This is a list of sheriffs and since 1974 high sheriffs of

Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the ...

. The Sheriff is the oldest

secular Secularity, also the secular or secularness (from Latin ''saeculum'', "worldly" or "of a generation"), is the state of being unrelated or neutral in regards to religion. Anything that does not have an explicit reference to religion, either negativ ...

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.

Before 1154

*Tempore Regis Eduardi: Aluric Godricson, Orgar, Blacuin *1066: Elfric *1070–c.1090:

Picot of Cambridge Picot of Cambridge (c. 1022–after 1090) was a Norman landowner and Sheriff of Cambridgeshire. Born in Saye, Normandy, Picot rose from obscurity to become Sheriff of Cambridgeshire as early as 1071 until at least 1090. He treated Cambridge (then ...

*c.1110–1122: Gilbert *c.1125–1129: Fulk *Michaelmas 1129: Richard Basset with Aubrey de Vere *c.1133: Fulk *1140: Payn From 1154 until 1635, appointees to the shrievalty held the joint office of

Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire This is an ''incomplete'' list of Sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in England from 1154 until the abolition of the office in 1965. Exceptionally, the two counties shared a single sheriff. Sheriffs had a one-year term of office, bei ...

1636–1641

*3 October 1636: Sir John Carleton, 1st Baronet, of Cheveley *30 September 1637: Sir Thomas Chicheley, of

Wimpole Hall Wimpole Estate is a large estate containing Wimpole Hall, a country house located within the civil parish of Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England, about southwest of Cambridge. The house, begun in 1640, and its of parkland and farmland are owned ...

*4 November 1638: Sir Thomas Wendy, of

Haslingfield Haslingfield is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England. The village is about six miles south-west of Cambridge, between Harston, Barton and Barrington. The population in the 2001 census was 1,550 people living in 6 ...

*1639: Thomas Prichard, of

Trumpington Trumpington is a village and parish to the south of Cambridge, England. The village is an electoral ward of the City of Cambridge and a ward of South Cambridgeshire District Council. The 2011 Census recorded the ward's population as 8,034. T ...

*1640: John Crane, of Kingston *1641: Sir John Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Landwade From 1642 until 1965, appointees to the shrievalty held the joint office of

. From 1965 until 1974, sheriffs were Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely.

1974–1999

*1974: Michael Henry Tindall Carter of Paget Hall, Tydd St. Giles, Wisbech *1975: Kenneth Beaton *1976: Peter Boyton Taylor *1977: David Dring Morrell *1978: David Whittome *1979: George Edward McWatters *1980: George Simon Cecil Gibson, of Landwade Hall *1981: John Ray Horrell

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

TD *1982: David Owen Arthur Morbey *1983: Major William Birkbeck, of Bainton House *1984: Brigadier Alan Norman Breitmeyer *1985: John Sinclair Martin, CBE, of Denny Abbey, Waterbeach *1986: Dr Irwin Arthur William Peck

MBE Mbe may refer to: * Mbé, a town in the Republic of the Congo * Mbe Mountains Community Forest, in Nigeria * Mbe language, a language of Nigeria * Mbe' language, language of Cameroon * ''mbe'', ISO 639 code for the extinct Molala language Molal ...

*1987: Sir Alexander James Reid, Bt *1988: Michael John Marshall *1989: Joseph Odam *1990: Nigel Stewart Elgood *1991:

Hugh Duberly Sir Archibald Hugh Duberly (born 4 April 1942), is a British farmer, campaigner and politician. Duberly was elected as an independent local councillor for Staughton in Huntingdonshire from 1979 until 2004. During that time, Sir Hugh was Presiden ...

*1992: Godfrey Richard Warde Wright *1993 Elizabeth Anne, The Hon. Lady Hastings of

Milton Hall Milton Hall near Peterborough, is the largest private house in Cambridgeshire, England.This Milton Hall should not be confused with the other Milton Hall just to the north of Cambridge in the village of Milton. The Milton Hall near Cambridge is ...

Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...

*1994: Frederick James Grounds *1995: Margaret Elspeth Thomas *1996: Nigel Hugh Mosman Chancellor *1997: David Temple Ramply *1998: Richard Brian Bamford *1999: John Edwin Heading

2000–present

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* (with amendments of 1963, Public Record Office) {{High Shrievalties Local government in Cambridgeshire

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