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| The '''High Sheriff of West Yorkshire''' is a current ] title which has existed since 1974, the holder is changed anually every March.<ref name="highsheriff">{{cite book | last = Omerod | first =W.M. | | title =The Lord Lieutenants & High Sheriffs of Yorkshire 1066-2000| publisher =Department of History of the University of York| date = 2000 | url =http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/index.php?product_id=423| isbn = 1871647746}}</ref> |
The '''High Sheriff of West Yorkshire''' is a current ] title which has existed since 1974, the holder is changed anually every March.<ref name="highsheriff">{{cite book | last = Omerod | first =W.M. | | title =The Lord Lieutenants & High Sheriffs of Yorkshire 1066-2000| publisher =Department of History of the University of York| date = 2000 | url =http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/index.php?product_id=423| isbn = 1871647746}}</ref> For around 1,000 years the entire area of ] was covered by a single ]. After the ] the title was split to cover several newly created counties, including West Yorkshire. | ||
| Below is a list of the sheriffs.<ref name="highsheriff">{{cite book | last = Omerod | first =W.M. | | title =The Lord Lieutenants & High Sheriffs of Yorkshire 1066-2000| publisher =Department of History of the University of York| date =2000 | url =http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/index.php?product_id=423| isbn = 1871647746}}</ref> | |||
| ==List of High Sheriffs== | ==List of High Sheriffs== | ||
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The High Sheriff of West Yorkshire is a current High Sheriff title which has existed since 1974, the holder is changed anually every March. For around 1,000 years the entire area of Yorkshire was covered by a single High Sheriff of Yorkshire. After the Local Government Act 1972 the title was split to cover several newly created counties, including West Yorkshire.
Below is a list of the sheriffs.
List of High Sheriffs
- 1974-1975 Sir William Peter Bulmer
- 1975-1976 George Francis Lane Fox
- 1976-1977 Michael Edmund Lyon
- 1977-1978 David Gaunt
- 1978-1979 John Malcoln 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
- 1990-1991 Peter John Dixon Marshall
- 1991-1992 Israel Arnold Ziff
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- 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
- 2001-2002 John Stoddart-Scott
- 2002-2003 John D Jackson
- 2003-2004 Patrick Dent
- 2004-2005 James Barker
- 2005-2006 Tim Hare
- 2006-2007 Gay Hartley
- 2007-2008 Julia J Peers
- 2008-2009 Roger G Bowers
References
- ^ Omerod, W.M. (2000). The Lord Lieutenants & High Sheriffs of Yorkshire 1066-2000. Department of History of the University of York. ISBN 1871647746.
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