The High Sheriff of Berkshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times. The...

for 1258–1259), after which separate sheriffs were appointed. See High Sheriff of Berkshire and High Sheriff of Oxfordshire for dates before 1248 or after...

Cox (1697–1753), High Sheriff of Berkshire Thomas Daffy (1617–1680), inventor of Daffy's Elixir Walter Dayrell (1610–1684), Archdeacon of Winchester Walter...

East Midlands of England, and served as High Sheriff of Berkshire. Among his descendants were the infamous Despensers who became favourites of King Edward...

to the house of York which was to last for the rest of his life." In 1461 Howard was High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, and during the years 1462-4, he...

The Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire is Andrew Try, and the High Sheriff of Berkshire for 2018/19 was Graham Barker.[needs update] As of the 2023 local elections...

Sheriff of Berkshire and Oxfordshire during 1400 and 1403 and as High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1413. He attended fifteen parliaments as knight of the shire...

land owner in the East Midlands of England, as well as High Sheriff of Berkshire Hugh le Despenser the Elder, 1st Earl of Winchester (1262–1326), for a...

1248 and 1566 Berkshire and Oxfordshire formed a joint shrievalty (apart from a brief period in 1258/9). See High Sheriff of Berkshire. 1066–1068: Saewold...

High Sheriff of Berkshire and maternal grandfather to David Cameron, former UK Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party. Eldest son of Sir...

successively as chamberlain of John's household, Ambassador to Portugal, Sheriff first of Dorset and Somerset (1200–1204) and then of Berkshire (1202–4) and Cornwall...

into the Cambridgeshire estates of his former patron, Wolsey. He was appointed High Sheriff of Oxfordshire and Berkshire in 1527. In 1531 he received instructions...

of John, King of England, and Isabella, Countess of Angoulême. He was made High Sheriff of Berkshire at age eight, was styled Count of Poitou from 1225...

Bocland or Hugh of Buckland (died 1119?), was sheriff of Berkshire and several other counties. Bocland received his surname from the manor of Buckland, near...

built a house, afterwards rebuilt by his son. He was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire the same year. Two years later, he was elected to Parliament for...

was an English MP and High Sheriff. Humphrey Forster may also refer to: Humphrey Forster (died 1555), High Sheriff of Berkshire and Oxfordshire Sir Humphrey...

appointed High Sheriff of Staffordshire and Shropshire in 1222 and High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1226 and 1238. The first creation was in 1295, when Hugh the...

steward of the hundred of Chadlington and of the royal manors of Burford and Minster Lovell, and keeper of Wychwood Forest and of the parks of Langley...

and high sheriff. He was the son of William Forster of Aldermaston House in Berkshire which he inherited in 1575. He was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire...

daughters. William was the High Sheriff of Berkshire and Oxfordshire in 1551. He was also a Member of Parliament for Berkshire in 1553, 1554 and 1555. He served...

made High Sheriff of Oxfordshire and Berkshire. In the autumn of 1566, he was appointed Ambassador to France by the queen. In March 1567, Charles IX of France...

British Conservative Party politician, Berkshire landowner and High Sheriff. Benyon was the eldest of four sons of Vice-Admiral Richard Shelley (1892–1968)...

1st Baronet (d. c. 1657), of the Darell baronets, High Sheriff of Berkshire John Darell (died 1438), British MP and Sheriff for Kent John Darell (died...

were also part owners of the British national newspaper, the Daily Telegraph. In 1957, Iliffe served as The High Sheriff of Berkshire. In 1953, Lord Iliffe...

of royal supremacy, serving as High Sheriff of Berkshire and Oxfordshire in 1546–1547. In 1545 he purchased the manor of Tilehurst, which had belonged...

of Berkshire and Northamptonshire. Sometime in or before 1104, Aubrey's eldest son Geoffrey fell ill and was tended at Abingdon Abbey in Berkshire by...

Sheriff of Bedfordshire High Sheriff of Berkshire High Sheriff of Bristol High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire High Sheriff...

appointed Sheriff of Oxfordshire and Berkshire in 1468, positions he also held in 1482 and 1486. In 1467, he became Justice of the Peace for Berkshire. In 1469...

bought Donnington Grove in Berkshire and served as High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1788. William was the son of another William Brummell (d. 1770), who had been...

High Sheriff of Oxfordshire and Berkshire for 1402, 1408, 1416, 1420 and from May 1422 to his death later that year. He also served as High Sheriff of...