The following were nominated in the King’s Bench Division of the High Court on Wednesday 12th November 2025 as prospective High Sheriffs for the years 2026, 2027 and 2028. Their names will be submitted to His Majesty The King and, if approved, each nominee will take office in late March or early April in the appropriate year.

ENGLAND

(except Cornwall, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire)

Bedfordshire:—

Ismail Anilmis Esq., Ravensden;

Ms Lucinda Alice Camilla Copeman, Renhold;

Mrs Catherine Nicola Jane Sylvester-Kilroy, Bedford.

Berkshire:—

Mrs Renu Raksha Wing Kapur MBE, Twyford;

Ms Elizabeth Curran Storey, Boxford;

Mrs Catherine Hilda Lovell, Upper Woolhampton.

Buckinghamshire:—

Ms Nicola Heather Ross, Tingewick;

Doctor Julie Mary Mills OBE, Wavedon;

Ms Ayser Al-Jawad, Milton Keynes.

Cambridgeshire:—

Francis William Miles Burkitt Esq., Grantchester;

Jaspal Singh Esq., Eye;

Christopher Philip Parkhouse Esq., Snailwell.

Cheshire:—

Ms Lynn Karen Pegler, Northwich;

His Honour Judge Steven George Everett, Poulton;

Alan Davies Esq., Warrington.

City of Bristol:—

Mrs Anne Marie Nisbet, Bristol;

Mohammed Elfatih Elsharif Esq., Southmead;

Andrew Street Esq., Long Ashton.

Cumbria:—

Mrs Shirley Fawcett, Workington;

Ian William Brown Esq., Rockcliffe;

Gareth John McKeever Esq., Far Sawrey.

Derbyshire:—

Syed Yusuf Iftikhar Esq., Littleover;

Mrs Gillian Helen Sewell, Castle Donington;

Andrew Richard George Allsop Esq., Morley.

Devon:—

Mark Picton Ansell Esq., Bideford;

Richard Charles Barrington Stevens Esq. MBE, Plymouth;

Nicholas Talbot Powe Esq., Torquay.

Dorset:—

Mrs Helena Margaret Conibear, Dorchester;

Cleeves William Robert Palmer Esq., Bridport;

Ms Elizabeth Willingham, Poole.

Durham:—

Doctor Arnab Basu MBE, Brancepeth;

Andrew David Hayday Esq., Houghton le Spring;

David Charles Osborne Esq., Richmond.

East Riding of Yorkshire:—

Neil Philip Sanderson Esq., Brough;

Miss Patricia Mary Dalby, Hull;

Ms Judith Margaret Heaton QPM, Skidby.

East Sussex:—

Michael James Bedingfield Esq., Brighton;

Doctor David Michael Walker, Hastings;

Ms Sarah Jane Hopwood, Turners Green.

Essex:—

Mrs Susannah Dutton, Hatfield Broad Oak;

Amrik Singh Sandhu Esq., High Beech;

David Christian Guest Esq., Colchester.

Gloucestershire:—

Dame Fiona Claire Reynolds DBE, Cirencester;

Rupert George Walters Esq., Churcham;

Peter Andrew Lachecki Esq., Tewkesbury.

Greater London:—

Dhruv Prashant Patel Esq. OBE, London;

Mrs Alexia Jane Fetherstonhaugh, London;

Professor Martin Griffiths CBE, London.

Hampshire:—

William John Maltby Esq., Tadley;

Mrs Stephanie Illsley, Brockenhurst;

Ms Lena Samuels, Lymington.

Herefordshire:—

Mrs Tamsin Sczerina Clive, Hereford;

Peter Robert Clay Esq., Brockhampton;

Glenn Powell Jones Esq., Hereford.

Hertfordshire:—

Mrs Anna Louise Rankin, Rickmansworth;

Mrs Meenal Sachdev, Borehamwood;

James Thomas Jordan Steel Esq., Much Hadham.

Isle of Wight:—

Nigel Alan Hartley Esq. MBE, St Lawrence;

Mrs Katie Jane Davies, Thorley;

Ms Shirley Ann Robertson OBE, Cowes.

Kent:—

Martin Lukehurst Esq., Sittingbourne;

Lars Lemonius Esq., Sevenoaks;

Colonel Jane Carey-Harris TD, Canterbury.

Leicestershire:—

Meldin Thomas Esq. QPM, Swadlincote;

Mrs Sandra Marilyn Barnett-Pollock OBE, Leicester;

Richard Hugh Cunningham Esq., Melton Mowbray.

Lincolnshire:—

Ms Susan Patricia Liburd MBE, Lincoln;

Mrs Camilla Edwina Carlbom Flinn, Nr. Louth;

James Alexander Albone Esq., Lincoln.

Norfolk:—

Jonathan Charles Pearson Esq., Thetford;

Mrs Samantha Claire Mackintosh MBE, Norwich;

Thomas Julien Radclyffe Courtauld Esq., Norwich.

Northamptonshire:—

Roger William Butler Esq., Nr Wellingborough;

No new name;

Duncan Charles Farrington Esq. MBE, Wellingborough.

Northumberland:—

Doctor Anna Maria Charlton, Hexham;

Charles Richard Renwick Esq., Morpeth;

Peter Ronald de Wesselow Esq., Belsay.

North Yorkshire:—

Nigel Frederick Hartley Corner Esq., Leyburn;

James Roderick Jocelyn Grierson Esq., Copmanthorpe;

Ms Pamela Joy Cullwick, York.

Nottinghamshire:—

Ms Merleta Bryan-Hilton, Nottingham;

Craig Vincent Chettle Esq. MBE, Woodthorpe;

Ms Natalie Olivia Gasson-McKinley MBE, Nottingham.

Oxfordshire:—

Muhammad Jawaid Malik Esq., Oxford;

Mrs Moira Ellen Darlington, Headington;

Mrs Julia Colegrave, Banbury.

Rutland:—

Mrs Susannah Kate Constance Fish OBE, QPM, Oakham;

Mrs Susan Gaye Ball, North Luffenham;

Doctor Hilary Jane Fox, Oakham.

Shropshire:—

Mrs Katherine Elizabeth Anne Tanner, Church Stretton;

Hugh Eugene Donal Strickland Esq., Near Whitchurch;

Mrs Sally Victoria Themans, Bridgnorth.

Somerset:—

Peter Charles Dixon Esq., Bath;

Mrs Nina Alexandra Coad, Watchet;

Martin Thatcher Esq., Winscombe.

South Yorkshire:—

Mrs Sughra Begum, Sheffield;

Mrs Jane Elizabeth Marshall, Hope Valley;

Mrs Karen Jane McKay, Sheffield.

Staffordshire:—

Pritpal Singh Nagi Esq. MBE, Newcastle-Under-Lyme;

Mrs Sally Ann Newstead, Marchington;

John Alun Rogers Esq., Stafford.

Suffolk:—

Oliver William Paul Esq., Ipswich;

Mrs Susan Margaret Hughes, Thurston;

Alexander John Scott-Barrett Esq., Ipswich.

Surrey:—

Mrs Neelam Devesher, Oxshott;

Mrs Johanna Maria Hamilton, Betchworth;

Giles Verity Esq., Ottershaw.

Tyne and Wear:—

Ammar Yusuf Mirza Esq. CBE, Ponteland;

Jeffrey Allen Brown Esq., Jarrow;

Adam James Serfontein Esq., Jesmond.

Warwickshire:—

Ms Susan Rasmussen, Leamington Spa;

Mrs Susan Cheryll Rawbone, Leamington Spa;

Mrs Caroline Symonds, Coleshill.

West Midlands:—

Ms Carmen Anne Watson, Wolverhampton;

Doctor Ahmed Jamal Nasir Awan MBE, Sutton Coldfield;

Professor Martin Leslie Levermore MBE, Walsall.

West Sussex:—

Gary Richard Shipton Esq., Tangmere;

Mrs Julia Mellody Aisbitt, Wivelsfield;

Doctor Caroline Anne Greenhalgh, Pulborough.

West Yorkshire:—

Doctor Ruby Khalid Bhatti OBE, Bradford;

Mrs Nicola Jane Chance-Thompson MBE, Halifax;

Mrs Carol Ann Dewhurst OBE, Leeds.

Wiltshire:—

Doctor Alexander Paul Lamy Goodwin, Trowbridge;

Lady Ila Venetia Campbell Fuller, Corsham;

Mrs Shahina Sarwar Baloch Johnson MBE, Devizes.

Worcestershire:—

Maynard Vincent Burton Esq., Stourport on Severn;

Mrs Fiona Elizabeth Charny, Worcester;

Christopher Stanley Mitchell Esq., Worcester.

WALES

Clwyd:—

David Baden Jones Esq. OBE, Ruthin;

Mrs Ann Gwenllian Dickinson, Conwy;

Christopher Bryan Owens Esq., Conwy.

Dyfed:—

Andrew Merfyn Phillips Esq., Haverfordwest;

Ms Susan Jayne Picouto, Ammanford;

James Edward Charles Raw-Rees Esq., Ceredigion.

Gwent:—

Mrs Shereen Williams MBE, Newport;

Mark Ralph Langshaw Esq. MBE, Usk;

Geoffrey Hughes Esq., Usk.

Gwynedd:—

Mrs Llinos Angharad Owen, Caernarfon;

Sean Wallace Taylor Esq., Llanrwst;

Richard William Kenrick Price Esq., Bala.

Mid Glamorgan:—

John Edward Charles Esq. TD, Rhondda Cyon Taf;

Doctor Dale Cartwright, Aberdare;

Mrs Rhian Lesley Mannings MBE, Miskin.

Powys:—

William Walter Watkins Esq., Knighton;

Ms Ann Bowen Mathias, Brecon;

Christopher Kim Lloyd Esq., Tregynon.

South Glamorgan:—

Mrs Jane Elizabeth John, Barry;

Spiro Borg Esq., Heath;

James Andrew Thomas Esq., Cowbridge.

West Glamorgan:—

Emrys Shaun Elias OBE Esq., Neath;

Mrs Lara Jane Johnson Capel, Swansea;

Ms Karen Jayne Andrew, Swansea.