High Sheriff of Warwickshire explained

This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of the English county of Warwickshire.

The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as Sheriff was retitled High Sheriff. The High Sheriff changes, by Warwickshire tradition, on Maundy Thursday.

For a period prior to the middle of the 16th century the Sheriff of Warwickshire was also the Sheriff of Leicestershire.

Sheriffs

11th and 12th centuries

From 1158 to 1566 the Sheriff of Warwickshire was also Sheriff of Leicestershire

20th century

High Sheriffs

21st century

References

• The history of the worthies of England, Volume 3
• The history of the worthies of England, Volume 2

Sources

• Debrett's Illustrated Baronetage, with the Knightage, 1876, Dean and Son (London), 1876
• Debrett's Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, 1954, C. F. J. Hankinson (ed.), 1954
• Birmingham Post Year Book and Who's Who, various editions, 1973–85
• Whitaker's Almanack, various editions
• History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. Volumes 1–4 (1835) John Burke