High Sheriff of Wiltshire

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This is a list of High Sheriffs of Wiltshire.

  • 1067-1070: Philippe de Buckland
  • 1085: Aiulphus the Sheriff
  • 1119: Edward D'eureux
  • 1130: Warin de Lisures or Lisoriis
  • 1155: William the Late Sheriff
  • 1156-9: Patrick D'eureux 1st Earl of Salisbury
  • 1160-2: Richard Clericus
  • 1163: Milo de Dauntesey
  • 1164-81: Richard de Wilton or de Wilteshire
  • 1181: Michael Belet and Robert Malde (Mauduit)
  • 1182: ditto 1181 and Roger Fitz Renfr
  • 1183-87: Robert Mauduit
  • 1189: Hugh Bardolf
  • 1190: William D'eureux 2nd Earl of Salisbury, son of Patrick
  • 1191: Robert de Tregoz
  • 1192: William D'eureux (as above)
  • 1193-7: William D'eureux (as above) and Thomas his son
  • 1197-8: Stephen de Turnham and Alexander de Ros
  • 1199: Stephen de Turnham and Wandragesil de Courselles
  • 1200-3: William Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and Robert de Berneres
  • 1207: Geoffrey de Neville
  • 1226: Simon de Hal
  • 1228: John of Monmouth
  • 1246: Nicholas de Lusteshull
  • 1289: Walter Pavely
  • 1296: Walter Pavely
  • 1355-60: Thomas Hungerford
  • 1382: Sir Bernard Brocas
  • 1413: Sir Elias Delamere Kt., of Fisherton Delamere
  • 1414: Henry Thorpe (? of Newton Toney)
  • 1415: Thomas Calstone (? of Littlecote and Upton Lovell)
  • 1416: Robert Andrewe
  • 1417: William Finderne
  • 1418: Sir William Sturmy, of Wulfhall
  • 1419 Thomas Ringwood, of Loveraz Coulesfield
  • 1420-1: William Darell, of Littlecote
  • 1421-2:
  • 1422-3: William Darell
  • 1423-4: Sir Robert Shotesbrook Kt.
  • 1424-5: William Finderne
  • 1425-6: Walter Pauncefoot
  • 1426-7: John Stourton, of Stourton
  • 1427-8: William Darell
  • 1428-9: John Pawlet, of Fisherton Delamere
  • 1429-30: Sir John Bayntun Kt., of Fallersdon
  • 1430-1: David Cervington, of Longford Castle
  • 1431-2: John Seymour, of Wolf Hall
  • 1432-3: Walter Strickland
  • 1433-4: Sir John Stourton Kt., of Stourton
  • 1434-5: Sir Stephen Popham Kt.
  • 1435-6: Edmund or Edward Hungerford
  • 1436-7: William Beauchamp
  • 1437-8: Sir John Stourton Kt. (see 1433-4)
  • 1438-9: Sir John Lisle Kt.
  • 1439-1440: John St. Loe
  • 1440-1: John Norris
  • 1441-2: Richard Restwold
  • 1442-3: William Beauchamp
  • 1443-4: Sir John Bayntun, of Falstone and of Shaw near Melksham
  • 1444-5: John Basket (? of Lydiard Millicent)
  • 1445-6: William Restwold
  • 1446-7: William Stafford
  • 1447-8: William Beauchamp
  • 1448-9: John Norreys
  • 1449-1450: Philip Baynard, of Lackham
  • 1450-1: Sir John Seymour
  • 1451-2: John Nanfan
  • 1452-3: Edward Stradling, of Dauntsey
  • 1453-4: John Willoughby, or Brooke Hall near Westbury
  • 1454-5: George Darell, of Littlecote
  • 1455-6: Sir Reginald Stourton Kt., of Stourton
  • 1456-7: Henry Long of Wraxall
  • 1457-1458: John Seymour, of Wulfhall
  • 1458-9: Hugh Pilkenham or Pekenham
  • 1459-60: John Ferris, of Blunsdon St. Andrews
  • 1461: George Darell
  • 1462-3: Sir Reginald Stourton Kt.
  • 1464: Sir Roger Tocotes Kt.
  • 1465: Sir George Darell Kt.
  • 1466: Sir Thomas de la Mare
  • 1467: Christopher Wolsley
  • 1468: Sir Richard Darell Kt.
  • 1469: Sir George Darell Kt.
  • 1470: Sir Laurence Raynsford Kt.
  • 1471: Sir Roger Tocotes Kt.
  • 1472: Sir Maurice Berkeley Kt.
  • 1473: Sir John Willoughby Kt.
  • 1474: William Collingbourne
  • 1475: Henry Long of Wraxall
  • 1476: Walter Bonham
  • 1477: Edward Hartgill
  • 1478: John Mompesson, of Bathampton Wyly
  • 1479: Walter Hungerford, of Farley Castle
  • 1480: Charles Bulkeley
  • 1481: William Collingbourne
  • 1482: John Mompesson
  • 1483: Henry Long of Wraxall
  • 1484: Edward Hartgill
  • 1485: Sir Roger Tocotes Kt.
  • 1486: John Wroughton, of Broad Hinton
  • 1487: Sir John Turberville Kt. (? of Bere Regis, Dorset)
  • 1488: Thomas Vinour
  • 1489: Sir Edward Darell Kt., of Littlecote
  • 1490: Constantius Darell
  • 1491: John Lye, of Flamstone in Bishopstone
  • 1492: John Yorke (? of Helthrop, near Ramsbury)
  • 1493: Sir Edward Darell (see 1489)
  • 1494: Richard Puddesey
  • 1495: Constantius Darell
  • 1496: George Chaderton
  • 1497: Sir Edward Darell
  • 1498: Sir George Seymour Kt.
  • 1499: Sir John Huddlestone Kt,
  • 1500: Sir Thomas Long Kt., of South Wraxall and Draycot
  • 1501: John Yorke
  • 1502: Sir William Callaway
  • 1503: Sir John Danvers Kt., of Dauntsey
  • 1504: John Ernle, of Echilhampton
  • 1505: John Gawayne, of Norrington
  • 1506: Sir Thomas Long Kt. (see 1500)
  • 1507: Sir John Seymour Kt., of Wolf Hall
  • 1508: John Mompesson
  • 1509: Sir Edward Darell Kt.
  • 1510: Sir Walter Hungerford Kt.
  • 1511: Sir Henry Long Kt.
  • 1512: Sir Christopher Wroughton Kt., of Broad Hinton
  • 1513: Sir John Danvers Kt., of Dauntsey
  • 1514: William Bonham, of Bonham, at Stourton and Great Wishford
  • 1515: Sir John Scrope Kt., of Castle Combe and Oxendon
  • 1516: Sir Nicholas Wadham Kt., of Merefield near Ilminster
  • 1517: Sir Edward Hungerford Kt.
  • 1518: Sir John Seymour (see 1507)
  • 1519: Sir Edward Darell Kt.
  • 1520: John Skilling, of Draycot Folliot
  • 1521: John Erneley, of Burton
  • 1522: Sir Edward Bayntun Kt., of Bromham
  • 1523: Thomas Yorke
  • 1524: Sir John Seymour Kt. (see 1518)
  • 1525: Sir Henry Long Kt.
  • 1526: Sir John Bourchier Kt.
  • 1527: Sir Anthony Hungerford Kt., of Down Amney
  • 1528: John Erneley
  • 1529: John Horsey, of Martin
  • 1530: Thomas Yorke
  • 1531: Thomas Bonham, of Great Wishford
  • 1532: John Erneley
  • 1533: Sir Walter Hungerford Kt., of Farley Castle
  • 1534: Robert Baynard, of Lackham
  • 1535: Thomas Yorke (see 1530)
  • 1536: Sir Henry Long Kt. (see 1525)
  • 1537: Sir John Brydges Kt.
  • 1538: Sir Anthony Hungerford Kt. (see 1527)
  • 1539: John Erneley, of Cannings
  • 1540: Edward Mompesson
  • 1541: Sir Henry Long Kt. (See 1525)
  • 1542: John Mervyn, of Fonthill Giffard
  • 1543: John Erneley, of Cannings
  • 1544: Robert Hungerford, of Cadenham
  • 1545: Charles Bulkeley
  • 1546: Richard Scrope, of Castle Combe
  • 1547: Richard Scrope, of Castle Combe
  • 1547: Silvester Danvers, of Dauntsey
  • 1548: Ambrose Dauntsey
  • 1549: John Bonham
  • 1550: John Mervyn
  • 1551: Sir James Stumpe Kt., of Charlton
  • 1552: Sir William Sharington (or Sherington) Kt., of Lacock Abbey
  • 1553: Edward Baynard, of Lackham
  • 1553: John Erneley, of Cannings
  • 1554: Henry Hungerford, (? of Latton)
  • 1555: John St.John, of Lydiard Tregoz
  • 1556: Sir Anthony Hungerford Kt., of Down Amney
  • 1557: Walter Hungerford, of Farley Castle
  • 1558: Sir Henry Brouncker, of Melksham
  • 1558: Sir John Zouche Kt., of Calstone near Calne
  • 1559: Sir James Stumpe Kt. (see 1551)
  • 1560: Sir John Mervyn Kt., of Pertwood and Fonthill (see 1550)
  • 1561: George Penruddock, of Ivy Church, Laverstock, and Compton Chamberlayne
  • 1562: John Erneley, of Cannings (see 1553)
  • 1563: Thomas Button
  • 1564: John Eyre, of Great Chalfield
  • 1565: Nicholas Snell, of Kington St. Michael
  • 1566: Henry Sherington, of Lacock Abbey
  • 1567: George Ludlow, of Hill Deverill
  • 1568: Sir John Thynne, of Longleat
  • 1569: William Button, of Alton Priors and Stowell
  • 1570: Edward Bayntun, of Rowdon
  • 1571: John St.John, of Lydiard Tregoz (see 1555)
  • 1572: Sir Walter Hungerford Kt, of Farley Castle (see 1557)
  • 1573: Sir John Danvers Kt., of Dauntsey
  • 1574: Sir Robert Long, of Wraxall and Draycot
  • 1575: Sir Thomas Wroughton Kt., of Broad Hinton
  • 1576: Sir John Hungerford Kt., of Down Amney
  • 1577: Sir Henry Knyvett Kt., of Charlton
  • 1578: Nicholas St John, of Lydiard Tregoz
  • 1579: Michael Erneley, of Bourton, in Cannings, and Whetham
  • 1580: William Brouncker, of Melksham
  • 1581: Sir Walter Hungerford Kt. (see 1572)
  • 1582: Jasper Moore, of Heytesbury
  • 1583: John Snell, of Kington St. Michael
  • 1584: Sir John Danvers Kt. (see 1573)
  • 1585: Edmund Ludlow, of Hill Deverill
  • 1586: Richard Moody, of Garsden near Malmesbury
  • 1587: Sir Walter Hungerford Kt (see 1581)
  • 1588: Henry Willoughby, of Knoyle Odierne or West Knoyle
  • 1589: John Warneford, of Sevenhampton near Highworth
  • 1590: William Eyre, of Great Chalfield
  • 1591: Sir John Hungerford (see 1576)
  • 1592: Sir John Thynne
  • 1593: John Hungerford, of Stoke near Great Bedwyn
  • 1594: Sir Henry Sadler Kt, of Everley
  • 1595: John Dauntsey, of West Lavington
  • 1596: Sir James Mervyn Kt., of Fonthill
  • 1597: Sir Edward Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
  • 1598: Walter Vaughan, of Falstone
  • 1599: Thomas Snell, of Kington St. Michael
  • 1600: Sir Henry Bayntun Kt., of Bromham
  • 1601: Sir Walter Long Kt., of South Wraxall and Draycot
  • 1602: Sir Jasper Moore, of Heytesbury
  • 1603: Sir Jasper Moore
  • 1604: Sir Alexander Tutt Kt., of Idmiston
  • 1605: John Hungerford, of Cadenham, or of Stoke, near Great Bedwyn
  • 1606: Gabriel Pile
  • 1607: Sir Thomas Thynne Kt., of Longleat
  • 1608: Richard Goddard, of Standen Hussey
  • 1609: John Ayliffe, of Brinkworth and Grittenham
  • 1610: Sir Giles Wroughton Kt, of Broad Hinton
  • 1611: Sir William Button Kt., of Alton Priors and Tockenham in Lyneham
  • 1612: Francis Popham, of Littlecote
  • 1613: Sir William Pawlett Kt., of Edington
  • 1614: Henry Mervyn, of Pertwood
  • 1615: Thomas Moore, of Heytesbury
  • 1616: Sir Richard Grobham Kt., of Great Wishford, Berwick St. Leonard and Nettleton
  • 1617: Sir John Horton Kt., of Iford and Westwood.
  • 1618: Sir Henry Moody Kt., of Garsden
  • 1619: Sir Henry Poole Kt., of Oaksey
  • 1620: Sir Charles Pleydell, of Midgehall, near Lydiard Tregoz
  • 1621: William Pawlett
  • 1622: Sir John Lambe Kt., of Coulston
  • 1623: Gifford Long, of Rood Ashton
  • 1624: Edward Reade, of Corsham
  • 1625: Sir Francis Seymour, Kt.
  • 1626: Sir Giles Estcourt Kt., of Newnton
  • 1627: Sir Walter Long, Bt., of Whaddon
  • 1628: John Duckett, of Hartham near Corsham
  • 1629: Sir Robert Baynard Kt., of Lackham
  • 1630: John Topp, of Stockton
  • 1631: Sir Edward Hungerford K.B., of Corsham and Farley Castle
  • 1632: Sir John St.John Kt., of Lydiard Tregoz
  • 1633: Sir Henry Ludlow Kt., of Maiden Bradley
  • 1634: Francis Goddard, of Standen Hussey and Cliff Pypard
  • 1635: Sir George Ayliffe Kt., of Foxley and Grittenham
  • 1636: Sir Nevil Poole Kt., of Oaksey
  • 1637: Sir Edward Bayntun Kt., of Bromham
  • 1638: John Grubbe, of Potterne and Cherhill
  • 1639: John Duke, of Lake
  • 1640: Giles Eyre, of Brickworth
  • 1641: Robert Chivers, of Calne, Quemerford and Leigh Delamere
  • 1642: Sir George Vaughan Kt., of Fallersdon
  • 1643: Sir John Penruddock, of Compton Chamberlayne
  • 1644: Sir James Long, Bt., of Draycot
  • 1645: Edmund Ludlow, of Hill Deverill, and Alexander Thistlethwaite, of Winterslow
  • 1646: Sir Henry Chalk (?Choke)
  • 1647: Sir Anthony Ashley-Cooper Bt.
  • 1648: Edward Tooker, of Maddington
  • 1649: William Calley, of Burderop
  • 1650: Thomas Bond, of Ogbourne St. George
  • 1651: Lawrence Washington, of Garsden, near Malmesbury
  • 1652: Sir Henry Clerk Kt., of Enford near Amesbury
  • 1653: Thomas Long, of Little Cheverell
  • 1654: Hugh Awdley, of Colepark, Malmesbury
  • 1655: John Dove, of Salisbury
  • 1656: Robert Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren near Highworth
  • 1657: (?Robert) Hippesley
  • 1658: John Ernle, of Bourton in Bishop's Cannings and of Whetham
  • 1659: Isaac Burgess
  • 1660: Edward Horton, of Great Chalfield, near Bradford
  • 1661: Sir James Thynne Kt., of Longleat
  • 1662: Sir Walter Ernle Bt., of Etchilhampton
  • 1663: Sir Henry Coker Kt., of Hill Deverill
  • 1664: Sir Edward Bayntun K.B., of Bromham
  • 1665: Thomas Mompesson, of Corton in Boyton
  • 1666: Sir John Weld Kt., of Compton Basset
  • 1667: Christopher Willoughby, of Bishopstone
  • 1668: John Long, of Little Cheverell
  • 1669: Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet, of Berwick St. Leonard
  • 1670: John Hall, of Bradford
  • 1671: Sir Robert Button Bt., of Tockenham Court
  • 1672: Sir Walter Long Bt., of Whaddon
  • 1673: Walter Smith, of Shalbourn and Great Bedwyn
  • 1674: Bernard Pawlett, of Cottles near Bradford
  • 1675: Thomas Goddard, of Swindon
  • 1676: Sir Matthew Andrews Kt., of Mere
  • 1677: (Giles Earl: altered to Richard Hart: and afterwards to) John Hawkins, of Ashton Keynes
  • 1678: (John Hawkins: altered to) Henry Chivers, of Calne and Quemerford
  • 1679: John Hawkins, of Ashton Keynes
  • 1680: Giles Earl
  • 1681: (John Jacob: altered to) Thomas Gore, of Alderton
  • 1682: Richard Lewis, of Edington
  • 1683: Sir Edmund Warneford Kt., of Sevenhampton near Highworth
  • 1684: George Willoughby, (? of West Knoyle)
  • 1685: (John Davenant: altered to) William Chafyn, of Zeals
  • 1686: John Davenant, of Landford in Frustfield Hundred
  • 1687: Richard Chaundler see wiki.whitneygen.org family page of Robert Whitney of Castleton
  • 1688: Sir Jeremy Craye Kt.
  • 1689: John Wyndham, of Norrington
  • 1690: (James Blatch: altered to) Stephen Blatch, of Westbury
  • 1691: Henry Wallis, of Trowbridge
  • 1692: Henry Nourse (altered to Sir William Pynsent Bt., and again to Henry Nourse)
  • 1693: Sir Thomas Estcourt Kt., of Pinkney
  • 1694: Sir William Pynsent Bt., of Urchfont
  • 1695: Gifford Yerbury
  • 1696: Joseph Houlton, of Trowbridge
  • 1697: John Benett, of Norton Bavent
  • 1698: Thomas Baskerville, (? of Richardston near Winterbourne Basset)
  • 1699: (Walter Ernle: altered to) John Curll, of Turley near Bradford
  • 1700: (Joseph Houlton: altered to) Francis Merewether, of Easterton, Market Lavington
  • 1701: Richard Jones, of Ramsbury
  • 1702: (William Willoughby: altered to) Christopher Willoughby, of West Knoyle
  • 1703: Richard Long (1668-1730), of Collingbourne
  • 1704: Walter Long (d. 1731), of South Wraxall
  • 1705: John Flower, of Grimstead, or of Worton, near Devizes
  • 1706: (Thomas Blatch: altered to) Andrew Duke, of Bulford
  • 1707: Sir James Ashe Bt.
  • 1708: Francis Kenton
  • 1709: (Oliver Calley: altered to) Walter Ernle, of Conock
  • 1710: William Benson, of Amesbury
  • 1711: Daniel Webb, of Monkton Farleigh
  • 1712: John Cox, of Kemble, near Malmesbury
  • 1713: John Smith, of Alton Priors
  • 1714: Richard Goddard, of Swindon
  • 1715: Matthew Pitts, of Salisbury
  • 1716: John Eyles, of Devizes
  • 1717: (Robert Houlton: altered to Calthorpe Parker Long: and again to) Thomas Bennett, of Steeple Ashton
  • 1718: George Speke Petty, of Cheney Court and Haselbury House, Box
  • 1719: John Askew, of Lydiard Millicent
  • 1720: (Caleb Bayley: altered to) John Vilett, of Swindon
  • 1721: Henry Read, of Crowood
  • 1722: Edward Hill, of Wanborough
  • 1723: Ralph Freke, of Hannington, near Highworth
  • 1724: Joseph Houlton, of Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, and Grittleton, Wiltshire
  • 1725: John Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren
  • 1726: Henry Long, of Melksham
  • 1727: John Mills, of Cherhill, Calne
  • 1728: Walter Hungerford, of Studley, Calne
  • 1729: Henry Hungerford, of Fyfield, Milton Lislebonne
  • 1730: Ezekiel Wallace, of Lucknam
  • 1731: Henry Skilling, of Draycote Foliot
  • 1732: John Smith, of Whitley, Calne
  • 1733: Job Polden, of Imber
  • 1734: Thomas Phipps, of Westbury Leigh and Chalford
  • 1735: William Vilett, of Swindon
  • 1736: Edward Mortimer, of Trowbridge (or R. Baskerville?)
  • 1737: William Hedges, of Compton Basset
  • 1738: Isaac Warriner, of Conock
  • 1739: William Wyndham, of Dinton
  • 1740: Edward Mortimer, of Trowbridge (or William Wyndham?)
  • 1741: Anthony Guy, of Chippenham
  • 1742: William Batt, of Salisbury
  • 1743: John or William Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren
  • 1744: (John Walters of Titherley: altered to) Fulke Greville, of Wilbury House, Newton Toney
  • 1745: Walter Long, of Salisbury and Preshaw, Hampshire
  • 1746: Godfrey Huckle Kneller, of Donhead Hall, Donhead St. Mary
  • 1747: William Phipps, of Heywood
  • 1748: Thomas Phipps, of Westbury Leigh
  • 1749: Thomas Cooper, of Salisbury
  • 1750: James Bartlett, of Salisbury
  • 1751: Charles Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
  • 1752: Thomas Cooper, of Cumberwell, near Bradford
  • 1753: Edward Polhill, of Heale House, Woodford, near Salisbury
  • 1754: William Phipps, of Westbury Leigh
  • 1755: Arthur Evans, of the Close, Salisbury
  • 1756: John Jacob, of Tockenham Wick House
  • 1757: William Coles, of the Close, Salisbury
  • 1758: Thomas Benett, of Pyt House
  • 1759: William Norris, of Nonesuch House, Bromham
  • 1760: George Flower, of Devizes
  • 1761: Scroop Egerton, of Salisbury
  • 1762: Prince Sutton, of Devizes
  • 1763: John Talbot, of Lacock Abbey
  • 1764: Walter Long (of South Wraxall)
  • 1765: Benjamin Adamson, of Kemble
  • 1766: Edward Medlicott, of Warminster
  • 1767: Edward Goddard, of Cliff Pypard
  • 1768: Edmund Lambert, of Boyton
  • 1769: William Talk, of Salisbury
  • 1770: Thomas Maundrell, of Blacklands, near Calne
  • 1771: William Langham, of Ramsbury Manor
  • 1772: Henry Penruddocke Wyndham, of the College, Salisbury
  • 1773: Edward Poore, of Rushall
  • 1774: Thomas Estcourt, of Newnton
  • 1775: Francis Dugdale Astley, of Everley
  • 1776: William Northey, of the Ivy House, Chippenham
  • 1777: Joseph Colborne, of Hardenhuish, Chippenham
  • 1778: William Beach, of Nether Avon House
  • 1779: Robert Cooper, of Salisbury
  • 1780: Paul Cobb Methuen, of Corsham House
  • 1781: William Hayter, of Newton Toney
  • 1782: William Bowles, of Heale House
  • 1783: Thomas Hussey, of Salisbury
  • 1784: William Chafyn Grove, of Zeals House, Mere
  • 1785: James Sutton, of New Park, Devizes
  • 1786: Seymour Wroughton, of Eastcott, Urchfont
  • 1787: Isaac William Webb Horlock, of Ashwick, Marshfield, Gloucestershire
  • 1788: Robert Ashe, of Langley Burrell
  • 1789: Thomas Grove, of Ferne
  • 1790: Gifford Warriner, of Conock
  • 1791: John Awdry, of Notton, Lacock
  • 1792: Matthew Humphries, of the Ivy House, Chippenham
  • 1793: John Gaisford, of Iford House, near Bradford
  • 1794: Richard Godolphin Long, of Rood Ashton
  • 1795: James Montagu, of Alderton and Lackham
  • 1796: Gilbert Trowe Beckett Turner, of Penley House, Westbury
  • 1797: Sir John Methuen Poore Bt., of Rushall
  • 1798: John Benett, of Pyt House
  • 1799: Edward Hinxman, of Little Durnford
  • 1800: George Yalden Fort, of Alderbury
  • 1801: Thomas Bush, of Bradford
  • 1802: Sir Andrew Bayntun Bt., of Spye Park
  • 1803: Thomas Henry Hele Phipps, of Leighton House, Westbury
  • 1804: Wadham Locke, of Rowde, near Devizes
  • 1805: Sir Richard Colt Hoare Bt., of Stourhead
  • 1806: John Paul Paul, of Ashton Keynes
  • 1807: Thomas Calley, of Burderop Park
  • 1808: John Houlton, of Grittleton, Wiltshire, and Farley Castle, Somerset
  • 1809: Sir Charles Warre Malet Bt., of Wilbury House
  • 1810: Abraham Ludlow, of Heywood House, Westbury
  • 1811: Harry Biggs, of Stockton
  • 1812: Sir William Pierce Ashe A'Court Bt., of Heytesbury House
  • 1813: William Fowle, of Chute
  • 1814: William Wyndham, of Dinton
  • 1815: George Eyre, of Bramshaw
  • 1816: John Hussey, of Salisbury
  • 1817: John Hungerford Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
  • 1818: Alexander Powell, of Hurdcott
  • 1819: John Long, of Monkton Farleigh
  • 1820: Ambrose Goddard, of Swindon
  • 1821: Ambrose Awdry, of Seend, near Devizes
  • 1822: Edward Phillips, of Melksham
  • 1823: John Fuller, of Neston Park, Corsham
  • 1824: Sir Edward Poore Bt., of Rushall
  • 1825: Ernle Warriner, of Conock
  • 1826: Thomas Clutterbuck, of Hardenhuish
  • 1827: Thomas Baskerville Mynors Baskerville, of Rockley House, near Marlborough
  • 1828: George Wroughton Wroughton, of Wilcot House, near Pewsey
  • 1829: George Heneage Walker Heneage, of Compton Basset
  • 1830: Edward William Leybourne Popham, of Littlecote House
  • 1831: Paul Methuen, of Corsham House
  • 1832: Sir Edmund William Antrobus Bt., of Amesbury
  • 1833: William Temple, of Bishopstrow, Warminster
  • 1834: Thomas Bolton, of Brickworth
  • 1835: Henry Seymour, of Knoyle
  • 1836: Sir John Dugdale Astley Bt., of Everley
  • 1837: Sir Frederick Hutchison Hervey Bathurst Bt., of Clarendon
  • 1838: Thomas Assheton Smith, of Tidworth House, near Ludgershall
  • 1839: Charles Lewis Phipps, of Wans House
  • 1840: William Henry Fox Talbot, of Lacock Abbey
  • 1841: Ambrose Hussey, of Salisbury
  • 1842: Frederick William Rooke, of Lackham
  • 1843: Henry Stephen Olivier, of Potterne
  • 1844: George Edward Eyre, or Warrens, Bramshaw[1]
  • 1845: Wade Browne, of Monkton Farleigh
  • 1846: The Honourable Jacob Pleydell Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone, of Longford Castle
  • 1847: Wadham Locke, of Ashton Giffard
  • 1848: John Henry Campbell Wyndham, of The College, Salisbury
  • 1849: Robert Parry Nisbet, of South Broom House, Devizes[2]
  • 1850: Henry Gaisford Gibbs Ludlow, of Heywood House, Westbury[3]
  • 1851: Graham Moore Michell Esmeade, of Monkton, Chippenham
  • 1852: John Bird Fuller, of Neston Park, Corsham
  • 1853: Francis Leybourne Popham, of Littlecote
  • 1854: Edmund Lewis Clutterbuck, of Hardenhuish
  • 1855: Simon Watson Taylor, of Urchfont
  • 1856: Charles William Miles, of Burton Hill House, Malmesbury
  • 1857: Alfred Morrison, of Fonthill
  • 1858: Francis Alexander Sydenham Locke, of Rowdeford
  • 1859: John Neilson Gladstone, of Bowdon Park
  • 1860: Horatio Nelson Goddard, of Cluff Pypard
  • 1861: Charles Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
  • 1862: John Elton Mervyn Prower, of Purton House, Swindon
  • 1863: Thomas Fraser Grove, of Ferne
  • 1864: John Lewis Phipps, of Leighton House, Westbury
  • 1865: Thomas Henry Allen Poynder, of Hartham Park
  • 1866: Ambrose Denis Hussey-Freke[4], of Hannington Hall, Highworth
  • 1867: Henry Calley, of Burderop Park
  • 1868: Charles John Thomas Conolly, of Cottles, Melksham
  • 1869: Ralph Ludlow Lopes, of Sandridge Park, Melksham
  • 1870: John Ravenhill, of Ashton Gifford
  • 1871: John William Gooch Spicer, of Spye Park
  • 1872: Sir John Neald, of Grittleton House
  • 1873: Nathaniel Barton, of Corsley House, Warminster
  • 1874: Edward Chaddock Lowndes, of Castle Combe
  • 1875: Charles Paul Phipps, of Chalcot, Westbury
  • 1877: Richard Walmesley of Lucknam
  • 1878: George Pargiter Fuller
  • 1884: Richard Leckonby Hothersall Phipps
  • 1888: Charles Nicholas Paul Phipps, of Chalcot, Westbury
  • 1890: Sir John Poynder Dickson, Bt
  • 1891: Herbert James Harris
  • 1892: Sir John William Kelk, 2nd Baronet
  • 1894: William Henry Laverton
  • 1895: Charles Walker
  • 1896: Percy Wyndham
  • 1901: Charles Awdry
  • 1902: Edmund Clerke Schomberg
  • 1903: George Llewellen Palmer
  • 1908: Sir Frederick Goldney, 2nd Baronet
  • 1909: G.H. Fort
  • 1910: Sir John Goldney
  • 1912: William Heward Bell
  • 1913: Charles Penruddocke
  • 1914: G.S.A Watson-Taylor
  • 1915: Sir H.H.A. Hoare
  • 1916: G.W.W. Blathwayt
  • 1917: John Moulton
  • 1918: Eustace Richardson-Cox
  • 1919: W.R Shaw-Stewart
  • 1920: L.G. Greville
  • 1921: Sir F.G.P. Preston
  • 1922: C. Garnett
  • 1923: B.E Phillips
  • 1924: Washington Merritt Grant Singer
  • 1925: Gerard James Buxton
  • 1926: Robert Fleetwood Fuller
  • 1927: Edgar Hugh Brassey
  • 1928: Robert William Awdry
  • 1930: Admiral John Luce
  • 1932: William Cory Heward Bell
  • 1933: W. Llewellen Palmer
  • 1934: Edward Harding-Newman
  • 1935: Herbert Paton Holt
  • 1936: George Jardine Kidston
  • 1937: Frederick George Glyn Bailey
  • 1938: John Granville Morrison, later Lord Margadale as of 1965
  • 1939: John Morley
  • 1940: Rupert Stephens
  • 1941: F.G.G. Bailey
  • 1942: William Herbert Lee Ewart
  • 1943: Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps
  • 1944: William Llewellen Palmer
  • 1945: Brudenell Hunt-Grubbe
  • 1946: A.E Phillips
  • 1947: E.C Barnes
  • 1948: Claude Alexander Codrington
  • 1949: Samuel Vandeleur Christie-Miller
  • 1950: Roger Money-Kyrle
  • 1951: F.E Fowle
  • 1952: Guy Elland Carne Rasch
  • 1953: Sir Noel Arkell
  • 1954: C.E Awdry
  • 1955: Sir Geoffrey Ronald Codrington
  • 1956: Christopher Herbert Fleetwood Fuller
  • 1957: A.G Stratton
  • 1958: Sir Geoffrey Tritton, 3rd Baronet
  • 1959: Hugh Trefusis Brassey [5]
  • 1960: D.A.C Rasch
  • 1961: G.D Fanshawe
  • 1962: Charles Murray Floyd
  • 1963: Peter Thomas Wellesley Sykes
  • 1964: Arthur Frank Seton Sykes
  • 1965: Geoffrey Henry Barrington Chance
  • 1966: Christopher Henry Maxwell Peto
  • 1967: Frank Harold Elcho Skyrme
  • 1968: Anthony William Allen Llewellen Palmer, MC (b. 1912) [6]
  • 1969: Edward Lancelot Luce
  • 1971: James Ian Morrison
  • 1972: Nigel Bailey
  • 1973: William Erskine Stobart
  • 1974: Martin Anthony Gibbs
  • 1975: R.H Heywood-Lonsdale
  • 1988: Bonar Sykes
  • 1993: Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Johnston KCB OBE[7][8]
  • 1994: Anna Grange
  • 2000: Robert Lawton
  • 2001: David Stratton
  • 2002: Sir Christopher Benson
  • 2003: David Newbigging
  • 2004: James Arkell
  • 2005: David Margesson
  • 2006: Geraldine Wimble[9]
  • 2007: Hon. Peter Pleydell-Bouverie[10]
  • 2008: Margaret Madeline Wilks[11]

[edit] References

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  2. ^ London Gazette: no. 20944, page 431, 13 February 1849. Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
  3. ^ Sheriffs for the Year 1850 in The Annual Register for 1850, p. 309, online at books.google.com (accessed 27 January 2008)
  4. ^ http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC64053290&id=NNdkxHnE8SgC&
  5. ^ thePeerage. Retrieved on 2007-01-20.
  6. ^ Burke's Landed Gentry:LLEWELLEN PALMER OF GREAT SOMERFORD. Retrieved on 2008-02-03.
  7. ^ London Gazette: no. 53247, page 4679, 15 March 1993. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
  8. ^ Who's Who 2003 (A. & C. Black, London, 2003), page 1146
  9. ^ London Gazette: no. 57921, pages 3375–3376, 9 March 2006. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
  10. ^ London Gazette: no. 58266, pages 3313–3314, 7 March 2007. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
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