High Sheriff of West Yorkshire

The High Sheriff of West Yorkshire is a current High Sheriff title which has existed since 1974, the holder is changed annually every March.^[1] For around 1,000 years the entire area of Yorkshire was covered by a single High Sheriff of Yorkshire. After the Local Government Act 1972 the title was split to cover several newly created counties, including West Yorkshire.

Below is a list of the sheriffs.^[1]

List of High Sheriffs

1974-1975 Sir William Peter Bulmer 1975-1976 George Francis Lane Fox 1976-1977 Michael Edmund Lyon 1977-1978 David Gaunt 1978-1979 John Malcoln Barr 1979-1980 Stephen Gerald Beaumont 1980-1981 Robert German Owthwaite 1981-1982 Charles Miller Fenton 1982-1983 David Fearnley 1983-1984 Elizabeth Mary Whitaker 1984-1985 Stuart Alan Barr 1985-1986 John Lyles 1986-1987 Yvonne Brenda Jackson 1987-1988 George Cooke Armitage 1988-1989 John Richard Marshall Roscoe 1989-1990 Victor Hugo Watson 1990-1991 Peter John Dixon Marshall 1991-1992 Israel Arnold Ziff 1992-1993 David Humphrey Boyle 1993-1994 Geoffrey Flockton Armitage 1994-1995 Charles Wilfred David Sutcliffe

1995-1996 Edward Neil Pullan 1996-1997 John Stephen Behrens 1997-1998 Frederick Thomas Benson Jowitt 1998-1999 John James Edward Brennan 1999-2000 Peter Arthur Hillard Hartley 2000-2001 Frank Ramsey Fenton 2001-2002 John Stoddart-Scott 2002-2003 John D Jackson 2003-2004 Patrick Dent 2004-2005 James Barker 2005-2006 Tim Hare 2006-2007 Roger Frank Dixon Marshall 2007-2008 Gay Hartley 2008-2009 Roger G Bowers 2009-2010 Jeremy John Burton 2010-2011 Richard Robert Clough 2011-2012 Anthony E Grant, OBE 2012–2013 Stephen R Davidson [2] 2013–2014 Virginia A Lloyd[2] 2014–2015 The Hon Mrs (Charles) Dent of Ribston Hall[2] 2015–2014 Edmund John Seward Anderson of Leeds[3]

References

1. Omerod, W.M. (2000). The Lord Lieutenants & High Sheriffs of Yorkshire 1066-2000. Department of History of the University of York. ISBN 1-871647-74-6.
2. "West Yorkshire 2014/2015". High Sheridffs association. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
3. "West Yorkshire 2015/2016". High Sheridffs association. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

External links

• HighSheriffs.com
• High Sheriff of West Yorkshire