Sheriff of Sussex

Sheriffs of Sussex only

• 1566: Edward Bellingham
• 1567: John Apsley
• 1568: Henry Goring
• 1569: Edward Carrell
• 1570: John Pelham

Charles I (1625–1649) – Continued

• 1636:Sir Edward Bishopp, 2nd Baronet
• 1637:Anthony Fowle
• 1638:Anthony Foster
• 1639:Edward Apsley
• 1640:George Churchar
• 1641:Egid Garton
• 1642:Sir Edward Ford
• 1643:John Baker
• 1644:Edward Paine
• 1645:Sir Thomas Henley[5]
• 1646:Thomas Eversfield
• 1648: Humfrey Stewart[6]
• 1649: Thomas Luxford[7]
• 1650: Peter Courthopp[8]
• 1651: William Palmer[9]
• 1652: William Wilson[10]
• 1657: Edward Blaker of Buckingham House, Old Shoreham
• 1658: Samuel Gott of Battle

Charles II (1660–1685)

• 1664: William Spence
• 1665: John Morley
• 12 November 1665: Robert Fowle[11]
• 7 November 1666: John Farrington,[12] of Chichester
• 15 November 1666: Sir John Morley[13]
• 6 November 1667: Sir Anthony Shirley, 1st Baronet[14]
• 9 November 1667: Sir William Greene, 1st Baronet[15]
• 6 November 1668: Richard Stringer[16]
• 11 November 1669: Walter Doble[17]
• 4 November 1670: John Fuller[18]
• 16 November 1670: Thomas Collins[19]
• 9 November 1671: William Kempe[20]
• 11 November 1672: Robert Heath[21]
• 13 June 1673: John Fuller
• 12 November 1673: Francis Wyatt[22]
• 9 March 1674: Isaac Honeywood
• 5 November 1674: Thomas Millington[23]
• 12 November 1674: Thankful Hebden[24]
• 25 November 1674: John Spence, of Lindfield[25]
• 15 November 1675: Richard Payne, of Lewis[26]
• 10 November 1676: George Kilner[27]
• 18 November 1676: John Honey, of Ditcheling[28]
• 15 November 1677: James Butler[29][30]
• 23 November 1677: John Boarde, of Lindfield[31]
• 14 November 1678: Thomas Woodere[32]
• 23 November 1678: Thomas Smith[33]
• 13 November 1679: William Pelham, of Salehurst[34]
• 25 November 1679: George Luxford, of Hellingby[35]
• 4 November 1680: Thomas Arnold[36]
• 1682: Henry Goring[37]
• 1683: Edward Selwyn of Friston[38]
• 1684: Robert Mitchell of Horsham, Sussex and Petersfield, Hants.[39]

James II (1685–1689)

• 1685: Sir Thomas Dyke[40]
• 1686: ?John Fuller
• 1687: Humphrey Fowle[41]
• 1688: Sir John Gage, Bt[42]

William & Mary (1689–1702)

• 1689: Peter Gott[43]
• 1690: George Courthopp[44]
• 1691: Henry Yeates[45]
• 1692: John Newman[46]
• 1693: John Gratwicke[47]
• 1694: Sir John Brisco[48] replaced by John Cooke of Petworth (17–30 Nov)[49] replaced by William Pellatt[50]
• 1695: Richard Stanley or Lee[51]
• 1696: Joseph Studley[52] replaced by Richard Leaves of Arundel[53]
• 1696: Francis Wyatt
• 1697: Richard Farington, Bt of South St, Chichester[54]
• 1698: Humphry Duke[55] replaced by John Cheale[56]
• 1699: Henry Bray[57]
• 1699: John Ward
• 1700: Thomas Woodyer[58]
• 1701: John Barham[59]
• 1701: Thomas Alchorne

• 1702: John Ellis[60]
• 1703: Henry Collins[61]
• 1703: Samuel Blunt
• 1704: Richard Bridger[62]
• 1705: Arthur Turner[63]
• 1706: John Shelley[64]
• 1707: Sir John Miller, 2nd Baronet of North St, Chichester[65]
• 1708: Allan Wallis[66]
• 1708: John Young
• 1709: John Baker[67]
• 1710: William Knight (previously Woodward) of West Dean, near Midhurst[68]
• 1711: Hugh Reason[69]
• 1712: Henry Collins[70]
• 1712: Francis Hamlyn[71]
• 1714: Nicholas Turner[72]

George I (1714–1727)

• 1715: James Smyth of Isfield[73][74]
• 1716: Charles Goodwin of Rowfant[75]
• 1716: John Watson
• 1717: John Laker[76]
• 1718: William Peckham, of Salehurst[77]
• 1719: Henry Shelley, Jnr.[78]
• 1720: Thomas Dennett of Woodmancote[79]
• 1721: William Markwick[80]
• 1722: Sir Thomas Peckham[81]
• 1723: John Mitchell of Waldron[82]
• 1724: Thomas Fuller of Park Gate[83]
• 1725: Thomas William Brereton[84]
• 1726: James Colebrooke[85]
• 1727: James Nicholl of Munfield,[86]
• 1728: Thomas Shadwell

George II (1727–1760)

• 1729: Isaac Honeywood of Sunningley[87]
• 1730: Ogle Riggs
• 1731: John Borde of Paxhill[88]
• 1732: George Naldret of Naldret[89]
• 1733: ?
• 1734: Henry Montague of Boareham[90]
• 1735: William Stone
• 1736: Bernard Lintot[91]
• 1738: Edward Madgick of Tillington[92][93]
• 1738: Edward Parker of West Terring[94]
• 1739: George Spencer
• 1740: John Payne of Leggsheath[95]
• 1741: John Nicholl
• 1742: Edward Tredcroft[96]
• 1743: John Dennett of Bolney[97]
• 1744: John Edwards of Mayfield[98]
• 1745: John Napper of Highs[99]
• 1746: Thomas Ridge of Trotton[100]
• 1747: Timothy Shelley of Wort[101]
• 1748: George Luxford
• 1749: John Fuller of Heathfield[102]
• 1750: Peckham Williams[3]
• 1751: Robert Bull
• 1752: William Watson
• 1753: Robert Randall of Herrings[103]
• 1754: Walter Barttelot of Stopham[104]
• 1755: John Major of East Grinstead[105]
• 1756: Joseph Calverley of the Broad[106]
• 1757: John Ward of Champions[107]
• 1758: James Goble, of Petworth[108]
• 1759: John Margesson of Effington[109]

George III (1760–1820)

• 1760: John Aldridge
• 1761: Sir William Thomas, 2nd Baronet[110]
• 1762: Thomas Granger
• 1763: Thomas Fowle
• 1764: John Payne
• 1765: Samuel Lewes
• 1766: John Burgess
• 1767: James Wood, of Hicksted[111]
• 1768: John Paine
• 1769: John Laker
• 1770: William Westbrooke Richardson
• 1771: William Richardson
• 1772: William Gratwicke
• 1773: Kemble Whateley
• 1774: George Peckham
• 1775: Thomas Baker
• 1776: Edward Hutchinson
• 1777: Thomas Kemp of Lewes Castle, Sussex
• 1778: Colville Bridger
• 1779: John Harrison
• 1780: Sir John Bridger
• 1781: William Peachey
• 1782: William Frankland
• 1783: John Norton
• 1784: Thomas Dennett
• 1785: William Nelthorpe, of Sedgwick Park[112]
• 1786: Francis Sergison of Cuckfield[113]
• 1787: Richard Wyatt of Trimmings[114]
• 1788: John Bean of Littleington[115]
• 1789: Sir Ferdinando Poole
• 1790: Sir Ferdinando Poole
• 1791: Henry Manning
• 1791: John Drew of Chichester[116]
• 1792: Edmund Woods of Shopwick[117]
• 1794: Thomas Richardson
• 1795: Samuel Twyford
• 1796: Francis Newbery
• 1797: John Fuller
• 1798: Charles Scrase-Dickins
• 1799: Richard Streatfield

• 1800: James Pigou
• 5 February 1800: Thomas Carr, of Beddingham[118]
• 11 February 1801: William Borrer, of Hurstpierpoint[119]
• 3 February 1802: Sir William Ashburnham, 5th Baronet, of Broomham[120]
• 3 February 1803: William Margesson, of Ossington[121]
• 16 February 1803: John William Commerell, of Strood[122]
• 1 February 1804: John Dennett, of Woodmancote[123]
• 6 February 1805: William Margesson, of Ossington[124]
• 1 February 1806: William Gorringe, of Kingston by Sea[125]
• 4 February 1807: John Micklethwait, of Iridge Place[126]
• 3 February 1808: William Stanford, of Preston[127]
• 6 February 1809: Thomas Tourle, of Landport[128]
• 31 January 1810: Richard Wyatt, of Courtwick[129]
• 8 February 1811: William Darling, of Donnington[130]
• 24 January 1812: George Francis Tyson, of Singleton[131]
• 10 February 1813: Edward Napper, of Ifold[132]
• 7 March 1814: Thomas Peckham Phipps, of Compton[133]
• 13 February 1815: Richard Watt Walker, of Michelgrove[134]
• 1816: James Ingram[135]
• 1817: James Cranborne Strode of Frant[136]
• 1818: John King of Loxwood[137]
• 1819: John Wood of Chesham[138]

George IV (1820–1830)

• 1820: William Campion of Danny[139]
• 1821: Richard Hasler
• 1822: James Eversfield[140]
• 1823: Richard Prime
• 1824: Daniel Rowland
• 1825: James Slater
• 1826: John Hawkins
• 1827: Sir Charles Foster Goring, 7th Baronet
• 1828: Robert Aldridge of New Lodge[141]
• 1829: Sir Charles Lamb, 2nd Baronet of Beauport, near Battle[73]
• 1830: Thomas Sanctuary, of Rusper[142]

• 1831: William Courthope Mabbett, of Uckfield[143]
• 1832: Alexander Donovan, of Framfield Park[144]
• 1833: Thomas Broadwood, of Beeding[145]
• 1834: Hon. Robert Curzon, of Parham Park[146]
• 1835: Charles Dixon, of Stanstead Park[147]
• 1836: John James King, of Coates[148]
• 1837: George Palmer, of Tunbridge Wells[149]
• 1838: George Henry Malcolm Wagner, of Herstmonceux[150]
• 1839: Thomas Frewen, of Brickwall House, Northam[151]
• 1840: John Davies Gilbert, of Eastbourne[152]
• 1841: Sir Richard Hunter, of Patching[153]
• 1842: George Wyndham, of Petworth House[154]
• 1843: Musgrave Brisco, of Coghurst[155]
• 1844: Edward Hussey, of Scotney Castle[156][157]
• 1845: James Baril Daubuz, of Offington[158]
• 1846: William Townley Mitford, of Pitshill[159]
• 1847: William Gratwicke Kinleside Gratwicke, of Ham[160]
• 1848: Sir Peckham Micklethwait, 1st Baronet, of Iridge Place[161]
• 1849: Richard Shuttleworth Streatfeild, of the Rocks, Uckfield[162]
• 1850: George Campion Courthope, of Wiligh[163]
• 1851: David Lyon, of Goring[164]
• 1852: Philip Salomons, of Brighton[165]
• 1853: Francis Barchard, of Horsted Place[166]
• 1854: John Day, of Newick[167]
• 1855: George Carew Gibson, of Sandgate Lodge, near Steyning[168]
• 1856: William Drew Lucas Shadwell, of Fair Light Hall, near Hastings[169]
• 1857: Richard Curteis Pomfert, of Rye[170]
• 1858: Edward Smith Bigg, of the Hyde, Slaugham[171]
• 1859: William Henry Blaauw, of Beechlands, Newick[172]
• 1860: Charles Scrase Dickins, of Coolhurst[173]
• 1861: George Gatty, of Felbridge Park, East Grinstead[174]
• 1862: Hon. John Jervis Carnegie, of Fair Oak, Rogate[175]
• 1863: John Charles Fletcher, of Dale Park, Arundel[176]
• 1864: William Leyland Woods, of Chilgrove, Chichester[177]
• 1865: Sir Percy Shelley, 3rd Baronet, of Boscombe, Christchurch[178]
• 1866: John Hankey
• 1867: Colonel Francis Harcourt
• 1868: Henry Crofts
• 1869: Colonel George Kirwan Carr Lloyd
• 1870: Joseph Mayer Montefiore
• 1871: Sir Walter Burrell, 5th Baronet
• 1872: Sir James Duke, 1st Baronet[179]
• 1873: Sir Charles William Blunt, 6th Baronet, of Heathfield Park[180]
• 1874: George Meek, of Brantridge, Cuckfield[181]
• 1875: William Egerton Hubbard, of St. Leonard's Lodge, Horsham[182]
• 1876: William Courtenay Morland, of Court Lodge, Lamberhurst[183]
• 1877: Robert Loder of The High Beeches, Crawley[184]
• 1878: Louis Huth, of Possingworth Manor, Uckfield[185]
• 1879: Charles Thomas Lucas, of Warnham Court, Horsham[186]
• 1880: Anthony John Wright Biddulph, of Burton Park,[187]
• 1881: James Kennedy Esdaile, of Saint Hill Place, East Grinstead,[188]
• 1882: Donald Larnach, of Brambletye, East Grinstead,[189]
• 1883: Sir George Rendlesham Prescott, 4th Baronet, of Isenhurst, Mayfield[190]
• 1884: Hugh Wyatt, of Cissbury Findon,[191]
• 1885: Henry Ray Freshfield, of Kidbrooke Park, East Grinstead,[192]
• 1886: Frederick S. Shenstone, of Sutton Hall,Burcombe,[193]
• 1887: Lieutenant – Colonel Thomas Faulconer Wisden, of The Warren, Broadwater.[194]
• 1888: Lieutenant – Colonel James Clifton Brown, of Holmbush, Horsham.[195]
• 1889: Sir Spencer Maryon Maryon-Wilson, Bt., of Searles, Fletching,[196]
• 1890: Robert Thornton, of High Cross, Framfield[197]
• 1891: Wilfrid Hans Loder, of the High Beeches, Slaugham, Crawley[198]
• 1892: Philip Rawson, of Woodhurst, Crawley[199]
• 1893: James Innes, of Roffey Park, Horsham[200]
• 1894: Charles John Fletcher, of Dale Park, Madehurst, Arundel[201]
• 1895: Sir Francis Abraham Montefiore, 1st Baronet, of Worth Park[202]
• 1896: Edward Huth, of Wykehurst, Bolney, Hayward's Heath,[203]
• 1897: William Dodge James, of West Dean Park, Chichester,[204]
• 1898: Sir Henry Harben, Kt., of Warnham Lodge, Warnham[205]
• 1899: Captain Richard Hamilton Rawson, of Woodhurst, Crawley.[206]

• 1900: Robert Lawrence Thornton, of High Cross, Framfield[207]
• 1901: Charles Egerton Legge, of Ashling House, Chichester,[208]
• 1902: Alfred Henry Burton, of St. Leonard's Lodge, St.Leonard's-on-Sea,[209]
• 1903: Edwin Henty, of Ferring Grange, Worthing,[210]
• 1904: Charles James Lucas, of Warnham Court, Horsham,[211]
• 1905: Hugh Richard Penfold Wyatt,of Cissbury, Findon, Worthing,[212]
• 1906: Philip Secretan
• 1907: Douglas Bernard Hall of Burton Park, Petworth[213]
• 1908: Sir Alfred Dent
• 1909: John Waddingon
• 1910: James Buchanan
• 1911: John Ashburner Nix
• 1912: William Barrott Montfort Bird
• 1913: Sir John Luscombe
• 1914: James Hull Renton
• 1915: Colonel Robert Stephenson-Clarke
• 1916: William Herbert Mullens
• 1917: Lt-Colonel A Sutherland-Harris
• 1918: Sir Merrik David Burrell, 7th Baronet
• 1919: George Mallows Freeman
• 1920: William Footner Foster
• 1921: Francis Barchard
• 1922: Stanley Martyn Dennis
• 1923: Frederick Wootton Isaacson
• 1924: Sir Stephenson Hamilton Kent
• 1925: Lt Cmdr Hugh Sydney Egerton
• 1926: Lieut.-Col. Roland Vaughan Gwynne, of Folkington Manor, Polegate[214]
• 1927: Sir Edward Boyle, 2nd Baronet
• 1928: Sir Robert Kindersley[215]
• 1929: Captain Guy Vernon Baxendale
• 1930: Ronald Olaf Hambro
• 1931: Philip Staveley Foster[216]
• 1932: Brig-General Desmond Beale-Browne
• 1933: Lt-Colonel R W McKergow
• 1934: Thomas Percy Tew
• 1935: William Henry Abbey
• 1936: Lt-Colonel Leonard Charles Messel
• 1937: Major Aubrey du Plat Thorold Cole
• 1938: Brevet Colonel John Raymond Warren
• 1939: Anthony Mallows Freeman
• 1940: Hon Clive Bernard Pearson
• 1941: Edmund Stephenson Clarke
• 1942: Lt Colonel Giles Harold Loder
• 1943: Edwin Fisher
• 1944: Basil Ionides[217]
• 1945: Major John Roland Abbey of Greyfriars, Storrington.[218]
• 1946: Giles Fendall Newton
• 1947: Colonel Walter Churchill Hale
• 1948: Sir Giles Rolls Loder, 3rd Baronet
• 1949: Sir Stephen Demetriadi
• 1950: Robert Strickland Gilbert Scott
• 1951: Lt Cmdr Herbert Robert Hardy
• 1952: Captain Lord Rupert Charles Montacute Nevill, of Uckfield House, Uckfield.[219]
• 1953: Captain (S) Edwin Howard Wethey, of Mountsfield, Rye.[220]
• 1954: Cornelius W. Shelford
• 1955: Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever
• 1956: Henry Eeles
• 1957: Major Roger Wilby Hall, of Glebe House, West Grinstead.[221]
• 1958: Air-Commodore George Bentley Dacre, of The Downings, Bazehill Road, Rottingdean.[222]
• 1959: Thomas Calderwood Dundas, of The Old Rectory, Slaugham, Handcross.[223]
• 1960: John Edward Reginald Wyndham, of Petworth House, Petworth.[224]
• 1961: Frank Leslie John Rogerson, of Guildenhurst Manor, Billingshurst.[225]
• 1962: Lieutenant-Colonel John Derek Hornung, of Ivorys, Cowfold.[226]
• 1963: Major William Lloyd Baxendale, of Hailwell House, Framfield.[227]
• 1964: Sir Richard James Boughey, Bt., of Ringmer Park, Ringmer.[228]
• 1965: Brigadier Geoffrey Paul Hardy-Roberts, of The Mill House, Fittleworth.[229]
• 1966: Patrick Forrester John Colvin, of Woldringfold, Horsham.[230]
• 1967: Major Michael Grissell, of Brightling Park, Robertsbridge.[231]
• 1968: Commander William Francis Roderick Segrave, of Isfield Place, Isfield.[232]
• 1969: Ian Voase Askew, of Wellingham House, near Lewes.[233]
• 1970: Michael Raymond Warren, of Banks Farm, Barcombe.[234]
• 1971: John Richard Greenwood, of Stone Hall, Balcombe.[235]
• 1972: Ralph Ernest Watkins Grubb, of Mayes House, near East Grinstead.[236]
• 1973: Major John Derek Wigan, of Drewitts, Warninglid.[237]
• 1974 onwards –See High Sheriff of East Sussex and High Sheriff of West Sussex