High Sheriff of Kent
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This is a list of High Sheriffs of Kent.
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- Sir Morris Ximenes (c.1762-after 1830)
| Year | Sheriff[1] | |
|---|---|---|
| 1067-1070 | Alain de Buckland (1045-1108) | |
| c. 1350 | Reginald de Dyke, of the Dykes family[2] | |
| 1643, 1555, 1666 | Michael Livesey | |
| 1761 | William Jumper, esq. of Leed's-abbey. | |
| 1762 | Sir George Kelly of Speldhurst, who was knighted during his shrievalty. | |
| 1763 | William Gorden, esq. of Rochester. | |
| 1764 | Henry Goodwin, esq. of Deptford. | |
| 1765 | Sir Richard Betenson, bart. of Bradbourn, in Sevenoke. | |
| 1766 | William Wilson, esq. | |
| 1767 | James Whatman, esq. of Boxley. | |
| 1768 | Richard Hulse, esq. of Baldwin's, near Dartford, second son of sir Edward Hulse. | |
| 1769 | William Wheatley, esq. of Erith. | |
| 1770 | John Toke, esq. of Goddington, in Great Chart. | |
| 1771 | William Daniel Master, esq. of Yotes, in Mereworth. | |
| 1772 | James Flint, esq. of Judde-house, in Ospringe. | |
| 1773 | Josiah Fuller Farrer, esq. of Cleve-court, in Thanet. | |
| 1774 | Willshire Emmett, esq. of Wiarton, in Boughton Monchelsea. | |
| 1775 | Granville Wheeler, esq. of Otterden-place. | |
| 1776 | William Perrin, esq. of Smith's-hall, in West Farleigh. | |
| 1777 | Benjamin Harenc, esq. of Footscray-place. | |
| 1778 | John Ward, esq. of Westerham. | |
| 1779 | William Slade, esq. of Lewisham. | |
| 1780 | Robert Burrow, esq. of Holwood-hill. | |
| 1781 | John Cator, esq. of Beckenham-place. | |
| 1782 | Samuel Boys, esq. of Hawkhurst. | |
| 1783 | Henry Hawley, esq. of the Grange, in Leyborne. since created a baronet. | |
| 1784 | Charles Booth, esq. of Harrietsham-place, who was knighted during his shrievalty. | |
| 1785 | Edward Knatchbull, esq. of Provenders, in Norton, eldest son of sir Edward Knatchbull, baronet. | |
| 1786 | Thomas Hallet Hodges, esq. of Hemsted, in Benenden. | |
| 1787 | John Cottin, esq. of Hill-park, in Westerham. | |
| 1788 | James Bond, esq. of Hayes, and part of 1789. | |
| 1789 | John Cartier, esq. of Bedgbury, in Goudhurst, was sheriff in the latter part of the year. | |
| 1790 | Leonard Bartholemew, esq. of Addington-place. | |
| 1791 | William James Drake Brockman, esq. of Bitchborough, in Newington, near Hythe. | |
| 1792 | Henry Streatfield, esq. of Highstreet-house, in Chiddingstone. | |
| 1793 | George Norman, esq. of Bromley. | |
| 1794 | Richard Carew, esq. of Orpington. | |
| 1795 | Gabriel Harpur, esq. of Gore-court, in Tunstall; Samuel Chambers, esq. of that parish was appointed his deputy, and executed this office for him. | |
| 1796 | John Mumford, esq. of Sutton at Hone. | |
- 1927: Frank Cyril Tiarks
- 1978-1979:Ion Calvocoressi
- 2006-2007:Nigel Wheeler
- 2007-2008:Anthony Montheuuis
[edit] References
- ^ British History on line accessed 17 November 2007
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1855). A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. Hurst and Blackett.
