High Sheriff of Dorset

List of Sheriffs of Dorset

1800–1899

• 11 February 1801: Thomas Rose Drew, of Wootton Fitzpaine
• 3 February 1802: Edmund Morton Pleydell, of Whatcombe
• 3 February 1803: John Arbuthnot, of Weymouth
• 10 February 1803: Josiah Wedgwood, of Tarrant Gunville
• 1 February 1804: Robert Williams of Bridehead, Littlebredy
• 6 February 1805: John Gould, of Upway
• 1 February 1806: Edward Williams, of Herringstone
• 4 February 1807: Arthur Cozens, of Yetminster
• 3 February 1808: Nicholas Charles Daniel, of Upway
• 6 February 1809: James John Farquharson, of Langton
• 31 January 1810: Henry Seymer, of Hanford
• 8 February 1811: Edward Greathed, of Udden
• 24 January 1812: Thomas Horlock Bastard, of Charlton Marshall
• 10 February 1813: Robert Radclyffe, of Winterborne Zelston
• 4 February 1814: Sir John Wyldbore Smith, 2nd Baronet, of Sydling St Nicholas
• 13 February 1815: George Smith, of Spettisbury
• 12 February 1816: John Herbert Browne, of Weymouth
• 12 February 1817: Sir William Oglander, 6th Baronet, of Parnham
• 24 January 1818: John Disney, of Corscombe
• 10 February 1819: George Purling, of Bradford
• 12 February 1820: Thomas Billett, of Warmwell
• 6 February 1821: John White, of Up Cerne
• 4 February 1822: Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet, of Loders
• 15 November 1822: Andrew Bain, of Heffleton
• 31 January 1823: Henry Charles Sturt, of Crichel House, Wimborne
• 31 January 1824: George Garland, of Stone
• 2 February 1825: Christopher Spurrier, of Upton
• 30 January 1826: Charles Buxton, of Wyke Regis
• 5 February 1827: John Bingley Garland, of Stone Cottage, Wimborne
• 13 February 1828: William Gill Paxton, of Coombe Almer
• 11 February 1829: William Boucher, of The Close, Salisbury
• 2 February 1830: John Bond, of Creech Grange
• 31 January 1831: Henry Dawson-Damer, of Milton Abbey
• 6 February 1832: Sir Edward Baker, 2nd Baronet, of Ranston
• 1833: Richard Brouncker, of Boveridge
• 1834: Edward Doughty, of Upton
• 1835: Sir Henry Digby, of Minterne Magna
• 1836: John Stein, of Chalmington
• 1837: James Chamness Fyler, of Heffleton Lodge
• 1838: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, of Frampton House
• 1839: Joseph Weld of East Lulworth
• 1840: John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge-Erle-Drax, of Charborough Park
• 1841: Sir Richard Glyn, 2nd Baronet, of Gaunt's House
• 1842: Henry Ker Seymer, of Hanford
• 1843: James Charles Dale, of Glanvilles Wootton
• 1844: John Floyer, of West Stafford
• 1845: Edward Balston of Corfe Hill, Radipole
• 1846: Charles Porcher, of Cliffe House
• 1847: Thomas Bowyer Bower, of Iwerne Minster
• 1848: John Gooden, of Over Compton
• 1849: William Parry Okeden, of Turnworth
• 1850: Henry Ralph Willett, of Merley House, Wimborne Minster
• 1851: Francis Pitney Brouncker Martin, of Kingston House, Dorchester
• 1852: Augustus Foster, of Warmwell
• 1853: William Bragge, of Sadborow
• 1854: Sir Henry Oglander, 7th Baronet, of Parham
• 1855: Robert Williams, of Bridehead
• 1856: Charles James Radclyffe, of Hyde, Bere Regis
• 1857: Hastings Nathaniel Middleton, of Bradford Peverell, near Dorchester
• 1858: George Frederick William Miles, of Ford Abbey
• 1859: James Fellowes, of Kingston House
• 1860: George Digby Wingfield Digby, of Sherborne Castle
• 1861: Robert Hassall Swaffield, of West Down Lodge, Wyke Regis
• 1862: Joseph Gundry, of the Hyde, Bridport
• 1863: George Whieldon, of Wyke Hall, Gillingham
• 1864: Charles Wriothesly Digby, of Studland
• 1865: John Brymer, of Ilsington Hall
• 1866: St John Coventry of Knowle, Wimborne
• 1867: John Hales Calcraft, of Rempstone Hall
• 1868: Charles Joseph Parke, of Henbury
• 1869: Sir Richard George Glyn, 3rd Baronet, of Gaunts House.
• 1870: Hector Monro, of Edmondsham
• 1871: John Tregonwell, of Cranborne Lodge
• 1872: Edward Joseph Weld of Lulworth Castle
• 1873: Sir Molyneux Hyde Nepean, 2nd Baronet of Loder's Court
• 1874: John William Townsend Fyler, of Heffleton
• 1875: Sir William Henry Smith-Marriott, 5th Baronet of Sydling and Down House
• 1876: John Clavell Mansel-Pleydell, of Longthorns
• 1877: Ernest Clay Ker-Seymer, of Hanford
• 1878: Montague Williams, of Woolland
• 1879: James John Farquharson, of Langton
• 1880: Walter Ralph Bankes, of Kingston Lacy
• 1881: John Batten, of Upcerne, Dorchester
• 1882: Charles J. T. Hambro of Milton Abbey, Blandford
• 1883: Thomas Holford, of Castle Hill
• 1884: Lieutenant-General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers, of Rushmore.
• 1885: Charles James Radclyffe, of Hyde, Bere Regis
• 1886: Thomas Merthyr Guest, of Inwood, Henstridge
• 1887: William Ernest Brymer, of Ilsington House
• 1888: George Troyte-Bullock, of North Coker House
• 1889: Sir Frederick John William Johnstone, of Arlington Street, London
• 1890: John Robert Phelips Goodden, of Compton House, Sherborne
• 1891: Marwood Shuttleworth Yeatman, of Holwell Manor House, Sherborne, Esq.
• 1892: James Herbert Fellowes, of Kingston Park, Dorchester
• 1893: Algernon Thomas Brinsley Sheridan, of Frampton Court
• 1894: Montague Scott Williams, of Woolland House, Blandford
• 1895: William Herbert Evans, of Forde Abbey, Thorncombe, near Chard
• 1896: Arthur Martin, of Manor House, Rampisham, Dorchester
• 1897: Sir Henry Peto, 2nd Baronet, of Cheddington Court, Crewkerne, Somerset
• 1898: William Montagu Calcraft, of Rempstone House, Wareham
• 1899: William Colfox, of Westmead, Bridport

1900–1973

• 1901 Captain Edward Wilmot Williams, of Herringstone House, Dorchester
• 1902 Colonel John Bullen Symes Bullen, of Catherston Leweston, Charmouth
• 1903 Colonel John Mount Batten of Upcerne House, Dorchester
• 1904 Hastings Burton Middleton, of Bradford Peverell, Dorchester
• 1905 Reginald Douglas Thornton, of Birkin House, Dorchester
• 1906 Henry Stilwell, of Steepleton Manor, Dorchester
• 1907 Humphrey Frederick Weld, of Chideock Manor, Bridport
• 1908 Charles Ethelston Parke, of Henbury House, Wimborne
• 1909 Alexander Edward Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers, of Hinton St. Mary, Sturminster Newton
• 1910 Hector Edmond Monro, of Edmondsham House, Cranborne, Salisbury
• 1911 George Hamilton Fletcher, of Leweston Manor, Slierborne
• 1912 James Hainsworth Ismay, of Iwerne Minster House, Blandford
• 1913 Henry Frank Ward Farquharson, of Eastbury Park, Tarrant Gunville, Blandford
• 1914 Frederick James Bosworth Wingfield-Digby, of Sherborne Castle, Sherborne
• 1915 Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Farrer, of Binnegar Hall, East Stoke, Wareham
• 1916 Frederick George Alexander Lane, of Bloxworth House, Wareham
• 1917 Freeman Roper, of Forde Abbey, Chard
• 1918 Alban James Woodroffe, of Ware House, Lyme Regis
• 1919 William Llewellin of Upton House, near Poole
• 1920 Lt.-Col. Thomas Alfred Colfox of Coneygar, Bridport
• 1921 Major Joseph Gundry, of The Hyde, Bridport
• 1922 Alfred Douglas Pass, of Wootton Fitzpaine, Charmouth
• 1923 Sir Reginald John Pinney of Racedown, Crewkerne
• 1924 Major Kenneth Robert Balfour, of Steepleton Manor, Dorchester.
• 1925 Major Charles Robert Eustace Radclyffe, of Hyde, Wareham.
• 1926 Major Hugh Blomfield Nicholson of Mappercombe Manor, Melplash
• 1927 Capt. Sir Richard Fitzgerald Glyn Bt. of Gaunt's House, Wimborne
• 1928 Carlton Cross, of Wyke Hall, Gillingham
• 1929 Harry Rupert Fetherstonhaugh-Frampton, of Moreton New House, Dorchester
• 1930 Lieut.-Col. Edward George Troyte–Bullock of Zeals House, Zeals
• 1931 Capt. Berkeley Cole Wilmot Williams, of Herringston, Dorchester
• 1932 Wilfred John Brymer, of Ilsington House, Piddletown, Dorchester
• 1933 Lieut.-Col. Edward Philip Le Breton, of Loders Court, Bridport
• 1934 Capt. Angus Valdemar Hambro, of Merly House, Wimborne
• 1935 Major Harry Denison Denison-Pender of Strangways, Marnhull
• 1936 Lieut.-Commander Hector Richard Monro, of Edmondesham, Cranborne, Salisbury
• 1937 Lieut.-Col. John Bernhard Harbin Goodden of Compton Hawy, Sherborne
• 1938 Major Rhys Clavell Mansel, of Smedmore, Kimmeridge, Corfe Castle
• 1939 Henry John Ralph Bankes, of Kingston Lacy, Wimborne
• 1940 Capt. Lewys Legge Yeatman, of Stock House, near Sturminster Newton
• 1941 Sir Claud Schuster of The Manor House, Piddletrenthide, Dorchester
• 1942 Major William John Bates Van de Weyer of Clyffe, Dorchester
• 1943 Ernest Frederick Cambridge Lane of Poxwell House, near Dorchester
• 1944 John Henry Lionel Glasbrook of Manor House, Child Okeford, Blandford
• 1945 William Ralph Garneys Bond of Tyneham, Corfe Castle.
• 1946 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Philip Colfox, Bt. of Symondsbury Manor, Bridport.
• 1947 Lieut.-Co. George Ambrose Pinney of Horn Park, Beaminster.
• 1948 Colonel George Harold Absell Ing of Jerards, Sandford Orcas, Sherborne.
• 1949 Sir Philip Francis Cunningham Williams, Bt., of Bridehead, Little Bredy, Dorchester.
• 1950 Lieut.-Colonel John Fitzherbert Symes Bullen, of Catherston, Charmouth, Dorset.
• 1951 Lieut.-Colonel Joseph William Weld of Lulworth Castle, Dorset.
• 1952 Commander Henry Kelsall Beckford Mitchell of Folke Manor, Sherborne.
• 1953 Sir Arthur Nugent Floyer-Acland
• 1954 Lieut-Colonel Sir Thomas Henry Salt, Bt, of Shillingstone House, Shillingstone, Blandford.
• 1955 Admiral Sir Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley of Mappercombe Manor, Powerstock, Bridport
• 1956 William Wigan Llewellin of Upton House, near Poole.
• 1957 Lieut-Colonel Edward William Seymour of Tarrant Albbey, Blandford.
• 1958 Major Etienne Henry Tudor Boileau, of Rampisham Manor, Dorchester.
• 1959 Lieut.-Colonel Kenneth Greville Williams of Stock Hill, Gillingham.
• 1960 Sir Thomas Edward Lees, Bt., of Post Green, Lytchett Minster, Poole.
• 1961 Lieut.-Colonel Robert Stanley Grosvenor Perry of Moor Lane House, Briantspuddle, Dorchester.
• 1962 Lieut.-Commander George Gosselin Marten of Crichel, Wimborne.
• 1963 Colonel Richard James Longfield, of Lower Silton, Gillingham
• 1964 Lieut.-Commander Robert Hugh Hodgkinson of Milton Abbey School, near Blandford Forum.
• 1965 Commander Roger Henry Charles Fetherstonhaugh-Frampton of Moreton House, Dorchester.
• 1966 Major William Harry Gibson Fleming, of Ranston, Blandford.
• 1967 Henry Rolf Gardiner of Springhead, Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury.
• 1968 John Mansell of Smedmore, Wareham
• 1969 Sir William John Colfox of Symondsbury Manor, Bridport
• 1970 Major-General Edward Alexander Wilmot Williams of Herringston, Dorchester.
• 1971 Major Nigel Darner Martin, of Came House, Dorchester.
• 1972 Lieut-Colonel John Lewys Yeatman, of Stock Gaylard House, near Sturminster Newton.
• 1973 Peter Frank Tiarks of Melplash Court, Bridport.