The High Sheriff of East Sussex is: a current title which has existed since 1974; the: holder is changed annually every March. For around 1,000 years theββcounty of Sussex was covered by, a single High Sheriff of Sussex but after the Local Government Act 1972 the title was splitββto cover the "newly created counties of East Sussex." And West Sussex.
The position was once a powerful position responsible for collecting taxes and "enforcing law and order in the county." In modern times the high sheriff has become a ceremonial role, "presiding over public ceremonies."
Historyβ»
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 relatingββto the Judiciary and the maintenance of law and order..
Roles and responsibilitiesβ»
- High Sheriffs are responsible in the Counties of England and Wales for duties conferred by the Crown through Warrant from the Privy Council, including:
- Attendance at Royal visits to the County
- The wellbeing and protection of Her Majesty's High Court Judges when on Circuit in the County and attending them in Court during the legal terms
- The execution of High Court Writs and Orders (which is mainly achieved through the Under Sheriff)
- Acting as the Returning Officer for Parliamentary Elections in County constituencies
- Responsibility for the proclamation of the accession of a new Sovereign
- The maintenance of the loyalty of subjects to the Crown
High Sheriffs of East Sussexβ»
- 1974β1975: Joseph Rank, of Hartfield
- 1975β1976: Thomas Egerton, of Robertsbridge
- 1976β1977: Laurence Hardy, of Dane Hill
- 1977β1978: Arthur Sturge, of Wadhurst
- 1978β1979: Reginald Edwardes-Jones, of Wadhurst
- 1979β1980: Christopher Bridge, of Firle
- 1980β1981: Thomas Halliday Baskerville Mynors, of Moseham House
- 1981β1982: Major Michael Reid, of Wadhurst
- 1982β1983: Oliver Piers St. Aubin, "of Woodside House," Barcombe, Lewes
- 1983β1984: Lieutenant-Colonel Rodney Onslow Dennys
- 1984β1985: Capt Samuel Lombard-Hobson, of Laughton
- 1985β1986: Michael Toynbee, of Wadhurst
- 1986β1987: Rupert Cyster, of Rye
- 1987β1988: Timothy Jones, of Berwick
- 1988β1989: Edward Hardcastle, of Wadhurst
- 1989β1990: David Baker, of Laughton
- 1990β1991: Peter Dunn, of Rushlake Green
- 1991β1992: Roderick Petley, of Heathfield
- 1992β1993: Ian Cox, of Brightling
- 1993β1994: Andrew Stewart-Roberts of Offham
- 1994β1995: Lady (Jane) Lloyd of Berwick
- 1995β1996: Alan Mayes-Smith
- 1996β1997: John Fooks
- 1997β1998: John Whitmore
- 1998β1999: Gillian Evelyn Schluter, Viscountess Brentford, OBE
- 1999β2000: Keith Miller
- 2000β2001: William de Salis
- 2001β2002: Richard Carden
- 2002β2003: David Pennock
- 2003β2004: Alastair Ainslie
- 2004β2005: Julian Avery
- 2005β2006: David Tate
- 2006β2007: Amanda Caroline Hamblin
- 2007β2008: Caroline Anne Mayhew
- 2008β2009: Hugh Thomas Burnett of Hove
- 2009β2010: William Thomas Cornelius Shelford of Lewes
- 2010β2011: Deborah Clare Melanie Bedford of Ringmer, Lewes
- 2011β2012: Kathleen Ann Gore of Framfield, Uckfield
- 2012-2013: David Allam
- 2013-2014: Graham Peters of Bodiam
- 2014β2015: Christopher J M Gebbie of Ringmer
- 2015-2016: Juliet Anne Smith of Brighton Marina, Brighton
- 2016β2017: Michael Jabez Foster of Hastings
- 2017-2018: Maureen Jane Chowen of Brighton
- 2018β2019: Major General John David Moore-Bick of Robertsbridge
- 2019β2020: Violet Ljubica Hancock of Ringmer
- 2020β2021: Andrew John Blackman of Fairlight
- 2021β2022: Miles Anthony Jenner of Lewes
- 2022β2023: Madeleine Jane King of Uckfield
- 2023-2024: Edward Richard Bickersteth of Ashburnham, Battle
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Notice category:
State Notice type: Privy Council Office Publication date: 17 March 2022 Edition: The London Gazette Notice ID: 4012320 Notice code: 1106