High Sheriff of Avon

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 county of Avon was formed in 1974 and abolished in 1996. Before and after this time the area covered was in a variety of other shrievalties, including Somerset, Bristol and Gloucestershire.

Officeholders

• 1974: Hugh Charles Innes Rogers, of Beach House^[1]
• 1975: John Foster Robinson CBE TD, of St. Georges Hill^[2]
• 1976: Simon Melville Wills, of the Manor House, Walton-in-Gordano^[3]
• 1977: Malcolm Allinson Anson, of Hill Court^[4]
• 1978: Ewart Agnew Boddington, of Fanshawe Brook Farm^[5]
• 1979: Thomas Lloyd Robinson TD, of Lechlade^[6]
• 1980: Mary Ada Phoebe Towill, of Urchinwood Manor^[7]
• 1981: Roderick Macdonald Davidson, of 13 Buckingham Vale, Clifton^[8]
• 1982: Peter Douglas Smith, of Westbrook^[9]
• 1983: Colonel Charles James Stewart OBE TD, of Thornton^[10]
• 1984: Christopher Wilson Thomas CBE, of Bourne House^[11]
• 1985: Robert Edward John Bernays, of Old Down House, Tockington^[12]
• 1986: Sir Alexander Walter Merrison FRS, of The Manor, Hinton Blewett^[13]
• 1987: Robert Alexander Chermside, of The Old Rectory, Tormarton^[14]
• 1988: Charles Richard Thurlow Laws, of Jerome House^[15]
• 1989: Sir George White, 4th Baronet, of Pypers^[16]
• 1990: Robert Foxcroft Robertson-Glasgow, of Hinton House^[17]
• 1991: Andrew Milton Reid, of Parsonage Farm^[18]
• 1992: Francis William Greenacre, of 3 Cecil Road, Clifton^[19]
• 1993: Hylton Henry Bayntun-Coward^[20]
• 1994: Christopher Marsden-Smedley, of Church Farm^[21]
• 1995: James Napier Tidmarsh KCVO, MBE, of 8 Princes Buildings, Clifton^[22]
• 1996: George Robert Paget Ferguson, of 5 Windsor Terrace, Clifton^[23]

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 46249. p. 4006. 28 March 1974. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
2. The London Gazette: no. 46524. p. 3843. 21 March 1975. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
3. The London Gazette: no. 46857. p. 4337. 23 March 1976. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
4. The London Gazette: no. 47171. p. 3435. 11 March 1977. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
5. The London Gazette: no. 47497. p. 3663. 23 March 1978. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
6. The London Gazette: no. 47795. p. 3547. 16 March 1979. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
7. The London Gazette: no. 48134. p. 4411. 21 March 1980. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
8. The London Gazette: no. 48563. p. 4215. 24 March 1981. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
9. The London Gazette: no. 48919. p. 3495. 12 March 1982. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
10. The London Gazette: no. 49294. p. 3829. 18 March 1983. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
11. The London Gazette: no. 49677. p. 3867. 16 March 1984. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
12. The London Gazette: no. 50071. p. 4107. 22 March 1985. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
13. The London Gazette: no. 50472. p. 4373. 27 March 1986. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
14. The London Gazette: no. 50865. p. 3691. 19 March 1987. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
15. The London Gazette: no. 51281. p. 3545. 24 March 1988. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
16. The London Gazette: no. 51678. p. 3357. 17 March 1989. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
17. The London Gazette: no. 52081. p. 3677. 20 March 1990. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
18. The London Gazette: no. 52484. p. 4709. 25 March 1991. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
19. The London Gazette: no. 52868. p. 5026. 20 March 1992. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
20. The London Gazette: no. 53247. p. 4679. 15 March 1993. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
21. The London Gazette: no. 53618. p. 4243. 18 March 1994. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
22. The London Gazette: no. 53985. p. 4273. 20 March 1995. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
23. The London Gazette: no. 54345. p. 3831. 14 March 1996. Retrieved 2008-04-07.