Sheriff of Westmorland

{{Short description|Ceremonial position in the English historic county of Westmorland}}

Westmorland (sometimes spelled Westmoreland) in North West England was abolished in 1974 following Prime Minister Edward Heath's Local Government Act 1972. Westmorland became a part of Cumbria along with Cumberland, parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire, including the Furness peninsular. In 2022 Westmorland was reconstituted as Westmorland and Furness following the abolition of Cumbria County Council. Westmorland and Furness have no High Sheriff as Cumbria has remained the ceremonial county.

The traditional county of Westmorland, like neighbouring Lancashire, was itself a new creation during the Middle Ages. It seems to have been treated as part of Yorkshire in the 11th century, and the eventual boundaries represented a merger between an earlier entity called Westmorland, and the Barony of Kendal, which was apparently originally considered part of the Honor of Lancaster, though it did not become part of Lancashire. Kendal is also now part of Cumbria.

The original Westmorland is sometimes referred to as Westmarieland and is later referred to as the Barony of Appleby or "Northern Westmorland".

List of sheriffs

The following is an incomplete list of historical sheriffs.

Except where separately referenced, names are taken from the website of the Public Record Office in Kew. The references given are also used throughout English archives.

Between the thirteenth century and 1849, the office of sheriff was hereditary, firstly granted in perpetuity by King John to Robert de Veteripont and afterwards held by the de Clifford family and then by the Earls of Thanet, until the 11th earl died with no successors. Due to the continued absence of the earlier incumbents on military service the duties would be actually be undertaken by a trusted deputy sheriff.

The office was finally abolished in 1974 when the shrievalty of Cumbria was established.

1129. Richard filius Gerardi de Appleby.
1174. Ranulf de Glanville
1176. Ranulf de Glanville
1177. Ranulf de Glanville
c. 1189. Osbert de Longo Campo (Longchamp) D MUS 2/10/24
1191–1199 Hugh Bardulf{{cite encyclopedia |author=Round, J. H. |author2=Turner, Ralph V. |title=Bardolf, Hugh (d. 1203) |url-access=subscription | encyclopedia =Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1359 |access-date= 16 May 2010}}
1199. Geoffrey FitzPeter
1200. William de Stuteville. D MUS 2/10/67.
1201. Geoffrey FitzPeter and Roger Bellocampo [Beauchamp] (under-sheriff?)(cf. The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland. Vol. I)
1202. William Stutevil and Philip Escrope (under-sheriff?)
1204–1228 Robert de Veteripont (Vipont)
1230 William de Ireby
1235 John de Vieuxpont Vipont (Hereditary Sheriff 1228–1243)
c. 1230. Alexander Bachucton D/WYB/2/115
1241 Gilbert of Kirketon DDHV/70/1
1241–43 John de Veteriponte(Hereditary Sheriff 1228–1243)
Robert de Vieuxpont (Hereditary Sheriff 1243–1242)
John de Vieuxpont (Hereditary Sheriff 1242–1264)
Isobella and Idomea Vieuxpont (Hereditary Sheriffs 1264-1308?)
mid 13th century. Roger de Stokes D/WYB/2/35
before 1283 Thomas de Mussegrave D/WYB/2/38
c. 1280–1290 William de Steynton D MUS 2/10/88
c. 1283–1289 Sir Richard de Medburn D/WYB/2/42
1284 Michael de Hartcla D/WYB/2/116
1288 Robert de Morvill D/WYB/2/43
1294 Thomas de Hellebek WD D/MD 40
1312 1312 Robert de Morwyll D HC 2/11/6
1317 Henry de Warthecopp D/WYB/2/117
1320–1322 Hugh de Louther SC 8/151/7531 (Louther also served as sheriff from October 1320 to February 1322)
1322–1323 Hugh de Louther SC 8/151/7531 (Louther did hold the office from December 1322 to July 1323, and it is possible that this short term was as a result of the complaints made in this petition (List of Sheriffs, p. 150). However Louther also served as sheriff from October 1320 to February 1322)
c. 1323–1325 Henry de Threlkeld C 49/45/14
1329 Thomas de Waryekop D/WYB/2/123
1330 Nicholas de Grendon SC 8/33/1650
1333–1334? Robert de Sandford D MUS 2/10/32
1342 Thomas de Musgrave D/WYB/2/124
Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford (Hereditary Sheriff 1308?–1314 (killed))
Roger de Clifford, 2nd Baron Clifford (Hereditary Sheriff 1314–1322 (hanged and attainted 1322))
Robert de Clifford, 3rd Baron Clifford (Attainder revoked 1327. Hereditary Sheriff 1327–1344)
1344 Robert de Clifford, 4th Baron Clifford (Hereditary Sheriff 1344–1344)
1351 John de Burgham
1355 Hugh de la Boure C 131/9/17
c. 1360 Roger Clifford, 5th Baron de Clifford (Hereditary Sheriff 1350–1389) SC 8/130/6466
Thomas Clifford, 6th Baron de Clifford (Hereditary Sheriff 1389–1391)
John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford (Hereditary Sheriff 1391–1422) (killed 1422)
1380 William de Lancaster WD RY/BOX 92/53
1389 Walter de Stirkeland SC 8/222/11077
1402 Elizabeth Clifford SC 8/119/5945
1403–1406 Thomas Warcop SC 8/23/1108 (Thomas Warcop of Lambert's Ash was sheriff between November 1403 and October/November 1406, and again (unless this is the son?) between September/October 1417 and October 1418)
1406–1408 William de Thornburgh SC 8/23/1108 (sheriff between October/November 1406 and October/November 1408)
1417–1418 Thomas Warcop SC 8/23/1108 (Thomas Warcop of Lambert's Ash was sheriff between November 1403 and October/November 1406, and again (unless this is the son?) between September/October 1417 and October 1418)
Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford (Hereditary Sheriff 1422–1455) (killed 1455)
John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford (Hereditary sheriff 1455–1461, attainted 1461)
1462–1473 Sir John Parr
1484–1485 Sir Richard Ratcliff Awarded for life but killed 1485.
1512 Henry Clifford C 131/97/16 (attainder revoked 1485, Hereditary sheriff 1485–1523)
Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland (Hereditary sheriff 1523–1542)
Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland (Hereditary sheriff 1542–1570)
George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland (Hereditary sheriff 1570–1605)
1643–1676 Lady Anne Clifford (Hereditary sheriff 1606–1676)
1676–1679 Nicholas Tufton, 3rd Earl of Thanet
1679–1680 John Tufton, 4th Earl of Thanet WD RY/BOX 86/21
1680–1684 Richard Tufton, 5th Earl of Thanet
1684–1729 Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet
1729–1753 Sackville Tufton, 7th Earl of Thanet
1753–1786 Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet DRO/021/102
1786–1825 Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet

=1800–1899=

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1825–1832 Charles Tufton, 10th Earl of Thanet
1832–1849 Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet
1849: George Edward Wilson{{London Gazette |issue=21000 |date=18 July 1849 |page=2287}}
1851: Edward Wilson, of Rigmaden (Uncle of Christopher Wyndham Wilson, High Sheriff in 1884){{London Gazette|issue=21181|page=363|date=11 February 1851 |nolink=y}}
1852: Richard Burn, of Orton Hall{{London Gazette|issue=21287|page=289|date=3 February 1852 |nolink=y}}
1853: John Wakefield, of Sedgwick House, Kendal{{London Gazette|issue=21409|page=329|date=8 February 1853 |nolink=y}}
1854: John Wilson, of the Howe{{London Gazette|issue=21517|page=265|date=31 January 1854 |nolink=y}}
1855: John Hill, of Castle Bank, Appleby{{London Gazette|issue=21660|page=470|date=9 February 1855 |nolink=y}}
1856: William Wilkinson, of Warcop{{London Gazette|issue=21844|page=361|date=31 January 1856 |nolink=y}}
1857: Richard Luther Watson, of Ecclerigg, Windermere{{London Gazette|issue=21964|page=379|date=3 February 1857 |nolink=y}}
1858: Robert Addison, of the Friary, Appleby{{London Gazette|issue=22091|page=539|date=3 February 1858 |nolink=y}}
1859: William Moore, of Grimes Hill, Kirkby Lonsdale{{London Gazette|issue=22226|page=454|date=2 February 1859 |nolink=y}}
1860: Matthew Benson Harrison, of Ambleside{{London Gazette|issue=22348|page=213|date=23 January 1860 |nolink=y}}
1861: William Hopes, of Brampton Crofts, Appleby{{London Gazette|issue=22477|page=433|date=5 February 1861 |nolink=y}}
1862: Lt-Col. Frederic Gandy, of Heaves, Milnthorpe{{London Gazette|issue=22596|pages=648–649|date=7 February 1862 |nolink=y}}
1863: William Wilson, of High Park, near Kendal{{London Gazette|issue=22704|page=573|date=3 February 1863 |nolink=y}}
1864: Matthew Thompson, of Kirkby Stephen{{London Gazette|issue=22815|page=525|date=3 February 1864 |nolink=y}}
1865: Arthur Shepherd, of Shaw End, near Kendal{{London Gazette|issue=22936|page=559|date=4 February 1865 |nolink=y}}
1866: Joseph Gibson of Whelprigg, Kirkby Lonsdale[https://books.google.com/books?id=NNdkxHnE8SgC The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke, 1867]
1867: Hugh Rigg, of Crossrigg Hall, Morland, Penrith{{London Gazette|issue=23215|page=612|date=2 February 1867 |nolink=y}}
1868: Thomas Taylour (commonly called Lord Kenlis), of Underley Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale{{London Gazette|issue=23348|page=453|date=31 January 1868 |nolink=y}}
1869: James Christopher Wilson, of Low Nook, Ambleside{{London Gazette|issue=23465|page=583|date=5 February 1869 |nolink=y}}
1870: James Atkinson, of Winderwath, Templesowerby, Penrith{{London Gazette|issue=23594|page=722|date=7 February 1870 |nolink=y}}
1871: William Henry Wakefield, of Sedgwick{{London Gazette|issue=23704|page=474|date=8 February 1871 |nolink=y}}
1872: Frank Atkinson Argles, of Eversley, Milnthorpe{{London Gazette|issue=23825|page=403|date=6 February 1871 |nolink=y}}
1873: Thomas Mason, of Kirkby Stephen{{London Gazette|issue=23945|page=513|date=6 February 1873 |nolink=y}}
1874: Sir Henry James Tufton, of Appleby Castle, Bart{{London Gazette|issue=24061|page=482|date=2 February 1874 |nolink=y}}
1875: James Cropper[https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1881londuoft#page/56/mode/2up Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881]
1876: Edward Balme Wheatley Balme of High Close, Loughrigg, Ambleside{{London Gazette|issue=24293|page=638| date=12 February 1876 |nolink=y}}
1877: Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edward Watson of Rothay Holme, Ambleside{{London Gazette|issue=24416|page=608| date=7 February 1877 |nolink=y}}
1878: Sidney Hughes Le Fleming of Rydal Hall, Ambleside{{London Gazette|issue=24554|page=878|date=23 February 1878 |nolink=y}}
1879: William Middleton Moore of Grimeshill, Kirkby Lonsdale{{London Gazette|issue=24683|page=928|date=22 February 1879 |nolink=y}}
1880: Henry Grandy of Castle Bank, Appleby{{London Gazette|issue=24817|page=1698|date=26 February 1880 |nolink=y}}
1881: William Hugh Parkin, junior of Ravencrag, Penrith {{London Gazette|issue=24945|page=980|date=2 March 1881 |nolink=y}}
1882: William Thompson, of Moresdale Hall, Kendal{{London Gazette|issue=25078|page=870|date=28 February 1882 |nolink=y}}
1883: Joseph Gibson, of Whelprigg, Kirkby Lonsdale{{London Gazette|issue=25208|page=1231|date=3 March 1883 |nolink=y}}
1884: Christopher Wyndham Wilson, of Rigmaden, Kirkby Lonsdale{{London Gazette|issue=25325|page=1118|date=4 March 1884 |nolink=y}}
1885: Alfred Harris, of Lunefield, Kirkby Lonsdale{{London Gazette|issue=25449|page=970|date=6 March 1885 |nolink=y}}
1886: Edward Hugh Wilson of Dallam Tower, Milnthorpe{{London Gazette|issue=25566|page=1136|date=9 March 1886 |nolink=y}}
1887: John Edward Hasell, of Dalemain{{London Gazette|issue=25680|page=1222|date=8 March 1887 |nolink=y}}
1888: William Dillworth Crewdson, of Helm Lodge, near Kendal{{London Gazette|issue=25798|page=1696|date=30 March 1891 |nolink=y}}
1889: Francis Markham, of Morland{{London Gazette|issue=25922|page=2010|date=9 April 1889 |nolink=y}}
1890: Walter James Marshall, of Patterdale Hall{{London Gazette|issue=26036|page=1782|date=25 March 1890 |nolink=y}}
1891: Thomas Atkinson Argles, of Eversley, Milnthorpe{{London Gazette|issue=26146|page=1653|date=24 March 1891 |nolink=y}}
1892: James Gandy Gandy, of Heaves, Milnthorpe{{London Gazette|issue=26269|page=1590 |date=18 March 1892 |nolink=y}}
1893: Jacob Wakefield, of Sedgwick House, Kendal{{London Gazette|issue=26383|page=1677|date=17 March 1893 |nolink=y}}
1894: Colonel Joseph Withers, of Briery Close, Windermere.{{London Gazette|issue=26494|page=1518|date=13 March 1894 |nolink=y}}
1895: Charles Walker, of Brcttargh Holt, Kendal{{London Gazette|issue=26606|page=1455|date=12 March 1895 |nolink=y}}
1896: Henry Miles Radcliffe, of Summerlands, Kendal{{London Gazette|issue=26720|page=1596|date=10 March 1896 |nolink=y}}
1897: William Smith Paget-Tomlinson, of The Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale{{London Gazette|issue=26828|page=1238|date=2 March 1897 |nolink=y}}
1898: William Stavert, of Prizett, Kendal{{London Gazette|issue=26945|page=1415|date=8 March 1898 |nolink=y}}
1899: Frank Maude Taylor Jones-Balme, of High Close, Ambleside{{London Gazette|issue=27061|page=1660|date=10 March 1899 |nolink=y}}

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=1900–1974=

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1900: William Graham of Eden Grove, Kirkbythore{{London Gazette |issue=27171 |date=6 March 1900 |page=1520 |nolink=y}} Office declared vacant on bankruptcy PC 8/533
1901: Maurice Bromley Wilson of Dallam Tower, Milnthorpe{{London Gazette |issue=27293 |date=12 March 1901 |page=1760 |nolink=y}}
1902: William Hibbert Marshall of Patterdale Hall, Penrith{{London Gazette| issue=27414|page=1625|date=7 March 1902 |nolink=y}}
1903: Joseph Torbock of Crackenthorpe Hall, Appleby{{London Gazette|issue=27534|page=1671|date=13 March 1903 |nolink=y}}
1904: Harvey Goodwin of Orton Hall, Tebay{{London Gazette|issue=27655|page=1537|date=8 March 1904 |nolink=y}}
1905: Charles James Cropper of Ellergreen, Kendal{{London Gazette|issue=27777|page=2179|date=21 March 1905 |nolink=y}}
1906: Robert Wilkinson Dent of Flass, Shap{{London Gazette|issue=27890|page=1433|date=27 March 1906 |nolink=y}}
1907: Colonel Bordrigge North North, of Newton Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale{{London Gazette| issue=28000|page=1462|date=1 March 1907 |nolink=y}}
1908: Charles Robert Rivington of Castle Bank, Appleby{{London Gazette| issue=28115|page=1479|date=3 March 1908 |nolink=y}}
1909: Richard Rigg of Applegarth, Windermere{{London Gazette| issue=28229|page=1655|date=2 March 1909 |nolink=y}}
1910: John Rankin of New Hutton and Liverpool{{London Gazette| issue=28346|page=1679|date=8 March 1910 |nolink=y}}
1911: John William Fothergill of Brownber, Newbiggin-on-Lune{{London Gazette| issue=28473|page=1951|date=7 March 1911 |nolink=y}}
1912: William Dillworth Crewdson of Helme Lodge, Kendal{{London Gazette| issue=28586|page=1556|date=1 March 1912 |nolink=y}}
1913: Henry Paul Mason of Eden Place, Kirkby Stephen{{London Gazette| issue=28701|page=2058|date=18 March 1913 |nolink=y}}
1914: Francis Chatillon Danson of Dry Close, Grasmere{{London Gazette| issue=28811|page=2159|date=10 March 1914 |nolink=y}}
1915: Thomas Rogers Shaw of Greenside, Milnthorpe{{London Gazette| issue=29086|page=2088|date=2 March 1915 |nolink=y}}
1916: Colin Somervell of Tenter Field, Kendal{{London Gazette| issue=29492|page=2236|date=29 February 1916 |nolink=y}}
1917: Alec Lionel Rea of Keldwith, Windermere{{London Gazette| issue=29982|page=2508|date=13 March 1917 |nolink=y}}
1918: James Cullen Hamilton of Barrows Green, Kendal{{London Gazette| issue=30557|page=2780|date=5 March 1918 |nolink=y}}
1919: Colonel Frederic Haworth of Ashley Green, Ambleside{{London Gazette| issue=31230|page=3477|date=14 March 1919 |nolink=y}}
1920: Alexander Millington Sing of Dawstone, Windermere{{London Gazette| issue=31821|page=3177|date=12 March 1920 |nolink=y}}
1921: George Henry Pattinson of Gossel Ridding, Winderere{{London Gazette| issue=32254|page=1994|date=11 March 1921 |nolink=y}}
1922: Lieut.-Col. Sidney Roden Fothergill of Lowbridge, Kendal{{London Gazette| issue=32642|page=2231|date=17 March 1922 |nolink=y}}
1923: Robert Durning Holt of High Borrans, Windermere{{London Gazette| issue=32805|page=1989|date=13 March 1923 |nolink=y}}
1924: Gerard Elyetson Thompson of Stobars Hall, Kirkby Stephen{{London Gazette| issue=32920|page=2414|date=21 March 1924 |nolink=y}}
1925: Oswald William Edward Hedley of Briery Close, Windermere{{London Gazette| issue=33030|page=1874|date=17 March 1925 |nolink=y}}
1926: Sir Samuel Haslam Scott, 2nd Baronet of Low Yews, Windermere{{London Gazette| issue=33143|page=2012|date=19 March 1926 |nolink=y}}
1927: Major Edward William Hasell of Dalemain, Penrith, Cumberland{{London Gazette| issue=33259|page=1876|date=22 March 1927 |nolink=y}}
1928: James Winstanley Cropper of Tolson Hall, Kendal{{London Gazette| issue=33369|page=2127|date=23 March 1928 |nolink=y}}
1929: Frederick Rice Markham of Morland, Westmorland{{London Gazette| issue=33479|page=2965|date=22 March 1929 |nolink=y}}
1930: Anthony Lowther, of Clifton Hill{{London Gazette| issue=33592|page=1957|date=28 March 1930 |nolink=y}}
1931: Alfred Henry Willink of Whitefoot, Burneside, Kendal{{London Gazette| issue=33700|page=1878|date=20 March 1931 |nolink=y}}
1932: Edgar Frederick Wrigley of Oakland, Windermere{{London Gazette| issue=33809|page=1854|date=18 March 1932 |nolink=y}}
1933: Henry Oxley Ingham of Augill Castle, Brough{{London Gazette| issue=33922|page=1856|date=17 March 1933 |nolink=y}}
1934: Francis Clayton Scott of Matson Ground, Windermere{{London Gazette| issue=34035|page=1939|date=23 March 1934 |nolink=y}}
1935: Frederick John Milne of Broad Leys, Windermere{{London Gazette| issue=34135|page=1266|date=22 February 1935 |nolink=y}}
1936: Major Arnold Colin Somervell, of High Borrans, Windermere{{London Gazette| issue=34261|page=1379|date=3 March 1936 |nolink=y}}
1937: Henry Hornyold-Strickland of Sizergh Lodge, Kendal{{London Gazette| issue=34381|page=1819|date=19 March 1937 |nolink=y}}
1938: Henry Leigh Groves of Holehird, Windermere{{London Gazette| issue=34494|page=1838|date=18 March 1938 |nolink=y}}
1939: William Miles Moss Forwood of Lindth Fell, Windermere{{London Gazette| issue=34606|page=1632|date=10 March 1939 |nolink=y}}
1940: Charles Windham Leycester Penrhyn-Hornby of Dalton Hall, Burton, Carnforth, Lancs{{London Gazette| issue=34807|page=1380|date=8 March 1940 |nolink=y}}
1941: George Norman Pattinson of The Knoll, Windermere{{London Gazette| issue=35119|page=1801|date=28 March 1941 |nolink=y}}
1942: William Gordon Shorrock of Morland, via Penrith{{London Gazette| issue=35508|page=1453|date=31 March 1942 |nolink=y}}
1943: Capt. Walter Frederick Gaddum of Braban House, Burneside, Kendal{{London Gazette| issue=35938|page=1199|date=12 March 1943 |nolink=y}}
1944: Dr John Cochrane Henderson of St. Andrews, Windermere{{London Gazette| issue=36444|page=1449|date=28 March 1944 |nolink=y}}
1945: Colonel John Heaton of Prizet, near Kendal{{London Gazette| issue=36998|page=1602|date=23 March 1945 |nolink=y}}
1946: John Malcolm Somervell of Broom Close, Kendal{{London Gazette| issue=37509|page=1493|date=22 March 1946 |nolink=y}}
1947: David Riddell of Langbank, Bowness-on-Windermere{{London Gazette| issue=37905|page=1214| date=14 March 1947 |nolink=y}}
1948: Brigadier-General Louis John Wyatt, of The Court Yard, Kirkby Lonsdale{{London Gazette| issue=38235 |supp=y|page=1811| date=12 March 1948 |nolink=y}}
1949: Richard Perceval Hewetson of Stobars Hall, Kirkby Stephen{{London Gazette| issue=38556|page=1202| date=8 March 1949 |nolink=y}}
1950: Anthony Charles Cropper of Tolson Hall, near Kendal{{London Gazette| issue=38878|page=1666| date=4 March 1950 |nolink=y}}
1951: Francis Beresford Chancellor of Eden Gate, Warcop{{London Gazette| issue=39175|page=1428| date=16 March 1951 |nolink=y}}
1952: Oliver Robin Bagot of Levens Hall, Kendal.{{London Gazette| issue=39489|page=1400| date=11 March 1952 |nolink=y}}
1953: Commander Richard Henley Torbock, of Crossrigg Hall, Cliburn.{{London Gazette| issue=39798|page=1442|date=13 March 1953 |nolink=y}}
1954: Surgeon-Captain William Glossop Thwaytes, of Holesfoot, Maulds Meaburn, near Penrith.{{London Gazette| issue=40115|page=1315|date=2 March 1954 |nolink=y}}
1955: Lieut-Colonel Henry Christopher White Bowring of Whelprigg, Kirkby Lonsdale.{{London Gazette| issue=40433|page=1609|date=18 March 1955 |nolink=y}}
1956: Hugh Wykeham David Pollock of Winderwath, Temple Sowerby, near Penrith.{{London Gazette| issue=40738|page=1731|date=23 March 1956 |nolink=y}}
1957: Sir Robert Benson Ewbank, of Tongue Ghyll, Grasmere.{{London Gazette| issue=41024|page=1651|date=15 March 1957 |nolink=y}}
1958: Ronald Arthur Somervell of Haverbrack, Milnthorpe.{{London Gazette| issue=41340|page=1779|date=18 March 1958 |nolink=y}}
1959: Michael Charles Stanley,of Halecat, Witherslack.{{London Gazette| issue=41656|page=1725|date=13 March 1959 |nolink=y}}
1960: Sir Robert Annesley Wilkinson Dent, of Flass, Maulds Meaburn, near Penrith.{{London Gazette| issue=41986|page=2026|date=18 March 1960 |nolink=y}}
1961: Lieut.-Colonel John Raymond Danson, of Dry Close, Grasmere.{{London Gazette|issue=42314|page=2346|date=28 March 1961 |nolink=y}}
1962: Charles Eric Wilson of Rigmaden, Kirkby Lonsdale, (grandson of Christopher Wyndham Wilson, High Sheriff in 1884){{London Gazette|issue=42623 |supp=y|page=2144|date=16 March 1962 |nolink=y}}
1963: Peter Francis Scott of Long Dales, Windermere.{{London Gazette|issue=42955|page=2824|date=29 March 1963 |nolink=y}}
1964: Captain Anthony George Lowther, of Whitbysteads, Askham.{{London Gazette|issue=43286|page=2849|date=31 March 1964 |nolink=y}}
1965: Major Thomas William Ian Hedley, of Briery Close, Windermere.{{London Gazette|issue=43610 |supp=y|page=3049|date=26 March 1965 |nolink=y}}
1966: Sir Oliver Christopher Anderson Scott, of Yews, Windermere.{{London Gazette|issue=43921|page=2704|date=11 March 1966 |nolink=y}}
1967: Captain Nigel Crichton Pease, of Underley Grange, Kirkby Lonsdale.{{London Gazette|issue=44276|page=3382|date=28 March 1967 |nolink=y}}
1968: Cuthbert Henry Dyke Acland, of Stagshaw, Ambleside.{{London Gazette|issue=44540|page=2667|date=5 March 1968 |nolink=y}}
1969: Sir Cuthbert Barwick Clegg, of Barn Close, Beetham, Milnthorpe.{{London Gazette|issue=44811|page=3011|date=20 March 1969 |nolink=y}}
1970: Robert Sands Crossfield, of Brantfell, Arnside.{{London Gazette|issue=45070|page=3646|date=31 March 1970 |nolink=y}}
1971: James Anthony Cropper, of Tolson Hall, Kendal.{{London Gazette|issue=45321|page=2158|date=12 March 1971 |nolink=y}}
1972: Thomas Martin Heaton of Towcett House, Newby, Shap.{{London Gazette|issue=45630|page=3653|date=24 March 1972 |nolink=y}}
1973: Lieut-Commander Thomas Hornyold-Strickland, Count della Catena, of The North Wing, Sizergh Castle, Kendal.{{London Gazette|issue=45941|page=4153|date=30 March 1973 |nolink=y}}
1974 onwards – See High Sheriff of Cumbria

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References

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