Ancient English office, now largely ceremonial
John of Gaunt was the Sheriff of Lancashire in the years 1362–1371.The High Sheriff of Lancashire is an ancient office, now largely ceremonial, granted to Lancashire , a county in North West England .[1] High Shrievalties are the oldest secular titles under the Crown , in England and Wales . The High Sheriff of Lancashire is the representative of the monarch in the county, and is the "Keeper of The King's Peace" in the county, executing judgements of the High Court through an Under Sheriff.
Throughout the Middle Ages , the High Sheriff was a powerful political position; the sheriffs were responsible for the maintenance of law and order and various other roles. Some of its powers were relinquished in 1547 as the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire was instated to deal with military duties. It was in 1908 under King Edward VII of the United Kingdom that the Lord Lieutenant position became more senior than the High Sheriff. Since that time the High Sheriff has broadly become an honorific title, with many of its previous roles having been taken up by High Court judges , magistrates , coroners , local authorities, and the police.
The sheriff conventionally serves for a term of a year, with the term of office starting in March. Unlike other counties, apart from Merseyside and Greater Manchester , the honour in Lancashire is bestowed by the monarch in their role as Duke of Lancaster , by pricking the Lites . This page lists persons to have held the position, and is divided by sovereign state and Royal house . Another list of sheriffs of Lancashire from 1087 to 1886 is compiled in Edward Baines 's "History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster". This names many other individuals for the earliest years of the office.[2]
In April 2015 Amanda Parker of Browsholme Hall , Clitheroe, became High Sheriff and launched a website to promote the office: highsheriffoflancashire.co.uk .[3]
Part of the Kingdom of England
House of Plantagenet 1150–1160 Bertram de Bulmer of Brancepeth and Sheriff Hutton 1160–1162 Geoffrey de Valoignes of Farleton and Cantsfield 1162–1166 Sir Bertram de Bulmer of Brancepeth and Sheriff Hutton 1166–1170 William de Vesci , Lord of Alnwick 1170–1173 Roger de Herleberga 1173–1174 Ranulf de Glanvill 1174–1185 Ralph FitzBernard 1185–1185 Hugo Pipard 1185–1188 Gilbert Pipard 1188–1189 Peter Pipard 1189–1194 Richard de Vernon (1st term) 1194–1194 Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler 1194–1196 Benedict Garnet, of Caton 1196–1197 Robert de Vavasour of Hazelwood, Tadcaster 1197–1198 Nicholas le Boteler 1198–1199 Stephen of Thornham 1199–1200 Robert de Tatteshall, near Pontefract 1200–1204 Richard de Vernon (2nd term) 1204–1205 Sir William Vernon 1205–1215 Gilbert FitzReinfrid, Baron of Kendal 1205–1215 Adam FitzRoger of Yealand (1st term) 1215–1216 Reginald de Cornhill of Kent 1216–1217 Ranulph de Blundevill 1217–1222 Jordan FitzRoger 1223–1223 Stephen de Segrave 1223–1226 Robert de Montjoy 1226–1227 William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby 1227–1228 Gerard Etwell of Etwall, Derbyshire 1228–1232 Sir Adam de Yealand (2nd term) 1232–1232 Peter de Rivaux 1232–1233 William de Lancaster, Baron of Kendal 1233–1234 Gilbert de Wyteby 1234–1240 Simon de Thornton "Clericus" 1240–1241 John de Lancaster 1241–1245 Robert de Waterfal 1245–1246 Richard le Boteler 1246–1247 Sir Matthew de Redmayne, Lord of Levens 1247–1255 Sir Robert de Lathum 1255–1259 Sir Patrick de Ulvesby 1259–1259 Sir William le Boteler, Lord of Warrington 1259–1261 Sir Geoffrey de Chetham 1261–1264 Sir Adam de Montalt 1264–1267 Roger de Lancaster, Lord of Rydal 1267–1269 Edmund, 1st Earl of Lancaster 1269–1270 Sir Richard le Boteler of Rawcliffe, Fylde 1270–1272 John de Cansfield of Aldingham 1272–1274 Sir Ranulph de Dacre of Dacre, Cumberland 1274–1284 Sir Henry de Lea of Preston 1284–1290 Gilbert de Clifton 1291–1298 Sir Ralph de Montjoy 1298–1298 Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster 1298–1301 Richard de Hoghton 1301–1307 Sir Thomas Travers 1307–1309 William Gentyl the elder of Poulton-le-Sands 1309–1315 Sir Ralph de Bickerstath of Bickerstaffe (died of wounds after Battle of Preston, 1315) 1315–1317 Sir Edmund de Neville from Hornby 1317–1320 Sir Henry de Malton of Malton, Yorkshire 1320–1322 William Gentyl the younger 1322–1323 Robert de Leyburn (1st term) 1323–1323 John Darcy 1323–1326 Sir Gilbert de Southworth of Southworth, Warrington 1326–1326 Robert de Leyburn (2nd term, died in office) 1326–1327 Sir Geoffrey de Warburton 1327–1327 Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster 1327–1328 John de Burghton 1328–1329 John de Hamburg 1329–1332 Sir John de Denum 1332–1335 Robert Foucher 1335–1336 William de Clapham of Clapham, Yorkshire 1336–1337 Sir William le Blount (killed in office) 1337–1342 Robert de Radcliffe of Ordsall, Salford 1342–1344 Sir John le Blount (brother of Sir William, HS 1336) 1344–1345 Stephen de Ireton 1345–1345 Henry, 1st Duke of Lancaster 1345–1350 John Cockayne 1350–1358 Sir William Scargill 1358–1359 William de Radcliffe 1359–1361 Nicholas de Coleshill 1361–1361 Sir John de Ipres 1361–1362 Adam de Hoghton 1362–1371 John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster 1371–1371 Richard de Radcliffe 1371–1374 Sir John le Boteler of Warrington and Beausay[4] 1374–1377 Richard de Towneley 1377–1384 Sir Nicholas Haryngton of Farleton in Lonsdale 1384–1387 Sir Ralph de Radcliffe of Blackburn and Smithills Hall 1387–1392 Robert de Standish 1392–1397 Sir John le Boteler 1397–1399 Richard Molyneux
House of Lancaster 1399–1399 Sir Richard de Hoghton of Hoghton Tower 1399–1401 Sir Thomas Gerard of Bryn Hall , Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs. 1401–1404 Sir John de Boteler 1404–1405 Sir Ralph Radcliffe 1405–1406 John Boteler 1406–1411 Sir John Bold 1411–1415 Sir Ralph Staveley 1415–1416 Sir Robert de Urswyk 1416–1418 Nicholas de Longford 1418–1422 Sir Robert Lawrence 1423–1426 Richard Radcliffe 1426–1437 Robert Laurence of Ashton[5] 1439–1449 Sir John Byron of Clayton Hall [6] 1449–1461 Nicholas Byron
House of York 1461–1462 John Broughton of Broughton 1462–1464 Sir John Assheton of Ashton-under-Lyne 1464–1465 John Pilkington of Pilkington 1465–1466 Thomas Pilkington of Pilkington 1466–1473 Sir Robert Urswick of Urswick 1473–1480 Thomas Molyneux of Sefton 1480–1485 Sir Thomas Pilkington of Pilkington
House of Tudor
House of Stuart
Commonwealth
House of Stuart, restoration 1660 George Chetham of Clayton Hall 1661 Sir George Middleton of Leighton Hall , Carnforth 1663 John Girlington of Thurland Castle 1664 Thomas Preston of Holker, Furness[13] 12 November 1665: William Spencer,[14] of Ashton Hall 7 November 1666: Sir John Ardene,[15] of Harden 6 November 1667: Thomas Greenhalgh,[16] of Brandlesholme 6 November 1668: Thomas Greenhalgh,[17] of Brandlesholme 11 November 1669: Christopher Banastre[18] of Bank Hall , Bretherton 4 November 1670: Sir Henry Sclater,[19] of Light Oaks, near Leigh 9 November 1671: Sir Robert Bindlosse, 1st Baronet ,[20] of Borwick Hall , Carnforth 11 November 1672: Sir Robert Bindlosse, 1st Baronet ,[21] of Borwick Hall , Carnforth 12 November 1673: Sir Peter Brooke,[22] of Astley Hall 5 November 1674: Alexander Butterworth,[23] [24] of Belfield , Butterworth [25] 10 November 1676: Alexander Rigby,[26] [27] [28] of Layton, Poulton-le-Fylde 14 November 1678: Sir Roger Bradshaigh, 1st Baronet ,[29] of Haigh Hall , near Wigan 1 December 1679: William Johnson, of Rishton Grange, Clitheroe 30 October 1680: Lawrence Rawstane, of New Hall, Edenfield 1682–1683 Thomas Legh of Bank, Leyland 1684–1685 Peter Shakerley of Shakerley, Tyldesley 1686–1688 William Spencer of Ashton Hall 1689 John Birch of Birch Hall, Manchester 1690 Peter Bold of Bold, Warrington 1691 Alexander Rigby of Whittle-le-Woods and Layton, Liverpool 1692 Francis Lindley of Bowling Hall 1693 Thomas Rigby of Whittle-le-Woods 1694 Thomas Ashurst of Ashurst, near Wigan 1695 Richard Spencer of Preston 1696 Thomas Norreys of Speke Hall , Liverpool 1697 Roger Mainwaring of Clitheroe 1698 William West of Middleton, Near Heysham 1699 Robert Dukinfield of Dukinfield, Ashton-under-Lyne 1700 Thomas Rigby of Goosnargh 1701 William Hulme of Davyhulme, near Manchester 1702 Roger Nowell of Read Hall , Blackburn 1703 Peter Egerton of Shaw Hill, near Manchester 1704 George Birch then Thomas Birch of Birch Hall, Rusholme 1705 Richard Spencer of Preston 1706 Christopher Dauntesey of Agecroft
Part of the Kingdom of Great Britain
House of Stuart, restoration 1707 Edmund Cole of Beaumont Cote, Lancaster 1708 Myles Sandys of Graythwaite Hall , Furness 1709Roger Kirkby (died Feb 1709) of Kirby-Ireleth, Furness then Alexander Hesketh 1710 Robert Parker of Cuerden Hall 1711 Sir Thomas Standish of Duxbury Hall 1712 William Rawstorne of Edenfield and Penwortham 1713 Richard Valentine of Eccles 1714 William Farington of Leyland
House of Hanover 1715 Jonathan Blackburne of Orford Hall, Warrington 1716Thomas Crisp of Parbold, nr. Wigan 1717 Samuel Crooke of the Old Crook, Leyland 1718 Richard Norris of Speke Hall 1719 Thomas Stanley of Clitheroe 1720 Robert Mawdesley of Mawdesley, Near Ormskirk 1721 Benjamin Hoghton of Hoghton Tower 1722 Benjamin Gregge of Chamber Hall, near Oldham 1723Sir Edward Stanley of Bickerstaffe, near Ormskirk 1724 William Tatham of Ireby, near Kirkby Lonsdale 1725 Miles Sandy of Graythwaite Hall, Hawkeshead 1726 Edmund Hopwood of Hopwood Hall, Middleton 1727Daniel Wilson of Dalham Tower, near Milnthorpe 1728 Joseph Yates of Stanley House, Manchester 1729 William Greenhaigh of Myerscough, near Preston 1730 James Chetham of Smedley 1731 William Leigh of Westhoughton 1732 John Parker of Breightmet, near Bolton 1733 John Greaves of Culcheth, near Leigh 1734 William Bushell of Preston 1735 Arthur Hamilton of Liverpool 1736 Sir James Darcy Lever of Alkrington Hall , Manchester 1737 Thomas Horton of Chadderton Hall 1738 Samuel Chetham of Turton Tower and Castleton 1739 Sir Ralph Assheton of Middleton 1740 Roger Hesketh of North Meols, Southport 1741 Robert Dukinfield of Manchester 1742 Robert Bankes of Winstanley Hall , near Wigan 1743John Blackburne of Orford Hall, Warrington 1744 Robert Radclyffe of Foxdenton Hall, Chadderton 1745 Daniel Willis of Prescot 1746 William Shawe of Preston 1747 Samuel Birch of Ardwick (father of Samuel Birch (military officer) ) 1748 George Clarke of Hyde Hall, Manchester 1749 Rigby Molyneux of Preston 1750 Charles Stanley of Ormskirk 1751 James Fenton of Lancaster 1752 Richard Townley of Belfield Hall, Butterworth, Rochdale[30] 1753 John Bradshaw of Manchester 1754 Thomas Hesketh of Rufford Old Hall 1755 Thomas Johnson of Manchester 1756 James Barton of Penwortham, Preston 1757 James Bayley of Withington, Manchester 1758 Robert Gibson of Myerscough 1759 Richard Whitehead of Claughton, near Preston 1760 Samuel Hilton of Pennington, Leigh 1761 Sir William Farington of Shaw Hall, Leyland 1762 Thomas Braddyll of Conishead, Ulverston 1763 Thomas Blackburne of Hale and Orford Hall, Warrington 1764 Sir William Horton, 1st Baronet of Chadderton[31] 1765 John Walmesley of Wigan 1766 Edward Gregge of Oldham 1767 Alexander Butler of Kirkland Hall 1768Thomas Butterworth Bayley of Pendleton 1769Dorning Rasbotham of Farnworth 1770 Nicholas Ashton of Liverpool 1771 Sir Ashton Lever of Alkrington Hall Middleton 1772 William Cunliffe Shawe of Singleton Lodge, Preston 1773 Thomas Patten of Bank Hall, Warrington 1774 Geoffrey Hornby of Preston 1775 Sir Watts Horton, 2nd Baronet of Chadderton Hall[31] 1776 Lawrence Rawsthorne of Edenfield 1777 Samuel Clowes of Chorlton 1778Wilson Gale-Braddyll of Conishead 1779 John Clayton of Carr Hall, Little Harwood 1780 John Atherton of Walton Hall, Liverpool 1781John Blackburne of Orford Hall, Warrington 1782 Sir Frank Standish of Duxbury Hall 1783 James Whalley, later Sir James Whalley-Smythe-Gardiner, 2nd Baronet of Whalley[32] 1784 William Bankes of Wigan 1785 John Sparling of Liverpool 1786 Sir John Parker Mosley, 1st Baronet of Ancoats[32] 1787 William Bamford of Bury 1788 Edward Falkner of Liverpool 1789 William Hulton of Hulton Park, near Bolton 1790 Charles Gibson of Lancaster 1791 James Starky of Heywood, Lancashire 1792 William Assheton of Preston and Clitheroe 1793 Thomas Townley Parker of Preston[33] 1794Henry Philip Hoghton of Hoghton Tower and Walton 1795 Robinson Shuttleworth of Preston 1796 Richard Gwillym of Warrington 1797 Bold Fleetwood Hesketh of Southport 1798 John Entwistle of Rochdale 1799 Joseph Starkie of Oldham 1800 James Ackers of Liverpool
Part of the United Kingdom
House of Hanover 1801 Sir Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh of Rufford New Hall 1802 Robert Gregge Hopwood of Middleton 1803 Isaac Blackburne of Orford 1804 Thomas Lister Parker of Clitheroe 1805 Meyrick Holme Bankes of Wigan 12 February 1806: Le Gendre Piers Starkie, of Huntroyde Hall [34] 1807 Richard Crosse Legh of Shaw Hill , near Chorley 1808 Thomas Clayton of Carr Hill, Little Harwood 6 February 1809: Samuel Clowes, of Broughton Hall[35] 1810 William Hulton of Hulton Park; instigator of the Peterloo massacre [36] 14 February 1811: Samuel Chetham Hilton, of Moston Hall[37] 1812 Edward Greaves of Culcheth, near Leigh 1813 William Farington of Shaw Hall, Leyland 12 February 1814: Lawrence Rawstorne, of Penwortham Hall[38] 13 February 1815: Le Gendre Starkie, of Huntroyde Hall [39] 1816 William Townley of Townhead, near Ulverston 1817 Robert Townley Parker of Preston (son of Thomas Townley, HS 1893) 1818 Joseph Feilden of Witton House, near Blackburn 1819 John Walmesley of Castle Mere, Rochdale 1820 Robert Hesketh of Rossall Hall , Fleetwood 1821 Thomas Richmond Gale Braddyll of Conishead Priory , Ulverston 1822 James Shuttleworth of Barton, near Preston 1823 Thomas Greene of Slyne, near Lancaster and Whittington Hall 1824 John Entwistle of Foxholes, near Rochdale 1825 John Hargreaves, of Ormerod House, Burnley[40] 1826 James Penny Machell of Penny Bridge, over-Sands 1827 Charles Gibson of Quernmore Park , Lancaster 1828 Edmund Hornby of Dalton Hall, Burton, Westmorland 1829 Henry Bold Hoghton of Hoghton Tower 1830 Peter Hesketh , of Rossall Hall , Fleetwood;[41] landowner, developer[42] 1831 Peregrine Edward Towneley , of Towneley[43] 1832 George Richard Marton, of Capernwray Hall [44] 1833 Sir John Gerard, 12th Baronet, of Garswood and New Hall[45] 1834 Thomas Joseph Trafford , of Trafford Park;[46] (one of the first Roman Catholics appointed to public office after the repeal of the Test Acts ) 1835 Thomas Clifton, of Lytham Hall [47] 1836 Charles Standish, of Standish Hall [48] 1837 Thomas Bright Crosse, of Shaw Hill , near Chorley[49] 1838 William Blundell, of Crosby Hall [50] 1839 Charles Scarisbrick, of Scarisbrick [51] 1840 Thomas Fitzherbert Brockholes of Claughton Hall, near Preston 1841 Sir Thomas Bernard Birch of Liverpool 1842 Thomas Robert Wilson France of Rawcliffe Hall 1843 William Garnett of Lancaster and Salford 1844 John Fowden Hindle of Woodfold Park, near Blackburn 1845 Pudsey Dawson the younger, of Hornby Castle [52] 1846 William Standish Standish, of Duxbury Hall [53] 1847 William Gale, of Lightburne House, Ulverstone[54] 1848 Thomas George Hesketh of Rufford New Hall 1849 John Smith Entwistle of Foxholes, Rochdale 1850 Clement Royds, of Mount Falinge, Rochdale[55] 1851 Thomas Percival Heywood of Pendleton 1852 Thomas Weld-Blundell of Ince Blundell, near Liverpool 1853 John Talbot Clifton of Lytham Hall 1854 Richard Fort of Read Hall , Clitheroe 1855 John Pemberton Heywood of Liverpool 1856 Robert Needham Philips of Prestwich[56] 1857 Charles Towneley of Burnley 1858 George Marton , of Capernwray Hall [57] 1859 Sir Robert Tolver Gerard of Ashton in Makerfield 1860 Henry Garnett of Wyreside, Lancaster 1861 Sir Humphrey de Trafford of Manchester 1862 William Allen Francis Saunders of Wennington Hall , near Lancaster 1863 Sir William Brown, Bt of Liverpool; politician and philanthropist[citation needed ] 1864 Sir James Phillips Kay-Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe Hall 1865 William Preston of Ellel Grange, near Lancaster 1866 Sir Elkanah Armitage of Manchester[58] 1867 Thomas Dicconson of Wigan 1868 Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie of Huntroyde Hall 1869 Benjamin Heywood Jones 1870 Henry F. Rigge of Wood Broughton, Grange-over-Sands 1871 Sir James Watts of Cheadle 1872 Thomas Wrigley of Bury 1873 Sir James Ramsden of Barrow-in-Furness 1874 Richard Smethurst of Chorley 1875 John Pearson of Newton-le-Willows[59] 1876 Oliver Ormerod Walker of Bury[60] 1877 George Blucher Heneage Marton of Capernwray Hall [61] 1878 Nathaniel Eckersley of Standish Hall, Wigan[62] 1879 William Garnett of Quernmore Park , Lancaster 1880 Ralph John Aspinall of Clitheroe 1881 William Foster of Hornby Castle 1882 George McCorquodale of Newton-le-Willows; industrialist 1883 Thomas Ashton of Didsbury, Manchester 1884 Thomas Brooks, 1st Baron Crawshaw of Rawtenstall; peer and landowner[63] 1885 James Williamson of Lancaster; politician 1886 Sir Andrew Barclay Walker of Gateacre, near Liverpool 1887 Sir John Thursby of Burnley 1888 Oliver Heywood of Claremont, Manchester 1889 Clement Molyneux Royds of Greehill, Rochdale – twice member of Parliament for the Borough 1890 Charles Henry Bird of Cockerham 1891 George Theophilus Robert Preston replaced by Colonel William Foster of Hornby Castle [64] 1892 John Knowles of Pendlebury 1893 Sir Thomas Storey of Lancaster; farmer and landowner[65] 1894 Joshua W. Radcliffe of Oldham 1895 Frank Hardcastle of Bolton 1896 Sir Peter Carlew Walker of Liverpool 1897 Samuel Radcliffe Platt of Oldham 1898 William Balle Huntington of Darwen 1899 William Charles Jones of Bold, Warrington 1900 Frederick Baynes of Samlesbury Hall , near Preston [66]
House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1901 Charles Hesketh Bibby-Hesketh, of the Rockery, North Meols, Southport (later Charles Hesketh Fleetwood-Hesketh)[67] 1902 Arthur Knowles, of Westwood, Pendlebury , and of Alvaston Hall, Nantwich [68] 1903 Henry Whitehead of Bury 1904 Herbert Lushington Storey of Lancaster[69] 1905 Sir John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby of Burnley[70] 1906 Edward Tootal Broadhurst of Congleton[71] 1907 Sir William Henry Tate of Woolton 1908 Sir Thomas Brocklebank of Liverpool[72] 1909 Sir William Bower Forwood of Bromborough[73] 1910 Reginald Arthur Tatton of Preston 1911 Sir George Augustus Pilkington of Southport 1912 John Stone of Roby, Liverpool 1913 John William Makant of Bolton 1914 John Henry Maden of Rockcliffe House, Bacup[74] 1915 Edward Graham Wood of Southport 1916 Percy John Hibbert of Hampsfield, Grange-over-Sands
House of Windsor 1917 Sir William Hesketh Lever of Rivington, Bolton; industrialist[75] 1918 Col. George Hesketh of Bolton.[76] 1919 Sir Ralph Cockayne Assheton, Bt , of Downham Hall, Clitheroe[77] 1920 Edward Deakin of Linwood, Astley Bridge, Bolton 1921 George Hildyard Bankes of Winstanley Hall , Wigan 1922 Myles Kennedy of Stone Cross, Ulverston 1923 Sir Benjamin Sands Johnson of Abbot's Lea, Woolton, Liverpool[78] 1924 Arthur Moore Lamb of Eskdale, Birkdale 1925 George Owen Sandys of Graythwaite Hall , Hawkshead 1926 John Percy Taylor of Woodside, Heaton, Bolton.[79] 1927 Sir James Philip Reynolds, Bt , of Levens Hall , Westmorland 1928 Sir Arthur Meyrick Hollins of The Coppice, Ribbleton, Preston 1929 Charles Sydney Jones of Eastborne, Princes Park, Liverpool 1930 Samuel Turner of Bamford, Rochdale 1931 Sir Frederick Charles Bowring of Sefton Park, Liverpool 1932 Austin Townsend Porritt of Stubbins, near Bury 1933 Arthur Samuel Mitchell of West Didsbury, Manchester 1934 Sir Thomas Edward Higham of Bank House, Accrington 1935 Myles Noel Kenyon of Bury 1936 Thomas Stone of Roby 1937 William James Garnett of Quernmore Park , Lancaster 1938 Charles Eastwood of Moss House, Leyland 1939 Colonel Alan Cecil Tod of Maryton Grange, Allerton, Liverpool 1940 Edmund Barwick Clegg of Shore, Littleborough 1941 William James Garnett of Quernmore Park, Lancaster 1942 Francis Joseph Weld of Weld Road, Birkdale 1943 Sir William Fawell Ascroft of Preston 1944 Edwin Thompson, of Fulwood Park, Liverpool 1945 Colonel Sir Henry Darlington of Melling Hall, Carnforth 1946 Sir Percy Macdonald of Manchester 1947 Lt.-Col. Roger Fleetwood of Meols Hall , Southport 1948 Sir Robert Rankin, 1st Baronet of Broughton Tower, Broughton in Furness[80] 1949 Col. Wilfred Hugh Burton Rowley Kennedy 1950 Sir Harold Parkinson, of Burnley and Hornby Castle , nr Lancaster[81] 1951 Francis Grundy of Prestwich, nr Manchester 1952 Col. Sir John Reynolds, of Liverpool[82] 1953 Maj. Mervyn Sandys of Graythwaite Hall , nr Ulverston[83] 1954 Col. Leonard Green of The Manor House, Whalley[84] 1955 Sir Cuthbert Barwick Clegg of Higher Shore House, Littleborough; industrialist, chairman of the Cotton Spinners' and Manufacturers' Association.[85] 1956 Col. Vere Egerton Cotton of Langdale, Grassendale Park, Liverpool 1957 Alan Storey of Lancaster[86] 1958 Col. Robert Goulbourne Parker of Browsholme, Clitheroe[87] 1959 Eric A Carpenter of Manchester [88] 1960 Charles Peter Fleetwood Hesketh of Manor House, Hale 1961 Col. Walter M Musgrave-Hoyle of Caton, Lancaster[89] 1962 Col. Geoffrey George Hargreaves Bolton of Littlemoor House, Clitheroe[90] 1963 Sir Frank Lord of Werneth, Oldham[91] 1964 Brigadier Philip John Denton Toosey of Liverpool[92] 1965 Lt. Col. Henry Cary Owtram of Newland Hall, Lancaster[93] 1966 Col. Frederick William Jones of Lytham[94] 1967 Col. Robert Ward Greenhaigh of Bolton[95] 1968 Albert Wild of Preston[96] 1969 Brigadier Sir Douglas Inglis Crawford of Fernlea, Mossey Hill[97] 1970 Col. Henry John Darlington of Halton, nr Lancaster[98] 1971 Simon Towneley of Dyneley[99] 1972 Lt. Col. Joshua Geoffrey Barber-Lomax of Turton[100] 1973 Henry Lumby of Ormskirk[101] 1974 Col. Denis Arthur Sydenham Houghton of Broughton, Preston[102] 1975 Maj. Basil Greenwood of Whalley[103] 1976 Geoffrey Price Bowring of Halton Park; farmer and landowner[65] 1977 Maj. Stanley Ryde Riddiough of Colne[104] 1978 Col. Michael Albert Astley Birtwistle of Tunstall[105] 1979 Cyril Joseph Ainscough of Parbold[106] 1980 David Israel Goldstone[107] replaced by Edward Anthony Nickson of Lytham 1981 Sidney Roy Fisher of Whittle-le-Woods[108] 1982 Alexander Fordyce of Feniscowles 1983 Leonard Broughton of Blackpool 1984 Peter John James Wren of Whittle-le-Woods 1985 Edmund Christopher Parker of Browsholme, Clitheroe 1986 Edward Chambre Dickson of Goosnargh, Preston 1987 Robert Priestley Shepherd of Rossendale 1988 John Frederick Greenhough of Lytham[109] 1989 Charles Joseph Weld-Blundell[110] 1990 Patrick William Townsend of Gisburn[111] 1991 John Renshaw Holt of Tatham[112] 1992 Keith Ainsworth Gledhill of Marton[113] 1993 Robert Rainey Craik of Mawdesley[114] 1994 Judith Josa Duckworth of Bleasdale[115] 1995 Ralph William Goodall of Hoghton[116] 1996 Timothy Roy Henry Kimber of Newton Hall[117] 1997 Sir David Austin Trippier of Dowry Head, Helmshore[118] 1998 Charles Anthony Beresford Brennan of Hoghton[119] 1999 Lady Shuttleworth of Leck [120] 2000 Rodney Newman Swarbrick of Longridge[121] 2001 Gloria Oates[122] 2002 Thomas Geoffrey Bowring of Halton, Lancaster 2003 Bryan Mark Gray[123] 2004 Gail Simpson Stanley[124] 2005 James Christopher Armfield [113] [125] [126] 2006 Peter Robinson[127] 2007 Ruth Roderick Winterbottom of Caton, nr Lancaster[128] 2008 Colonel Ewart Alan Jolley[129] 2009 Caroline Susan Reynolds of Carnforth[130] 2010 Dennis George Mendoros of Foulridge[131] 2011 Peter Mileham 2012 Michael Jeremy Gorick of Fulwood, Preston[132] 2013: Letitia Ann Dean[133] 2014: Dr Barry Johnson of Preston[133] 2015: Amanda Parker of Browsholme Hall , Clitheroe[134] 2016: John Morris Barnett, of Blackpool[135] 2017: Robert Mitchel Webb, of Arkholme[136] 2018: Anthony John William Attard, of Preston [137] 2019: Ralph Christopher Assheton of Clitheroe[138] 2020: Catherine Penny of Dutton Hall, Ribchester[139] 2021: Edwin John Booth Osbaldeston [140] 2022: Martin John Ainscough of Parbold Hall[141]
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