The following were nominated in the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court on Thursday 12th November 2020 as prospective High Sheriffs for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. 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:—

Eric Masih Esq., Kempston, Bedford;

Lady Clifford, Ampthill, Bedford;

Russell Alan Beard Esq., Bromham.

Berkshire:—

Robin Derek Hartley Russell Esq., MVO, Bucklebury;

Miss Alka Kharbanda, Bray;

Simon Huntly Muir Esq., Binfield, Bracknell.

Buckinghamshire:—

George Rupert Anson Esq., Weedon;

Miss Debbie Brock, Emberton;

Dr Ann Geraldine Limb CBE, Stony Stratford.

Cambridgeshire:—

Mrs Caroline Laura Elizabeth Margaret Bewes, Little Shelford;

Mrs Jennifer Crompton, Sawston;

Dr Bharatkumar Narshidas Khetani, Wisbech.

Cheshire:—

Robert James Mee Esq., Mollington, Chester;

Mrs Jean Gaynor France-Hayhurst, Bunbury Heath;

Dennis Dunn Esq., MBE, Church Lawton.

City of Bristol:—

Mrs Susan Joan Davies BEM, Knowle, Bristol;

Ms Alexandra Olivia Ardalan Raikes MBE, Bristol;

Miss Sharon Rosemarie Foster, Horfield, Bristol.

Cumbria:—

David George Beeby Esq., Cockermouth;

Alan McViety Esq., Bolton, Appleby-in-Westmorland;

Mrs Samantha Scott, Windermere.

Derbyshire:—

Mrs Louise Telford Potter, Buxton;

Michael Guy Copestake Esq., Turnditch, Belper;

Miss Theresa Peltier, Wirksworth, Matlock.

Devon:—

Lady Studholme, Longdown;

Richard David Youngman Esq., Crediton;

The Rt Rev Nicholas Howard Paul McKinnel, Stoke, Plymouth.

Dorset:—

Michael Matthew Patrick Dooley Esq., Dorchester;

Ms Sibyl Fine King, Poole;

Colin William George Weston Esq., MBE, Winfrith Newburgh, Dorchester.

Durham:—

John Robert Harle Esq., Brandon Village;

Mrs Shona Michelle Harper-Wilkes, Stanhope;

Professor Paul Keane OBE, Woodham, Newton Aycliffe.

East Riding of Yorkshire:—

Edward Richard Shepherdson Esq., Driffield;

Mrs Jacqueline Bowes, Driffield;

Michael Rice Esq., Camerton, Hull.

East Sussex:—

Miles Anthony Jenner Esq., Lewes;

Mrs Madeleine Jane King, Uckfield;

Edward Richard Bickersteth Esq., Ashburnham, Battle.

Essex:—

Simon Robert Brice Esq., Witham;

Nicholas Kenneth Alston Esq., CBE, Chelmsford;

Charles Richard Maurice Bishop Esq., Great Braxted, Witham.

Gloucestershire:—

Mrs Rosina Jane Tufnell, Cirencester;

Air Marshal Sir Graham Anthony Miller KBE, Shurdington, Cheltenham;

Henry Claude Winwood Robinson Esq., Woodmancote, Cirencester.

Greater London:—

Mrs Lynn Alexandra Cooper, London;

Mrs Heather Jane Phillips, Greenwich;

Mrs Ina De, London.

Hampshire:—

Phillip Rodney Sykes Esq., Steventon;

The Lady Edwina Grosvenor, Exbury, Southampton;

Mrs Amelia Sophie Ashton, Winchester.

Herefordshire:—

Mrs Joanna Phyllis Hilditch, Lyonshall, Kington;

Mrs Sarah Louise de Rohan, Birley, Hereford;

Robert Charles Christian Robinson Esq., Little Hereford, Ludlow.

Hertfordshire:—

Lionel Colin Wallace Esq., St Albans;

Mrs Sally Denise Burton, Sacombe, Ware;

Mrs Anne Patricia Brewster, Gustard Wood.

Isle of Wight:—

James Robert Woodward Attrill Esq., Ventnor;

Mrs Kay Ann Marriott, Cowes;

Mrs Dawn Kirsten Haig-Thomas, East Cowes.

Kent:—

John Charles Harold Weir Esq., Hempstead, Gillingham;

Russell John Race Esq., Rochester;

Mrs Nadra Ahmed OBE, West Malling.

Leicestershire:—

Ian Thomas Mattioli Esq., MBE, Loughborough;

Ms Mehmooda Duke MBE, Leicester;

Mrs Henrietta Joscelyne Chubb, Garthorpe, Melton Mowbray.

Lincolnshire:—

Mrs Claire Victoria Birch, Lincoln;

Timothy Michael Strawson Esq., Thoresway, Market Rasen;

Richard James Lake Esq., OBE, Hallington, Louth.

Norfolk:—

David John McLeavy Hill Esq., Shotesham All Saints, Norwich;

Michael Anthony James Gurney Esq., Northrepps, Cromer;

Professor Krishna Kumar Sethia, Hedenham.

Northamptonshire:—

The Hon. Mrs Amanda Ursula Georgina Lowther, Guilsborough;

Crispin David Jermyn Holborow Esq., Thorpe Malsor, Kettering;

Milan Naresh Shah Esq., Wellingborough.

Northumberland:—

Mrs Joanna Lucy Riddell, Stamfordham;

James Clement Royds Esq., TD, Heydon Bridge, Hexham;

Mrs Diana Mary Audrey Barkes, Ingoe, Newcastle upon Tyne.

North Yorkshire:—

Mrs Venetia Anne Wrigley, Ganton, Scarborough;

James Scott Lambert Esq., OBE, Tunstall, Richmond;

Mrs Clare Deborah Granger, High Birstwith, Harrogate.

Nottinghamshire:—

Professor Harminder Singh Dua, Redhill;

Paul David Southby Esq., Ravenshead;

Mrs Veronica Moraa Pickering, Holbeck, Worksop.

Oxfordshire:—

Imam Monawar Hussain MBE, Cowley;

Mark George Beard Esq., Buckland;

Mrs Sally Patricia Scott, Shenington, Banbury.

Rutland:—

Roger David Wood Esq., Wing, Oakham;

Peter Geoffrey Thompson Esq., Uppingham;

Mrs Geraldine Mary Ethel Feehally, Oakham.

Shropshire:—

Robert Anthony Morris-Eyton Esq., Newport;

Mrs Selina Lucy Graham, Broseley;

Mrs Amanda Jillian Thorn MBE, Leighton.

Somerset:—

William Henry Thomas Sheppard Esq., Bath;

Mrs Jennifer Margaret Duke, Luxborough, Watchet;

Robert Nicholas Foord Drewett Esq., Bishop Sutton.

South Yorkshire:—

Martin James Claude McKervey Esq., Sheffield;

Professor Dame Hilary Anne Chapman DBE, Cawthorne, Barnsley;

Lt Col Robert Alfred McPherson MBE, Rotherham.

Staffordshire:—

James Irvine Hinchliffe Friend Esq., Mucklestone, Market Drayton;

Mrs Julia Mitchell, Stone;

Clarence Bennie Robinson Esq., MBE, BEM, Anslow, Burton upon Trent.

Suffolk:—

Edward George Creasy Esq., Burgh, Woodbridge;

Major Anthony James Moxon Lowther-Pinkerton LVO MBE, Sutton, Woodbridge;

John Mark Pendlington Esq., Belchamp St Paul, Sudbury.

Surrey:—

Dr Julie Anne Llewelyn, Hambledon;

His Honour Christopher Allan Critchlow, Guildford;

Timothy Andrew de Burgh Wates Esq., Ewhurst.

Tyne and Wear:—

Farooq Hakim Esq., Sunderland;

David Wilson Bavaird Esq., North Shields;

Ms Irene Lucas CBE, Whitburn, South Tyneside.

Warwickshire:—

Dr David Michael Rapley, Kenilworth;

The Lady Willoughby de Broke, Moreton-in-Marsh;

David Randon Kelham Esq., Warwick.

West Midlands:—

Mrs Louise Diane Bennett OBE, Wolverley;

David Robert Moorcroft Esq., OBE, Coventry;

Dr Mahnaz Hashmi, Edgbaston, Birmingham.

West Sussex:—

John Neil Hart Esq., Bepton, Midhurst;

James Nicholas Whitmore Esq., Pulborough;

Andrew Graham Bliss Esq. QPM, Horsted Keynes.

West Yorkshire:—

Clive Roland Lloyd Esq., Luddenden, Halifax;

Mrs Susan Kitty Baker MBE, Leeds;

Zulfiqar Ali Karim Esq., Shipley.

Wiltshire:—

Sir Charles Hobhouse Bt., Monkton Farleigh, Bradford-on-Avon;

The Most Honourable The Marchioness of Lansdowne, Calne;

Pradeep Bhardwaj Esq., Wroughton, Swindon.

Worcestershire:—

Richard John Amphlett Esq., Burford, Tenbury Wells;

Andrew Richard Manning-Cox Esq., Malvern;

Mrs Louise Caroline Hewett, Forthampton.

WALES

Clwyd:—

John Stephen Thomas Esq., St Asaph;

Ms Zoe Jane Henderson, Ruthin;

Mrs Kate Louise Hill-Trevor, Chirk, Wrexham.

Dyfed:—

Jonathan Thomas Gravell Esq., Cydweli;

David Rowland Rees-Evans Esq., Ceredigion;

Meurig David Raymond Esq., CBE, Croesgoch, Haverfordwest.

Gwent:—

Phillip Martyn Alderman Esq., Ponthir, Newport;

Malgwyn Davies Esq., OBE, Croesyceiliog, Cwmbran;

Professor Simon John Gibson CBE, Manson, Monmouth.

Gwynedd:—

Gwyn Peredur Owen Esq., Beddgelert, Caernarfon;

Ms Davina Carey-Evans, Beaumaris, Isle of Anglesey;

Mrs Janet Phillips, Caernarfon.

Mid Glamorgan:—

Jeffrey Edwards Esq., MBE, Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil;

Mrs Maria Kovacevic Thomas BEM, Hoelgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil;

Professor Jean White CBE, Pencoed, Bridgend.

Powys:—

Peter Ronald James Esq., MBE, Llanwrtyd Wells;

Thomas Henry Jones Esq., OBE, Llangyniew;

Reginald Cawthorne Esq., Llandrindod Wells.

South Glamorgan:—

Peter Richard Dewey Esq., St Nicholas, Cardiff;

Mrs Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds OBE, Cardiff;

David Rhys Hughes James Esq., Radyr, Cardiff.

West Glamorgan:—

Mrs Joanna Lewis Jenkins MBE, Tonna, Neath;

Stephen Hugh Rogers Esq., Sketty, Swansea;

Mrs Hayley Belinda Davies, Morriston, Swansea.