The following is the list of Sheriffs for 1869, appointed by her Majesty in Council, at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, on Thursday week:—
(Excepting Cornwall and Lancashire).
Bedfordshire—Henry Francis C. Cust, Esq., of Cockayne Hatley. Berkshire—Henry Tucker, Esq., of Bourton House, Shrivenham. Bucks—Abraham John Robarts, Esq., of Lillingston Dayrell. Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire—George Thornhill, Esq., of Diddington. Cheshire—Samuel Woodhouse, Esq., of Norley Hall, Frodsham Cumberland—John Ewart, Esq., of Kingfield House. Derbyshire—George Henry Strutt, Esq., of Bridge Hill, Belper. Devonshire—John Garratt, Esq., of Bishop's Court. Dorsetshire—Sir Richard George Glyn, Bart., of Gauntz House. Durham—Thomas Charles Thompson, Esq., of Sherburn Hall. Essex—John Wright, Esq., of Hatfield Priory, Hatfield Peverel. Gloucestershire—James Fenton, Esq., of Norton Hall, Mickleton, near Chipping Campden. Herefordshire—J. Morley, Esq., of Morton Jeffries, rear Bromyard. Hertfordshire—Robert Smith, Esq., of Goldings, Hertford. Kent—Joseph Ridgway, Esq., of Fairlawn, Shipbourne. Leicestershire—Thomas Tertius Paget, Esq., of Humberstone. Lincolnshire—Augustus C. Johnson, Esq., of Ryhall, Stamford. Monmouthshire—John Lawrence, Esq., of Crick House, near Chepstow. Norfolk—Sir Thos. W. B. P. Beauchamp, Bart., of Langley Park. Northamptonshire—Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Frederick William Child Villiers, of Sulby Hall. Northumberland—Matthew T. Culley, Esq., of Coupland Castle. Nottinghamshire—John Handley, Esq., of Newark-on-Trent. Oxfordshire—James Mason, Esq., of Eynsham Hall. Rutland—Richard Septimus Wilkinson, Esq., of Manton. Shropshire—John Rocke, Esq., of Clungunford. Somersetshire—William Blake, Esq., of Bridge House. Southampton, County of—John Morant, Esq., of Brockenhurst Park, near Lymington. Staffordshire—C. M. Campbell, Esq., of Wood Seat, Uttoxeter. Suffolk—Frederick William Schreiber, Esq., of Melton. Surrey—Robert Hay Murray, Esq., of West End Lodge, Byfleet. Sussex—Colonel George Kirwan Carr Lloyd, of Lancing. Warwickshire—E. Wood, Esq., of Newbold Revel, near Rugby. Westmorland—James C. Wilson, Esq., of Low Nook, Ambleside. Wiltshire—Ralph L. Lopes, Esq., of Sandridge Park, Melksham. Worcestershire—John Vincent Hornyold, Esq., of Blackmore Park, Upton-on-Severn. Yorkshire—Sir Tatton Sykes, Bart., of Sledmere, near York.
Anglesey—Thomas Lewis Hampton, Esq., of Henllys. Breconshire—William Powell, Esq., of Chapel House, Alltmawr. Cardiganshire—Caulfield T. L. Williams, Esq., of Gwernant Park. Carmarthenshire—Henry James Bath, Esq., of Alltyferin. Carnarvonshire—Rice William Thomas, Esq., of Coed Helen. Denbighshire—Charles Wynne-Finch, Esq., of Voelas. Flintshire—John Scott Bankes, Esq., of Soughton Hall. Glamorganshire—Edward Romilly, Esq., of Porthkerry. Merionethshire—Henry Robertson, Esq., of Crogen. Montgomeryshire—John Pryce Davies, Esq., of Fronfelen. Pembrokeshire—Robert Pavin Davies, Esq., of Ridway. Radnorshire—James Beavan, Esq., of Presteign.
Source: The Illustrated London News, Vol. LIV, Feb. 13, 1869, p.151