The following were nominated as prospective High Sheriffs in the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court on Monday 12 November 2012.

ENGLAND

(except Cornwall, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire)

Bedfordshire:—

Mrs Deborah Inskip, Milton Ernest, Bedford;

Colin Osborne Esq., MBE, Sandy;

The Countess of Erroll, Everton, Sandy.

Berkshire:—

Professor Suzanna Christina Rose, Henley-on-Thames;

Christopher Teik Kooi Khoo Esq., Holyport, Maidenhead;

David Montagu Albermarle Bertie Esq., Binfield, Bracknell.

Buckinghamshire:—

Sir Stuart Hampson, Bledlow Ridge, High Wycombe;

Joseph Gurney Barclay Esq., Latimer, Chesham;

Mrs Anna Francesca Skelton, Great Linford, Milton Keynes.

Cambridgeshire:—

The Hon. Aubrey James Francis Buxton, Carlton, Newmarket;

Mrs Linda Alison Fairbrother, Cambridge;

Captain Victor Harold Lucas RN, Warboys.

Cheshire:—

Martin Dudley Beaumont Esq., Tiverton, Tarporley;

Mrs Susan Elisabeth Sellers, Rushton, Tarporley;

Piers Sparrow Esq., Henbury, Macclesfield.

City of Bristol:—

Dr. Shaheen Shahzadi Chaudhry, Bristol;

Michael Bothamley Esq., Leigh Woods, Bristol;

Dr Rosalind Kennedy, Clifton, Bristol.

Cumbria:—

Mrs Diana Ruth Matthews, Windermere;

Martyn Peter Telford Hart Esq., Wetheral, Carlisle;

Samuel Alan Miles Rayner Esq., Kendal.

Derbyshire:—

Derek Mapp Esq., Barlow, Dronfield;

David Frederick Coleman Esq., QPM, Ironville, Nottingham;

Oliver George Stephenson Esq., Middleton-by-Youlgrave, Bakewell.

Devon:—

John Albert Thomas Lee Esq., Shobrooke, Crediton;

The Hon. John Rous, Clovelly, Bideford;

Admiral Sir James Michael Burnell-Nugent KCB CBE, Modbury, Ivybridge.

Dorset:—

Mrs Catriona Janet Payne, Charlton, Shaftesbury;

Mrs Jane Stichbury CBE QPM, Ashley Heath, Ringwood;

Mrs Jennifer Sheila Coombs, Iwern Stepleton, Blandford Forum.

Durham:—

Peter Stuart Bell Esq., Durham;

Gerald Charles Osborne Esq., Croft on Tees, Darlington;

James Mark Featherstone Fenwick Esq., Wolsingham, Bishop Auckland.

East Riding of Yorkshire:—

Stephen Thomas Larard Esq., West Ella, Hull;

Mrs Gail Stafford Mettyear, Lockington, Driffield;

James Lawrence Dick Esq., North Ferriby.

East Sussex:—

Graham Peters Esq., Bodiam, Robertsbridge;

Christopher John Gebbie Esq., OBE, Ringmer, Lewes;

Mrs Juliet Anne Smith, Brighton.

Essex:—

Mrs Julia Mary Seton Abel Smith, Little Leighs, Chelmsford;

Nicholas Charrington Esq., Layer Marney, Colchester;

Simon Andrew Dalton Hall Esq., MBE, Great Tay, Colchester.

Gloucestershire:—

The Hon. Hugh John Hamilton Tollemache, Stow on the Wold;

Thomas Alexander Fortescue Frost Esq., Kington, Thornbury;

Roger John Head Esq., Highnam.

Greater London:—

David Christopher Fraser Jones Esq., London;

Kevin David McGrath Esq., London;

William James Furber Esq., London.

Hampshire:—

Rupert Edward Alexander Younger Esq., Petersfield;

Major General James Melville John Balfour CBE, Durley, Southampton;

Lady Portal, Ashe, Basingstoke.

Herefordshire:—

Robert Simon Dyke Tabor Esq., Llanrothal;

Major Patrick James Auchinleck Darling, Sellack, Ross-on-Wye;

Edward Harley Esq., Bucknell.

Hertfordshire:—

The Viscountess Trenchard, Standon, Ware;

Fergus John McMullen Esq., Berden, Bishop’s Stortford;

Jonathan Charles Gosselin Trower Esq., Stanstead Abbotts, Ware.

Isle of Wight:—

Mrs Mary Louise Case, Newport;

Mrs Claire Elizabeth Bradley Locke, Newbridge, Yarmouth;

Ronald Thomas Holland Esq., Ryde.

Kent:—

Alastair Colin Leckie Lord Colgrain, Ide Hill, Sevenoaks;

Hugo Mark Fenwick Esq., Egerton, Ashford;

William Alexander Esq., Shoreham, Sevenoaks.

Leicestershire:—

Mrs Sally Elizabeth Ann Bowie, East Langton, Market Harborough;

Richard Charles Griffin Clowes Esq., Illston on the Hill, Leicester;

Gordon Drake Arthur Esq., Smeeton Westerby, Leicester.

Lincolnshire:—

Toby Edward Drake Dennis Esq., Rowston, Lincoln;

The Earl of Yarborough, Brocklesby Park;

Air Vice Marshal Hector Gavin Mackay CB OBE AFC, Wellingore, Lincoln.

Norfolk:—

The Countess of Leicester, Holkham, Wells-Next-The-Sea;

Lady Dannatt, Keswick, Norwich;

Anthony John Habgood Esq., Ingham, Norwich.

Northamptonshire:—

James Michael Shepherd-Cross Esq., Greens Norton, Towcester;

Mrs Virginia Anne Burnett, Wigsthorpe, Peterborough;

Ahmed Ibrahim Mukhtar Esq., Barton Seagrave, Kettering.

Northumberland:—

Peter Robert Loyd Esq., Hesleyside, Hexham;

John McMorrough Carr-Ellison Esq., Powburn, Alnwick;

Mrs Lucy Helen Maxwell Carroll, Cornhill-on-Tweed.

North Yorkshire:—

The Reverend Rachel Candia Benson, Westow, York;

Thomas James Ponsonby Ramsden Esq., North Stainley, Ripon;

Lady Middleton, North Grimston, Malton.

Nottinghamshire:—

Mrs Nicola June Weston, Shelford, Nottingham;

Graham Cartledge Esq., Caunton, Newark;

Dr. Jaswant Singh Bilkhu, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottingham.

Oxfordshire:—

Professor Graham Upton, Headington, Oxford;

Anthony John Stratton Esq., Headington, Oxford;

Thomas Henry Birch Reynardson Esq., Adwell, Thame.

Rutland:—

Mrs Patricia Tena Ruddle, Langham, Oakham;

Air Commodore Simon Miles David Williamson-Noble, Pickworth, Stamford;

Andrew Jonathan Brown Esq., Caldecott, Market Harborough.

Shropshire:—

Mrs Diana Rosemary Flint, Eastwick, Ellesmere;

Robert John Bowring Bland Esq., Cressage, Nr Shrewsbury;

David Robert Stacey Esq., Minsterly, Shrewsbury.

Somerset:—

Mrs Maureen Effie Whitmore, Butcombe, Bristol;

Richard David Ayshford Lloyd Esq., Langford Budville, Wellington;

The Hon. Mrs James Nelson, Pen Selwood, Wincanton.

South Yorkshire:—

Lady Sykes, Hathersage, Hope Valley;

John Clive Bramah Esq., Lindrick Dale, Nr Worksop;

John Raymond Holt Esq., Bessacarr, Doncaster.

Staffordshire:—

Miss Susan Caroline Inge-Innes-Lillingston, Statfold, Tamworth;

Mrs Ann Elizabeth Fisher, Oakley, Market Drayton;

John William Leavesley Esq., Orgreave Alrewas, Burton-on-Trent.

Suffolk:—

Sir Edward Bernard Greenwell Bt., Gedgrave, Woodbridge;

Nicholas John Wingfield Digby Esq., Kennett, Newmarket;

Mrs Judith Veronica Shallow, Felsham, Bury St Edmunds.

Surrey:—

Dr. Helen Ann Bowcock, Haslemere;

Peter John Gorringe Lee Esq., South Godstone, Godstone;

Mrs Elizabeth Ann Stafford Kennedy, Cobham.

Tyne and Wear:—

George Scott Esq., Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne;

Mrs Ruth Thompson OBE, Cleadon Village, Sunderland;

Miss Kathryn Lucy Hay Winskell, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Warwickshire:—

Keith Howard Sach Esq., Meriden;

Mrs Clare Diana Hopkinson, Norton Lindsey, Warwick;

Mrs Janet Alison Smith, Snitterfield, Stratford upon Avon.

West Midlands:—

Dr. Christine Braddock CBE, Shatterford, Bewdley;

Timothy Watts Esq., Tamworth-in-Arden, Solihull;

Edward Jonathan Turpie Esq.; MBE, Moseley, Birmingham.

West Sussex:—

David Patrick Henry Burgess Esq., MBE, Chichester;

Jonathan Charles Lucas Esq., Warnham, Horsham;

Mrs Denise Lesley Anne Patterson, Aldwick Bay, Bognor Regis.

West Yorkshire:—

Mrs Virginia Annable Lloyd, Luddenden, Nr Halifax;

The Hon. Mrs Dent, Little Ribston, Wetherby;

Edmund John Seward Anderson Esq., Thorner, Leeds.

Wiltshire:—

William Francis Wyldbore-Smith Esq., Bremhill, Calne;

Peter Addington Esq., Hilmarton, Calne;

Lady Gooch, Chitterne, Warminster.

Worcestershire:—

Nicholas Philip Wentworth-Stanley Esq., Middle Hill, Broadway;

John Michael Waller Hogan Esq., Bickley, Tenbury Wells;

Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Roy Holcroft OBE, Oldwood, Tenbury Wells.

WALES

Clwyd:—

Mrs Celia Mary Jenkins, Trevor, Llangollen;

John David Meredith Jones Esq., Bodfari, Denbigh;

Mrs Janet Patricia Evans, Llanrwst, Conwy.

Dyfed:—

John Thomas Davies Esq., Crymych, Pembrokeshire;

Mrs Rachel Elinor Jones, Bethlehem, Llangadog;

James Edward Charles Raw-Rees Esq., Waunfawr, Aberystwyth.

Gwent:—

Murray Alexander MacFarlane Esq., Pen-y-Clawdd, Monmouthshire;

Mrs Gillian Ann Sheddick OBE, Redwick, Magor, Caldicot;

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Simon Tuggey, Craig-y-Dorth, Mitchel Troy.

Gwynedd:—

Mrs Marian Wyn Jones, Pen y Bryn, Caernarfon;

David Murray Lea-Wilson Esq., Dwyran, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll;

Dr Elizabeth Mary Nesbit Andrews MBE, Aberdyfi.

Mid Glamorgan:—

Rory James Murray McLaggan Esq., Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend;

Mrs Elizabeth Singer, Porthcawl;

Mrs Jayne Ann James, Port Talbot.

Powys:—

Bernard Bromley Harris Esq., MBE, Meifod;

Philip Bowen Esq., Llandrindod Wells;

Lieutenant Colonel Michael Hugh Ledston Lewis (Retd), Llanfrynach, Brecon.

South Glamorgan:—

Mrs Morfudd Ann Meredith, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan;

David Ward Jenkins Esq., Cold Knap, Barry;

Professor Heather Vivienne Stevens CBE, Porthkerry, Barry.

West Glamorgan:—

Mrs Gaynor Marie Richards MBE, Ynyscedwyn, Swansea;

John Edward Collins Esq., Mumbles, Swansea;

Robert Michael Redfern Esq., Felindre, Swansea.