Lieutenancy
Reference: L 2 Catalogue Title: Lieutenancy Area: Catalogue Category: Public Records Description: Warrants
Covering Dates: 1977-2005
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Catalogue Description
Lords Lieutenant are representatives of the Crown for each county, appointed by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister.They are responsible for the organisation of Royal visits to the county and for the presentation of decorations where the recipient is unable to attend an Investiture.
Catalogue Contents
Appointments of High Sheriff and Under Sheriff of the County of Durham (Ref: L 2/1-3)Ref: L 2/1
Warrants appointing High Sheriffs of the County of Durham, declarations of High Sheriffs, appointments and declarations of Under Sheriffs of the County of Durham, 9 March 1977 - 1 April 1992
The High Sheriffs concerned are: Major William Kemp Trotter, 1977; Col. Sir William Allison Lee, 1978; John Wood Snowdon, 1984; David James Grant, 1985; Mrs. Rosemarie Hume Gray, 1986; Ian George Bonas, 1987; Robert Patrick Thompson, 1988; James Tyrell Brockbank, 1989; Captain John Hubert McBain, 1990; Sir Anthony Frederick Milbank, 1991; Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Jennings, 1992
The Under Sheriffs concerned are: Michael John Luxmoore, 1990 - 1992; Edward Fane Travers Gaffney, 1990 - 1992
(1 file)
Ref: L 2/2Warrants appointing High Sheriffs of the County of Durham and declarations of High Sheriffs of the County of Durham, 3 April 1989 - 9 March 2006
The High Sheriffs concerned are: James Tyrell Brockbank, 1989; Desmond Walker, 1993; Nicholas David Barclay Straker, 1994; Robert Sale, 1995; James Allan Marr, 1996; Michael Philip Weston, 1997; Sir William Gray, 1998; Frank Nicholson, 1999; Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Smyth, 2000; Thomas Macklyn Swan, 2001; Andrew Martell, 2002; Peter Morrison Cook, 2003; Richard Louis Coad, 2004; Simon Jonathan Henry Still, 2005; Mrs. Sareth Ann Nainby-Luxmoore, 2006
(49 papers, 8 files)
Ref: L 2/3Appointments and declarations of Under Sheriffs of the County of Durham, 3 April 1989 - 11 April 2005
The Under Sheriffs concerned are: Michael John Luxmoore, 1989, 1992 - 1999; Edward Fane Travers Gaffney, 1989, 1992 - 2003; John Anthony Pratt, 2004 - 2005
(21 papers, 18 files)
