The Office of High Sheriff of Greater Manchester is the ceremonial position of High Sheriff appointed to Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in North West England. The appointment is made by the British monarch, in their capacity as Duke of Lancaster, by pricking the Lites. Created in 1974, the High Sheriff of Greater Manchester has the duty to "protect and assist in upholding the dignity and well being of His Majesty's judges and to represent the Queens executive powers in respect of the administration of justice in the county".
The Office of High Sheriff is normally awarded to people of stature in Greater Manchester who have significantly and positively contributed in some way to the county's community either through voluntary work or through commerce or industry. The High Sheriff of Greater Manchester holds the post for one year and automatically becomes an ex officio trustee of the Greater Manchester High Sheriff's Police Trust during their year of office.
In addition to the role of "Keeper of The King's Peace in the County", foremost duties include looking after the High Court judges when they are sitting in the Manchester Crown Court. However, much of the administration being undertaken by an undersheriff. The post is granted in a ceremony at one of Greater Manchester's Town halls or other prominent venues in April each year.
List of sheriffs Each High Sheriff begins their year in office on 1 April. Year Sheriff 1974 Sir Neville Butterworth 1975 Douglas Edwards of Mere 1976 Colonel Sir Richard Dawnay Martin-Bird 1977 Vernon Stott of Greenfield, Oldham 1978 Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw 1979 Major Ralph Leslie Stanford Raffles of Dene Road, Manchester 1980 David Israel Goldstone of Elm Road, Didsbury, Manchester 1981 Colonel Donald Edwin Gibbs of Alkrington, Middleton 1982 John Nightingale 1983 Angela Fishwick 1984 Bartle Hodgkiss of Lostock, Bolton 1985 Col. Tom Sherman * 1986 Col. Sir John Timmins 1987 Col. Arthur Axford 1988 Alan William Guest of Alderley Edge 1989 Col. William M. Elder of Lymm, Cheshire 1990 Norman Quick of Altrincham 1991 David Wilson 1992 Samuel Jack Victor Arditti of Dunham Belfry, Bowdon 1993 Lawrence Duncan Lawton of Greenfield, Oldham 1994 Sir John Zochonis 1995 Edmund Gartside 1996 Mary Flora MacKinnon Firth 1997 Warren J. Smith 1998 John Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford 1999 Norman K. Stoller 2000 Major John Noel Abbott of Alderley Edge 2001 Lady Joyce Montgomery 2002 Sir Netar Mallick 2003 Sue Hodgkiss 2004 Robert Eric Hough 2005 Sir David Wilmot 2006 Alexandra Burslem 2007 Michael Oglesby 2008 Edith Conn 2009 Christian Wewer 2010 Anil Ruia of Didsbury 2011 Christine Lee-Jones 2012 George Almond of Bromley Cross, Bolton 2013 Paul Griffiths of Lower Peover, Knutsford 2014 Paul Lee of Stanton Avenue, Didsbury 2015 Sharman Birtles of Audenshaw 2016 Joy Smith, Lady Smith of Leigh 2017 Kui Man Gerry Yeung 2018 Dr Robina Shah 2019 Mark Adlestone 2020 Eamonn O'Neal 2021 Diane Hawkins 2022 Lorraine Worsley-Carter 2023 Mary-Elizabeth WalkerDUCHY OF LANCASTER 2024 Eamonn O'Neal 2025 Martin Ainscough2026Mark Llewellin
See also Greater Manchester Police Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester
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References
External links The Greater Manchester High Sheriff's Police Trust The Association of High Sheriffs