This is a list of the high sheriffs of County Durham, England.

In most counties the high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. In the Palatinate of Durham the officeholder was appointed by and was accountable to the Bishop of Durham until 1836 when the Crown claimed authority. The High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The High Sheriff changes every March.

High Sheriffs of County Durham

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  • 1146 Osbert

15th century

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  • 18 January 1401: Sir Robert Conyers[1]
  • 24 August 1406: Sir Percival de Lyndeley[1]
  • 2 June 1414: Sir William Claxton[1]
  • 2 January 1420: Robert Eure[1]
  • 6 May 1436: Sir William Bowes[1]
  • 4 October 1437: Robert Ogle[1][2]
  • 1 October 1438: William Pudsay[1]
  • 5 December 1441: Geoffrey Midleton[1]
  • 28 December 1461: John de Aderton[1]
  • 8 December 1462: Geoffrey Midleton[1]
  • 7 March 1467: William Claxton[1]
  • 6 August 1469: Henry Radclyff[1]
  • 14 August 1470: Sir George Lumley[1][2]
  • 20 November 1476: Robert Tempest[1][2]
  • 4 October 1482 – 1502: Sir Ralph Bowes[1][2]

16th century

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17th century

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18th century

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19th century

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20th century

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21st century

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  • 2001: Thomas Macklyn Swan, The Old Hall, Bedburn, Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland[179]
  • 2002: Andrew Martell, Shotley Hall, Shotley Bridge, Consett[180][181]
  • 2003: Peter Morrison Cook, Broomsheils Hall, Satley, Bishop Auckland[182]
  • 2004: Richard Louis Coad, The Glebe, Thorpe, Barnard Castle[183]
  • 2005: Simon Jonathon Henry Still[184]
  • 2006: Sareth Ann Nainby-Luxmoore[185]
  • 2007: Ian Roberts Dewhirst[186]
  • 2008: Paul Francis Adrian Townley of Barnard Castle[187]
  • 2009: Alasdair MacConachie, of Darlington[188]
  • 2010: Bernard Robinson, of Cotherstone, Barnard Castle[189]
  • 2011: Roger Steven Peregrine Howell of Castle Eden[190]
  • 2012: Henry (Harry) Francis Cecil Vane of Selaby Hall, Gainford, Darlington[191]
  • 2013: Peter Stuart Bell of Old Elvet, Durham[192]
  • 2014: Gerald Charles Osbourne of Croft[193]
  • 2015: James Mark Featherstone Fenwick of Foresters Lodge, Wolsingham[194]
  • 2016: Gerard Salvin of Croxdale Hall, Durham[195]
  • 2017: Caroline Patricia Peacock of Bishop Auckland[196]
  • 2018: Dr Stephen Michael Cronin of Durham.[197]
  • 2019: Peter Haswell Candler of Durham[198]
  • 2020: David Andrew Gray of Bishop Auckland[199]
  • 2021: John Robert Harle of Brandon Village[200]
  • 2022: Shona Harper-Wilkes[201]
  • 2023: Anne Elizabeth Elliott[202]

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