High Sheriff of Suffolk explained

This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Suffolk.

The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually (in March) by the Crown. The Sheriff was originally the principal law enforcement officer in the county and presided at the Assizes and other important county meetings. Most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. There was a single Sheriff serving the two counties of Norfolk and Suffolk until 1576.^[1]

On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, the title of Sheriff of Suffolk was retitled High Sheriff of Suffolk.^[2]

Sheriff

17th century

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20th century

High Sheriff

21st century

See also

High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk

References

• British History Online-List of Sheriffs for Suffolk

Notes and References

1. Book: Kirby . John . The Suffolk traveller . 1764 . London, Printed for J. Shave and sold by T. Longman . Second .
2. "Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any reference in any enactment or instrument to a sheriff shall be construed accordingly in relation to sheriffs for a county or Greater London." (Web site: Government Act 1972: Section 219 .)
3. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=75105 High Sheriffs from 1576 to 1845, The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk: volume 1 (1846), pp. XLII-XLVIII.Date accessed: 27 November 2010