The following were nominated in the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court on Wednesday 12 November 2008 as prospective High Sheriffs for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011.

The names will be submitted to The Queen, and, if approved, each nominee will take office in late March or early April in the appropriate year.

The following were nominated as prospective High Sheriffs in the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court on Wednesday 12 November 2008.

ENGLAND

(except Cornwall, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire)

Bedfordshire:—

Mrs Cynthia Mary Gresham, Dunstable;

Daniel Thomas Cecil Hanbury Esq., Turvey, Bedford;

Andrew Michael Slack Esq., Oakley.

Berkshire:—

Dr Christina Bernadette Thérèse Hill Williams, Upper Basildon;

Mrs Catherine May Stevenson, Ascot;

Robert Barclay Woods Esq., Frilsham, Newbury.

Buckinghamshire:—

Allan Thomas Westray Esq., Butlers Cross, Aylesbury;

The Countess Howe, Amersham;

James Philip Godfrey Naylor Esq., Cublington, Leighton Buzzard.

Cambridgeshire:—

The Lady De Ramsey, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon;

Nigel Wooldridge Brown Esq., Cambridge;

Richard Symond Gyles Barnwell Esq., Wisbech.

Cheshire:—

William Gordon Fergusson Esq., Tarporley;

Mrs Diana Caroline Barbour, Tattenhall, Chester;

John Edward Lea Esq., Tarporley.

City of Bristol:—

Dr Timothy Lachlan Chambers, Bristol;

Mrs Lois Patricia Golding, Leigh Woods, Bristol;

John Cottrell Esq., Redland.

Cumbria:—

Mrs Elizabeth Honor Susan Thornely, Crook, Kendal;

James Ronald Carr Esq., Warwick-on-Eden, Carlisle;

Mrs Iona Arbel Frost-Pennington, Muncaster, Ravenglass.

Derbyshire:—

Sir Henry John Michael Every Bt., Egginton;

Mrs Fiona Mary Cannon, Brailsford, Ashbourne;

David Coke-Steel Esq., Trusley, Nr Sutton on the Hill.

Devon:—

Edward David Fursdon Esq., Cadbury, Exeter;

The Hon. Mrs Elizabeth d’Erlanger, Hensleigh, Tiverton;

The Hon. Mrs Sarah Violet Lopes, Yealmpton, Plymouth.

Dorset:—

Mrs Victoria Mary McDonaugh, Moor Crichel, Wimborne;

The Hon. Timothy Palmer, West Woodyates, Salisbury;

Alan John Frost Esq., Bournemouth.

Durham:—

Alasdair MacConachie Esq. OBE, Darlington;

Bernard Robinson Esq. OBE, Cotherstone, Barnard Castle;

Roger Steven Peregrine Howell Esq., Castle Eden.

East Riding of Yorkshire:—

Patrick William Farnsworth Esq., Foston-on-the-Wolds, Driffield;

Adrian Mark Horsley Esq., South Cave, Brough;

John Holtby Esq., Skirlaugh, Hull.

East Sussex:—

William Thomas Cornelius Shelford Esq., Chailey Green, Lewes;

Mrs Deborah Clare Melanie Bedford, Ringmer, Lewes;

Mrs Kathleen Ann Gore, Framfield, Uckfield.

Essex:—

Rupert Seymour Gosling Esq., Takeley, Bishop’s Stortford;

Michael William Hindmarch Esq., Danbury, Chelmsford;

Lady Rosemary Elizabeth Ruggles-Brise, Finchingfield.

Gloucestershire:—

Mrs Anne Chambers, Chipping Campden;

Ceri Thomas Evans Esq., Blaisdon, Longhope;

Marcus Beresford Heywood Esq., Haresfield, Stonehouse.

Greater London:—

Andrew Vladimir Rhydwen Morgan Esq., London;

Ranjit Mathrani Esq., London;

Lady Elizabeth Arnold, London.

Hampshire:—

Dr Clare Virginia Bartlett, East Meon, Petersfield;

Alan Charles Lovell Esq., Bishop’s Waltham, Southampton;

Nigel Guthrie McNair Scott Esq., Old Basing.

Herefordshire:—

The Hon. Gilbert Greenall CBE, Ledbury;

Mrs Elizabeth Jean Hunter, Putley, Ledbury;

The Hon. Lady Morrison, Malvern.

Hertfordshire:—

Mrs Jane Wentworth-Stanley, Great Munden, Ware;

Gerald Corbett Esq., Redbourn, St. Albans;

Lord Charles Cecil, Hatfield.

Isle of Wight:—

Mrs Gabrielle Anne Lynam Edwards, Newport;

Peter Dudley Kingston Esq., Totland Bay;

Mrs Susan Jean Sheldon, Freshwater.

Kent:—

Mrs Jane Margaret Rogers, Sevenoaks;

Peregrine Tatton Eyre Massey Esq., Woodchurch, Ashford;

Mrs Georgie Mary Warner, Brenchley, Tonbridge.

Leicestershire:—

Maurice Nicholas Beech Thompson Esq., Gumley, Market Harborough;

Colonel Robert Cecil John Martin OBE, Woodhouse Eaves, Loughborough;

Mrs Lynn Sybil Wathes, Kirby Muxloe.

Lincolnshire:—

The Lady Sarah McCorquodale, Stoke Rochford, Grantham;

John Arthur Cadas Godfrey Esq. CBE, Searby, Barnetby;

Robin Maxwell Battle Esq., Branston, Lincoln.

Norfolk:—

Robert George Russell Carter Esq., Holt;

Charles William Legh Barratt Esq., Heydon, Norwich;

Mrs Georgina Alice Holloway, Whissonsett, Dereham.

Northamptonshire:—

Mrs Susan Deirdre Fenwick, Towcester;

Mrs Penelope Joan Escombe, Brigstock, Kettering;

David Eric Laing Esq., Brigstock, Kettering.

Northumberland:—

John Hamilton Blackett-Ord Esq., Whitfield, Hexham;

The Hon. Mrs Katie Crosbie-Dawson, Mindrum, Cornhill on Tweed;

Reverend Fiona Sample, Middleton, Morpeth.

North Yorkshire:—

Mrs Francesca Ann Horsfield, Yearsley Brandsby, York;

Richard Clephane Compton Esq., Ripon;

Mrs Alexandra Holford, Crayke, York.

Nottinghamshire:—

John Michael Rowen Esq., Cropwell Butler;

Mrs Amanda Margaret Farr, Kirklington, Newark;

John Peace Esq., Caunton, Newark.

Oxfordshire:—

Charles Richard Dick Esq., Appleton, Abingdon;

Mrs Marie-Jane Barnett, Towersey, Thame;

Mrs Penelope Glen, Forest Hill.

Rutland:—

Mrs Elizabeth Anne Mills, Empingham, Oakham;

Mrs Sarah Catharine Forsyth, Uppingham, Oakham;

Peter Outram Lawson Esq., Lyddington, Uppingham.

Shropshire:—

Mrs Anna Turner, Prees Heath, Whitchurch;

Hugh Philip Trevor-Jones Esq., Oldbury, Bridgnorth;

Richard Henry Burbidge Esq. OBE, Ford, Shrewsbury.

Somerset:—

John Alvis Esq. MBE, Winford, Bristol;

Mrs Patricia Ann Hunt, Hatch Beauchamp, Taunton;

John David Cullum Esq., Bath

South Yorkshire:—

Mrs Helena Muller, Slade Hooton, Nr Laughton-en-le-Morthen;

Anthony Paul Cooper Esq., Sheffield;

Andrew Jackson Coombe Esq., Sheffield.

Staffordshire:—

Richard Byrd Levett Haszard Esq., Milford, Stafford;

Ian James Dudson Esq. CBE, Barlaston, Stoke on Trent;

Simon William Clarke Esq., Dunstall, Burton-on-Trent.

Suffolk:—

James William Servaes Esq., Mettingham, Bungay;

Mrs Theresa Frances Innes, Playford, Ipswich;

James Kennedy Buckle Esq., Semer, Ipswich.

Surrey:—

Lady Elizabeth Toulson CBE, Guildford;

Robert Harold Douglas Esq. CBE, Walton on Thames;

Professor Michael David Joy OBE, Virginia Water.

Tyne and Wear:—

Gavin MacFarlane Black Esq., Hawkwell, Stamfordham;

Mrs Susan Margaret Winfield OBE, Middle Herrington, Sunderland;

Geoffrey Mark Hodgson Esq., Newcastle upon Tyne.

Warwickshire:—

The Lady Kilmaine, Shelfield, Alcester;

Richard Michael Hardy Esq., Stratford-upon-Avon;

Timothy Blakiston Cox Esq., Snitterfield, Stratford-upon-Avon.

West Midlands:—

Paul Bassi Esq., Stourbridge;

Mrs Anita Kumari Bhalla, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham;

David Leslie Grove Esq., Lowsonford, Henley-in-Arden.

West Sussex:—

Simon Fairfax Knight Esq., Tillington, Petworth;

Lady Bennett, Ardingly, Haywards Heath;

David Henry Tupper Esq., Petworth.

West Yorkshire:—

Jeremy John Burton Esq., Wetherby;

Richard Robert Clough Esq., Felliscliffe, Harrogate;

Anthony Ernest Grant Esq. OBE, Leeds.

Wiltshire:—

Robert Charles Floyd Esq., Melksham;

Dame Elizabeth Louise Neville DBE QPM, Devizes;

Robert Ralph Scrymgeour Hiscox Esq., Oare, Marlborough.

Worcestershire:—

The Hon. Gilbert Greenall CBE, Ledbury;

Mrs Elizabeth Jean Hunter, Putley, Ledbury;

The Hon. Lady Morrison, Malvern.

WALES

Clwyd:—

Henry Geoffrey Robertson Esq., Llandrillo, Corwen;

Lady Jones, Hawarden, Deeside;

Edmund Francis Lloyd Fitzhugh Esq. OBE, Plas Power, Bersham.

Dyfed:—

Gareth Rowlands Esq., Borth, Ceredigion;

David Llewellyn Pryse Lloyd Esq., Narberth, Pembrokeshire;

Thomas Owen Saunders Lloyd Esq. OBE, Dryslwyn, Carmarthenshire.

Gwent:—

Stephen James Brindley Hughes Esq., Monmouth;

Wilfred Hugh Phillips Esq., Crosskeys, Newport;

Lady Hayman-Joyce, Mamhilad, Pontypool.

Gwynedd:—

Norman Trevor Corbett Esq., Llanegryn, Tywyn;

Griffith Richard Eifion Evans Esq., Pwllheli;

Professor Robin Grove White, Llanfechell, Amlwch.

Mid Glamorgan:—

John Anthony Tal-Williams Esq. MBE, Mountain Ash;

Ms Beverley Humphreys, Pontypridd;

Miss Barabara Wilding CBE QPM, Tythegston.

Powys:—

David Thomas Marner Lloyd Esq., Sennybridge, Brecon;

Mrs Jennifer Anne Thomas, Berriew, Welshpool;

John Harold Brunt Esq. OBE, Lloyney, Knighton.

South Glamorgan:—

Professor Anthony James Hazell, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan;

Mrs Margaret Anne Campbell, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan;

Roger Geraint Thomas Esq. OBE, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan.

West Glamorgan:—

Dr Ronald Bryn John, Baglan, Port Talbot;

Rowland William Parry Jones Esq., West Cross, Swansea;

Mrs Susan Mary Waller, Caswell, Swansea.