High Sheriff of North Yorkshire
# High Sheriff of North Yorkshire

The High Sheriff of North Yorkshire is a current High Sheriff title which has existed since 1974. 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 North Yorkshire.

Below is a list of the sheriffs.

## List of High Sheriffs

* 1974–75 Montague Charles Warcop Peter Consett
* 1975–76 David Rimington Tetley
* 1976–77 Nigel Colin Forbes Adam
* 1977–78 Frank Wilson Furness
* 1978–79 Robert Edward John Compton of Newby Hall
* 1979–80 Lord Martin Fitzalan Howard
* 1980–81 Peter Noel Leetham Terry
* 1981–82 Francis Edward Hudson
* 1982–83 Sir Marcus Worsley, 5th Baronet of Hovingham Hall
* 1983–84 Peter Bell
* 1984–85 Anthony Thomas Preston
* 1985–86 Michael Thomas Barstow
* 1986–87 Marmaduke Charles Astey Wyvill
* 1987–88 John Harold Vick Sutcliffe
* 1988–89 Edward Christopher York
* 1989–90 Richard Nicholas Crossley
* 1990–91 Valerie Anne Worthington
* 1991–92 Sir John Bruce Woollacott Ropner, 2nd Baronet
* 1992–93 Sir Richard Storey, 2nd Baronet
* 1993–94 Michael David Abrahams
* 1994–95 Richard Edward Howard-Vyse
* 1995–96 The Hon. Simon Bartholomew Geoffrey Howard
* 1996–97 John Leslie Charles Pratt
* 1997–98 Anthony Guy Swaine Chisenhale-Marsh
* 1998–99 Lady Clarissa Collin
* 1999–2000 Andrew Vavasour Hudson
* 2000–01 Gerald Christopher Turton
* 2001–02 David Nelson
* 2002–03 Mark Singleton Evans
* 2003–04 Air Commodore Simon Bostock
* 2004–05 Caroline Gardner (Thornton-Berry)
* 2005–06 Elise Mackinlay
* 2006–07 Viscountess Downe
* 2007–08 Philip William Ingham
* 2008–09 Christopher W. Robson of Richmond
* 2009–10 Francesca A. Horsfield of Brandsby
* 2010–11 Richard Compton of Ripon<
* 2011–12 Alexandra Holford of York
* 2012–13 Major Peter Geoffrey Scrope of Great Ayton.
* 2013–14 Reverend Rachel Candia Benson of Westow.
* 2014–15 Thomas James Ponsonby Ramsden of Old Sleningford Hall, North Stainley, Ripon.
* 2015–16 Charles David Forbes Adam of Skipwith Hall, Selby, York.
* 2016–17 John Wilson Furness of Kirby Knowle, Thirsk.
* 2017–18 Simon Murrough Wrightson of Darlington.
* 2018–19 Christopher John Charles Legard of Scampston Hall, Malton.
* 2019–20 Linda Lee Fenwick of Terrington, York.
* 2020–21 David Arnold Kerfoot of Ainderby Steeple.
* 2021–22 Venetia Anne Wrigley of Ganton, Scarborough.
* 2022–23 James Scott Lambert, of Tunstall, Richmond.
* 2023–24: Clare Deborah Granger
