The Office of High Sheriff of the West Midlands is the ceremonial position of High Sheriff appointed to the West Midlands, a metropolitan county in central England. The appointment is made by the British monarch by Pricking the Lists. Created in 1974, the office of High Sheriff of the West Midlands has the duty to "protect and assist in upholding the dignity and well being of His Majesty’s judges and to represent the King's executive powers in respect of the administration of justice in the county". The Office of High Sheriff is normally awarded to people of stature in the West Midland who have significantly and positively contributed in some way to the county's community either through voluntary work or through commerce or industry.

List of High Sheriffs

*1974-1975: Michael Hotham Cadbury, of

Selly Oak Selly Oak is an industrial and residential area in south-west Birmingham, England. The area gives its name to Selly Oak ward and includes the neighbourhoods of: Bournbrook, Selly Park, and Ten Acres. The adjoining wards of Edgbaston and Harbor ...

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...

*1975-1976:

Edwin Hardwick Moore Edwin Hardwick Moore (6 October 1910 in Sutton Coldfield – 2004) was a British businessman and High Sheriff of the West Midlands for 1975–76. He was the son of E. E. Moore and was educated at Repton School and Christ's College, Cambridge. In ...

, of Ashfurlong Hall,

Sutton Coldfield Sutton Coldfield or the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield ( ), is a town and civil parish in the city of Birmingham, West Midlands County, West Midlands, England. The town lies around 8 miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, 9 miles south of L ...

*1976-1977: Lt.-Colonel John Henry Coldwell Horsfall, of Home Farm,

Leek Wootton Leek Wootton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Leek Wootton and Guy's Cliffe, in the Warwick district, in the county of Warwickshire, England, approximately south of Kenilworth and north of Warwick. It lies in t ...

*1977-1978: Michael Gary Southall, of

Harborne Harborne is an affluent area sited south-west of Birmingham, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is a Birmingham City Council ward (politics), ward in the Government of Birmingham, England#Districts, formal district and ...

*1978-1979: Lt.-Colonel Lawrence Willoughby Wilson, of Barlows Road,

Edgbaston Edgbaston () is a suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It lies immediately south-west of Birmingham city centre, and was historically in Warwickshire. The Ward (electoral subdivision), wards of Edgbaston and Nort ...

*1979-1980: Anthony Reginald Wyldbore-Smith, of Elmcroft,

Berkswell Berkswell ( ) is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, county of West Midlands, England. Historically in Warwickshire, Berkswell is situated in the rural east of the borough, approximately west of the western ...

*1980-1981: David Williams-Thomas, of The Manor House, Birlingham,

Pershore Pershore () is a market town and civil parish in the Wychavon district in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon, Warwickshire, River Avon. At the 2011 UK census, census, the population was 7,125. The town is best known for Per ...

*1981-1982: David Gwyn Justham, of

*1982-1983: Anthony Frederic Birtles, Cutlers Farm,

Wootton Wawen Wootton Wawen is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of Englan ...

*1983-1984: Hugh Kenrick, of Farquhar Road,

*1984-1985: Derek Montague Percy Lea, of Rosedale,

Moseley Moseley ( ') is an affluent suburb in south Birmingham, England, south of the city centre. It is located within the eponymous Moseley ward of the constituency of Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley (UK Parliament constituency), Hall Green and ...

*1985-1986: Richard Leslie Harris, of Oldswinford,

Stourbridge Stourbridge () is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Situated on the River Stour, Worcestershire, River Stour, the town lies around west of Birmingham, at the southwester ...

*1986-1987: William Eric Husselby, of Fen End House,

Kenilworth Kenilworth ( ) is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Warwick (district), Warwick District of Warwickshire, England, southwest of Coventry and north of both Warwick and Leamington Spa. Situated at the centre of t ...

*1987-1988: Patrick William Welch, of Wellington Road,

*1988-1989: Francis Charles Graves, of Aldersyde,

Tanworth-in-Arden Tanworth-in-Arden (; often abbreviated to Tanworth) is a village and civil parish in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is south-southeast of Birmingham, north-east of Redditch and 8 miles (13 km) south-southwest of Solihull and is admin ...

*1989-1990: David John Crump Johnson of Shenstone, Kidderminster *1990-1991: David Lovell Burbidge *1991-1992: Bruce Winton Tanner of

*1992-1993: John Anthony Jefferson *1993-1994: John Ian Westwood *1994-1995: Sir George Adrian Hayhurst Cadbury, of Knowle,

Solihull Solihull ( ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Solihull is situated on the River Blythe in the Arden, Warwickshire, Forest of Arden ar ...

*1995-1996: Professor Sir Frederick William Crawford of Arthur Road,

*1996-1997: John David Saville *1997-1998: Edward Michael Worley *1998-1999: William George Key Carter of Elmey Lovett,

Droitwich Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to Droitwich ) is an historic spa town in the Wychavon district in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe. It is located approximately south-west of Birmingham and north-east of Worcester. ...

*1999-2000: Roger Stephen Burman *2000-2001: Jeremy Frederick Woolridge *2001-2002: Tessa King-Farlow of

*2002-2003: Gary James Allen *2003-2004: Michael Evans *2004-2005: John Leslie Andrews *2005-2006: Roger Joseph Dickens *2006-2007: John Rawcliffe Airey Crabtree *2007-2008: Robert Peter Tomlinson *2008-2009: Byron Head of Barnt Green *2009-2010: Paul Bassi of Stourbridge *2010-2011: Anita Kumari Bhalla of Handsworth Wood *2011-2012: David L Grove of Henley in Arden *2012-2013: Stewart Towe of Smethwick *2013–2014: Dame Christine Braddock of Birmingham *2014–2015: Dr Tim Watts *2015-2016: Jonnie Turpie *2016–2017: Dr Keith Bradshaw *2017–2018: John L. Hudson *2018–2019: Christopher Thomas Loughran *2019–2020: Michael Kuo of Edgbaston, Birmingham *2020–2021: Wade Cleone Lyn, of Birmingham selected but incapcitated by Covid. Duties performed by Michael Kuo *2021–2022: Louise Diane Bennett *2022–2023: David Robert Moorcroft, *2023–2024: Wade Cleone Lyn, of Birmingham *2024-2025: Douglas Robertson Wright, MBE, of Aldridge *2025-2026: Mark Lyndon Smith, of Sutton Coldfield

References

*''Whitaker's Almanack'', various editions *''Birmingham Post and Mail Year Book and Who's Who'', various editions * highsheriffs.com, both current and through archive.org {{High Shrievalties West Midlands Local government in the West Midlands (county) High Sheriffs