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The Association
The Association was established in 1971 to represent the interests of and give assistance to High Sheriffs in England and Wales. The Association is administered by a Council comprising those elected by and taken from the membership and those occasionally co-opted by the Council. The aim of the Association is to promote and sustain the ancient Office of the High Sheriff in particular in relation to its traditional areas of responsibility. These include lending support to the judiciary and to those concerned with law enforcement and crime reduction and maintaining its links with the Queen’s Remembrancer and the Privy Council. In recent years, High Sheriffs have become closely involved with many voluntary sector organisations working in the whole community and the Association actively supports and encourages the expansion of this role.
Membership of the Association is open to past and present High Sheriffs, to those In Nomination as future High Sheriffs and also to Under Sheriffs. The Association provides advice, support and guidance for those coming into Office as well as organising an annual training seminar. In addition regional meetings covering all areas of England and Wales are held every year to provide a forum for members to share best practice and for those from individual Counties both in Office and In Nomination to meet and to exchange ideas.
Two charities have been adopted by the Association in recent years in response to specific areas of need. These are DebtCred (now operated with Credit Action) and Crimebeat . Many serving High Sheriffs support the work of these two charities during their year of Office and the chairman or senior officer of both charities sit as ex-officio members of Council.
Members of the High Sheriffs’ Association Council
| President |
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John Lyles CVO CBE JP |
West Yorkshire 1985 |
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| Chairman |
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Patrick Dent DL |
West Yorkshire 2002 |
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| Honorary Secretary |
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James Williams |
Under Sheriff, Hertfordshire |
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| Honorary Treasurer |
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Simon Leatham |
Cambridgeshire 2005 |
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Sophie Blain |
Powys 2002 |
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Hugh Burnett OBE DL |
East Sussex 2008 |
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Gerald Corbett |
Hertfordshire 2010 |
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Tom Davies |
Powys 2008 |
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Anne Gee MBE JP |
Shropshire 2008 |
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Claire Hensman |
Cumbria 2007 |
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Andrew Morgan |
Greater London 2009 (co-opted) |
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Hugh Thomas CBE DL |
Mid Glamorgan 1999 |
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Jennifer Tolhurst DL |
Essex 2005 |
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Sir Neville Trotter JP DL |
Tyne and Wear 2004 |
| Charles Welby DL |
Lincolnshire 2004 |
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Andrew Wells TD |
Kent 2005 |
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| Ex-officio |
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Nigel Burgess QPM DL |
(National Crimebeat) |
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Jeremy Burton DL |
West Yorkshire 2009 (DebtCred
at Credit Action) |
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