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High Sheriff
A high sheriff is, or was, a law enforcement officer in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.In England and Wales, the office is unpaid and partly ceremonial, appointed by the Crown through a warrant from the Privy Council. In Cornwall, the High Sheriff is appointed by the Duke of...

s of Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...

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Until the 14th century the shrievalty was held ex officio by the castellan
Castellan
A castellan was the governor or captain of a castle. The word stems from the Latin Castellanus, derived from castellum "castle". Also known as a constable.-Duties:...

s of Old Sarum
Old Sarum
Old Sarum is the site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury, in England. The site contains evidence of human habitation as early as 3000 BC. Old Sarum is mentioned in some of the earliest records in the country...

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To 1400

  • 1066: Edric
  • 1067-1070: Philippe de Buckland
  • 1085: Aiulphus the Sheriff
  • 1070–1105: Edward of Salisbury
    Edward of Salisbury
    Edward of Salisbury was a nobleman and courtier , probably part Anglo-Saxon, who served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire during the reigns of William I, William II and Henry I....

  • 1119: Edward D'eureux
  • ????: Walter FitzEdward of_Salisbury
  • 1130: Warin de Lisures or Lisoriis
  • ????: "William the Late Sheriff", so called in 1155
  • 1152-1159: Patrick of Salisbury, 1st Earl of Salisbury
    Patrick of Salisbury, 1st Earl of Salisbury
    Patrick of Salisbury, 1st Earl of Salisbury was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, and the uncle of the famous William Marshal.His parents were Walter of Salisbury and Sibilla de Chaworth. Before 1141, Patrick was constable of Salisbury, a powerful local official but not a nobleman...

  • 1160-1162: Richard Clericus (Richard de Wilton)
  • 1163: Milo de Dauntesey
  • 1164-1181: Richard de Wilton or de Wilteshire
  • 1181: Michael Belet and Robert Malde (Mauduit)
  • 1182: ditto 1181 and Roger Fitz Renfr
  • 1183-1187: Robert Mauduit
  • 1189: Hugh Bardolf
  • 1190: William of Salisbury, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
    William of Salisbury, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
    William of Salisbury, 2nd Earl of Salisbury was an Anglo-Norman peer. Though he is generally known as such, his proper title was Earl of Wiltshire, which title was conferred on his father by the Empress Maud around 1143...

    , son of Patrick
    Patrick of Salisbury, 1st Earl of Salisbury
    Patrick of Salisbury, 1st Earl of Salisbury was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, and the uncle of the famous William Marshal.His parents were Walter of Salisbury and Sibilla de Chaworth. Before 1141, Patrick was constable of Salisbury, a powerful local official but not a nobleman...

  • 1191: Robert de Tregoz
  • 1192: William D'eureux (as above)
  • 1193-1197: William D'eureux (as above) and Thomas his son
  • 1197–1198: Stephen of Thornham
    Stephen of Thornham
    Stephen of Thornham was a British justice and administrator. He was the son of Robert of Thornham, a Kentish landowner, and the older brother of Robert of Thornham, and first came to official attention in 1170 when, along with his father, he acted as a benefactor to Combwell Priory...

     and Alexander de Ros
  • 1199: Stephen of Thornham
    Stephen of Thornham
    Stephen of Thornham was a British justice and administrator. He was the son of Robert of Thornham, a Kentish landowner, and the older brother of Robert of Thornham, and first came to official attention in 1170 when, along with his father, he acted as a benefactor to Combwell Priory...

     and Wandragesil de Courselles
  • 1200-1203: William Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and Robert de Berneres
  • 1207: Geoffrey de Neville
  • 1210: Robert de Veteriponte
    Robert de Vieuxpont
    Robert de Vieuxpont or Robert de Veteriponte was an Anglo-Norman landowner and administrator in the north of England.He was born the younger son of William de Vieuxpont and his wife Maud de Morville....

     jointly with ?
  • 1211-1212: Robert de Veteriponte
    Robert de Vieuxpont
    Robert de Vieuxpont or Robert de Veteriponte was an Anglo-Norman landowner and administrator in the north of England.He was born the younger son of William de Vieuxpont and his wife Maud de Morville....

  • 1215–1225: William Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (died in office)
  • 1226: Simon de Hal
  • 1227: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury and John Dacus
  • 1228: John of Monmouth and Walter de Bumesey
  • 1229–1230: John of Monmouth
  • 1231–1234: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury and John Dacus
  • 1235: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury and Robert de Hogesham
  • 1236: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury
  • 1237: William Gerebred / Robert de Hogesham
  • 1238–1239: Robert de Hogesham
  • 1240–1245: Nicholas de Haversham
  • 1246–1248: Nicholas de Lusteshull
  • 1249–1252: William de Tynchiden
  • 1253–1254: William de Tenhide and son John
  • 1255–1257: John de Verund
  • 1258–1259: John de Verund and Geoffrey Scudamor
  • 1260: John de Verund
  • 1261–1263: Rad. Cussell
  • 1264: Rad. de Aungers and John de Aungers
  • 1265: Rad. de Aungers
  • 1266–1270: William de Duy and Stephen de Edworth
  • 1271: Stephen de Edwarth and Walter de Strichesley
  • 1272–1274: Walter de Strichesley
  • 1275–1280: Hildebrand of London
  • 1281-1288: John de Wotton
  • 1289-1290: Richard de Combe
  • 1291–1295: Thomas de St Omero
  • 1296–1298: Walter Pavely
  • 1299-1300: John of Newtown
  • 1301-1303:John of Hertinger
  • 1304: Henry of Cobham
  • 1305-1306: John de Gerberge
  • 1307: Andreas de Grimstead
  • 1308–1309: Alex Cheverell and John de Sto Laudo
  • 1310: William de Harden

  • 1311: Adam Walrand
  • 1312–1313: Adam Walrand and John Kingston
  • 1314: John de Holt and Sir Philip de la Beche
  • 1315–1316: Sir Philip de la Beche
  • 1317–1319: Walter de Risum
  • 1320–1321: Adam de Tichbourne and Adam Walrand
  • 1322:
  • 1323–1325: Sir Adam Walrand
  • 1327: Sir Adam Walrand
  • 1328: Sir Philip de la Beche
  • 1329–1331: Sir John Manduit
  • 1332:
  • 1333: John Manduit and William Randolph
  • 1334: John Tichbourne and John Manduit
  • 1335–1336: Gilbert de Berewik and Reginald de Pauley
  • 1337: Sir Peter Doynel and Gilbert de Berewik
  • 1338–1340: John Manduit
  • 1341: Thomas de Sto Mauro and Robert Lokes
  • 1342–1344: John Manduit
  • 1345-1346: John Roches
  • 1347: John Roches and Thomas Semor
  • 1348–1350: Robert Russell
  • 1350:
  • 1351–1353: Thomas de la River
  • 1354: John Everard of Stratford-sub-Castle
  • 1355-1360: Thomas Hungerford
  • 1361–1366: Henry Sturmy
  • 1367–1671: Walter de Haywood
  • 1672: William de Worston
  • 1673: Henry Sturmy
  • 1674: John Dauntsey
  • 1375: Sir John Delamare
    John Delamare
    Sir John Delamare was a knight at the court of King Edward III of England and the builder of Nunney Castle in Somerset.He gained permission to turn his manor house at Nunney into Nunney Castle in 1373...

  • 1376–1377: Hugo Cheyne
  • 1378: Peter de Cusaunce and William de Worston
  • 1379–1380: Rad. de Norton
  • 1381: Laurence de Sco. Martino and Hugo Cheyne
  • 1382: Nicholas Woodhall
  • 1383: Sir Bernard Brocas
  • 1384–1385: John Lancaster
  • 1386–1387: John Salesbury
  • 1388–1389: Hugo Cheyne
  • 1390: Richard Mawardin
  • 1391: John Roches
  • 1392: Robert Dyneley
  • 1393: John Goweyn
  • 1394: Richard Mawardin
  • 1395: John Moigne
  • 1396: Thomas Bonham
  • 1397–1399: Richard Mawardin

15th century

  • 1400: John Dauntsey
  • 1401: William Worston and John Gawayne
  • 1402: William Cheyne
  • 1403–1404: Walter Beauchamp
    Walter Beauchamp
    Sir Walter Beauchamp was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between March and May 1416.He was probably the second son of Sir John Beauchamp of Powick, Worcestershire. He entered into the service of Henry IV and became an esquire in the royal household...

  • 1405: Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford
    Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford
    Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford KG was an English knight, landowner, from 1400 to 1414 Member of the House of Commons, of which he became Speaker, then was an Admiral and peer....

  • 1406: Rad. Grene
  • 1407: Walter Beauchamp
    Walter Beauchamp
    Sir Walter Beauchamp was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between March and May 1416.He was probably the second son of Sir John Beauchamp of Powick, Worcestershire. He entered into the service of Henry IV and became an esquire in the royal household...

  • 1408: Robert Corbet
  • 1409: William Cheyne
  • 1410: John Berkley
  • 1411: Thomas Bonham
  • 1413: Sir Elias Delamere, Kt., of Fisherton Delamere
    Fisherton Delamere
    Fisherton Delamere, also spelt Fisherton de la Mere and Fisherton Delamare, is a small village and former civil parish on the River Wylye, Wiltshire, England....

  • 1414: Henry Thorpe of Newton Toney
  • 1415: Thomas Calstone of Littlecote
    Littlecote House
    Littlecote House is a large Elizabethan country house and estate in the civil parishes of Ramsbury and Chilton Foliat in the English county of Wiltshire near to Hungerford. The estate includes 34 hectares of historic parklands and gardens, including a walled garden from the 17th and 18th centuries...

     and Upton Lovell
    Upton Lovell
    Upton Lovell is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is situated on the A36, near Warminster, and by the River Wylye.-History:Upton Lovell is an ancient settlement, with a medieval Church of England parish church dedicated Saint Peter...

  • 1416: Robert Andrewe
  • 1417: William Finderne
  • 1418: Sir William Sturmy
    William Esturmy
    Sir William Esturmy or Sturmy was hereditary Warden of Savernake Forest, a Knight of the Shire and Speaker of the House of Commons....

    , of Wulfhall
    Wulfhall
    Wulfhall or Wolfhall is an early 17th century manor house and the site of a deserted medieval village in the civil parish of Burbage , on the edge of Savernake Forest, in the English county of Wiltshire...

  • 1419: Thomas Ringwood, of Loveraz Coulesfield
  • 1420–1421: William Darell, of Littlecote
  • 1422: William Darell, of Littlecote (see 1420)
  • 1423: Sir Robert Shotesbrook, Kt
  • 1424: William Finderne
  • 1425: Walter Pauncefoot
  • 1426: John Stourton
    John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton
    John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton was an English soldier and politician.-Life:He was born at Witham Friary, Somerset, the son of Sir William de Stourton , Speaker of the House of Commons, and Elizabeth Moigne.Stourton served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1426, 1433 and 1437, Somerset and Dorset...

    , of Stourton
  • 1427: William Darell, of Littlecote (see 1420)
  • 1428: John Pawlet, of Fisherton Delamere
  • 1429: Sir John Bayntun Kt, of Fallersdon
  • 1430: David Cervington, of Longford Castle
    Longford Castle
    Longford Castle is located on the banks of the River Avon south of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.In 1573 Thomas Gorges, of Langford acquired the manor , which was originally owned by the Cervingtons. Prior to this the existing mansion house had been damaged by fire...

  • 1431: Sir John Seymour
    John Seymour (died 1464)
    Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, and of Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset was an English knight and member of parliament.-Life:He was the son of Roger Seymour Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, and of Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset (c. 1395, c. 1400 or 1402...

     of Wulfhall
    Wulfhall
    Wulfhall or Wolfhall is an early 17th century manor house and the site of a deserted medieval village in the civil parish of Burbage , on the edge of Savernake Forest, in the English county of Wiltshire...

  • 1432: Walter Strickland
  • 1433: Sir John Stourton
    John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton
    John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton was an English soldier and politician.-Life:He was born at Witham Friary, Somerset, the son of Sir William de Stourton , Speaker of the House of Commons, and Elizabeth Moigne.Stourton served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1426, 1433 and 1437, Somerset and Dorset...

    , of Stourton (see 1426)
  • 1434: Sir Stephen Popham Kt.
  • 1435: Edmund or Edward Hungerford
  • 1436: William Beauchamp
  • 1437: Sir John Stourton
    John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton
    John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton was an English soldier and politician.-Life:He was born at Witham Friary, Somerset, the son of Sir William de Stourton , Speaker of the House of Commons, and Elizabeth Moigne.Stourton served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1426, 1433 and 1437, Somerset and Dorset...

     (see 1426)
  • 1438: Sir John Lisle Kt
  • 1439: John St Loe
  • 1440: John Norris
  • 1441: Richard Restwold
  • 1442: William Beauchamp
  • 1443: Sir John Bainton, of Falstone and of Shaw near Melksham
    Melksham
    Melksham is a medium-sized English town, lying on the River Avon. It lies in the county of Wiltshire.It is situated southeast of the city of Bath, south of Chippenham, west of Devizes and north of Warminster on the A350 national route. The 2001 UK census cited Melksham as having 20,000...

  • 1444: John Basket of Lydiard Millicent
    Lydiard Millicent
    Lydiard Millicent is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about west of the centre of Swindon.The village has a primary school and a parish hall and recreation field...

  • 1445: William Restwold
  • 1446: William Stafford
  • 1447: William Beauchamp
  • 1448: John Norreys
  • 1449: Philip Baynard, of Lackham
  • 1450: Sir John Seymour
    John Seymour (1425–1463)
    John Seymour of Stapleford in Wilton, Wiltshire, and of Wulfhall in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.-Life:...

     of Wulfhall
    Wulfhall
    Wulfhall or Wolfhall is an early 17th century manor house and the site of a deserted medieval village in the civil parish of Burbage , on the edge of Savernake Forest, in the English county of Wiltshire...

  • 1451: John Nanson
  • 1452: Edward Stradling, of Dauntsey
    Dauntsey
    Dauntsey is a small village in the county of Wiltshire in England. It gives its name to the Dauntsey Vale in which it lies and takes its name from Saxon for Dantes- eig, or Dante's island...

  • 1453: John Willoughby, of Brooke Hall near Westbury
    Westbury, Wiltshire
    Westbury is a town and civil parish in the west of the English county of Wiltshire, most famous for the Westbury White Horse.-Name:The most likely origin of the West- in Westbury is simply that the town is near the western edge of the county of Wiltshire, the bounds of which have been much the same...

  • 1454: George Darell, of Littlecote
  • 1455: Sir Reginald Stourton Kt.
    Reginald Stourton
    -Life:He was the second son of John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton and Margery or Marjory Wadham.He was knighted and became High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1455-1456 and 1462-1463....

     of Stourton
    Stourton
    -Places:*Stourton, Staffordshire*Stourton, Warwickshire*Stourton, Leeds, area of Leeds, West Yorkshire*Stourton, Wiltshire*Stourton Caundle, Dorset*Stourton Park, home of Stourbridge R.F.C.-People:*Barony of Stourton*Edward Stourton , BBC presenter...

  • 1456: Henry Long of Wraxall

  • 1457: Sir John Seymour
    John Seymour (1425–1463)
    John Seymour of Stapleford in Wilton, Wiltshire, and of Wulfhall in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.-Life:...

     of Wulfhall
    Wulfhall
    Wulfhall or Wolfhall is an early 17th century manor house and the site of a deserted medieval village in the civil parish of Burbage , on the edge of Savernake Forest, in the English county of Wiltshire...

  • 1458: Hugh Pilkenham or Pekenham
  • 1459: John Ferris, of Blunsdon St Andrew's
    Blunsdon
    Broad Blunsdon is a village in the Borough of Swindon, England, about north of Swindon itself.Together with the nearby villages of Blunsdon St Andrew and adjoining Lower Blunsdon, the settlement is usually known simply as Blunsdon...

  • 1461: George Darell
  • 1462–1463: Sir Reginald Stourton Kt.
    Reginald Stourton
    -Life:He was the second son of John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton and Margery or Marjory Wadham.He was knighted and became High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1455-1456 and 1462-1463....

     of Stourton
    Stourton
    -Places:*Stourton, Staffordshire*Stourton, Warwickshire*Stourton, Leeds, area of Leeds, West Yorkshire*Stourton, Wiltshire*Stourton Caundle, Dorset*Stourton Park, home of Stourbridge R.F.C.-People:*Barony of Stourton*Edward Stourton , BBC presenter...

     (see 1456)
  • 1464: Sir Roger Tocotes Kt.
  • 1465: Sir George Darell Kt.
  • 1466: Sir Thomas de la Mare
  • 1467: Christopher Wolsley
  • 1468: Sir Richard Darell Kt.
  • 1469: Sir George Darell Kt.
  • 1470: Sir Laurence Raynsford Kt.
  • 1471: Sir Roger Tocotes Kt.
  • 1472: Sir Maurice Berkeley Kt.
  • 1473: Sir John Willoughby Kt.
  • 1474: William Collingbourne
  • 1475: Henry Long of Wraxall
  • 1476: Walter Bonham
  • 1477: Edward Hartgill
  • 1478: John Mompesson, of Bathampton Wyly
  • 1479: Walter Hungerford
    Walter Hungerford of Farleigh
    Sir Walter Hungerford of Farleigh fought for Henry VII at the Battle of Bosworth Field. He served on the Privy Council for both Henry VII and Henry VIII.-Biography:...

    , of Farley Castle
  • 1480: Charles Bulkeley
  • 1481: William Collingbourne
  • 1482: John Mompesson
  • 1483: Henry Long of Wraxall
  • 1484: Edward Hartgill
  • 1485: Sir Roger Tocotes Kt.
  • 1486: John Wroughton, of Broad Hinton
  • 1487: Sir John Turberville Kt. (? of Bere Regis
    Bere Regis
    Bere Regis is a village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated north-west of Wareham.The village has one shop, a post office and two pubs, The Royal Oak and The Drax Arms. The parish church is St. John the Baptist Church...

    , Dorset
    Dorset
    Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...

    )
  • 1488: Thomas Vinour
  • 1489: Sir Edward Darell Kt., of Littlecote
    Littlecote House
    Littlecote House is a large Elizabethan country house and estate in the civil parishes of Ramsbury and Chilton Foliat in the English county of Wiltshire near to Hungerford. The estate includes 34 hectares of historic parklands and gardens, including a walled garden from the 17th and 18th centuries...

  • 1490: Constantius Darell
  • 1491: John Lye, of Flamstone in Bishopstone
  • 1492: John Yorke of Helthrop, near Ramsbury
    Ramsbury
    Ramsbury is a village in Ramsbury and Axford civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. The village is in the Kennet Valley near the Berkshire boundary. The nearest towns are Hungerford about east and Marlborough about west. The much larger town of Swindon is about to the north.The civil...

  • 1493: Sir Edward Darell (see 1489)
  • 1494: Richard Puddesey
  • 1495: Constantius Darell
  • 1496: George Chaderton
  • 1497: Sir Edward Darell
  • 1498: Sir George Seymour Kt.
    Sir George Seymour
    -Life:He was a younger son of John Seymour and Elizabeth Coker or Croker.He was High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1498....

  • 1499: Sir John Huddlestone Kt.
  • 1500: Sir Thomas Long Kt., of South Wraxall and Draycot


16th century

  • 1501: John Yorke
  • 1502: Sir William Callaway
  • 1503: Sir John Danvers Kt., of Dauntsey
  • 1504: John Ernle, of Echilhampton
  • 1505: John Gawayne, of Norrington
  • 1506: Sir Thomas Long Kt. (see 1500)
  • 1507: Sir John Seymour Kt. of Wulfhall
  • 1508: John Mompesson
  • 1509: Sir Edward Darell Kt.
  • 1510: Sir Walter Hungerford Kt.
  • 1511: Sir Henry Long Kt.
  • 1512: Sir Christopher Wroughton Kt., of Broad Hinton
  • 1513: Sir John Danvers Kt., of Dauntsey
  • 1514: William Bonham, of Bonham, at Stourton and Great Wishford
  • 1515: Sir John Scrope Kt., of Castle Combe and Oxendon
  • 1516: Sir Nicholas Wadham Kt., of Merefield near Ilminster
  • 1517: Sir Edward Hungerford Kt.
  • 1518: Sir John Seymour Kt. of Wulfhall (see 1507)
  • 1519: Sir Edward Darell Kt.
  • 1520: John Skilling, of Draycot Folliot
  • 1521: John Erneley, of Burton
  • 1522: Sir Edward Bayntun Kt., of Bromham
  • 1523: Thomas Yorke
  • 1524: Sir John Seymour Kt. of Wulfhall (see 1518)
  • 1525: Sir Henry Long Kt.
  • 1526: Sir John Bourchier Kt.
  • 1527: Sir Anthony Hungerford Kt., of Down Amney
  • 1528: John Erneley
  • 1529: John Horsey, of Martin
  • 1530: Thomas Yorke
  • 1531: Thomas Bonham, of Great Wishford
  • 1532: John Erneley
  • 1533: Sir Walter Hungerford Kt., of Farley Castle
  • 1534: Robert Baynard, of Lackham
  • 1535: Thomas Yorke (see 1530)
  • 1536: Sir Henry Long Kt. (see 1525)
  • 1537: Sir John Brydges Kt.
    John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos
    John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos was an English Member of Parliament and later peer. His name is also sometimes spelt Bruges....

  • 1538: Sir Anthony Hungerford Kt. (see 1527)
  • 1539: John Erneley, of Cannings
  • 1540: Edward Mompesson
  • 1541: Sir Henry Long Kt. (See 1525)
  • 1542: John Mervyn, of Fonthill Giffard
  • 1543: John Erneley, of Cannings
  • 1544: Robert Hungerford, of Cadenham
  • 1545: Charles Bulkeley
  • 1546: Richard Scrope, of Castle Combe
  • 1547: Richard Scrope, of Castle Combe
  • 1547: Silvester Danvers, of Dauntsey
  • 1548: Ambrose Dauntsey
  • 1549: John Bonham
  • 1550: John Mervyn
  • 1551: Sir James Stumpe Kt., of Charlton

  • 1552: Sir William Sharington (or Sherington) Kt.
    William Sharington
    Sir William Sharington was an English courtier of the time of Henry VIII, master and embezzler of the Bristol Mint, member of parliament, conspirator, and High Sheriff of Wiltshire.-Early life:...

    , of Lacock Abbey
    Lacock Abbey
    Lacock Abbey in the village of Lacock, Wiltshire, England, was founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, as a nunnery of the Augustinian order.- History :...

     (died in office)
  • 1553: Edward Baynard, of Lackham
  • 1553: John Erneley, of Cannings
  • 1554: Robert Hungerford, of Cadnam
    Cadnam
    Cadnam is a village situated in Hampshire, England, within the boundaries of the New Forest National Park. The village has existed since the medieval period, when it was an important crossroads between Southampton and the towns of southeast Dorset.-Overview:Cadnam is part of the civil parish of...

  • 1555: John St.John, of Lydiard Tregoz
  • 1556: Sir Anthony Hungerford Kt., of Down Amney
  • 1557: Walter Hungerford
    Walter Hungerford (Knight of Farley)
    Sir Walter Hungerford, of Farley , was an English landowner called "the Knight of Farley".-Biography:Hungerford was granted land by Edward VI in 1552, and in 1554 was restored by Queen Mary to the confiscated estate of Farley, in Somerset, when the attainder on his father, Walter Hungerford, 1st...

    , of Farley Castle
  • 1558: Henry Brouncker, of Melksham
  • 1558: Sir John Zouche Kt., of Calstone near Calne
  • 1559: Sir James Stumpe Kt. (see 1551)
  • 1559: George Ludlow
  • 1560: Sir John Mervyn Kt., of Pertwood
    Pertwood
    Pertwood is a very small village, former civil parish, and manor, near Warminster in the county of Wiltshire in the west of England. Its land and houses now lie in the parishes of East Knoyle and Sutton Veny and have fewer than twenty inhabitants....

     and Fonthill (see 1550)
  • 1561: George Penruddock, of Ivy Church, Laverstock, and Compton Chamberlayne
  • 1562: John Erneley, of Cannings (see 1553)
  • 1563: Thomas Button
  • 1564: John Eyre, of Great Chalfield
  • 1565: Nicholas Snell, of Kington St. Michael
  • 1566: Henry Sherington, of Lacock Abbey
  • 1567: George Ludlow, of Hill Deverill
  • 1568: Sir John Thynne
    John Thynne
    Sir John Thynne was the steward to Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and a member of parliament. He was the builder of Longleat House and his descendants became Marquesses of Bath.-Early life:...

    , of Longleat
    Longleat
    Longleat is an English stately home, currently the seat of the Marquesses of Bath, adjacent to the village of Horningsham and near the towns of Warminster in Wiltshire and Frome in Somerset. It is noted for its Elizabethan country house, maze, landscaped parkland and safari park. The house is set...

  • 1569: William Button, of Alton Priors and Stowell
  • 1570: Edward Bayntun, of Rowdon
  • 1571: John St.John, of Lydiard Tregoz (see 1555)
  • 1572: Sir Walter Hungerford
    Walter Hungerford (Knight of Farley)
    Sir Walter Hungerford, of Farley , was an English landowner called "the Knight of Farley".-Biography:Hungerford was granted land by Edward VI in 1552, and in 1554 was restored by Queen Mary to the confiscated estate of Farley, in Somerset, when the attainder on his father, Walter Hungerford, 1st...

     Kt, of Farley Castle (see 1557)
  • 1573: Sir John Danvers Kt., of Dauntsey
  • 1574: Sir Robert Long, of Wraxall and Draycot
  • 1575: Sir Thomas Wroughton Kt., of Broad Hinton
  • 1576: Sir John Hungerford Kt., of Down Ampney
  • 1577: Sir Henry Knyvett Kt., of Charlton
  • 1578: Nicholas St John, of Lydiard Tregoze
    Lydiard Tregoze
    Lydiard Tregoze is a small village and civil parish on the western edge of Swindon in the County of Wiltshire, in the south west of England. It has in the past been spelt as Liddiard Tregooze and in other ways.-History:...

  • 1579: Michael Erneley, of Bourton, in Cannings, and Whetham
  • 1580: William Brouncker, of Melksham
  • 1581: Sir Walter Hungerford
    Walter Hungerford (Knight of Farley)
    Sir Walter Hungerford, of Farley , was an English landowner called "the Knight of Farley".-Biography:Hungerford was granted land by Edward VI in 1552, and in 1554 was restored by Queen Mary to the confiscated estate of Farley, in Somerset, when the attainder on his father, Walter Hungerford, 1st...

     Kt (see 1572)
  • 1582: Jasper Moore, of Heytesbury
  • 1583: John Snell, of Kington St. Michael
  • 1584: Sir John Danvers Kt. (see 1573)
  • 1585: Edmund Ludlow, of Hill Deverill
  • 1586: Richard Moody, of Garsden near Malmesbury
  • 1587: Sir Walter Hungerford
    Walter Hungerford (Knight of Farley)
    Sir Walter Hungerford, of Farley , was an English landowner called "the Knight of Farley".-Biography:Hungerford was granted land by Edward VI in 1552, and in 1554 was restored by Queen Mary to the confiscated estate of Farley, in Somerset, when the attainder on his father, Walter Hungerford, 1st...

     Kt (see 1581)
  • 1588: Henry Willoughby, of Knoyle Odierne or West Knoyle
  • 1589: John Warneford, of Sevenhampton near Highworth
  • 1590: William Eyre, of Great Chalfield
  • 1591: Sir John Hungerford of Down Ampney (see 1576)
  • 1592: Sir John Thynne
  • 1593: John Hungerford
    John Hungerford (died 1635)
    John Hungerford was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1611.Hungerford was the son of Anthony Hungerford of Downe Ampney, Wiltshire and his wife Bridget Shelley, daughter of John Shelley. He matriculated at St John's College, Oxford on 12 April...

    , of Stoke near Great Bedwyn
  • 1594: Sir Henry Sadler Kt, of Everley
  • 1595: John Dauntsey, of West Lavington
  • 1596: Sir James Mervyn Kt., of Fonthill
  • 1597: Sir Edward Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
  • 1598: Walter Vaughan, of Falstone
  • 1599: Thomas Snell, of Kington St. Michael
  • 1600: Sir Henry Bayntun Kt., of Bromham


17th century

  • 1601: Sir Walter Long Kt., of South Wraxall and Draycot
  • 1602: Sir Jasper Moore, of Heytesbury
  • 1603: Sir Jasper Moore
  • 1604: Sir Alexander Tutt Kt., of Idmiston
  • 1605: John Hungerford, of Cadenham, or of Stoke, near Great Bedwyn
  • 1606: Gabriel Pile
  • 1607: Sir Thomas Thynne Kt.
    Thomas Thynne (died 1639)
    Sir Thomas Thynne , of Longleat, Wiltshire, was an English landowner and member of parliament.Thynne was the son and heir of Sir John Thynne of Longleat, a knight of the shire, by his marriage to Joan Hayward, daughter of Sir Rowland Hayward, a Lord Mayor of London.Thynne first made his mark in May...

    , of Longleat
  • 1608: Richard Goddard, of Standen Hussey
  • 1609: John Ayliffe, of Brinkworth and Grittenham
  • 1610: Sir Giles Wroughton Kt, of Broad Hinton
  • 1611: Sir William Button, 1st Baronet
    Sir William Button, 1st Baronet
    Sir William Button, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1629. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....

    , of Alton Priors and Tockenham in Lyneham
  • 1612: Francis Popham, of Littlecote
  • 1613: Sir William Pawlett Kt., of Edington
  • 1614: Henry Mervyn, of Pertwood
  • 1615: Thomas Moore, of Heytesbury
  • 1616: Sir Richard Grobham Kt., of Great Wishford, Berwick St. Leonard and Nettleton
  • 1617: Sir John Horton Kt., of Iford and Westwood.
  • 1618: Sir Henry Moody Kt., of Garsden
  • 1619: Sir Henry Poole
    Henry Poole (died 1632)
    Sir Henry Poole was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1626....

     Kt., of Oaksey
  • 1620: Sir Charles Pleydell, of Midgehall, near Lydiard Tregoz
  • 1621: William Pawlett
  • 1622: Sir John Lambe Kt., of Coulston
  • 1623: Gifford Long
    Gifford Long
    Gifford Long was an English landowner, J.P and Member of Parliament.- Biography :Born at Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire, the eldest surviving son and heir of Edward Long, clothier of Monkton, and his wife Ann Brouncker , he was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, matriculating in...

    , of Rood Ashton
  • 1624: Edward Reade, of Corsham
  • 1625: Sir Francis Seymour, Kt.
    Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge
    Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge was an English statesman, a Member of Parliament raised to the peerage by Charles I and a Royalist during the English Civil War....

  • 1626: Sir Giles Estcourt Kt., of Newnton
  • 1627: Sir Walter Long, Bt., of Whaddon
  • 1628: John Duckett, of Hartham near Corsham
  • 1629: Sir Robert Baynard Kt., of Lackham
  • 1630: John Topp, of Stockton
  • 1631: Sir Edward Hungerford
    Edward Hungerford (roundhead)
    Sir Edward Hungerford , parliamentarian; eldest son of Sir Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton; K.B., 1625; High Sheriff of Wiltshire, 1631; M.P., Chippenham, 1620, and in Short Parliament and the Long Parliament. Colonel of a regiment in the Parliamentary army. Occupied and plundered Salisbury in...

     K.B., of Corsham and Farley Castle
  • 1632: Sir John St John, of Lydiard Tregoze
    Lydiard Tregoze
    Lydiard Tregoze is a small village and civil parish on the western edge of Swindon in the County of Wiltshire, in the south west of England. It has in the past been spelt as Liddiard Tregooze and in other ways.-History:...

  • 1633: Sir Henry Ludlow Kt., of Maiden Bradley
  • 1634: Francis Goddard, of Standen Hussey and Cliff Pypard
  • 1635: Sir George Ayliffe Kt., of Foxley and Grittenham
  • 1636: Sir Nevil Poole Kt
    Neville Poole
    Sir Neville Poole was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War....

    , of Oaksey
  • 1637: Sir Edward Bayntun
    Edward Bayntun (died 1657)
    Sir Edward Bayntun was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1653.Bayntun was the son of Sir Henry Bayntun of Bromham, Wiltshire, and of his wife Lucy Danvers, a daughter of Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey, Wiltshire, and of the famous Elizabeth Neville. He...

     Kt., of Bromham
  • 1638: John Grubbe, of Potterne and Cherhill
  • 1639: John Duke, of Lake
  • 1640: Giles Eyre, of Brickworth
  • 1641: Robert Chivers, of Calne, Quemerford and Leigh Delamere
  • 1642: Sir George Vaughan Kt., of Fallersdon
  • 1643: Sir John Penruddock, of Compton Chamberlayne
  • 1644: Sir James Long, Bt.
    Sir James Long, 2nd Baronet
    Sir James Long, 2nd Baronet was an English politician and Royalist soldier.Born at South Wraxall, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, the son of Sir Walter Long and Anne Ley , he was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1634...

    , of Draycot
  • 1645: Edmund Ludlow
    Edmund Ludlow
    Edmund Ludlow was an English parliamentarian, best known for his involvement in the execution of Charles I, and for his Memoirs, which were published posthumously in a rewritten form and which have become a major source for historians of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. After service in the English...

    , of Hill Deverill, and Alexander Thistlethwaite, of Winterslow
  • 1646: Sir Henry Chalk (?Choke)
  • 1647: Sir Anthony Ashley-Cooper Bt.
  • 1648: Edward Tooker
    Edward Tooker
    Edward Tooker was an English lawyer, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1664....

    , of Maddington
    Maddington, Wiltshire
    Maddington is a small settlement and former civil parish in Wiltshire, England. Its nearest town is Amesbury, six miles away to the south east. Since 1934 Maddington has been part of Shrewton....

  • 1649: William Calley, of Burderop
  • 1650: Thomas Bond, of Ogbourne St. George
  • 1651: Lawrence Washington, of Garsdon, near Malmesbury

  • 1652: Sir Henry Clerk Kt., of Enford near Amesbury
  • 1653: Thomas Long, of Little Cheverell
  • 1654: Hugh Awdley, of Colepark, Malmesbury
  • 1655: John Dove
    John Dove
    John Dove was a parliamentary politician during the English Civil War and Interregnum. He has sometimes been numbered amongst the regicides; however, although he sat as a Commissioner in the trial of Charles I at the Painted Chamber of the Palace of Westminster on the 12th, 13th, 19th, and 26th of...

    , of Salisbury
  • 1656: Robert Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren near Highworth
  • 1657: (?Robert) Hippesley
  • 1658: John Ernle, of Bourton in Bishop's Cannings and of Whetham in Calne
  • 1659: Isaac Burgess
  • 1660: Edward Horton, of Great Chalfield, near Bradford
  • 1661: Sir James Thynne
    James Thynne
    Sir James Thynne was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1640 and 1670....

     Kt., of Longleat
  • 1662: Sir Walter Ernle Bt., of Etchilhampton
  • 1663: Sir Henry Coker Kt., of Hill Deverill
  • 1664: Sir Edward Bayntun
    Edward Bayntun (died 1679)
    Sir Edward Bayntun was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1679.Bayntun was the son of Sir Edward Bayntun of Bromham, Wiltshire and his wife Elizabeth Maynard, daughter of Sir Henry Maynard of Eaton, Essex. He matriculated at St John's College, Oxford...

     K.B., of Bromham
  • 1665: Thomas Mompesson, of Corton in Boyton
  • 1666: Sir John Weld Kt., of Compton Basset
  • 1667: Christopher Willoughby, of Bishopstone
  • 1668: John Long, of Little Cheverell
  • 1669: Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1656 and 1695....

    , of Berwick St. Leonard
  • 1670: John Hall, of Bradford
  • 1671: Sir Robert Button Bt., of Tockenham Court
  • 1672: Sir Walter Long Bt., of Whaddon
  • 1673: Walter Smith, of Shalbourn and Great Bedwyn
  • 1674: Bernard Pawlett, of Cottles near Bradford
  • 1675: Thomas Goddard, of Swindon
  • 1676: Sir Matthew Andrews Kt., of Mere
  • 1677: (Giles Earl: altered to Richard Hart: and afterwards to) John Hawkins, of Ashton Keynes
  • 1678: Henry Chivers, of Calne and Quemerford
  • 1679: John Hawkins, of Ashton Keynes
  • 1680: Giles Earl
  • 1681: (John Jacob: altered to) Thomas Gore, of Alderton
  • 1682: Richard Lewis, of Edington
  • 1683: Sir Edmund Warneford Kt., of Sevenhampton near Highworth
  • 1684: George Willoughby, (? of West Knoyle)
  • 1685: (John Davenant: altered to) William Chafyn, of Zeals
  • 1686: John Davenant, of Landford in Frustfield Hundred
  • 1687: Richard Chaundler
  • 1688: Sir Jeremy Craye Kt.
  • 1689: John Wyndham, of Norrington
  • 1690: (James Blatch: altered to) Stephen Blatch, of Westbury
  • 1691: Henry Wallis, of Trowbridge
  • 1692: Henry Nourse (altered to Sir William Pynsent Bt., and again to Henry Nourse)
  • 1693: Sir Thomas Estcourt Kt., of Pinkney
  • 1694: Sir William Pynsent Bt., of Urchfont
  • 1695: Gifford Yerbury
  • 1696: Joseph Houlton, of Trowbridge
  • 1697: John Benett, of Norton Bavent
  • 1698: Thomas Baskerville, (? of Richardston near Winterbourne Basset)
  • 1699: (Walter Ernle: altered to) John Curll, of Turley near Bradford
  • 1700: (Joseph Houlton: altered to) Francis Merewether, of Easterton, Market Lavington


18th century

  • 1701: Richard Jones, of Ramsbury
  • 1702: (William Willoughby: altered to) Christopher Willoughby, of West Knoyle
  • 1703: Richard Long (1668-1730), of Collingbourne
  • 1704: Walter Long (d. 1731), of South Wraxall
  • 1705: John Flower, of Grimstead, or of Worton, near Devizes
  • 1706: (Thomas Blatch: altered to) Andrew Duke, of Bulford
  • 1707: Sir James Ashe, 2nd Baronet
    Sir James Ashe, 2nd Baronet
    Sir James Ashe, 2nd Baronet was an English baronet and Whig politician.-Background:He was the oldest surviving son of Sir Joseph Ashe, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary Wilson, daughter of Robert Wilson. In 1686, aged only eleven, he succeeded his father as baronet...

  • 1708: Francis Kenton
  • 1709: (Oliver Calley: altered to) Walter Ernle, of Conock
  • 1710: William Benson, of Amesbury
  • 1711: Daniel Webb, of Monkton Farleigh
  • 1712: John Cox, of Kemble, near Malmesbury
  • 1713: John Smith, of Alton Priors
  • 1714: Richard Goddard, of Swindon
  • 1715: Matthew Pitts, of Salisbury
  • 1716: John Eyles, of Devizes
  • 1717: (Robert Houlton: altered to Calthorpe Parker Long: and again to) Thomas Bennett, of Steeple Ashton
  • 1718: George Speke Petty, of Cheney Court and Haselbury House, Box
  • 1719: John Askew, of Lydiard Millicent
  • 1720: (Caleb Bayley: altered to) John Vilett, of Swindon
  • 1721: Henry Read, of Crowood
  • 1722: Edward Hill, of Wanborough
  • 1723: Ralph Freke, of Hannington, near Highworth
  • 1724: Joseph Houlton, of Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, and Grittleton, Wiltshire
  • 1725: John Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren
  • 1726: Henry Long, of Melksham
  • 1727: John Mills, of Cherhill, Calne
  • 1728: Walter Hungerford, of Studley, Calne
  • 1729: Henry Hungerford, of Fyfield, Milton Lislebonne
  • 1730: Ezekiel Wallace, of Lucknam
  • 1731: Henry Skilling, of Draycote Foliot
  • 1732: John Smith, of Whitley, Calne
  • 1733: Job Polden, of Imber
  • 1734: Thomas Phipps, of Westbury Leigh and Chalford
  • 1735: William Vilett, of Swindon
  • 1736: Edward Mortimer, of Trowbridge (or R. Baskerville?)
  • 1737: William Hedges, of Compton Basset
  • 1738: Isaac Warriner, of Conock
  • 1739: William Wyndham, of Dinton
  • 1740: Edward Mortimer, of Trowbridge (or William Wyndham?)
  • 1741: Anthony Guy, of Chippenham
  • 1742: William Batt, of Salisbury
  • 1743: John or William Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren
  • 1744: (John Walters of Titherley: altered to) Fulke Greville, of Wilbury House, Newton Toney
  • 1745: Walter Long, of Salisbury and Preshaw, Hampshire
  • 1746: Godfrey Huckle Kneller, of Donhead Hall, Donhead St. Mary
  • 1747: William Phipps, of Heywood
  • 1748: Thomas Phipps, of Westbury Leigh
  • 1749: Thomas Cooper, of Salisbury

  • 1750: James Bartlett, of Salisbury
  • 1751: Charles Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
  • 1752: Thomas Cooper, of Cumberwell, near Bradford
  • 1753: Edward Polhill, of Heale House, Woodford, near Salisbury
  • 1754: William Phipps, of Westbury Leigh
  • 1755: Arthur Evans, of the Close, Salisbury
  • 1756: John Jacob, of Tockenham Wick House
  • 1757: William Coles, of the Close, Salisbury
  • 1758: Thomas Benett, of Pyt House
    Pythouse
    Pythouse, sometimes spelt Pyt House and pronounced pit-house, is a country house near Tisbury in Wiltshire, in the west of England....

  • 1759: William Norris, of Nonesuch House, Bromham
  • 1760: George Flower, of Devizes
  • 1761: Scroop Egerton, of Salisbury
  • 1762: Prince Sutton, of Devizes
  • 1763: John Talbot, of Lacock Abbey
  • 1764: Walter Long (of South Wraxall)
    Walter Long (of South Wraxall)
    Walter Long of South Wraxall, near Bradford-on-Avon, , the great-great-great grandson of Sir Walter Long of South Wraxall and Draycot was born in Wiltshire, and had inherited along with other family estates, the 15th Century South Wraxall Manor...

  • 1765: Benjamin Adamson, of Kemble
  • 1766: Edward Medlicott, of Warminster
  • 1767: Edward Goddard, of Cliff Pypard
  • 1768: Edmund Lambert, of Boyton
  • 1769: William Talk, of Salisbury
  • 1770: Thomas Maundrell, of Blacklands, near Calne
  • 1771: William Langham, of Ramsbury Manor
  • 1772: Henry Penruddocke Wyndham
    Henry Penruddocke Wyndham
    Henry Penruddocke Wyndham MP JP FSA FRS, was a British Whig Member of Parliament, topographer and author.-Background:Wyndham was born on 4 June 1736, the eldest surviving son of Henry Wyndham of St Edmund's College, Salisbury, and his wife Arundel Penruddocke, daughter of Thomas Penruddocke of...

    , of the College, Salisbury
  • 1773: Edward Poore, of Rushall
  • 1774: Thomas Estcourt, of Newnton
  • 1775: Francis Dugdale Astley, of Everley
  • 1776: William Northey, of the Ivy House, Chippenham
  • 1777: Joseph Colborne, of Hardenhuish, Chippenham
  • 1778: William Beach, of Nether Avon House
  • 1779: Robert Cooper, of Salisbury
  • 1780: Paul Cobb Methuen, of Corsham House
  • 1781: William Hayter, of Newton Toney
  • 1782: William Bowles, of Heale House
  • 1783: Thomas Hussey, of Salisbury
  • 1784: William Chafyn Grove, of Zeals House, Mere
  • 1785: James Sutton, of New Park, Devizes [or of Roundway]
  • 1786: Seymour Wroughton, of Eastcott, Urchfont
  • 1787: Isaac William Webb Horlock, of Ashwick, Marshfield, Gloucestershire
  • 1788: Robert Ashe, of Langley Burrell
  • 1789: Thomas Grove, of Ferne
    Ferne House
    Ferne House is a country house in the parish of Donhead St. Andrew in Wiltshire, England. There has been a settlement on the site since 1225 AD. The current house, known as Ferne Park and the third to occupy the site, was designed by architect Quinlan Terry in 2001. The estate grounds straddle...

  • 1790: Gifford Warriner, of Conock
  • 1791: John Awdry, of Notton, Lacock
  • 1792: Matthew Humphries, of the Ivy House, Chippenham
  • 1793: John Gaisford, of Iford House, near Bradford
  • 1794: Richard Godolphin Long
    Richard Godolphin Long
    Richard Godolphin Long was an English banker and Tory politician.-Background:Baptised at West Lavington, Wiltshire a month after his birth, he was the son of Richard Long and his wife Meliora, descendant of Sir John Lambe. Long was a partner in the Melksham Bank, together with his younger brother...

    , of Rood Ashton
  • 1795: James Montagu, of Alderton and Lackham
  • 1796: Gilbert Trowe Beckett Turner, of Penley House, Westbury
  • 1797: Sir John Methuen Poore Bt., of Rushall
  • 1798: John Benett, of Pyt House
    Pythouse
    Pythouse, sometimes spelt Pyt House and pronounced pit-house, is a country house near Tisbury in Wiltshire, in the west of England....

  • 1799: Edward Hinxman, of Little Durnford
  • 1800: George Yalden Fort, of Alderbury


19th century

  • 1801: Thomas Bush, of Bradford
  • 1802: Sir Andrew Bayntun-Rolt, 2nd Baronet, of Spye Park
  • 1803: Thomas Henry Hele Phipps, of Leighton House, Westbury
  • 1804: Wadham Locke, of Rowde, near Devizes
  • 1805: Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Baronet, of Stourhead
  • 1806: John Paul Paul, of Ashton Keynes
  • 1807: Thomas Calley, of Burderop Park
  • 1808: John Houlton, of Grittleton, Wiltshire, and Farley Castle, Somerset
  • 1809: Sir Charles Warre Malet, 1st Baronet
    Malet Baronets
    The Malet Baronetcy, of Wilbury in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 24 February 1791 for Charles Malet, for diplomatic services in India. The second Baronet was Minister to the German Confederation from 1852 to 1866. The fourth Baronet was...

     of Wilbury House
  • 1810: Abraham Ludlow, of Heywood House, Westbury
  • 1811: Harry Biggs, of Stockton
  • 1812: Sir William Pierce Ashe A'Court, Bt.
    Sir William à Court, 1st Baronet
    Sir William Pierce Ashe à Court, 1st Baronet was a British soldier and Member of Parliament.à Court was the son of General William Ashe-à Court and Anne Vernon. He represented Heytesbury in the House of Commons from 1781 to 1790 and again from 1806 to 1807. In 1795 he was created a Baronet, of...

    , of Heytesbury House
  • 1813: William Fowle, of Chute
  • 1814: William Wyndham, of Dinton
  • 1815: George Eyre, of Bramshaw
  • 1816: John Hussey, of Salisbury
  • 1817: John Hungerford Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
  • 1818: Alexander Powell, of Hurdcott
  • 1819: John Long, of Monkton Farleigh
  • 1820: Ambrose Goddard, of Swindon
  • 1821: Ambrose Awdry, of Seend, near Devizes
  • 1822: Edward Phillips, of Melksham
  • 1823: John Fuller, of Neston Park, Corsham
  • 1824: Sir Edward Poore Bt., of Rushall
  • 1825: Ernle Warriner, of Conock
  • 1826: Thomas Clutterbuck, of Hardenhuish
  • 1827: Thomas Baskerville Mynors Baskerville, of Rockley House, near Marlborough
  • 1828: George Wroughton Wroughton, of Wilcot House, near Pewsey
  • 1829: George Heneage Walker Heneage, of Compton Basset
  • 1830: Edward William Leyborne Popham, of Littlecote House
  • 1831: Paul Methuen
    Paul Methuen, 1st Baron Methuen
    Paul Methuen, 1st Baron Methuen , was a British Whig politician.Methuen was the son of Paul Cobb Methuen of Corsham, Wiltshire, and his wife Matilda . He sat as Member of Parliament for Wiltshire from 1812 to 1819 and for Wiltshire North from 1833 to 1837...

    , of Corsham House
  • 1832: Sir Edmund Antrobus, 2nd Baronet, of Amesbury
  • 1833: William Temple, of Bishopstrow, Warminster
  • 1834: Thomas Bolton
    Thomas Nelson, 2nd Earl Nelson
    Thomas Nelson, 2nd Earl Nelson, born Thomas Bolton , was the 2nd Earl Nelson.He was the son of Thomas Bolton and Susannah Nelson, daughter of the Rev. Edmund Nelson and was educated at Norwich High School and St Peter's College, Cambridge, graduating MA in 1814. He was the nephew of Admiral...

    , of Brickworth
  • 1835: Henry Seymour, of Knoyle
  • 1836: Sir John Dugdale Astley, 1st Baronet, of Everley
  • 1837: Sir Frederick Hutchison Hervey Bathurst, 3rd Baronet
    Hervey-Bathurst Baronets
    The Hervey-Bathurst Baronetcy, of Larinston in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 7 December 1818 for Felton Hervey-Bathurst, with remainder, failing heirs male of his own, to the heirs male of his father. Hervey-Bathurst was the...

    , of Clarendon
  • 1838: Thomas Assheton Smith
    Thomas Assheton Smith II
    Thomas Assheton Smith was an English landowner and all-round sportsman who was notable for being one of the outstanding amateur cricketers of the early 19th century. He was a Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1821 to 1837...

    , of Tidworth House, near Ludgershall
  • 1839: Charles Lewis Phipps, of Wans House
  • 1840: William Henry Fox Talbot, of Lacock Abbey
  • 1841: Ambrose Hussey, of Salisbury
  • 1842: Frederick William Rooke, of Lackham
  • 1843: Henry Stephen Olivier, of Potterne
  • 1844: George Edward Eyre, or Warrens, Bramshaw
  • 1845: Wade Browne, of Monkton Farleigh
  • 1846: The Honourable Jacob Pleydell Bouverie
    Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor
    Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor , was the son of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor and Judith Anne St John-Mildmay. He was styled Viscount Folkestone from 1828 until 1869....

    , Viscount Folkestone, of Longford Castle
    Longford Castle
    Longford Castle is located on the banks of the River Avon south of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.In 1573 Thomas Gorges, of Langford acquired the manor , which was originally owned by the Cervingtons. Prior to this the existing mansion house had been damaged by fire...

  • 1847: Wadham Locke, of Ashton Giffard
    Ashton Gifford House
    Ashton Gifford House is a Grade II listed building in the hamlet of Ashton Gifford, part of the civil parish of Codford in the English county of Wiltshire. The house was built during the early 19th century, following the precepts of Georgian architecture, and its estate eventually included all of...

  • 1848: John Henry Campbell Wyndham, of The College, Salisbury
  • 1849: Robert Parry Nisbet
    Robert Parry Nisbet
    Robert Parry Nisbet JP DL was a British public man. He was High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1849, from 1852 a Deputy Lieutenant for the county, and Conservative Member of Parliament for Chippenham from a by-election in 1856 to the 1859 general election.After an early career in the Indian Civil Service...

    , of South Broom House, Devizes
  • 1850: Henry Gaisford Gibbs Ludlow, of Heywood House, Westbury

  • 1851: Graham Moore Michell Esmeade, of Monkton, Chippenham
  • 1852: John Bird Fuller, of Neston Park, Corsham
  • 1853: Francis Leybourne Popham, of Chilton
  • 1854: Edmund Lewis Clutterbuck, of Hardenhuish
  • 1855: Simon Watson Taylor, of Urchfont
  • 1856: Charles William Miles, of Burton Hill House, Malmesbury
  • 1857: Alfred Morrison, of Fonthill
  • 1858: Francis Alexander Sydenham Locke, of Rowdeford
  • 1859: John Neilson Gladstone, of Bowdon Park
  • 1860: Horatio Nelson Goddard, of Clyff Pypard
    Clyffe Pypard
    Clyffe Pypard is a village and civil parish about south of Wootton Bassett in North Wiltshire.The parish includes the hamlet of Bushton.- History :...

  • 1861: Charles Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
  • 1862: John Elton Mervyn Prower, of Purton House, Swindon
  • 1863: Thomas Fraser Grove
    Sir Thomas Grove, 1st Baronet
    Sir Thomas Fraser Grove, 1st Baronet was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1868 and 1892....

    , of Ferne
    Ferne House
    Ferne House is a country house in the parish of Donhead St. Andrew in Wiltshire, England. There has been a settlement on the site since 1225 AD. The current house, known as Ferne Park and the third to occupy the site, was designed by architect Quinlan Terry in 2001. The estate grounds straddle...

  • 1864: John Lewis Phipps
    John Lewis Phipps
    John Lewis Phipps , of Leighton House, Westbury, Wiltshire, was a Brazil merchant, briefly Conservative MP for Westbury and High Sheriff of Wiltshire ....

    , of Leighton House, Westbury
  • 1865: Thomas Henry Allen Poynder, of Hartham Park
  • 1866: Ambrose Denis Hussey-Freke, of Hannington Hall, Highworth
  • 1867: Henry Calley, of Burderop Park
  • 1868: Charles John Thomas Conolly, of Cottles, Melksham
  • 1869: Ralph Ludlow Lopes, of Sandridge Park, Melksham
  • 1870: John Ravenhill, of Ashton Gifford
    Ashton Gifford House
    Ashton Gifford House is a Grade II listed building in the hamlet of Ashton Gifford, part of the civil parish of Codford in the English county of Wiltshire. The house was built during the early 19th century, following the precepts of Georgian architecture, and its estate eventually included all of...

  • 1871: John William Gooch Spicer, of Spye Park
  • 1872: Sir John Neald
    Sir John Neeld, 1st Baronet
    Sir John Neeld, 1st Baronet was Member of Parliament for Cricklade between 1835 and 1859, and Chippenham, Wiltshire, England between 1865 and 1868.- Early life and career :...

    , of Grittleton House
  • 1873: Nathaniel Barton, of Corsley House, Warminster
  • 1874: Edward Chaddock Lowndes, of Castle Combe
  • 1875: Charles Paul Phipps
    Charles Paul Phipps
    Charles Paul Phipps , of Chalcot House, Westbury, Wiltshire, was an English merchant in Brazil and later Conservative MP for Westbury and High Sheriff of Wiltshire .-Origins:...

    , of Chalcot, Westbury
  • 1876:
  • 1877: Richard Walmesley of Lucknam
  • 1878: George Pargiter Fuller
    George Fuller (British politician)
    George Pargiter Fuller , was a British Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1895.Fuller was born at Baynton, Wiltshire, the eldest surviving son of John Bird Fuller, a partner in Fuller Smith & Turner, brewers, and his wife Sophia Hanning, daughter of John Hanning...

  • 1879:
  • 1880: Sir Edward Antrobus
    Sir Edmund Antrobus, 3rd Baronet
    Sir Edmund Antrobus, 3rd Baronet was a British politician and Member of Parliament for several constituencies....

  • 1881:
  • 1882:
  • 1883:
  • 1884: Richard Leckonby Hothersall Phipps
  • 1885: Charles Edward Hungerford Athol Colston
    Charles Colston, 1st Baron Roundway
    Charles Edward Hungerford Atholl Colston, 1st Baron Roundway was a British Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1892 to 1906, and was later elevated to the peerage, taking his seat in the House of Lords.- Early life and family :Colston was the son of Edward Colston,...

    , of Roundway Park, Devizes
  • 1886:
  • 1887:
  • 1888: Charles Nicholas Paul Phipps
    Charles Nicholas Paul Phipps
    Charles Nicholas Paul Phipps , of Chalcot House, Westbury, Wiltshire, was a Brazil merchant, Conservative MP for Westbury and High Sheriff of Wiltshire ....

    , of Chalcot, Westbury
  • 1889:
  • 1890: Sir John Poynder Dickson, Bt
  • 1891: Herbert James Harris, of Bowden Hill House, Chippenham,
  • 1892: Sir John William Kelk, 2nd Baronet
    Kelk Baronets
    The Kelk Baronetcy, of Bentley Priory in the Parish of Stanmore and of Lancaster Gate, both in the County of Middlesex, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 May 1874 for the civil engineering contractor and former Member of Parliament for Harwich, John Kelk. The...

  • 1893: Sir Gabriel Goldney, 1st Baronet
  • 1894: William Henry Laverton
  • 1895: Charles Walker
  • 1896: Percy Wyndham
    Percy Wyndham (politician)
    The Honourable Percy Scawen Wyndham DL, JP , was a British soldier, Conservative politician, collector and intellectual...

  • 1897: Sir John Gladstone, 4th Baronet
    Sir John Gladstone, 4th Baronet
    Sir John Evelyn Gladstone Bt was the 4th Baronet of Fasque and Balfour. He succeeded to the title on 25 June 1926 on the death of his cousin, Sir John Robert Gladstone, the 3rd Baronet...

  • 1898:
  • 1899:
  • 1900: Mark Hanbury Beaufoy
    Mark Hanbury Beaufoy
    Mark Hanbury Beaufoy JP was an English vinegar manufacturer and Liberal member of parliament. He wrote A Father's Advice, a famous piece of verse about gun safety.-Background and early life:...



20th century

  • 1901: Charles Awdry of Shaw Hill, Melksham
  • 1902: Edmund Clerke Schomberg of Clyffe Hall, Market Lavington
  • 1903: George Llewellen Palmer
    George Llewellen Palmer
    George Llewellen Palmer was a British Conservative Party politician.In 1903-1904, Palmer was High Sheriff of Wiltshire....

     of Lackham, Lacock, Chippenham
  • 1904: Hugh Morrison, of Fonthill, Tisbury
  • 1905: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Audley Dallas Neeld, Bt.,C.B.,M.V.O., of Grittleton, Chippenham
  • 1906: Sir Gabriel Prior Goldney, Bt.,C.V.O.,C.B. of Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham
  • 1907: Fitzroy Pleydell Goddard, of The Lawn, Swindon
  • 1908: Sir Frederick Hastings Goldney, 3rd Baronetof Beechfield, Corsham
  • 1909: Captain George Hounsom Fort, of Alderbury House, Salisbury
  • 1910: Sir John Tankerville Goldney
    John Goldney
    Sir John Tankerville Goldney was a British barrister who rose to be Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, and was also High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1910...

    ,Kt., of Monks Park, Corsham, S.O.
  • 1911: William Stancomb, of Blount's Court, Devizes
  • 1912: Sir William Heward Bell, Kt.
  • 1913: Charles Penruddocke
  • 1914: G. S. A. Watson-Taylor
  • 1915: Sir H. H. A. Hoare, Bt
    Hoare Baronets
    There have been four Baronetcies created for people with the surname Hoare, one in the Baronetage of Ireland, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...

  • 1916: G. W. W. Blathwayt
  • 1917: John Moulton
  • 1918: Eustace Richardson-Cox
  • 1919: Walter Richard Shaw-Stewart
  • 1920: Hon. Louis George Greville
  • 1921: Sir F. G. P. Preston
  • 1922: C. Garnett
  • 1923: B. E. Phillips
  • 1924: Washington Merritt Grant Singer
  • 1925: Gerard James Buxton
  • 1926: Robert Fleetwood Fuller
  • 1927: Edgar Hugh Brassey
  • 1928: Robert William Awdry
  • 1930: Admiral John Luce
    John Luce (Royal Navy officer)
    Rear Admiral John Luce CB was a senior officer in the Royal Navy during and after World War I.-Early and family life:...

  • 1931: Claude Basil Fry, of Hannington Hall, Highworth
  • 1932: William Cory Heward Bell
  • 1933: W. Llewellen Palmer
  • 1934: Edward Harding-Newman
  • 1935: Herbert Paton Holt
  • 1936: George Jardine Kidston
  • 1937: Frederick George Glyn Bailey
  • 1938: John Granville Morrison
    John Morrison, 1st Baron Margadale
    Major John Granville Morrison, 1st Baron Margadale, TD, DL was a British Conservative Party politician.He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1938 and was Member of Parliament for Salisbury from 1942 until 1965....

    , created Lord Margadale
    Baron Margadale
    Baron Margadale, of Islay in the County of Argyll, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1965 for the Conservative politician John Morrison. As of 2009 the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 2003. The barony of Margadale is the...

     in 1965
  • 1939: John Morley
  • 1940: Rupert Stephens
  • 1941: Lieut.-Col. Frederick George Glyn Bailey, of Lake House, Salisbury.
  • 1942: William Herbert Lee Ewart
  • 1943: Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps
    Eric Phipps
    Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC was a British diplomat.-Family and early life:Phipps was the son of Sir Constantine Phipps, later British Ambassador to Belgium, and his wife Maria Jane...

  • 1944: William Llewellen Palmer
  • 1945: Brudenell Hunt-Grubbe
  • 1946: Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Edward Phillips, D.S.O., of Elm House, Winterbourne Dauntsey, Salisbury.
  • 1947: E.C Barnes
  • 1948: Claude Alexander Codrington
  • 1949: Samuel Vandeleur Christie-Miller
  • 1950: Roger Money-Kyrle

  • 1951: F. E. Fowle
  • 1952: Guy Elland Carne Rasch
  • 1953: Sir Noel Arkell
  • 1954: Charles Edwin Awdry
    Charles Awdry
    Major Charles Edwin Awdry TD, JP was an English cricketer and British Army officer, as well as a Justice of the Peace. The son of Charles Selwyn Awdry and Constance Lilias, he was born in Paddington, London and educated at Winchester College.-Cricket:Awdry's batting style is unknown, but it is...

    , T.D., D.S.O., of Notton Logde, Lacock.
  • 1955: Sir Geoffrey Ronald Codrington
  • 1956: Christopher Herbert Fleetwood Fuller
  • 1957: A. G. Stratton
  • 1958: Sir Geoffrey Tritton
    Tritton Baronets
    The Tritton Baronetcy, of Bloomfield in the Borough of Lambeth in the County of London, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 1 August 1905 for Ernest Tritton, Conservative Member of Parliament for Norwood from 1892 to 1906....

    , 3rd Baronet
  • 1959: Hugh Trefusis Brassey
    Hugh Trefusis Brassey
    Colonel Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey KCVO, OBE, MC, DL, JP was a British soldier and magistrate.-Background:He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar Hugh Brassey, son of Henry Arthur Brassey, and his wife Margaret Harriet Trefusis, daughter of Hon. Walter Rodolph Trefusis...

  • 1960: D. A. C. Rasch
  • 1961: G. D. Fanshawe
  • 1962: Charles Murray Floyd
  • 1963: Peter Thomas Wellesley Sykes
  • 1964: Arthur Frank Seton Sykes
  • 1965: Geoffrey Henry Barrington Chance
  • 1966: Christopher Henry Maxwell Peto
  • 1967: Frank Harold Elcho Skyrme
  • 1968: Anthony William Allen Llewellen Palmer, MC (b. 1912)
  • 1969: Edward Lancelot Luce
  • 1970: Captain Roger Edward Lennox Harvey, of Parliament Piece, Ramsbury, Marlborough..
  • 1971: James Ian Morrison
  • 1972: Nigel Bailey
  • 1973: William Erskine Stobart
  • 1974: Martin Anthony Gibbs
  • 1975: R. H. Heywood-Lonsdale
  • 1976: Gerald John Ward, of Park Farm, Chilton Foliat, Hungerford, Berkshire.
  • 1977: Major Anthony Richard Tumor, C.B.E., of Foxley Manor, Malmesbury
  • 1978: Count Jan Badeni, of Norton Manor, Malmesbury.
  • 1979: John Michael Stratton, O.B.E., of Manor Farm, Stockton, Warminster.
  • 1980: Major Peter Sturgis, T.D., of Church Lodge,Dauntsey Park, Chippenham.
  • 1981: Richard Flower Stratton, of "Seagrams", Kingston Deverill, Warminster.
  • 1982: Samuel George Davenport, of Codford St Mary
  • 1983: John Heatley Noble, Esq., D.S.C., of Puckshipton House, near Pewsey.
  • 1984: Major General John Humphrey Stephen Bowring, C.B., O.B.E., M.C., of Lower Swillbrook Farm, Minety, Malmesbury.
  • 1985: Lieut-Colonel John Godfrey Jeans, of Chalke Pyt House, Broadchalke, Salisbury
  • 1986: Arthur Peter Bedingfeld Scott,of Grange Farm, Maiden, Devizes.
  • 1987: Tristram Seton Sykes, of Norrington Manor, Alvediston, near Salisbury.
  • 1988: Bonar Hugh Charles Sykes, of Conock Manor, Devizes.
  • 1989: Beresford Norman Gibbs, of Flintham House, Oaksey, Malmesbury
  • 1990: Nigel James Moffatt Anderson
    Nigel Anderson
    Nigel James Moffatt Anderson, MC, DL, FRGS was an Australian-born English soldier, landowner, and Conservative politician in Wiltshire...

     MC
    Military Cross
    The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....

     DL
    Deputy Lieutenant
    In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....

     FRGS
    Royal Geographical Society
    The Royal Geographical Society is a British learned society founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences...

    , of Hamptworth Lodge, Landford, Salisbury.
  • 1991: Christopher Eliot Eliot-Cohen, Esq., of Hilldrop Farm, Ramsbury, Marlborough.
  • 1992: George William Michael Street, of The Dairy House, Berwick St. James, Salisbury.
  • 1993: Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Johnston KCB OBE
    Maurice Robert Johnston
    Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Robert Johnston KCB CVO OBE is the former Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff, 1981–1982, and Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 5 July 1996 to 10 November 2004.-Early life and army career:...

  • 1994: Mrs. Anna Ruth Grange, of Thomhill Farm, Malmesbury.
  • 1995: David John Randolph, of West Foscote Farm, Grittleton, Chippenham.
  • 1996: Andrew William Michael Christie-Miller, of Clarendon Park, Alderbury, Salisbury.
  • 1997: John Barnard Bush
    John Bush (Lord Lieutenant)
    John Barnard Bush OBE CStJ JP is the current Lord Lieutenant of the English county of Wiltshire, serving since 2004...

  • 1998: Lady Hawley, Little Cheverell House, Devizes.
  • 1999: Philip John Miles, of Middle Farm, Stanley, Chippenham


21st century

  • 2000: Robert Lawton
  • 2001: David Stratton
  • 2002: Sir Christopher Benson
  • 2003: David Newbigging
  • 2004: James Arkell
  • 2005: David Margesson
  • 2006: Geraldine Wimble
  • 2007: The Honourable
    The Honourable
    The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable is a style used before the names of certain classes of persons. It is considered an honorific styling.-International diplomacy:...

     Peter Pleydell-Bouverie
  • 2008: Margaret Madeline Wilks
  • 2009: Robert Charles Floyd, of Great Chalfield Manor
  • 2010: Dame Elizabeth Neville
  • 2011: Robert Hiscox of Marlborough

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