Historic Dorset

History of the County of Dorset - England

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Castles

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• Dorchester Castle
• Maiden Castle
• Wareham Castle

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12th Century

15th Century

References, Sources and further reading

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Lord Lieutenants of Dorset.

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• John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford 1552–1555
• John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath 1556–1558
• James Blount, 6th Baron Mountjoy 1559–?
• William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester 1580–
• Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford 1584 – 28 July 1585
• William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester 1 March 1586 – 24 November 1598
• Thomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Howard of Bindon 25 April 1601 – 1 March 1611
• Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury 5 July 1611 – 24 May 1612 jointly with
• Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk 5 July 1611 – 28 May 1626
• Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk 15 June 1626 – 3 June 1640
• Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington 13 June 1640 – 15 May 1641
• William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury 15 May 1641 – 1642
• Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond 25 July 1660 – December 1672
• Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury 20 January 1672 – 1674
• John Poulett, 3rd Baron Poulett 6 July 1674 – June 1679
• John Digby, 3rd Earl of Bristol 19 November 1679 – 18 September 1698
• Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton 9 June 1699 – 21 January 1722
• Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton 8 February 1722 – 1733
• Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury 2 March 1734 – 29 May 1771
• Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby 21 June 1771 – 25 September 1793
• George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers 6 November 1793 – 7 May 1803
• George Damer, 2nd Earl of Dorchester 15 June 1803 – 7 March 1808
• Edward Digby, 2nd Earl Digby 17 April 1808 – 12 May 1856
• Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury 4 June 1856 – 1 October 1885
• Henry Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester 5 November 1885 – 6 December 1905
• John Mount Batten 10 August 1906 – 5 March 1916
• Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury 3 March 1916 – 1952
• Edward Kenelm Digby, 11th Baron Digby 1 September 1952 – 29 January 1964
• Sir Joseph William Weld 30 June 1964 – 1984
• Edward Henry Kenelm Digby, 12th Baron Digby 1984–1999
• Capt. Michael Fulford-Dobson CVO JP RN 1999–2006
• Mrs Valerie Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers 2006–present

High Sheriffs of Dorset

1066–1700

• Hugh fitz Grip
• 1086 Aiulf the Chamberlain

Before 1567 – See Sheriffs of Somerset and Dorset

• 1567 Robert Coker
• 1568 Robert Williams
• 1569 John Young of Melbury Sampford
• 1570 William Hadeley
• 1571 Henry Uvdall
• 1572 John Strode of Parnham
• 1573 Richard Rogers of Bryanston
• 1574 John Horsey of Clifton
• 1575 Mathew Arundel of Wiltshire
• 1576 William Web of Motcombe
• 1577 Nicholas Turbervill of Bere
• 1578 Thomas Mullins
• 1579 Thomas Chaffin of Chettle
• 1580 George Trenchard of Woolton
• 1581 Nicholas Martin
• 1582 John Williams of Herringstone House, Winterbourne Herringstone
• 1583 Thomas Strangeways
• 1584 Henry Coker of Mappowder Court
• 1585 John Horsey of Clifton Maybank
• 1586 Christopher Percy
• 1587 Richard Rogers
• 1588 Robert Frampton
• 1589 John Brown
• 1590 Thomas Chaffin
• 1591 Ralph Horsey of Clifton Maybank
• 1592 John Williams
• 1593 George Morton
• 1594 Robert Strode
• 1595 Thomas Hussey of Shapwick
• 1596 George Trenchard
• 1597 Thomas Freke of Iwerne Courtnay (alias Shroton)
• 1598 Gor. Morton
• 1599 Robert Miller of Little Bredy
• 1600 Sir Thomas Uvedale
• 1601 John Stoker
• 1602 John Rogers
• 1603 John Fitzjames of Leweston
• 1604 John Tregonwel of Milton
• 1605 John Ryves of Blandford
• 1606 Robert Napier of Middlemarsh Hall, Minterne Magna
• 1607 William Web
• 1608 Christopher Auketil
• 1609 Edr. Uvedall
• 1610 John Henning of Pokeswell
• 1611 Sir Thomas Freke of Iwerne Courtnay (alias Shroton)
• 1612 John Strangeways of Melbury Sampford and Abbotsbury
• 1613 Robert Coker
• 1614 Sir John Hanham of Wimborne Minster
• 1615 John Brewyne
• 1616 John Tregonwel
• 1617 John Browne
• 1618 Sir Walter Erle of Charborough
• 1619 Anthony Ashley
• 1620 Sir Nathaniel Napier of More Crichel
• 1621 Edward Lawrence
• 1622 John Harbin
• 1623 William Francis
• 1624 Bampfield Chafin of Folke
• 1625 Francis Caldecot
• 1626 William Uvedell
• 1627 Leweston Fitzjames of Leweston
• 1628 Thomas Still of Redlinch
• 1629 Angel. Grey of Stinsford
• 1630 Sir John Meller of Little Bredy
• 1631 Brian Williams
• 1632 John Browne of Dorchester and Frampton
• 1633 William Colyer of Pidle
• 1634 Sir Thomas Trenchard of Wolveton, Charminster
• 1635 John Feele
• 1636 (Jan–Oct) John Freke of Cerne Abbey and Westbrooke House, Upwey
• 1636 Richard Rogers
• 1637 Sir John Croke of Payne's Place, Motcombe
• 1638 Richard Bingham of Melcomb
• 1639 William Churchill
• 1641 Edward Lawrence of Creech Grange, Steeple
• 1642–1644 Sir Francis Fulford of Toller Fratrum
• Sir William Clavell
• 1645 John Fitzjames of Leweston
• 1646 Robert Coker of Mappowder Court
• 1647 William Savadge
• 1648 Henry Henley of Leigh, Winsham, Somerset and Colway, Lyme Regis
• 1646-48 (Parliamentary): Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
• 1650 Sir Gerrard Napier, 1st Baronet of Middlemarsh Grange, Minterne Magna
• 1651 Sir Hugh Windham, Kt
• 1652: John Turberfield of Beer
• 1654 Arthur Radford
• 1655 James Gould of Dorchester
• 1657-1660 John Strode of Parnham
• 1663 Thomas Freke of Shroton and Melcombe Horsey
• 12 November 1665: Roger Clavel
• 6 November 1668: Jo. Tregonell, of Milton
• 1670 Robert Barber
• 1671 Thomas Moore of Hawkchurch
• 1672 Michael Harvey of Clifton Maybank
• 1674 Joseph Birgham
• 1675 (Jun-Nov) John Michel of Kingston Russell
• 1676 John Every of Wootton Glanville
• 1677 Robert Pelham
• 1680 Sir Robert Napier, 1st Baronet, of Punknoll
• 1683 George Fulford of Toller Fratrum
• 1685 William Lewis
• 1686 Thomas Gollop of North Bowood and Strode
• 1687 James Gould of Dorchester
• 1688 (Nov): Sir Nathaniel Napier, 2nd Baronet
• 1689 John Still of Shaston St James
• 1695 Sir Thomas Hardy
• 1699 (Jan–Nov) William Okeden of Little Crichel

1701–1800

• 1702 Edward Clavell of Smedmore
• 1705 Harry Chafyn
• 1706 William Whitaker
• 1710 George Richards of Long Bredy
• 1714 Richard White
• 1719 John Gollop jnr
• 1723 Richard Henvill
• 1724 Robert Henley
• 1726 Thomas Gundry of Dewlish
• 1727 John Hawles Johnson
• 1728 Richard Perry
• 1729 George Dawbenny of Bishops Candle
• 1734 Edmund Hayter
• 1737 Henry Whitaker of Motcombe
• 1738 Henry Bower
• 1740 Sydenham Williams
• 1741 Ronbert Barber of Ashmore
• 1742 James Forster of Blandford St Mary
• 1743 James Frampton of Moreton
• 1744 George Gollop of Berwick
• 1745 Benjamin Adney of Lothers
• 1746 Robert Goodden of Over Compton
• 1748 Julines Beckford of Steepleton Iwerne
• 1749 Azariah Pinney
• 1753 Humphrey Sturt of Horton
• 1754 Awnsham Churchill of Henbury
• 1755 Thomas Strode of Bemister
• 1756 Harry Meggs of Bradford Peveril
• 1757 John Gannett jnr of Blandford
• 1758 Nicholas Gould, of West Stafford
• 1760 Ralph Willett
• 1761 William Pitt
• 1762 Edmund Morton Playdell
• 1763 William Richards jnr
• 1764 John Pretor Pinney of Dorchester
• 1765 John Pinney of Blackdown
• 1766 Thomas Robinson
• 1767 William Churchill of Colleton
• 1768 James Gollop
• 1769 William Thorpe Holder
• 1770 James Dale
• 1771 John Newton
• 1772 Sir John Smith, 1st Baronet of Sydling St Nicholas
• 1773 Henry Cornish Henley
• 1774 Harvey Ekins
• 1775 George Gould
• 1776 William Taunton
• 1777 George Snow
• 1778 William Trenchard
• 1779 Robert Goodden
• 1780 Peter Beckford
• 1781 Lewis Dymock Grosvenor Tregonwell
• 1782 William Churchill of Henbury
• 1783 Francis John Browne of Frampton, near Dorchester
• 1784 Isaac Sage
• 1785 Hon. Lionel Damer of Warmwell
• 1786 Henry William Portman of Bryanstone
• 1787 Peter William Baker of Ranston House, near Blandford
• 1788 Anthony Chapman of Holnest
• 1789 Frederick Thomas Wentworth of Henbury,
• 1790 Henry William Fitch
• 1791 John Calcraft of Rempston
• 1791 Sir Stephen Nash
• 1792 Mark Davis
• 1793 James Frampton
• 1794 Edward Buckley Batson
• 1795 Edward Greathed
• 1796 Thomas Bowyer Bower
• 1797 Edward Barclay Portman of Bryanston
• 1798 William Clavell
• 1799 Henry Seymer
• 1800 Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor

1801–1900

• 1801: Thomas Rose Drewe
• 1802: Edmund Morton Playdell
• 1803: Josiah Wedgwood, of Gunville (replacing John Arbuthnot)
• 1804: Robert Williams of Bridehead, near Dorchester
• 1805: John Gould
• 1806: Edward Williams
• 1807: Arthur Cosens
• 1808: Nicholas Charles Daniel
• 1809: James John Farquharson
• 1810: Henry Seymer
• 1811: Edward Greathed
• 1812: Thomas Horlock Bastard
• 1813: Robert Radclyffe
• 1814: Sir John Wyldbore Smith, 2nd Baronet of Sydling and Down House
• 1815: George Smith
• 1816: John Herbert Browne
• 1817: Sir William Oglander, 6th Baronet
• 1818: John Disney
• 1819: George Purling
• 1820: Thomas Billett
• 1821: John White, of Up Cerne
• 1822: The Rt. Hon. Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet, of Loders died 1822 and replaced by Andrew Bain
• 1823: Henry Charles Sturt of Crichel House, Wimborne
• 1824: George Garland
• 1825: Christopher Spurrier
• 1826: Charles Buxton
• 1827: John Bingley Garland
• 1828: William Gill Paxton of Henbury House
• 1829: William Boucher
• 1830: John Bond of Creech Grange
• 1831: Hon. Henry Dawson-Damer, of Milton Abbey
• 1832: Sir Edward Baker, 2nd Baronet, of Ranston
• 1833: Richard Brouncker, of Boveridge
• 1834: Edward Doughty, of Upton
• 1835: Sir Henry Digby, of Minterne Magna
• 1836: John Stein, of Chalmington
• 1837: James Chamness Fyler, of Heffleton Lodge
• 1838: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, of Frampton House
• 1839: Joseph Weld, of East Lulworth
• 1840: John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge-Erle-Drax, of Charborough Park
• 1841: Sir Richard Glyn, 2nd Baronet, of Gaunt's House
• 1842: Henry Ker Seymer, of Hanford
• 1843: James Charles Dale, of Glanvilles Wootton
• 1844: John Floyer, of West Stafford
• 1845: John William Williamson, of Whickham
• 1846: Charles Porcher, of Cliffe House
• 1847: Thomas Bowyer Bower, of Iwerne Minster
• 1848: John Gooden, of Over Compton
• 1849: William Parry Okeden, of Turnworth
• 1850: Henry Ralph Willett, of Merly-House, Wimborne Minster
• 1851: Francis Pitney Brouncker Martin, of Kingston House, Dorchester
• 1852: Augustus Foster, of Warmwell 9
• 1853: William Bragge, of Sadborow 9
• 1854: Sir Henry Oglander, 7th Baronet, of Parham 9
• 1855: Robert Williams, of Bridehead 9
• 1856: Charles James Radclyffe, of Hyde, Bere Regis 9
• 1857: Hastings Nathaniel Middleton, of Bradford Peverell, near Dorchester 9
• 1858: George Frederick William Miles, of Ford Abbey 9
• 1859: James Fellowes, of Kingston House 9
• 1860: George Digby Wingfield Digby, of Sherborne Castle 9
• 1861: Robert Hassall Swaffield, of West Down Lodge, Wyke Regis 9
• 1862: Joseph Gundry, of the Hyde, Bridport
• 1863: George Whieldon, of Wyke Hall, Gillingham
• 1864: Charles Wriothesly Digby, of Studland
• 1865: John Brymer, of Ilsington Hall
• 1866: St John Coventry
• 1867: John Hales Calcraft, of Kempstone Hall
• 1868: Charles Joseph Parke, of Henbury
• 1869: Sir Richard George Glyn, 3rd Baronet, of Gaunts House.
• 1870: Hector Monro, of Edmondsham
• 1871: John Tregonwell, of Cranborne Lodge
• 1872: Edward Joseph Weld of Lulworth Castle
• 1873: Sir Molyneux Hyde Nepean, 2nd Baronet of Loder's Court
• 1874: John William Townsend Fyler, of Heffleton
• 1875: Sir William Henry Smith-Marriott, 5th Baronet of Sydling and Down House
• 1876: John Clavell Mansel-Pleydell, of Longthorns
• 1877: Ernest Clay Ker-Seymer, of Hanford
• 1878: Montague Williams, of Woolland
• 1879: James John Farquharson, of Langton
• 1880: Walter Ralph Bankes, of Kingston Lacy
• 1881: John Batten, of Upcerne, Dorchester
• 1882: Charles J. T. Hambro of Milton Abbey, Blandford
• 1883: Thomas Holford, of Castle Hill,
• 1884: Lieutenant-General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers,of Rushmore.
• 1885: Charles James Radclyffe, of Hyde, Bere Regis
• 1886: Thomas Merthyr Guest, of Inwood, Henstridge,, of Ilsington House
• 1887: William Ernest Brymer, of Ilsington House
• 1888: George Troyte-Bullock, of North Coker House
• 1889: Sir Frederick John William Johnstone, of Arlington Street, London
• 1890: John Robert Phelips Goodden, of Compton House, Sherborne
• 1891: Marwood Shuttleworth Teatman, of Holwell Manor House, Sherborne, Esq.
• 1892: James Herbert Fellowes, of Kingston Park, Dorchester
• 1893: Algernon Thomas Brinsley Sheridan, of Frampton Court
• 1894: Montague Scott Williams, of Woolland House, Blandford
• 1895: William Herbert Evans, of Forde Abbey, Thorncombe, near Chard
• 1896: Arthur Martin, of Manor House, Rampisham, Dorchester
• 1897: Sir Henry Peto, 2nd Baronet, of Cheddington Court, Crewkerne, Somerset
• 1898: William Montagu Calcraft, of Rempston House, Wareham
• 1899: William Colfox, of Westmead, Bridport
• 1900: Captain Richard Baynton Foster, of Lambert House, Dorchester

1901–1973

• 1901 Captain Edward Wilmot Williams, of Herringstone House, Dorchester
• 1902 Colonel John Bullen Symes Bullen, of Catherston Leweston, Charmouth
• 1903 Colonel John Mount Batten of Upcerne House, Dorchester
• 1904 Hastings Burton Middleton, of Bradford Peverell, Dorchester
• 1905 Reginald Douglas Thornton, of Birkin House, Dorchester
• 1906 Henry Stilwell, of Steepleton Manor, Dorchester
• 1907 Humphrey Frederick Weld, of Chideock Manor, Bridport
• 1908 Charles Ethelston Parke, of Henbury House, Wimborne
• 1909 Alexander Edward Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers, of Hinton St. Mary, Sturminster Newton
• 1910 Hector Edmond Monro, of Edmondsham House, Cranborne, Salisbury
• 1911 George Hamilton Fletcher, of Leweston Manor, Slierborne
• 1912 James Hainsworth Ismay, of Iwerne Minster House, Blandford
• 1913 Henry Frank Ward Farquharson, of Eastbury Park, Tarrant Gunville, Blandford
• 1914 Frederick James Bosworth Wingfield-Digby, of Sherborne Castle, Sherborne
• 1915 Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Farrer, of Binnegar Hall, East Stoke, Wareham
• 1916 Frederick George Alexander Lane, of Bloxworth House, Wareham
• 1917 Freeman Roper, of Forde Abbey, Chard
• 1918 Alban James Woodroffe, of Ware House, Lyme Regis
• 1919 William Llewellinof Upton House, near Poole
• 1920 Lt.-Col. Thomas Alfred Colfox of Coneygar, Bridport
• 1921 Major Joseph Qundry, of The Hyde, Bridport
• 1922 Alfred Douglas Pass, of Wootton Fitzpaine, Charmouth
• 1923 Sir Reginald John Pinney, K.C.B. of Racedown, Crewkerne
• 1924 Major Kenneth Bobert Balfour, of Steepleton Manor, Dorchester.
• 1925 Major Charles Eobert Eustace Radclyffe, of Hyde, Wareham.
• 1926 Major Hugh Blomfield Nicholson, DSO, of Mappercombe Manor, Melplash
• 1927 Capt. Sir Eichard Fitzgerald Glyn Bt.,D.S.O., of Gaunt's House, Wimborne
• 1928 Carlton Cross, of Wyke Hall, Gillingham
• 1929 Harry Rupert Fetherstonhaugh-Frampton, of Moreton New House, Dorchester
• 1930 Lieut.-Col. Edward George Troyte - Bullock,C.M.G., T.D., of Zeals House, Zeals
• 1931 Capt. Berkeley Cole Wilmot Williams, of Herringston, Dorchester
• 1932 Wilfred John Brymer, of Ilsington House, Piddletown, Dorchester
• 1933 Lieut.-Col. Edward Philip Le Breton, of Loders Court, Bridport
• 1934 Capt. Angus Valdemar Hambro, of Merly House, Wimborne
• 1935 Major Harry Denison Denison-Pender, D.S.O., M.C., of Strangways, Marnhull
• 1936 Lieut.-Commander Hector Richard Monro, of Edmondesham, Cranborne, Salisbury
• 1937 Lieut.-Col. John Bernhard Harbin Goodden, T.D., of Compton Hawy, Sherborne
• 1938 Major Rhys Clavell Mansel, of Smedmore, Kimmeridge, Corfe Castle
• 1939 Henry John Ralph Bankes, of Kingston Lacy, Wimborne
• 1940 Capt. Lewys Legge Yeatman, of Stock House, near Sturminster Newton
• 1941 Sir Claud Schuster, G.C.B., C.V.O., K.C., of The Manor House, Piddletrenthide, Dorchester
• 1942 Major William John Bates Van de Weyer, M.V.O., of Clyffe, Dorchester
• 1943 Ernest Frederick Cambridge Lane, C.M.G. of Poxwell House, near Dorchester
• 1944 John Henry Lionel Glasbrook of Manor House, Child Okeford, Blandford
• 1945 William Ralph Garneys Bond of Tyneham, Corfe Castle.
• 1946 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Philip Colfox, Bt., M.C., of Symondsbury Manor, Bridport.
• 1947 Lieut.-Co. George Ambrose Pinney,M.C., of Horn Park, Beaminster.
• 1948 Colonel George Harold Abseil Ing, C.M G, D.S.O., of Jerards, Sandford Orcas, Sherborne.
• 1949 Sir Philip Francis Cunningham Williams, Bt., of Bridehead, Little Bredy, Dorchester.
• 1950 Lieut.-Colonel John Fitzherbert Symes Bullen, of Catherston, Charmouth, Dorset.
• 1951 Lieut.-Colonel Joseph William Weld, O.B.E., of Lulworth Castle, Dorset.
• 1952 Commander Henry Kelsall Beckford Mitchell, R.N., of Folke Manor, Sherborne.
• 1953 Sir Arthur Nugent Floyer-Acland
• 1954 Lieut-Colonel Sir Thomas Henry Salt, Bt, of Shillingstone House, Shillingstone, Blandford.
• 1955 Admiral Sir Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley, V.C., K.C.B., D.S.C., of Mappercombe Manor, Powerstock, Bridport
• 1956 William Wigan Llewellin, Esq., O.B.E., of Upton House, near Poole.
• 1957 Lieut-Colonel Edward William Seymour, T.D., of Tarrant Albbey, Blandford.
• 1958 Major Etienne Henry Tudor Bodleau, of Rampisham Manor, Dorchester.
• 1959 Lieut.-Colonel Kenneth Greville Williams, O.B.E., of Stock Hill, Gillingham.
• 1960 Sir Thomas Edward Lees, Bt., of Post Green, Lytchett Minster, Poole.
• 1961 Lieut.-Colonel Robert Stanley Grosvenor Perry, D.S.O., of Moor Lane House, Briantspuddle,Dorchester.
• 1962 Lieut.-Commander George Gosselin Marten, M.V.O., D.S.C., R.N. (Retd.), of Crichel, Wimborne.
• 1963 Colonel Richard James Longfield, of Lower Silton, Gillingham
• 1964 Lieut.-Commander Robert Hugh Hodgkinson, D.S.C., R.N., of Milton Abbey School, near Blandford Forum.
• 1965 Commander Roger Henry Charles Fetherstonhaugh-Frampton, R.N. (Retd.), of Moreton House, Dorchester.
• 1966 Major William Harry Gibson Fleming, of Ranston, Blandford.
• 1967 Henry Rolf Gardiner of Springhead,Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury.
• 1968 John Mansell
• 1969 Sir William John Colfox
• 1970 Major-General Edward Alexander Wilmot Williams, C.B., C.B.E., M.C., of Herringston, Dorchester.
• 1971 Major Nigel Darner Martin, of Came House, Dorchester.
• 1972 Lieut-Colonel John Lewys Yeatman, of Stock Gaylard House, near Sturminstear-Newton.
• 1973 Peter Frank Tiarks, M.C., of Melplash Court,Bridport.

1974–2000

• 1974 Stafford Floyer-Acland
• 1975 Field Marshal Samuel J Chapman
• 1976 Field Marshal Samuel J Chapman
• 1977 Field Marshal Samuel J Chapman
• 1978 Field Marshal Samuel J Chapman
• 1979 Lady Elizabeth Mary Garneys Williams, of Bridehead,Littlebredy, Dorchester.
• 1980 George Anthony Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
• 1981 Sir Stephen George Hammick, Bt, of Badgers,Wraxall, Dorchester.
• 1982 Deric Sydney Scott D.L. of the Crest, Bournemouth <
• 1983 Richard Greville Earle
• 1984 Mark Roper D.L.
• 1985 Christopher John Rolph Pope TD, of Wracklefordl House, Dorchester
• 1986 Colonel Kenneth Dubois Ferguson, D.S.O., T.D.,of Studland Bay House, Studland, Swanage.
• 1987 Lt-Cmdr William Victor Percy Crutchley RN
• 1988 Henry Walter Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax
• 1989 The Hon. Mrs Mary Anna Sibell Elizabeth Marten
• 1990 Peter Winder Allsebrook
• 1991 Edwin William Ludlow
• 1992 Giles Patrick Sturdy
• 1993 Richard Guy Grosvenor de Pelet
• 1994 Capt. Michael Fulford-Dobson RN
• 1995 John Derek Wrighton
• 1996 Wilfrid Joseph Weld
• 1997 Richard Walter Fielding
• 1998 Cmdr Peter Gelson Gregson RN
• 1999 Anthony Graham Yeatman
• 2000 Michael John Ashley Bond
• 2001–present
• 2001 Charles Arnold Grosvenor Perry
• 2002 James Richard Boughey
• 2003 Eleanor Weld
• 2004 Allan Frank Simmons
• 2005 The Hon Mrs Charlotte Anne Townshend
• 2006 David Harold Woodhouse
• 2007 Adrian Eason Bailey Scott DL
• 2008 John Roland Raymond
• 2009 Victoria Mary McDonaugh of Wimborne
• 2010 The Hon. Timothy John Palmer of West Woodyates
• 2011 Alan J Frost of Bournemouth
• 2012 Jeremy J. R. Pope of Dorchester
• 2013 Catriona J. Payne of Dorchester

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