At the Court at Buckingham Palace the 18th day of March 1998

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

High Sheriffs, appointed by Her Majesty in Council for the year 1998

ENGLAND

(except Cornwall, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire)

Bedfordshire —Geoffrey Richard Dudley Farr, Esq., Coppers”, 8 Churchill Close, Streatley, Luton.
Berkshire —Alfred Roland Wiseman, Esq., C.V.O., Bryn Brith, Kings Road, Windsor.
Buckinghamshire —Edmund Ralph Verney, Esq., Claydon House, Middle Claydon, Buckingham.
Cambridgeshire —Richard Brian Bamford, Esq., Vineyard Lodge, Market Place, Ely.
Cheshire —Michael Anthony Tudor Trevor-Barnston, Esq., Crewe Place, Crewe by Farndon, Farndon, Chester.
City of Bristol —Edwin Howard Webber, Esq., The Spinney, 20 Hazelwood Road, Sneyd Park, Bristol.
Cumbria —Simon Philip Pease, Esq., Underley Grange, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth.
Derbyshire —Gladwyn Richard William Turbutt, Esq., Ogston Estate Office, Higham, Alfreton.
Devon —The Lady Clinton, Heanton Satchville, near Okehampton.
Dorset —Commander Peter Gelson Gregson, High Orchards, Corscombe, Dorchester.
Durham —Sir William Gray, Bt., Eggleston Hall, Eggleston, Barnard Castle.
East Riding of Yorkshire —Charles Arnold Maxsted, Esq., Brantingham Hall, Brough.
East Sussex —The Viscountess Brentford, Cousley Place, Wadhurst.
Essex —Robin George Newman, Esq., Panfield Hall, Braintree.
Gloucestershire —William James Eykyn, Esq., Abbotts Hill, Duntisbourne Abbotts, Cirencester.
Greater London —John Patrick Gough, Esq., 5 Cadogan Mansions, Sloane Square, London S.W.1.
Hampshire —John Julian Lionel George Sheffield, Esq., Laverstoke House, Whitchurch.
Herefordshire —Simon William Britten Dereham, Esq., Sapness Farm, Woolhope.
Hertfordshire —The Hon. Richard Oakley Pleydell-Bouverie, Lawrence End, Peters Green, near Luton, Bedfordshire.
Isle of Wight —David Charles Biles, Esq., Somerton Farm, Northwood.
Kent —John Philip Merricks, Esq., The Manor, Icklesham, Rye, East Sussex.
Leicestershire —Ian Malcolm McAlpine, Esq., O.B.E., Peatling Hall, Peatling Parva.
Lincolnshire —Geordie Oliphant Hutchison, Esq., Swallowfield House, Welby, Grantham.
Norfolk —Andrew Edward Buxton, Esq., Hoveton Hall, Norwich.
Northamptonshire —Lady Morton, Flore Fields, Flore, Northampton.
Northumberland —Charles Addison Fitzherbert Baker-Cresswell, Esq., O.B.E., T.D., Bamburgh Hall, Bamburgh.
North Yorkshire —Lady Clarissa Collin, Witherstone House, Pockley, York.
Nottinghamshire —Mrs. Jennifer Margaret Farr, Lanesmeet, Epperstone.
Oxfordshire —Richard Ovey, Esq., Hernes, Rotherfield Greys.
Rutland —Mrs. Lorna Lee Taylor, Ashwell Grange, Ashwell, Oakham.
Shropshire —Lindsay Claude Neils Bury, Esq., Millichope Park, Munslow, Craven Arms.
Somerset —Mrs. Micaela Elizabeth Benedicta Beckett, Codecombe House, Cutcombe, Minehead.
South Yorkshire —Mrs. Kathryn Elizabeth Riddle, Whitegate, 9 Ranmoor Crescent, Sheffield.
Staffordshire —Arthur Edward Robin Manners, Esq., The Old Croft, Bradley, Stafford.
Suffolk —The Hon. Patrick Vavasseur Fisher, Kilverstone Hall, Thetford, Norfolk.
Surrey —Richard Henry Simpson Stilgoe, Esq., Trevereux Manor, Limpsfield Chart, Oxted.
Tyne and Wear —John Streeton Ward, Esq., O.B.E., Eastfields, 5 Eastfields, Whitburn, Sunderland.
Warwickshire —David John Barnes, Esq., Kington Grange, Claverdon.
West Midlands —William George Key Carter, Esq., C.B.E., The Old Rectory, Elmley Lovett, Droitwich, Worcestershire.
West Sussex —Brian Sadler Leigh Trafford, Esq., Tismans, Rudgwick.
West Yorkshire —John James Edward Brennan, Esq., O.B.E., Brenaire Park, Rawdon, Leeds.
Wiltshire —Lady Hawley, Little Cheverell House, Devizes.
Worcestershire —Simon William Britten Dereham, Esq., Sapness Farm, Woolhope, Herefordshire.

WALES

Clwyd —Colonel Henry Michael Edward Cadogan, O.B.E., Fron Isaf, Pentre Celyn, Ruthin.
Dyfed —John Seymour Allen-Mirehouse, Esq., The Hall, Angle, near Pembroke.
Gwent —Robert Longueville Dean, Esq., The Garn Fawr, Tredunnock, Caerleon.
Gwynedd —Professor Eric Sunderland, Y Bryn”, Ffriddoedd Road, Bangor.
Mid Glamorgan —Anthony Robert Lewis, Esq., Castellau, Llantrisant.
Powys —John Trevor Kynaston Trevor, Esq., Trawscoed Hall, Welshpool.
South Glamorgan —David Mansel Jones, Esq., Heath House, Eastgate, Cowbridge.
West Glamorgan —Robert Hugh Lloyd-Griffiths, Esq., The Cliff”, Port Eynon, Gower, Swansea.