High Sheriff of Durham

High Sheriffs of County Durham

• 1146 Osbert

  15th century

• 18 January 1401: Sir Robert Conyers
• 24 August 1406: Sir Percival de Lyndeley
• 2 June 1414: Sir William Claxton
• 2 January 1420: Robert Eure
• 6 May 1436: Sir William Bowes
• 4 October 1437: Robert Ogle
• 1 October 1438: William Pudsay
• 5 December 1441: Geoffrey Midleton
• 28 December 1461: John de Aderton
• 8 December 1462: Geoffrey Midleton
• 7 March 1467: William Claxton
• 6 August 1469: Henry Radclyff
• 14 August 1470: Sir George Lumley
• 20 November 1476: Robert Tempest
• 4 October 1482–1502: Sir Ralph Bowes

  16th century

• 1503–15: Sir William Bulmer of Wilton Castle,
• 1516–1517: Roger Lumley
• 1518–1522: Sir William Eure
• 1523–26: Sir William Bulmer of Wilton Castle,
• 1527: Sir William Bulmer and John Bulmer
• 1528–32: Sir John Bulmer
• 1533–?: William Hilton
• 1561: Robert Tempest of Holmside Hall
• 1569: Robert Bowes
• 1576: George Bowes
• 1576–1591: Sir William Hilton
• 1592–1594: George Conyers
• 1595–1610: Sir John Conyers of Sockburn Hall

  17th century

• 1610–1624: Sir George Selby of Whitehouse, Ryton.
• 1625–1640: Sir William Belasyse of Morton House
• 1641: William Collingwood
• 1642: Sir William Darcy
• 1645: Henry Vane the Elder
• 1646: Sir George Vane of Barnard Castle
• 1647: Richard Belasyse of Morton House
• 1648: Clement Fulthorpe
• 1649: Sir James Clavering of Axwell House, Blaydon on Tyne
• 1651: Thomas Shadforth
• 1652: Christopher Fulthorpe of Tunstall Manor
• 1653: Francis Wren
• 1654: Rowland Place of Low Dinsdale Manor
• 1655: Thomas Bewick
• 1656: George Lilburn
• 1657–58: Timothy Whittingham
• 1659: Robert Ellison
• 1660–7: Sir Thomas Davison of Blakiston Hall.
• 1667–73: Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Fiskerton
• 12 February 1671: Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Fiskerton
• 1673: Sir James Clavering of Axwell House, Blaydon on Tyne
• 1674: Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Fiskerton
• 1675–85: Nicholas Conyers
• 1686–1708: Hon. Charles Montagu

  18th century

• 1709–1720: Mark Shafto of Whitworth Hall
• 1721–23: Sir Henry Liddell, 3rd Bt of Newton Hall
• 1723–47: Sir William Williamson, 4th Bt of Whitburn
• 1747–89: Sir Hedworth Williamson, 5th Bart. of Whitburn
• 1780: Andrew Robinson Stoney-Bowes of Gibside
• 1789–1810: Sir Hedworth Williamson, 6th Bart. of Whitburn

  19th century

• 1810–1814: Adam Askew of Redheugh
• 1815–1818: William Hutchinson
• 1819–1826: William Keppel Barrington
• 1827–1828: Cuthbert Ellison of Hebburn Hall
• 1829–1833: Charles John Clavering of Axwell House
• 1833–1836: William Lloyd Wharton of Dryburn
• 1837: Anthony Wilkinson, of Coxhoe Hall
• 1838: Sir Robert Johnson-Eden, Bart., of Windlestone Hall
• 1839: Sir William Chaytor, Bart., of Witton Castle
• 1840: Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart. of Whitburn
• 1841: William Russell of Brancepeth Castle
• 1842: Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto of Whitworth Park
• 1843: Edward Shippersden of Durham
• 1844: Henry Witham of Lartington Hall
• 1845: John William Williamson of Whickham
• 1846: Ralph Stephen Pemberton of Barnes and Usworth House
• 1847: John Fawcett of North Bailey
• 1848: Sir William Eden Bt of Windlestone Hall
• 1849: John Eden of Beamish Park
• 1850: Robert Hilyard of Horsley Hall
• 1851: Robert Henry Allan, of Blackwell Hall and Blackwell Grange
• 1852: John Bowes, of Streatham Castle
• 1853: Frederick Acklom Milbank, of Hart
• 1854: Henry John Baker Baker, of Elemore Hall
• 1855: Robert Surtees of Redworth House
• 1856: Robert Smith Surtees of Hamsterley Hall
• 1857: William Beckwith, of Silksworth House
• 1858: Timothy Hutchinson, of Eggleston Hall
• 1859: Sir William Aloysius Clavering, Bart., of Axwell House
• 1860: Henry John Spearman, of Burn Hall
• 1861: Richard Lawrence Pemberton, of Barnes
• 1862: Henry George Surtees of Dinsdale Hall
• 1863: John Richard Westgarth Hildyard, of Horsley Hall
• 1864: John Harrison Aylmer of Walworth Castle
• 1865: William Peareth, of Usworth House
• 1866: William Edward Surtees, of Seaton Carew
• 1867: William Scurfield Grey, of Norton
• 1868: Anthony Wilkinson, of Hulam
• 1869: Thomas Charles Thompson, of Sherburn Hall
• 1870: William Briggs, of Hylton Castle, Sunderland
• 1871: James Cookson, of Neasham Hall
• 1872: Rowland Burdon, of The Castle, Castle Eden
• 1873: Charles Freville Surtees, of Mainsforth, Ferryhill
• 1874: John Fogg Elliot, of Elvet Hill, Durham
• 1875: Anthony Wilkinson, of Durham
• 1876: Henry Edward Surtees, of Redworth House and Redforth Grove
• 1877: Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart., of Whitburn Hall
• 1878: John Joicey, of Newton Hall, Stocksfield, Northumberland
• 1879: James Laing, of Thornhill, Sunderland
• 1880: George John Scurfield, of Hurworth House
• 1881: Matthew Kearney, of the Ford, Lanchester
• 1882: Robert Anthony Burrell, of Fairthorne, Botley, Hants
• 1883: Alfred Backhouse, of Pilmore, Darlington
• 1884: Isaac Lothian Bell, of Rownton Grange, Northallerton
• 1885: Christopher John Foyle Fawcett, of The North Bailey, Durham
• 1886: Joseph Richardson, of Potto Hall, Swainby, Northallerton
• 1887: Gerald Percy Vivian Aylmer, of Walworth Castle, Darlington
• 1888: David Dale of West Lodge, Darlington
• 1889: Lindsay Wood, of The Hermitage, Chester-le-Street
• 1890: William James Joicey, of Urpeth Lodge, Chester-le-Street
• 1891: Joseph Henry Straker, of Willington House, Willington
• 1892: Sir William Gray, of Greatham Cottage, West Hartlepool
• 1893: Edward Joicey, of Whinney House, Low Fell, Gateshead-on-Tyne
• 1894: Colonel Charles John Reed CB, of Springwell Hall, Durham
• 1895: Hugh Bell of Redbarns, Coatham, Redcar
• 1896: Major Robert Ropner, of Preston Hall, near Stockton-on-Tees
• 1897: Colonel Lancelot Allgood Gregson, of Burdon, Sunderland
• 1898: Samuel Peter Austin, of Cocken Hall, Fence Houses
• 1899: Utrick Alexander Ritson, of Calf Hall, Muggleswick Park, Consett, and Jesmond Gardens, Newcastle upon Tyne
• 1900: John Arundel Hildyard, of Horsley House, Eastgate, Darlington

  20th century

• 1901: George Frederick Boyd of Moorhouse, Leamside
• 1902: Sir William Henry Edward Chaytor Bt of Croft, Darlington
• 1903: John Ewer Jefferson Hogg of Elm Park Gardens, SW London
• 1904: Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart. of Whitburn Hall, near Sunderland
• 1905: John Edwin Rogerson of Mount Oswald, Durham
• 1906: Frank Stobart of Biddick Hall
• 1907: Rowland Burdon of The Castle, Castle Eden
• 1908: Slingsby Duncombe Shafto of Beamish Park
• 1909: William Cresswell Gray of Tunstall Manor, West Hartlepool
• 1910: Hon. James Arthur Joicey of Longhurst, Morpeth
• 1911: Lieut-Colonel John Henry Ropner, of Ragworth, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees
• 1912: Frederick Stirling Newall, of Castle Hill, Wylam-on-Tyne
• 1913: James Westell, of The Cloisters, Sunderland
• 1914: Francis Priestman, of Shotley Park, Shotley Bridge
• 1915: Sir Alfred Molyneux Palmer, Bart., of Walworth Castle, Darlington
• 1916: William Hustler Hustler, of Acklam Hall, Middlesbrough
• 1917: The Honourable Cyril Arthur Liddell, of Ravensworth Castle, Gateshead
• 1918: Brodrick Dale, of Apperley Dene, Stocksfield
• 1919: John Wood, of Coxhoe Hall, Coxhoe
• 1920: Arthur Francis Pease, of Middleton Lodge, Middleton Tyas
• 1921: Col. Maurice Bell of Rounton Grange, Northallerton
• 1922: Sir John Storey Barwick, Bt., of Ashbrook Grange, Sunderland
• 1923: Capt. Rowland Burdon Webster, of Wolviston Hall, Stockton-on-Tees
• 1924: Sir Frank Brown, Kt., of Norton Priory, Stockton-on-Tees
• 1925: Lieut.-Col. George Herbert Stobart, CBE, DSO, of Harperley Park, Harperley
• 1926: Sir Thomas Garmondsway Wrightson, Bt., of The Manor House, Eryholme, near Darlington
• 1927: Brigadier-General Herbert Conyers Surtees, CB, CMG, DSO, MVO, of Mainsforth Hall, Ferryhill
• 1928: John Henry Bacon Forster, of Whitworth House, Spennymoor
• 1929: Major Henry Siward Balliol Surtees, of Redworth Hall, Darlington
• 1930: John Stapylton Grey Pemberton, of Ramside, Durham
• 1931: Capt. Geoffrey Stirling Newall, of Shepherds Dene, Riding Mill, Northumberland
• 1932: Henry Peile, CBE, of Broomshiels Hall, Satley, Tow Law, Co. Durham
• 1933: Sir Arthur Nicholas Lindsay Wood, Bt., of The Hermitage, Chester-le-Street
• 1934: Standish Robert Gage Prendergast Vereker of Hamsterley Hall
• 1935: Col Frank Robert Simpson Bt. of Bradley Hall, Wylam
• 1936: Major Johnathan Lee Priestman of Shotley Park
• 1937: Leonard Ropner, of Preston Hall, Stockton-on-Tees
• 1938: Sir William Gray, Bt., of Tunstall Manor, West Hartlepool
• 1939: Frank Nicholson, CBE, of Southill Hall, near Chester-le-Street
• 1940: Colonel Sir Robert Chapman Bt CB CMG CBE, DSO TD DL, of Undercliff, Cleadon, Sunderland
• 1941: Col. Harold Edward Kitching, MBE, of Elmwood, Hartburn, Stockton-on-Tees
• 1942: Col. Sir Thomas Andrews Bradford, Kt, DSO, of Aden Cottage, Durham
• 1943: Col. Hereward Sprot, of St. John's Hall, Wolsingham
• 1944: Captain Edward Ramsden, MC, of Sands Hall, Sedgefield
• 1945: Colonel Charles Edwin Vickery, CMG, DSO, of Whorlton Grange, Whorlton, Barnard Castle
• 1946: Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Laurence Stapylton Pemberton, MC, of Hawthorn Tower, Seaham
• 1947: Edward John Westgarth Hildyard, of Horsley Hall, Eastgate
• 1948: Major Frank Douglas Nicholson, TD, of Quarry Hill, Brancepeth
• 1949: Captn Sydney Riley Lord of Newbus Grange, Neasham
• 1950: Lt Col. Robert Appleby Bartram of Broomshiels Hall, near Bishop Auckland
• 1951: Colonel Thomas George Greenwell, TD, of Thornley Cottage, Tow Law, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham
• 1952: Philip Ivan Pease, of Sledwick, Barnard Castle
• 1953: Major Sir Andrew Common, DSO, of Hunter House, Shotley Bridge
• 1953: Thomas Hawksley Summerson, of Hall Garth, Coatham Mundeville, Darlington
• 1954: Brigadier Leslie Harrison McRobert, CBE, TD, of Meadowcroft, West Hartlepool
• 1955: Major Sir Basil Robert James Simpson, Bt, OBE, of Bradley Hall, Wylam
• 1956: Maurice Oliver Pease, TD, of Eldon House, Heighington, Darlington
• 1957: Major Aubone Bryce Surtees, of Hurworth Hall West, Hurworth-on-Tees, Darlington
• 1958: John Raymond Ropner, of Middleton Lodge, Middleton Tyas, Richmond, Yorks
• 1959: Sir John Gamrondsway Wrightson, Bt., TD, of Neasham Hall, Darlington
• 1960: Lieut-Colonel Robert Macgowan Chapman, TD of Cherry Tree House, Cleadon, near Sunderland
• 1961: Richard Boys-Stones, MC, TD, of Kyo Close, Wylam-on-Tyne
• 1962: Roger Trelawny Backhouse, of The East House, Great Smeaton, Northallerton, Yorkshire
• 1963: Commander Shannan Stevenson, RN, of White Hall, Haughton-le-Skerne, Darlington
• 1964: John Charles Hedley Booth, of Meadow Bank, Castle Eden
• 1965: Christopher William Drewett Chaytor, MBE, of Croft Hall, Croft, near Darlington
• 1966: James Kenneth Hope, CBE, of West Park, Lanchester
• 1967: Colonel James Wadham Grant, MBE, TD, of Northolme, Moor Lane, Whitburn
• 1968: Peter Guy Edwards, of Low Walworth Hall, near Darlington
• 1969: Norman Carse Marr, of Belle Vue, East Boldon, County Durham
• 1970: Ralph Meredyth Turton, TD, of The Hall, Kildale, Yorkshire
• 1971: William Talbot Gray, of Eggleston Hall, Barnard Castle
• 1972: Sir James Steel, Kt, CBE, of Fawnlees Hall, Wolsingham
• 1973: Colonel Hugh Kirton, TD, of Plawsworth House, Plawsworth, Chester-le-Street
• 1974: Elizabeth Scylla Riley Lord, of Low Dinsdale Old Rectory, Neasham, near Darlington
• 1975: Thomas Richard Featherstone Fenwick, of Bishop Oak, Wolsingham, Bishop Auckland
• 1976: Lieut.-Colonel Michael Radcliffe Kerens, MBE, TD, of The Old Vicarage, Bolam, Darlington
• 1977: Major William Kemp Trotter, of The Deanery, Staindrop, near Darlington
• 1978: Colonel Sir William Allison Lee, Kt, OBE, TD, of The Woodlands, Woodland Road, Darlington
• 1979: Captain Gerard Maurice Salvin, of Croxdale Hall, Durham
• 1980: Paul Douglas Nicholson, of Quarry Hill
• 1981: Lieut-Colonel Robert Benjamin Humphreys, of Peppermires Cottage, Brancepeth, Durham
• 1982: George Christopher Bartram, of Eldon House, Heighington Village, Newton Aycliffe
• 1983: Frederick Guy Beadon, of Little Newsham Hall, Winston, Darlington
• 1984: John Wood Snowdon, of The Old Rectory, Brandsby, York
• 1985: David James Grant, CBE, of Aden Cottage, Whitesmocks, Durham
• 1986: Rosemarie Hume Gray, of Eggleston Hall, Eggleston, Barnard Castle
• 1987: Ian George Bonas, of Bedburn Hall, Hamsterley
• 1988: Robert Patrick Thompson, of The Old Rectory, Wycliffe, Whorlton, Barnard Castle
• 1989: James Tyrell Brockbank, of The Orange Tree, Shincliffe, Durham City
• 1990: Captain John Hubert McBain, of Westholme Hall, Winston, Darlington
• 1991: Sir Anthony Frederick Milbank, Bt., of Barningham Park, Richmond, North Yorkshire
• 1992: Elizabeth Ann Jennings, of Broomshiels Home Farm, Saitley, Bishop Auckland
• 1993: Desmond Walker
• 1994: Nicholas David Barclay Straker, of Sough Hill, Caldwell, Darlington
• 1995: Robert Sale, of Eryholme Grange, Hurworth, Darlington
• 1996: James Allan Marr, of Brancepeth
• 1997: Michael Philip Weston, Prebends Gate, 3 Quarryheads Lane, Durham City
• 1998: Sir William Gray, Bt., Eggleston Hall, Eggleston, Barnard Castle
• 1999: Frank Nicholson, Cocken House, Chester-le-Street
• 2000: Elizabeth Ann Smyth, Greenbank, Heighington, Darlington

  21st century