^[233]
1974: Colonel Charles Richard Randall^[234]
1975: Ronald George Gale (Deceased)^[235]
1976: David H.C. Harland (Deceased)^[236]
1977: Dudley William Reeves^[237]
1978: Edward Dudley Moleworth Peacock (Deceased) of Biddenham, Bedford^[238]
1979: Peter Wardill (Deceased)^[239]
1980: John Dandy, of 10 Riverside Towers^[240]
1981: Michael J Davison
1982: James Bristow, Ramsmede Close, Biddenham, Bedford^[241]
1983: Gilbert Cecil White Beazley, of Bartlemas Farm^[242]
1984: Stuart Charles Yalden Farmbrough, of Poynders End, Preston, Hitchin, Hertfordshire^[243]
1985: Pearl Lawson-Johnston
1986: Lady Grace Odell
1987-1988: Major William Powers,
1989: John H. Wells
1990: Robin F Willmott
1991: John Skelton
1992: George Phillip Henry James^[244]
1993: Eric D Fountain (Deceased)
1994: Brian E Howard (deceased)
1995: Brian G Woodrow
1996: John James Maxwell Glasse^[245]
1997: Charles T Lousada
1998: Geoffrey R D Farr
1999: Christopher R Kilroy

2000–present

2000: Thomas F Wells
2001: Fiona Chapman
2002: Colonel Colin R Mason
2003: Andrew J. Rayment
2004: Clifton J Ibbett
2005: Angela P Farmbrough
2006: Richard Lewin Banks^[246]
2007: Dr Vaughan Robert Southgate^[247]
2008: Nazir Jessa^[248]
2009: Cynthia Mary Gresham^[249]
2010: Daniel T C Hanbury^[250]
2011: Andrew M. Slack^[251]
2012: Jack Sapsworth^[252]
2013: Deborah Inskip^[253]
2014: Colin Osborne^[254]
2015: Isabelle, Countess of Erroll of Woodbury Hall, Everton, Sandy^[255]
2016: Charles Whitbread^[256]
2017: Vinod Bhagwandas Tailor of Luton^[257]
2018: (Arthur) Julian George Polhill of Renhold^[258]
2019: (Cora) Meryl Dolling of Luton^[259]
2020: Susan Jane Lousada of Oakley^[260]
2021: Eric Masih of Bedford^[261]
2022: Lady Clifford of Ampthill^[262]
2023: Russell Alan Beard^[263]

References

Bibliography

Hughes, A. (1898). List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to A.D. 1831. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. (with amendments of 1963, Public Record Office)

High shrievalties

England

Current

Former

Ireland
(pre-partition)

County	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny King's County Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Queen's County Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
City and town	Carrickfergus Cork Drogheda Dublin Galway Kilkenny Limerick Waterford

Northern Ireland

County	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone
City	Belfast Londonderry

Wales

Current	Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan
Former	Anglesey Brecknockshire Caernarvonshire Cardiganshire Carmarthenshire Denbighshire Flintshire Glamorgan Merionethshire Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire Pembrokeshire Radnorshire