Herefordshire Lord Lieutenants and High Sheriffs (Part One)

Lord Lieutenants of Herefordshire 1660 - 1960

30 July 1660 – 22 March 1689 Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort

22 March 1689 – 31 May 1694 Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield

31 May 1694 – 15 June 1704 Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury

15 June 1704 – 18 November 1714 Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent

18 November 1714 – 11 September 1721 Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby

11 September 1721 – 16 July 1741 James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos

16 July 1741 – 5 June 1747 Charles Hanbury Williams

5 June 1747 – 2 March 1802 John Bateman, 2nd Viscount Bateman

20 March 1802 – 28 October 1817 George Capell-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex

28 October 1817 – 5 January 1841 John Somers Cocks, 1st Earl Somers

29 January 1841 – 22 July 1845 William Bateman, 1st Baron Bateman

6 August 1845 – 5 October 1852 John Somers Somers-Cocks 2nd Earl Somers

11 November 1852 – 30 November 1901 William Bateman Bateman-Hanbury,
                                                                                              2nd Baron Bateman

27 January 1902 – 5 December 1904 John Hungerford Arkwright

5 December 1904 – 27 July 1933 Sir John Cotterell, 4th Baronet

27 July 1933 – 14 July 1944 Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers

28 February 1945 – 12 July 1957 Sir Richard Cotterell, 5th Baronet

9 September 1957 – 13 July 1960 James Thomas, 1st Viscount Clicennin

(Note : there were only 18 Lord Lieutenants in 300 years)

High Sheriffs of Herefordshire, 1900 - 1960

Pre-WW1

1900 : John Wood, Ivington, Leominster

1901 : James Louis Alexander Hope, Whitney Court, Whitney

1902 : George William Marshall, Sarnesfield Court, Weobley

1903 : Sir Joseph Verdin, Bt. Garnstone Castle, Weobley

1904 : William Theodore Barneby, Saltmarshe Castle, Bromyard

1905 : Roger Charlton Parr, Stanton Park, Stanton-on-Arrow

1906 : Paul Henry Foley, Stoke Edith Park, Hereford

1907 : Charles James Paul Gwyer, Eywood, Kington

1908 : Thomas Davies Burlton, Eaton Hall, Leominster

1909 : Ralph Tichborne Hinckes, Foxley, Hereford

1910 : Captain Evans Mynde Allen, Manor House, Upton Bishop, Ross

1911 : Sir Herbert Archer Croft, Bt. Lugwardine Court, Hereford

1912 : Charles Thornton Pulley, Lower Eaton, Hereford

1913 : Sir Geoffrey Cornewall, Moccas Court, Hereford

1914 : George Ernest Wright, Puddlestone Court, Hereford

WW1

1915 : Lennox Bertram Lee, How Caple Court, Hereford

1916 : James Tudor Hereford, Sufton Court, Mordiford, Mordiford

1917 : Col John Dutton Hopton, Ledbury

1918 : Sir Richard Harington, Whitbourne Court, Worcester

Post WW1

1919 : Guy Rawson Trafford, Hill Court, Ross

1920 : Col Gilbert Charles Bourne, Cowarne Court, Ledbury

1921 : Col Peter Legh Clowes, CB, Burton Court, Eardisland

1922 : Lt-Col Edward Marten Dunne, Gatley Park, Kingsland

1923 : Capt. Laurence Nugent Hope, Whitney Court, Whitney

1924 : Major Stewart Robinson, The Ovals, Kington

1925 : Capt. Lionel Havercroft Green, MBE, The Whittern, Lyonshall

1926 : Charles Andrew Rouse Broughton-Knight, Downton Castle, Downton

1927 : Major George William Davey, Kinnersley Castle, Eardisley

1928 : Captain John Ralph Henry Harley, Brampton Bryan

1929 : Lt-Col. George Basil Heywood, Caradoc Court

1930 : Charles Anthony Benn, Moor Court, Kington

1931 : Col. Henry Evan Pateshall Pateshall DSO, Allensmore Court, Hereford

1932 : Herbert Ronald Pettit, Castle Weir, Lyonshall

1933 : Major Charles Jerome Vaughan, Courtfield, Ross

1934 : Mr E.F. Bulmer, "Adams Hill"  Breinton, Hereford

1935 : H.R. Jenkins, The Porch House, Westhide, Hereford

1936 : George Malcolm Kent, Garden House, Shobdon

"The VBCW ?"

1937 : The Rev. William Marshall, Sarnesfield Court, Hereford

1938 : Robert Holme Storey, Bishopswood, Ross on Wye

1939 : Lt-Gen Sir George Sidney Clive GCVO, KCB, CMG, DSO Perrystone Court, How Caple

WW2

1940 : Henry Howard Bulmer, Longmeadow, Hereford

1941 : Eric Carnegie Romilly, Broadfield Court, Bodenham, Hereford

1942 : Thomas Henry Foster, The Grange, Whitchurch

1943 : Major Owen George Scudamore Croft, Hephill, Lugwardine

1944 : Richard Saher de Quincy Quincy, The Vern, Bodenham

1945 : Vice-Admiral Frederick Parland Loder-Symonds, Waldrist, Ayleston Hill, Hereford

Post WW2

1946 : Colonel Cecil John Herbert Spence Colby, Donnington Hall, Ledbury

1947 : Major Henry Thomas Hamilton Foley MBE, Stoke Edith Park

1948 : Captain Edward Francis Herbert Evans, Whitbourne Hall, Herefordshire

1949 : Major John Lewes Davenport, Yarsop House, Mansel Lacey

1950 : Gerard Leigh Clay, Brockhampton Cottage

1951 : John Francis Maclean, Thatch Close, LLangrove, Ross

1952 : Thomas Philip Barneby, Saltmarsh  Castle, Bromyard

1953 : Brig. Gen. TRF Bats, Glenmonnow House, Garway

1954 : Brig. FAV Copland Griffiths, Bircher Hall, Leominster

1955 : Sir Frederick Burrows, Thrushes Nest, 37 Rope Walk, Ross on Wye

1956 : Henry Maysey Barneby, Brockington House, Bredenbury

1957 : Herbert Roy Rowlands, Brand Lodge, Colwall

1958 : Brigadier Robert Peel Walker DSO MC Wyastone Leys, Monmouth

1959 : Lt-Col JA Hill OBE, Orleton Manor Court, near Ludlow

1960 : Thomas John Hawkins OBE, Wilton Oaks, Tarrington 

(Note: as set out above, the office of Sheriff was an annual office only)