High Sheriff of Merseyside


This is a list of High Sheriffs of Merseyside. The High Sheriff is the King's judicial representative in Merseyside, serving a one year term starting in recent years in April.
  • 1974-1975: Kenneth Maxwell Stoddart, of 6 The Knowe, Willaston, Wirral, Cheshire
  • 1975-1976: Lieutenant Colonel Frank Vernon Denton, of Formby, Liverpool
  • 1976-1977: Stephen Minion of Liverpool
  • 1977-1978: Lieutenant Colonel George Fortnum Appleton of Shore House, Ainsdale, Southport
  • 1978-1979: Major Henry Bertram Chrimes of Bracken Bank, Heswall, Wirral
  • 1979-1980: Joseph Alexander Duncan of Home Farm, Landican, Birkenhead
  • 1980-1981: Colonel Herbert Gerrard Thomas McClellan of Westwood, Hightown, Liverpool
  • 1981-1982: Major Philip Johnson, of Kandy, Eccleston, St. Helens
  • 1982-1983: Lieutenant Colonel Derek Isaac Heys of Fairway Cottage, West Kirby
  • 1983-1984: Henry Brussell Bicket of Liverpool
  • 1984-1985: Lieutenant Colonel Charles Henry Elston of Hoylake, Wirral
  • 1985-1986: Colonel Dudley F Moore of Dunes Drive. Freshfield
  • 1986-1987: Henry Egerton Cotton of Norwood, Grassendale Park, Liverpool
  • 1987-1988: Colonel Mary Creagh of Formby
  • 1988-1989: Lieutenant Colonel Francis John Kevin Williams, of 'Fairfield', Brimstage, Wirral
  • 1989-1990: Colonel D. R. Morgan, of Birkdale, Southport, Merseyside
  • 1990-1991: Commander Edward John Billington, of Gowan Brae, Dawstone Road, Heswall, Wirral
  • 1991-1992: Jean Wotherspoon, of Elm Lodge, Hard Lane, Dentons Green, St. Helens, Merseyside
  • 1992-1993: Alan William Waterworth, of Crewood Hall, Kingsley, Frodsham, Cheshire
  • 1993-1994: Commodore Roderick H Walker
  • 1994-1995: Anita Samuels
  • 1995-1996: Anthony Shone
  • 1996-1997: Jennifer Anne Grundy, of Roby, Liverpool, Merseyside.
  • 1997-1998: Brian Thaxter
  • 1998-1999: Colonel Sir Christopher Hewetson
  • 1999-2000: Derek Morris
  • 2000-2001: William David Fulton of Puddington
  • 2001-2002: Professor Peter Toyne of Rotherham.
  • 2002-2003: Lady Pilkington
  • 2003-2004: Robert D Atlay
  • 2004-2005: Stuart Christie of Liverpool.
  • 2005-2006: Rosemary Helen Hawley of Liverpool
  • 2006-2007: Michael Stuart Potts of Neston
  • 2007-2008: Professor Philip N Love of Formby
  • 2008-2009: Judith Louise Greensmith, of the Wirral
  • 2009-2010: David C McDonnell of Liverpool
  • 2010-2011: Roy Alfred Morris of Formby
  • 2011-2012: Professor Helen M L Carty, of Liverpool
  • 2012-2013: Colonel Martin Amlôt, of the Wirral
  • 2013-2014: Robert Ian Shaw Meadows of Liverpool
  • 2014-2015: Abila Pointing
  • 2015-2016: Robert Owen of Woolton, Liverpool
  • 2016-2017: James Christopher Meredith Davies, of Caldy, Wirral.
  • 2017-2018: Stephen Burrows, of Willaston, South Wirral
  • 2018-2019: Peter David Martin Woods, of Liverpool.
  • 2019-2020: David Steer, of St Helens.
  • 2020-2021: John Roberts of the Wirral.
  • 2021-2022: Nigel Lanceley of the Wirral.
  • 2022-2023: Lesley Martin-Wright of Liverpool.
  • 2023-2024: Dr Ruth Hussey of Liverpool