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2026-03-052026-03-11TSO (The Stationery Office), customer.services@thegazette.co.uk5072488
APPOINTMENT OF SHERIFFS
At the Court at Buckingham Palace
THE 10th DAY OF MARCH 2026
PRESENT,
THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL
High Sheriffs appointed by His Majesty in Council for the year 2026/7
ENGLAND
(Except Cornwall, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire)
| COUNTY | NAME |
| Bedfordshire | Ismail Anilmis Esq. |
| Berkshire | Mrs Renu Raksha Wing Kapur MBE |
| Buckinghamshire | Ms Nicola Heather Ross |
| Cambridgeshire | Francis William Miles Burkitt Esq. |
| Cheshire | Ms Lynn Karen Pegler |
| City of Bristol | Mrs Anne Marie Nisbet |
| Cumbria | Mrs Shirley Fawcett |
| Derbyshire | Syed Yusuf Iftikhar Esq. |
| Devon | Mark Picton Ansell Esq. |
| Dorset | Mrs Helena Margaret Conibear |
| Durham | Doctor Arnab Basu MBE |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | Neil Philip Sanderson Esq. |
| East Sussex | Michael James Bedingfield Esq. |
| Essex | Mrs Susannah Dutton |
| Gloucestershire | Dame Fiona Claire Reynolds DBE |
| Greater London | Dhruv Prashant Patel Esq. CBE |
| Hampshire | William John Maltby Esq. |
| Herefordshire | Mrs Tamsin Sczerina Clive |
| Hertfordshire | Mrs Anna Louise Rankin |
| Isle of Wight | Nigel Alan Hartley Esq. MBE |
| Kent | Martin Lukehurst Esq. |
| Leicestershire | Meldin Thomas Esq. QPM |
| Lincolnshire | Ms Susan Patricia Liburd MBE |
| Norfolk | Jonathan Charles Pearson Esq. |
| Northamptonshire | Roger William Butler Esq. |
| Northumberland | Doctor Anna Maria Charlton |
| North Yorkshire | Nigel Frederick Hartley Corner Esq. |
| Nottinghamshire | Ms Merleta Bryan-Hilton |
| Oxfordshire | Muhammad Jawaid Malik Esq. |
| Rutland | Mrs Susannah Kate Constance Fish OBE QPM |
| Shropshire | Mrs Katherine Elizabeth Anne Tanner |
| Somerset | Peter Charles Dixon Esq. |
| South Yorkshire | Mrs Sughra Begum |
| Staffordshire | Pritpal Singh Nagi Esq. MBE |
| Suffolk | Oliver William Paul Esq. |
| Surrey | Mrs Johanna Maria Hamilton |
| Tyne and Wear | Ammar Yusuf Mirza Esq. CBE |
| Warwickshire | Ms Susan Rasmussen |
| West Midlands | Ms Carmen Anne Watson |
| West Sussex | Gary Richard Shipton Esq. |
| West Yorkshire | Doctor Ruby Khalid Bhatti OBE |
| Wiltshire | Doctor Alexander Paul Lamy Goodwin |
| Worcestershire | Maynard Vincent Burton Esq. |
| WALES | |
| Clwyd | David Baden Jones Esq. OBE |
| Dyfed | Andrew Merfyn Phillips Esq. |
| Gwent | Mrs Shereen Williams MBE |
| Gwynedd | Mrs Llinos Angharad Owen |
| Mid Glamorgan | John Edward Charles Esq. TD |
| Powys | William Walter Watkins Esq. |
| South Glamorgan | Mrs Jane Elizabeth John |
| West Glamorgan | Emrys Shaun Elias Esq. OBE |