The High Sheriff of South Yorkshire is a current
High Sheriff title which has existed since 1974. The holder is changed annually every March.
For around 1,000 years the entire area of
Yorkshire
Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the ...
was covered by a single
High Sheriff of Yorkshire. After the
Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...
the title was split to cover several newly created counties, including
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the north, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east, Lincolnshire ...
. Within the area Hallamshire had been unique in that it had a
High Sheriff of Hallamshire from 1962 until 1974.
Below is a list of the sheriffs.
List of High Sheriffs
* 1974–1975 John Basil Peile
* 1975–1976 Edward John Thornely Taylor
* 1976–1977 John Mark Mansell Jenkinson
* 1977–1978 Eric Wilkes
* 1978–1979 Nigel Haywood Wilton Lee
* 1979–1980 Peter Edward Reynard
* 1980–1981 Charles Gerard Buck
* 1981–1982 Joye Powlett Smith
* 1982–1983 Sir Basil Edward Rhodes
* 1983–1984 Edward Neil Turner
* 1984–1985 Richard Neale Horne
* 1985–1986 Jeremy Ronald Archdale
* 1986–1987 Mark Robin Balfour
* 1987–1988 James Edward Eardley
* 1988–1989 William Hugh Wentworth Ping
* 1989–1990 John Anthony Boddy
* 1990–1991 Stewart McKee Hamilton
* 1991–1992 Ian Stephen Porter
* 1992–1993 David Beatson Clark
* 1993–1994 Christopher Shelley Barker
* 1994–1995 Michael Gordon Samuel Frampton
* 1995–1996 Peter Wilton Lee
* 1996–1997 William George Antony Warde-Norbury
* 1997–1998 Michael John Mallett
* 1998–1999 Kathryn Elizabeth Riddle
* 1999–2000 David Baxter Shaw
* 2000–2001 Ian Geoffrey Norton
* 2001–2002 Adrian M. C. Staniforth
* 2002–2003 Marian Rae
* 2003–2004 David Barker Moody of Ivas Wood, Stainborough, Barnsley
* 2004–2005
Pamela Liversidge
* 2005–2006 Sarah Elizabeth Lee
* 2006–2007 Charles Arnold John Biggin of Ranmore,
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its so ...
* 2007–2008 Colonel Jonathan Charles Vivian Hunt of
Firbeck, Worksop
* 2008–2009 Dr Robert John Giles Bloomer, of
Woodsetts
* 2009–2010 Helena Muller of
Slade Hooton, near
Laughton-en-le-Morthen
* 2010–2011 Anthony Paul Cooper of Sheffield
* 2011–2012 Andrew Jackson Coombe of Sheffield
* 2012–2013
Julie Ann Kenny of Sheffield
* 2013–2014
Lady Sykes of
Hope Valley
* 2014–2015 John Clive Bramah of Lindrick Dale,
Worksop
Worksop ( ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located south of Doncaster, south-east of Sheffield and north of Nottingham. Located close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbys ...
, Nottinghamshire
* 2015–2016 John Raymond Holt of
Bessacarr, Doncaster
* 2016–2017 Dr Julie MacDonald of Sheffield
* 2017–2018 Stephen Ingram of Sheffield
* 2018–2019 Barry Reginald Eldred of
Dodworth, Barnsley
* 2019–2020 John Pickering of
Baslow
* 2020–2021 Carole Diane O'Neill of
Bawtry
* 2021–2022 Martin James Claude McKervey of Sheffield
* 2022–2023 Lieutenant Colonel Robert Alfred McPherson of
Rotherham
Rotherham ( ) is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies at the confluence of the River Rother, South Yorkshire, River Rother, from which the town gets its name, and the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don. It is the largest settlement ...
* 2023–2024 Professor Jaydip Ray of Sheffield
* 2024–2025 John Baddeley of Sheffield
* 2025-26: Giuseppe Di′Iasio, of Doncaster
References
External links
HighSheriffs.com
{{High Shrievalties
Local government in South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the north, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east, Lincolnshire ...
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the north, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east, Lincolnshire ...
High Sheriff