The following were nominated in the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court on Thursday 12 November 2015 as prospective High Sheriffs for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. Their names will be submitted to Her Majesty The Queen and, if approved, each nominee will take office in late March or early April in the appropriate year.

ENGLAND

(except Cornwall, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire)

Bedfordshire:—

Charles Edward Samuel Whitbread Esq., Biggleswade;

Vinod Bhagwandas Tailor Esq., Luton;

Arthur Julian George Polhill Esq., Renhold.

Berkshire:—

Mrs Victoria Jane Fishburn, Englefield, Reading;

Mrs Adrian Scrope, Hungerford;

Graham Barker Esq., Bray.

Buckinghamshire:—

The Hon. Mrs Camilla Rose Soames, Cuddington, Aylesbury;

Michael George Clare Esq., Turville Heath;

Professor Ruth Sarah Farwell CBE, High Wycombe.

Cambridgeshire:—

Sir Thomas David Guy Arculus, Elton, Peterborough;

Richard Francis Antony Pemberton Esq., Haslingfield;

Andrew Charles Harter Esq., Cambridge.

Cheshire:—

Mrs Kathrine Helen Cowell OBE, Wilmslow;

Mrs Sarah Alexandra Mary Callander Beckett, Combermere, Whitchurch;

Mrs Alexis Jane Redmond MBE, Willington.

City of Bristol:—

Ms Helen Mary Wilde, Redland, Bristol;

Anthony Roger Ernest Brown Esq., Clifton, Bristol;

Roger Gordon Opie Esq., Clifton, Bristol.

Cumbria:—

The Reverend (Group Captain) Thomas Richard Lee (RAF rtd), Egremont;

Alistair George Milne Wannop Esq., Linstock, Carlisle;

Simon Frederick Michael Berry Esq., Windermere.

Derbyshire:—

Mrs Elizabeth Jane Fothergill, Ednaston, Ashbourne;

Mrs Anne Hazel Hall, Ashford-in-the-Water, Bakewell;

Mrs Lucy Belinda Palmer, Spondon, Derby.

Devon:—

Mrs Angela Mary Gilbert, Marldon, Paignton;

Mrs Heleen Vanda Mary Willson Lindsay-Fynn, Budleigh Salterton;

Mrs Grania Tiffany Phillips, Chulmleigh.

Dorset:—

Sir Robert Philip Nathaniel Williams Bt., Littlebredy, Dorchester;

Simon John Young Esq., MC, Blandford Forum;

Mrs Jacqueline Anne Swift, Poole.

Durham:—

Gerard Charles Joseph Salvin Esq., Croxdale;

Mrs Caroline Patricia Peacock, Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland;

Dr Stephen Michael Cronin, Witton Gilbert.

East Riding of Yorkshire:—

Thomas Gordon Martin Esq., North Cave, Brough;

Mrs Gillian Elizabeth Drewry, Cottingham;

Mrs Deborah Jane Rosenberg, Beverley.

East Sussex:—

Michael Jabez Foster Esq., St Leonards-on-Sea;

Mrs Maureen Jane Chowen, Roedean, Brighton;

Major General John David Moore-Bick CBE, Ewhurst Green, Robertsbridge.

Essex:—

Mrs Lorna Jane Rolfe, Great Chesterford, Saffron Walden;

Simon Andrew Dalton Hall Esq., MBE, Great Tay, Colchester;

Bryan Robert Hardy Burrough Esq., Ulting, Maldon.

Gloucestershire:—

The Rt. Hon. The Countess Bathurst, Cirencester;

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew James Tabor, Compton Abdale, Cheltenham;

Charles Martell Esq., Broomsgreen, Dymock.

Greater London:—

Sir Nigel Knowles, London;

William James Furber Esq., London;

Charles Alexander Evan Spicer Esq., London.

Hampshire:—

Thomas Henry Floyd Esq., Shalden, Alton;

The Hon. Mrs Mary Rachel Montagu-Scott, Beaulieu, Brockenhurst;

Mark Edward Thistlethwayte Esq., Hambledon.

Herefordshire:—

William James Jackson Esq., Hereford;

The Reverend Lady Lisvane, Blakemere;

Thomas Nathaniel Hone Esq., Ledbury.

Hertfordshire:—

Stelio Haralambos Stefanou Esq., Welwyn;

William Arthur Hobhouse Esq., Sarratt, Rickmansworth;

Mrs Suzana Rose Harvey, Bishop’s Stortford.

Isle of Wight:—

Robin Vandeleur Courage Esq., MBE, Ryde;

Benedict Malcolm Anthony Sebastian Rouse Esq., West Cowes;

Dr Nicholas John England, Ryde.

Kent:—

Mrs Kathrin Fiona Smallwood, Charing, Ashford;

George Elphinstone Jessel Esq., East Brabourne, Near Ashford;

The Hon. Nicholas John Boscawen, East Peckham, Tonbridge.

Leicestershire:—

Surinder Sharma Esq., Stoneygate, Leicester;

Timothy Paul Maxted Esq., Billesdon;

Mrs Diana Thompson, Branston, Grantham.

Lincolnshire:—

Mrs Jill Gabriel Anne Mary Hughes, Aubourn, Lincoln;

Andrew Simon Clark Esq., East Ravendale, Grimsby;

Ian Harrup Walter Esq., Lincoln.

Norfolk:—

Major General Sir William George Cubitt KCVO CBE, Honing, North Walsham;

Alfred James Stephen Bagge Esq., Stradsett, King’s Lynn;

Charles Jonathon Watt Esq., Stoke Holy Cross, Norwich.

Northamptonshire:—

Mrs Caroline Cordelia Brocklehurst, Silverstone, Towcester;

Rupert Fordham Esq., Wappenham, Towcester;

James Saunders Watson Esq., Rockingham, Market Harborough.

Northumberland:—

William Browne-Swinburne Esq., Capheaton, Newcastle upon Tyne;

John Robert Dickinson Esq., Chollerton, Hexham;

Michael William Orde Esq., Netherwitton, Morpeth.

North Yorkshire:—

John Wilson Furness Esq., Kirby Knowle, Thirsk;

Simon Murrough Wrightson Esq., Darlington;

Christopher John Charles Legard Esq., Malton.

Nottinghamshire:—

Mrs Judith Lynn Naake, Bramcote, Nottingham;

Colonel David Rupert Sneath TD, Ravenshead, Nottingham;

Nicholas Richard Brian Ebbs Esq., Lady Bay, West Bridgford.

Oxfordshire:—

Mrs Sarah Jane Taylor, Milton Common;

Miss Jane Elizabeth Cranston, Abingdon;

Richard Venables Esq., Islip, Kidlington.

Rutland:—

Dr Sarah Haddon Furness, Whissendine, Oakham;

Craig Lancelot Mitchell Esq., Barrowden, Oakham;

Mrs Margaret Susan Jarron, Edith Weston, Oakham.

Shropshire:—

Mrs Christine Mary Holmes, Shrewsbury;

Charles Edward Lillis Esq., Whittington, Near Oswestry;

Rhoderick Martin Swire Esq., Ludlow.

Somerset:—

Edward Bayntun-Coward Esq., Bath;

Richard Saladin Hickmet Esq., North Petherton, Bridgwater;

Denis Andrew Southerden Burn Esq., Cleeve.

South Yorkshire:—

Dr Julie MacDonald, Sheffield;

David Grey Esq., MBE, Sheffield;

Stephen Ingram Esq., Sheffield.

Staffordshire:—

Colonel David Lennox Leigh TD, Hamstall Ridware, Rugeley;

Humphrey David Sneyd Scott-Moncrieff Esq., Leek;

Mrs Philippa Jane Gee, Barlaston, Stoke on Trent.

Suffolk:—

William Bruce Kendall Esq., Kelsale, Saxmundham;

Geoffrey Thomas Carwardine Probert Esq., Bures;

George Moubray William Vestey Esq., Haverhill.

Surrey:—

Richard Gordon Whittington Esq., Chobham, Woking;

Nicholas James Shore Wood-Dow Esq., Staines upon Thames;

Robert Stewart Napier Esq., CBE, Rudgwick, Horsham.

Tyne and Wear:—

John Dennis Mowbray Esq., OBE, Fulwell, Sunderland;

Lieutenant General Robin Vaughan Brims (Rtd) CB CBE DSO, Dalton, Newcastle upon Tyne;

Paul Michael Callaghan Esq., CBE, Sunderland.

Warwickshire:—

Richard Markham D’Aguilar Samuda Esq., Aston Cantlow, Henley-in-Arden;

Mark Edward Trehearne Davies Esq., Shipston-on-Stour;

Mrs Clare Anna Insull Sawdon, Hatton, Warwick.

West Midlands:—

Dr Keith Bradshaw, Pattingham, Wolverhampton;

John Lewis Hudson Esq., OBE, Tanworth in Arden, Solihull;

Christopher Thomas Loughran Esq., Knowle, Solihull.

West Sussex:—

David Mark Spofforth Esq., OBE, Slindon Common, Arundel;

The Lady Emma Lavinia Barnard, Pulborough;

Mrs Caroline Nicholls, Worthing.

West Yorkshire:—

Christopher John Brown Esq., Sutton in Craven, Keighley;

Dr Terence George Bramall CBE, Harrogate;

Charles Richard Jackson Esq., MBE, Ferrensby, Knaresborough.

Wiltshire:—

David Kim Hempleman-Adams Esq., LVO OBE, Box, Corsham;

The Lady Marland, Odstock, Salisbury;

Mrs Nicola Alberry, Calne.

Worcestershire:—

Sir Nicholas Anthony Hungerford Lechmere Bt., Hanley Castle, Worcester;

Stephen Alexander Betts Esq., Far Forest, Kidderminster;

Cassian Blaise Luke Letchmere Roberts Esq., Shelsley Beauchamp.

WALES

Clwyd:—

James Peter O’Toole Esq., Cwm Dyserth, Rhyl;

Mrs Charlotte Henrietta Gaylyn Howard, Llandyrnog, Denbigh;

Lady Hanmer, Whitchurch.

Dyfed:—

Professor Medwin Hughes, Carmarthen;

Mrs Susan Carol Balsom, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion;

Stephen Mansel Davies Esq., Llanfrynach.

Gwent:—

Anthony John Clay Esq., Abergavenny, Monmouthshire;

John Kevin Lynn Thomas Esq., Monmouth;

Mrs Sharon Evelyn Lesley Linnard, Newport.

Gwynedd:—

Peter Harlech Jones Esq., Criccieth;

Professor Sian Hope, Gaerwen, Ynys Mon;

David Gwynfor Morgan Esq., Aberdyfi.

Mid Glamorgan:—

Gwynfryn John George Esq., Caerphilly;

David John Davies Esq., Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil;

Jonathan Hugh Wall Esq., Porthcawl.

Powys:—

Mrs Ann Tudor, Llanerfyl, Welshpool;

Mrs Susan Elizabeth Thompson, Kinnerton, Presteigne;

David Rowland Price Esq., Builth Wells.

South Glamorgan:—

Professor John David Williams OBE, Pontcanna, Cardiff;

Gilbert Campbell Lloyd Esq., Llandaff, Cardiff;

Brian Charles Lakin Esq., Walterston, Barry.

West Glamorgan:—

Professor Donna May Mead OBE, Glynneath, Neath;

Mrs Roberta Louise Fleet, Sketty, Swansea;

Henry Michael Gilbert Esq., Mumbles, Swansea.