High Sheriff of Cleveland facts for kids
The High Sheriff of Cleveland was a special job in Cleveland, England. This role existed from 1974 until 1996. A High Sheriff is a very old and important position in England, representing the King or Queen in a county. They help with things like keeping the peace and supporting the justice system.
Cleveland was a county formed in 1974. It was created from parts of North Riding of Yorkshire and County Durham. This happened because of a law called the Local Government Act 1972. When Cleveland became a new county, it got its own High Sheriff. This new role took over from the High Sheriffs of Yorkshire and County Durham for that area.
In 1996, the county of Cleveland was changed again. It was no longer a separate county. Because of this, the job of High Sheriff of Cleveland also ended. The areas that used to be Cleveland are now part of the areas covered by the High Sheriff of North Yorkshire and the High Sheriff of County Durham.
High Sheriffs of Cleveland
Below is a list of the people who held the important job of High Sheriff in Cleveland during its time as a county.
- 1974–1975 Dr Frank Ogle Graham, of 60 Meadowfield, Stokesley, Middlesbrough.
- 1975–1976 Major George Arthur Bulwer Jenyns, of The Timber House, Hutton Lowcross, Guisborough.
- 1976–1977 Colonel John Ashton Pounder, of "Larkhill", 10 Carisbrooke Road, West Park, Hartlepool.
- 1977–1978 Major David de Guise Walford, of Ouston Moor House, Stockton-on-Tees.
- 1978–1979 Richard Hoyle, of Fir Tree Farm, Hilton, Yarm-on-Tees.
- 1979–1980 Captain James Rae Southall, of Ayton Firs, Great Ayton, Middlesbrough.
- 1980–1981 Richard Thompson Pickersgill, of "Roxby", 24 Junction Road, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees.
- 1981–1982 John Hunter Peart, of Beechlands, Elwick Road, Hartlepool.
- 1982–1983 Charles Edward Shopland, of 97 Birchwood Road, Marton, Middlesbrough.
- 1983–1984 Richard Crosthwaite, of Langbaurgh Hall, Great Ayton, Middlesbrough.
- 1984–1985 Richard Neville Spark, of The Grange, 46 Hartburn Village, Stockton-on-Tees.
- 1985–1986 James Michael Wright, of Hallow Hill, Castle Eden, Hartlepool.
- 1986–1987 Philip Niman, of 11 Green Lane, Middlesbrough.
- 1987–1988 Major James Michael Catterall, of Waterside, Croft-on-Tees, Darlington, County Durham.
- 1988–1989 Hannah Bloom, of Hawthorn, Leven Road, Yarm.
- 1989–1990 David Hunter Peart, of Beechlands, Elwick Road, Hartlepool.
- 1990–1991 Robert Michael Stewart, of Hutton House, Guisborough.
- 1991–1992 Malcolm Tutin D'Arcy, of Chapel House, Crathorne, Yarm.
- 1992–1993 Graham Corlett Mitchell, of 37 The Green, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees
- 1993–1994 David Manners, of Tunstall Hall, Tunstall, Hartlepool.
- 1994–1995 George Derek Saul, of 6 Hawthorne Grove, Yarm.
- 1995–1996 David John Dugdale, of Park House, Crathorne, Yarm.
