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 Sheriff of Yorkshire . After the Local Government Act 1972 the office of Sheriff was changed to High Sheriff and was split to cover several newly created counties, including West Yorkshire .
Below is a list of the high sheriffs for West Yorkshire.[ 1]
List of High Sheriffs [ edit ]
1974–1975 Sir William Peter Bulmer
1975–1976 George Francis Lane Fox
1976–1977 Michael Edmund Lyon
1977–1978 David Gaunt
1978–1979 John Malcolm 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 of Moat Field, Moor Lane, East Keswick[ 2]
1990–1991 Peter John Dixon Marshall
1991–1992 Israel Arnold Ziff of Sandmoor Avenue, Alwoodley, Leeds.[ 3]
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[ 4]
2001–2002 John David Malcolm Stoddart-Scott [ 5]
2002–2003 John Patrick Dent [ 6]
2003–2004 John David Jackson[ 7]
2004–2005 James Edward Barker [ 8]
2005–2006 Timothy James Pitt Hare[ 9]
2006–2007 Roger Frank Dixon Marshall[ 10]
2007–2008 Rhona Christine Hartley[ 11]
2008–2009 Roger Gordon Bowers
2009–2010 Jeremy John Burton
2010–2011 Richard Robert Clough
2011–2012 Anthony Ernest Grant
2012–2013 Stephen Robert Davidson[ 12]
2013–2014 Virginia Annable Lloyd[ 12]
2014–2015 Anne Elizabeth Dent[ 13]
2015–2016 Edmund John Seward Anderson of Thorner , Leeds .[ 12]
2016–2017 Christopher John Brown of Sutton-in-Craven , Keighley .[ 12]
2017–2018 Dr Terence George Bramall of Harrogate .[ 14]
2018–2019 Charles Richard Jackson, of Ferrensby , Knaresborough .[ 15]
2019–2020 Paul David Lawrence of Harrogate.[ 16]
2020–2021 Jonathan Henry Thornton of Huddersfield .[ 17]
2021–2022 Clive Roland Lloyd of Luddenden , Halifax[ 18]
2022–2023 Susan Kitty Baker of Leeds[ 19]
2023–2024 Zulfiqar Ali Karim of Shipley [ 20]
2024-2025 Adeeba Malik [ 21]
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