High Sheriff of Durham

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This is a list of the High Sheriffs of the English County of Durham

• 1503-16: Sir William Bulmer of Wilton Castle, near Redcar^[1]
• 1523-27: Sir William Bulmer of Wilton Castle, near Redcar^[1]
• 1529-32: Sir John Bulmer^[2]
• 1624: Sir George Selby of Whitehouse, Ryton.
• 1646: Sir George Vane of Barnard Castle
• 1649: Sir James Clavering of Axwell House, Blaydon on Tyne^[3]
• 1673: Sir James Clavering of Axwell House, Blaydon on Tyne^[3]
• 1809: Adam Askew of Redheugh^[4]
• 1826: Cuthbert Ellison of Hebburn Hall^[5]
• 1840: Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart. of Whitburn
• 1841: William Russell of Brancepeth Castle^[6]
• 1842: Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto of Whitworth Park ^[7]
• 1843: Edward Shippersden of Durham^[8]
• 1844: Henry Witham of Lartington^[9]
• 1845: John William Williamson of Whickham^[10]
• 1846: Ralph Stephen Pemberton of Usworth Hall^[11]
• 1847: John Fawcett of North Bailey^[12]
• 1848: Sir William Eden Bt of Windlestone Hall^[13]
• 1849: John Eden of Beamish Park^[14]
• 1850: Robert Hilyard of Horsley^[15]
• 1855: Robert Surtees of Redworth House^[16]
• 1856: Robert Smith Surtees of Hamsterley Hall^[17]
• 1859: Sir William Aloysius Clavering, 9th Baronet of Axwell House.^[18]
• 1862: Henry George Surtees of Dinsdale Hall^[19]
• 1866: William Edward Surtees of Seaton Carew^[20]
• 1888: David Dale of West Lodge, Darlington^[21]
• 1895: Sir Thomas Hugh Bell Bt of Redbarns, Coatham^[22]
• 1901: George Frederick Boyd of Moorhouse, Leamside^[23]
• 1902: Sir William Henry Edward Chaytor Bt of Croft, Darlington^[24]
• 1903: John Ewer Jefferson Hogg of Elm Park Gardens, SW London^[25]
• 1904: Sir Hedworth Williamson Bt of Whitburn Hall, near Sunderland^[26]
• 1905: John Edwin Rogerson of Mount Oswald, Durham^[27]
• 1906: Frank Stobart of Biddick Hall^[28]
• 1907: Rowland Burdon of The Castle, Castle Eden^[29]
• 1908: Slingsby Duncombe Shafto of Beamish Park^[30]
• 1909: William Cresswell Gray of Tunstall Manor, West Hartlepool^[31]
• 1910: Hon. James Arthur Joicey of Longhurst, Morpeth (later Baron Joicey)^[32]
• 1921: Lt Col Maurice Hugh Lowthian Bell CMG later Sir Maurice Bell Bt of Rounton Grange, Northallerton^[33]
• 1934: Standish Robert Gage Prendergast Vereker of Hamsterley Hall^[34]
• 1935: Col Frank Robert Simpson Bt. of Bradley Hall, Wylam^[35]
• 1936: Major Johnathan Lee Priestman of Shotley Park^[36]
• 1949: Captn Sydney Riley Lord of Newbus Grange, Neasham^[37]
• 1940: Col Robert Chapman CMG of Undercliff, Cleadon^[38]
• 1950: Lt Col. Robert Appleby Bartram of Broomshiels Hall, near Bishop Aukland^[39]
• 1952: Philip Ivan Pease, of Sledwick, Barnard Castle^[40]
• 1953: Major Sir. (Lawrence) Andrew Common, D.S.O., of Hunter House, Shotley Bridge^[41]
• 1953: Thomas Hawksley Summerson, of Hall Garth, Coatham Mundeville, Darlington
• 1956: Maurice O Pease
• 1960: Robert MacGowan Chapman later Sir Robert Chapman Bt^[42]
• 1962: Roger Trelawny Backhouse of Darlington^[43]
• 1980: Paul Douglas Nicholson, of Quarry Hill^[44]
• 2007: I R Dewhirst

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