Historic Norfolk

History of the County of Norfolk - England

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12th Century

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Lord Lieutenants of Norfolk.

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• Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex 1557–1559
• Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk 1559–1572
• Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon 3 July 1585 – 23 July 1596
• Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton 16 July 1605 – 16 June 1614
• Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel 18 April 1615 – 1642 jointly with
• Henry Howard, Lord Maltravers 28 February 1633 – 1642
• Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton 24 September 1660 – 19 August 1661
• Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend 19 August 1661 – 6 March 1676
• Sir Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth 6 March 1676 – 8 March 1683
• Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk 5 April 1683 – 2 April 1701
• Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend 26 May 1701 – 30 April 1713
• James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde 30 April 1713 – 30 October 1714
• Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend 30 October 1714 – 25 June 1730
• Charles Townshend, Lord Lynn 25 June 1730 – 13 December 1739
• John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire 13 December 1739 – 22 September 1756
• George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford 29 June 1757 – 5 December 1791
• George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend 24 February 1792 – 14 September 1807
• William Assheton Harbord, 2nd Baron Suffield 11 March 1808 – 1 August 1821
• John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse 1 November 1821 – 31 May 1846
• Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester 28 July 1846 – 3 September 1906
• Thomas Coke, 3rd Earl of Leicester 3 September 1906 – 1 May 1929
• Russell James Colman 1 May 1929 – 14 March 1944
• Thomas Coke, 4th Earl of Leicester 14 March 1944 – 21 August 1949
• Sir Edmund Bacon, 13th Baronet 30 September 1949 – 1978
• Sir Timothy Colman, KG 30 March 1978 – 19 September 2004
• Richard Jewson 19 September 2004 – present

High Sheriffs of Norfolk

Pre 17th century

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• 1069:Robert Bigod
• Before 1575 - See High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk
• 1575 Thomas Townsend of Rainham
• 1576 Drugo Drury, of Riddlesworth.
• 1577 Sir Henry Weston, Kt
• 1578 Bassingbourn Gawdy of West Harling
• 1579 Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet of Ashwellthorpe
• 1580 Sir Edward Clere of Blickling
• 1581 Arthur Heveningham, of Ketteringham
• 1582 Sir William Paston, of Faston, Kt
• 1583 Sir William Heydon, of Baconsthorpe, Kt
• 1584 Sir Henry Woodhouse, of Waxham, Kt
• 1585 Thomas Hogan of East Bradenham, died then replaced by Henry Hogan, of Great Dunham.
• 1586 Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey
• 1587 Clement Paston of Oxnead
• 1588 Sir John Peyton, of Isleham, Cambridgeshire
• 1589 Sir Robert Southwell of Wood Rising
• 1590 Henry D'Oyley, of Shottisham.
• 1591 Sir Miles Corbet, of Sprowston
• 1592 Henry Gawdy of Claxton
• 1593 Sir Bassingbourn Gawdy, of West Harling
• 1594 Sir Philip Wodehouse, 1st Baronet of Kimberley
• 1595 Thomas Clere, of Stokesby
• 1596 Humphrey Guybon, of Thursford
• 1597 Sir Nicholas Bacon, of Redgrave, Suffolk, Kt
• 1598 Sir Clement Spelman, of Narburgh, Kt
• 1599 Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey

17th century

• 1600: Richard Jenkinson, of Tunstall
• 1601: Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy, of West Harling
• 1602: Arthur Heveningham, of Ketteringham.
• 1603: Arthur Heveningham, of Ketteringham
• 1604: Edmund D'Oyley, of Shottisham
• 1605: Sir Henry Spelman of Congham
• 1606: Sir Ralph Hare of Stow Bardolph
• 1607: L'Estrange Mordaunt, of Little Massingham.
• 1608: Sir Henry Gawdy of Claxton
• 1609: Sir Hamon L'Estrange of Hunstanton
• 1610: Sir Thomas Berney of Reedham
• 1611: Sir Clippesby Gawdy of Crowshall
• 1612: Sir Thomas Corbet of Sprowston
• 1613: Sir Thomas Hewar, of Emneth
• 1614: Sir James Calthorpe of Cockthorpe
• 1615: Sir John Heveningham of Ketteringham
• 1616: Richard Jenkinson, of Tunstall
• 1617: Sir Augustine Palgrave, North Barningham
• 1618: Sir Anthony Drury of Besthorpe
• 1619: Sir Thomas Holland of Quidenham
• 1620: Sir Henry Bedingfield of Oxburgh
• 1621: Sir Thomas Hyrne of Haveringland
• 1622: Sir William Yelverton, of Rougham, Bt
• 1623: Sir Richard Berney, 1st Baronet of Parkhall
• 1624: Sir Lestrange Mordaunt, 1st Baronet of Little Massingham
• 1625: Sir Thomas Wodehouse of Kimberley
• 1626: Thomas Holl, of Heigham, near Norwich
• 1627: Sir Charles Le Gross of Crostwight Hall
• 1628: Framlingham Gawdy of West Harling
• 1629: Sir Robert Gawdy of Claxton
• 1630: Sir Roger Townshend, 1st Baronet of Raynham Hall
• 1631: Francis Mapes, of Rollesby
• 1632: Tbomas Pettus, of Rackheatb.
• 1633: Sir John Hobart, of Blickling Hall
• 1634: William Heveningham of Ketteringham
• 1635: Sir Jobn Wentworth, of Somerleyton, Suffolk, Kt
• 1636: Sir Edward Barkham, 1st Baronet of South Acre Hall
• 1637: William Paston, of Oxnead
• 1638: Sir Francis Astley of Melton Constable (deceased) then John Buxton of Earsham
• 1639: Augustine Holl of Heigham.
• 1640: Tbomas Windham, of Felbrigg
• 1641: Robert Longe, of Reymerstone
• 1642: Sir Thomas Guybon, of Tharsford, Kt
• 1643: James Caltborpe, of East Basham
• 1644: Jobn Coke, of Godwick
• 1645: Sir Valentine Pell,of Dersingbam, Kt
• 1646: Sir Isaac Astley, of Melton Constable, Bt
• 1647: Tbomas Bemey, of Swardestoe.
• 1648: Humphrey Rant
• 1648: William Coke, of Grodwick.
• 1649: Gregory Gawsell, of Watlington
• 1650: Hugh Audley, of Old Buckenham.
• 1651: Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet of Stow Bardolph
• 1652: Cbarles Gameys, of Boyland Hall, Morningtborpe
• 1653: Tbomas Wright, Esq. Kilventone, (deceased) then Sir Edward Astley, of Melton Constable, Kt
• 1654: Erasmus or John Earle of Heydon.
• 1655: Sir Arthur Jensey, of Knobhall, Suffolk, Kt
• 1656: Edward Ward, of Bixley
• 1657: Edward Ward, of Bixley
• 1658: John Sedley, of Morley.
• 1660: Sir John Cremer of Ingoldsthorpe, Kt
• 1661: Robert Suckling, of Woodton
• 1662: Richard Bemey, of Reedham.
• 1663: Sir Thomas Meadowe, of Great Yarmouth. Kt
• 1664: Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet of Melton Constable, Bt
• 1665: Sir Thomas Pettus, 2nd Baronet of Rackheath
• 12 November 1665: Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet, of Blickling Hall
• 1667: Ration Bemers, of Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen
• 1668: Sir Edward Barkham, 2nd Baronet of Westacre
• 6 November 1668: George Ingland
• 25 November 1668: Sir George Vyner, 2nd Baronet, of London
• 1670: Richard Berney, of Kirby Bedon.
• 1671: Robert Coney, of Walpole St Peter
• 1672: John Mann, of Norwich
• 1673: Sir William Adams, of Sprowston, 2nd Baronet
• 1674: Thomas Bishop, of Ipswich, Suffolk
• 1675: Richard Norwich
• 1675: Henry Reeve
• 1675: Elisha Phillippe, Esq
• 1676: Robert Coke of Thorington, Suffolk and Holkham, Norfolk
• 1677: Christopher Layer, of Booton
• 1678: Thomas Pierson, of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
• 1679: John Jay, of Holveston
• 1680: Philip Harbord, of Stanninghall
• 1681: Thomas Bfnasby?, of Shottisham.
• 1682: John Knyvet, of Ashwelthorpe
• 1663: John Oreen, of Wilby
• 1684: Henry Shelton, of Shelton.
• 1685: Sir Francis Guybon of Thursford Hall
• 1686: Sir Robert Nightingall of North Barlingham
• 1687: John Harbord, of Gunton
• 1688: Thomas Seaman, of Heigham, near Norwich.
• 1689: John Heme, of Arminghall
• 1690: Erasmus Earle, of Heydon
• 1691: Sir Augustine Palgrave, of North Barningham, Bt
• 1692: Richard Berney, of Reedham
• 1693: John Burkin, of North Burlingham
• 1694: Sir Charles Adams, of Sprowston, Bt
• 1695: Francis Windham, of Cromer
• 1696: Sir James Edwards, of Reedham, Bt
• 1697: Robert Doughty, of Hanworth
• 1698: Richard Mason, of Necton
• 1699: Matthew Long, of Danston.

18th century

• 1701 Robert Suckling, of Woodton
• 1702 William Newman, of Baconsthorpe
• 1703 Roger Crowe, of Norwich
• 1704 Richanl Knight, of Attlebridge
• 1705 James Hoste, of Sandringham
• 1706 Richard Dashwood, of Cockley Cley
• 1707 Beaupre Bell, of Outwell
• 1708 Henry Framingham, of Burnham
• 1709 Henry Heron, of Ketteringham
• 1710 Sir Peter Seaman, Kt. of Norwich
• 1711 John Fowle, of Broome
• 1712 James Harcourt, of Carleton by Norwich
• 1713 Thomas Wright, of East Harling
• 1714 Edward Lombe, of Great Mellon
• 1715 Thomas Durrant, of Scottow
• 1716 Thomas Rogers, of Dersingham, died and succeeded by Thomas Rogers, jnr. of Dersingham,
• 1717 William Berners, of Lynn Regis
• 1718 John Howes, of Morningthorpe
• 1719 John Colman, of Broome
• 1720 Peter Elwin, of Tottington
• 1721 Nathaniel Life, of Swaffham
• 1722 William Rootley, of West Barsham
• 1723 Gresham Page, of Saxthorpe
• 1724 Robert Clough, of Feltwell
• 1725 Richard Whitaker, of Matlask
• 1726 Rice Wiggett, of Guestwick
• 1727 Roger Pratt, of West Ruston
• 1728 John Bedingfield, of Beeston St. Andrew
• 1729 Cyril Wych, of Hockwold cum Wilton
• 1730 Richard Tubby, of Brockdish
• 1731 Thomas Cooper, of North Walsham
• 1732 John Wilson, of Stanhoe
• 1733 William Helwys, of Morton
• 1734 Edwin Coney, Houghton by Walsingham
• 1735 George Smith, Topcroft
• 1736 William Henry Fleming, of Watton
• 1737 Peter Rosier, of Pulham
• 1738 Thomas Bell, of Oulton
• 1739 John Parr, of Salthouse
• 1740 Henry Negus, of Hoveton St. Peter
• 1741 James Mackarel, of Ringland
• 1742 John Thurston, Barwick
• 1743 Edward Atkyns, of Ketteringham
• 1744 Peter Barret, of Horstead
• 1745 Barry Love, of Ormesby
• 1746 Sir Horatio Pettus, Bt. of Rackheath
• 1747 Charles Cooper Morley, of East Barsham
• 1748 William Jermy, of Bayfield
• 1749 Thomas Sotherton, of Taverham
• 1750 Leonard Mapes, of Rollesby
• 1751 Robert Knopwood, of Threxton
• 1752 Francis Longe, of Spixworth
• 1753 Hamilton Custance, of Weston
• 1754 Cotton Symonds, of Ormesby
• 1755 Miles Branthwayt, of Attlebridge
• 1756 John Barker, of Shropham, (died)
• Philip Bedingfield, of Ditchingham, succeeded
• 1757 Israel Longe, of Dunston
• 1758 Hammond Alpe, of Little Fransham
• 1759 Richard Fuller, of Whetaere-Burgh
• 1760 John Berney, of Bracon Ash
• 1761 William Churchman, of Mangreen
• 1762 Sir Hanson Berney, Baronet of Kirby Bedon
• 1763 Sir Edward Astley, 4th Baronet of Melton Constable
• 1764 John Davis, of Watlington
• 1765 William Wiggett Bulwer, of Wood Dalling
• 1766 John Norris, of Great Witchingham
• 1767 Crisp Molineux of Garboldisham
• 1768 William Woodley, of Eccles
• 1769 Edmund Rolfe (the younger), of Heacham
• 1770 John Micklethwaite, of Beeston St. Andrew
• 1771 James Smyth, of Topcroft
• 1772 Sir John Lombe, 1st Baronet of Great Melton
• 1773 Edward Hase, of Sall
• 1774 Thomas Lobb Clinte, of South Pickenhamn
• 1775 Brigg Prire Fountaine, of Narford
• 1776 Nicholas Styleman, of Snettisham
• 1777 Charles Gurneys, of Hedenham
• 1778 Sir Henry Peyton, Bt. of Narborough
• 1779 John Berney Petre, of Westwick
• 1780 Sir Thomas Beauchamp Proctor, 2nd Baronet of Langley
• 1781 Robert Lee Doughty, of Hanworth
• 1782 Henry Lee Warner, of Walsingham
• 1783 Sir Martin ffolkes, 1st Baronet of Hillington, King's Lynn
• 1784 Sir Thomas Durrant, 1st Baronet of Scottow
• 1785 Sir Edward Stracey, of Rackheath
• 1786 Francis Longe, of Spixworth
• 1787 Edward Billingsley, of Hockwold cum Wilton
• 1788 Thomas Kerrich, of Geldestone
• 1789 Brampton Gurdon Dillingham, of Letton
• 1790 James Pell, of Snare-hill, near Thetford
• 1791 Sir John Fenn, Kt of East Dereham
• 1792 Anthony Hamond, of Westacre
• 1793 Edward Roger Pratt, of Ryston
• 1794 John Richard Dashwood, of Cockley Cley
• 1793 George Nelthorpe, of Lynford
• 1796 Thomas Browne Evans, of Kirby Bedon
• 1797 Joseph Wyndham, of Earsham
• 1798 George Stone, of Bedingham
• 1799 John Motteux, of Beachamwell

19th century

• 1800: Sir Roger Kerrison, Kt. of Brooke
• 1801: Robert Marsham, of Stratton Strawless
• 1802: Robert Wilson, of Didlington
• 1803: Sir Thomas Hare, of Stow Hall
• 1804: Henry Styleman, of Snettisham
• 1805: John Moseley, of West Tofts
• 1806: Henry Lee Warner, of Walsingham Abbey
• 1807: John Morse, of Mount Ida
• 1808: John Thruston Mott, of Barningham
• 1809: James Coldham, of Anmer
• 1810: Nathaniel Micklethwaite, of Beeston
• 1811: Charles Lucas, of Filby
• 1812: John Turner Hales, of Hardingham
• 1813: Thomas Trench Berney, of Bracon-hall
• 1814: Henry Hoste Henley, of Sandringham
• 1815: Thomas Thornhill, of Riddlesworth
• 1816: Sigismund Trafford Southwell,of Wroxham
• 1817: Henry Negus Burroughes of Burlingham
• 1818: Edward Lombe, of Great Melton
• 1819: Sir William Windham Dalling, 2nd Baronet of Earsham
• 1820: George Samuel Kett, of Brooke
• 1821: Sir Jacob Astley, 6th Baronet of Melton Constable
• 1822: Sir Richard Paul Jodrell, 2nd Baronet of Sall
• 1823: Sir Edmund Knowles Lacon, 2nd Baronet of Ormesby House, Ormesby St Michael
• 1824: Theophilus Thornhagh Gurdon of Letton
• 1825: Sir Robert John Harvey, of Thorpe
• 1826: Sir Edmund Bacon of Raveningham, Bt
• 1827: Charles Tompson of Great Witchingham.
• 1828: William John Henry Browne Folkes, of Hillington
• 1829: Andrew Fontaine of Narford Hall
• 1830: Hon. George John Milles of North Elmham
• 1831: John Angerstein of Weeting
• 1832: William Lyde Wiggett Chute, of South Pickenham
• 1833: Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 3rd Baronet, of Langley
• 1834: Robert Marsham, of Stratton Strawless
• 1835: Hudson Gurney, of Keswick
• 1836: Anthony Hamond, of Westacre
• 1837: Jack Petre, of Westwick Hall
• 1838: Sir James Flower, 2nd Baronet, of Eccles
• 1839: Sir Thomas Hare, 2nd Baronet, of Stow Hall
• 1840: Henry Villebois, of Marsham House
• 1841: Sir John Buxton, 2nd Baronet, of Shadwell Lodge
• 1842: William Howe Windham, of Fellbrigg
• 1843: William George Tyssen Daniel Tyssen, of Fouldon
• 1844: Sir John Boileau, 1st Baronet, of Ketteringham
• 1845: Theophilus Russell Buckworth, of Cockley Cley
• 1846: Hon. Charles Spencer Cowper, of Sandringham House
• 1847: Sir Jacob Preston, 2nd Baronet, of Beeston St Lawrence
• 1848: Wyrley Birch, of Wretham
• 1849: William Mason, of Necton
• 1850: Edward Roger Pratt, of Ryston
• 1851: Sir Willoughby Jones, 3rd Baronet, of Cranmer Hall, Sculthorpe
• 1852: Frederick William Irby, of Boyland Hall
• 1853: Daniel Gurney, of North Runcton
• 1854: Benjamin Bond Cabbell, of Cromer Hall
• 1855: Brampton Gurdon, of Letton
• 1856: Robert Kellett Long, of Dunston
• 1857: Andrew Fountaine, of Narford Hall
• 1858: Stephens Lyne-Stephens, of Lynford Hall
• 1859: Hambleton Francis Custance, of Weston
• 1860: Henry Birkbeck, of Stoke Holy Cross
• 1861: John Thomas Mott, of Barningham
• 1862: Robert John Harvey Harvey, of Brundall
• 1863: Joseph Stonehewer Scott Chad, of Thursford
• 1864: Henry James Lee Warner, of Little Walsingham
• 1865: William Henry Trafford, of Wroxham
• 1866: William Amhurst Tyssen Amhurst, of Didlington Hall,
• 1867: Albemarle Cator, of Woodbastwick
• 1868: The Right Honourable Thomas Heron, Viscount Ranelagh, of Saint Faiths
• 1869: Sir Thomas William Brograve Proctor-Beauchamp, 4th Baronet of Langley Park
• 1870: Sir Robert Buxton, 3rd Baronet of Shadwell Lodge
• 1871: Sir Josias Henry Stracey, 4th Baronet of Rackheath Park
• 1872: William Angerstein of Weeting Hall
• 1873: John Bathurst Graver Browne of Morley
• 1874: Robert Fellowes, of Shotesham Park
• 1875: Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton
• 1876: Sir William Hovell Browne ffolkes
• 1877: Edward Bowyer Sparke, of Gunthorpe
• 1878: George John Holmes, of Brooke
• 1878: William Robert Clayton, 6th Baronet
• 1879: Richard Bagge, of Gaywood
• 1880: Hamon le Strange, of Hunstanton Hall
• 1881: George Duckett Berney, of Morton
• 1882: Sir Henry George Paston-Bedingfeld, 7th Baronet of Oxburgh Hall
• 1883: William Earle Gascoyne Lytton Bulwer of Quebec House
• 1884: Joshua Fielden, of Beacharawell
• 1885: Robert Harvey Mason, of Necton
• 1886: William Morris, of Wretham Hall
• 1887: Sir Alfred Jodrell, of Bayfield Hall, Baronet
• 1888: Major Michael Stocks, of Wood Hall, Hilgay
• 1889: Henry William Bartholomew Edwards, of Hardingham
• 1890: Thomas Leigh Hare, of Stow Bardolph
• 1891: Samuel Gurney Buxton, of Catton
• 1892: Sir Edmund Broughton Knowles Lacon, of Dunston, 4th Baronet
• 1893: Lieutenant-Colonel Clement William Joseph Unthank, of Intwood.
• 1894: John Henry Gurnet, of Keswick Hall
• 1895: Sir Nicholas Henry Bacon
• 1896: Richard Hanbury Joseph Gurney, of Northrepps Hall
• 1897: Major George Nathaniel Micklethwait, of Taverham Hall
• 1898: Simms Reeve, of Brancaster
• 1899: Henry Morris Upcher, of Sheringham

20th century

• 1900: Sir Edmund Charles Nugent, Bt
• 1901: Major Robert Herbert Heath Jary
• 1902: John Nigel Gurney, of Sprowston
• 1903: Arthur Henry Stuart Elwes of Congbam
• 1904: Russell James Colman, of Bracondale
• 1905: Hugh Gurney Barclay, of Colney
• 1906: Sir George Ralph Leigh Hare, Baronet
• 1911: William Harker, of Blofield Hall, Norwich, Esq.
• 1912: William James Barry
• 1914: Sir Woolmer Rudolph Donati White, Bt.
• 1915: Charles Edward Strachan, of Heacham Hall
• 1916: Lionel Robinson of Old Buckenham Hall
• 1917: Captain George William Taylor, of Pickenham Hall, Swaffham
• 1918: Colonel Herbert Francis Smith, of Didlington Hall, Brandon
• 1919: Francis Hubert Barclay, of The Warren, Cromer
• 1920: John Cator
• 1921: Reginald Laurence, of Felthorpe Hall, Norwich
• 1922: Edward Gurney Buxton
• 1923: Holcombe Ingleby, Sedgeford Hall, King's Lynn
• 1924: Augustus Leverton Jessopp, of Lexham Hall, Swaffham
• 1925: Michael Falcon, of Horstead House, Norwich
• 1926: Sir George Chamberlin, of Yelverton, Norfolk, Kt.
• 1927: Col. Edmund Roger Allday Kerrison, C.M.G., O.B.E. of Burgh Hall, Aylsham
• 1928: Major Sir Edward Paulet Stracey, of Rackheath Park, Norwich, 7th Baronet
• 1929: Stanley Christopherson, of Hill Close, Abbey Road, Sheringham
• 1930: Sir Bartle Henry Temple Frere, of South Walsham Hall, Kt.
• 1931: James Archibald Keith, of West Barsham Hall
• 1932: Major Quintin Edward Gurney,T.D. of Bawdeswell Hall, East Dereham
• 1933: Edward Thomas Boardman
• 1934: Capt. Geoffrey Russell Rees Colman, of The Chase, Framingham Pigot
• 1935: Charles Hugh Finch
• 1936: Major Stanley Brooke Winch,O.B.E. of Swannington Court
• 1937: Philip Ernest Tindal-Carill-Worsley, of East Carleton Manor
• 1938: Sir William Benjamin Gentle, Kt. of Ford Place, Thetford
• 1939: Edward John Mann, of Thelveton Hall, Scole, Diss
• 1940: Sir Basil Edgar Mayhew,K.B.E. of Felthorpe Hall
• 1941: Cedric Clifton Brown
• 1942: Captain Charles Benjamin Wilson,M.C. of Irstead Lodge, Neatishead
• 1943: Michael Falcon, of Burlingham House, North Burlingham
• 1944: Percy Charles Briscoe, of Dudwick Hall, Buxton
• 1945: Anthony Buxton
• 1955: Raymond John Steffe Crisp, of Kirby Cane Hall.
• 1956: Sir Edward Hulton Preston, Bt
• 1957: Lieut.-Colonel Henry John Cator, M.C.,of Woodbastwick Hall.
• 1958: Major Derek Swithin Allhusen, of Claxton Manor, Norwich.
• 1959: Richard Quintin Gurney, of Keswick Old Hall, Norwich
• 1960: Desmond Gurney Buxton
• 1965: Christopher Evelyn Kevill-Davies
• 1970: Sir Timothy Colman, of Bixley, KG
• 1979: Michael Gascoigne Falcon, C.B.E., of Keswick Old Hall, Norwich
• 1980: Major David Auldjo Jamieson, V.C., of The Drove House, Thornham, Hunstanton
• 1981: Richard Lovel Coke
• 1982: Richrd Gordon lombe Taylor, of Conifer Hill, Starston, Harleston
• 1983: Timothy Humphrey Barclay, of Middleton Tower, King's Lynn
• 1984: Captain Jonathan Sidney Peel, M.C., of Barton Hall, Barton Turf
• 1985: Sir Jeffrey Lionel Darrell, Baronet
• 1986: Francis Desmond McInnes Skinner, of North Farm, Snetterton
• 1987: Lord Edward Anthony Charles FitzRoy
• 1988: Captain William Hanslip Bulwer Bulwer-Long, of Heydon Hall, Heydon
• 1989: Peter Neil Ralli Stewart-Richardson MBE, of Creake Abbey, Fakenham
• 1990: Archibald James Gurney, of Bracon Lodge, Bracon Ash
• 1991: Thomas R. E. Cook of Gately
• 1992: Anthony Nicholas George Duckworth-Chad
• 1993: Robert Buscall of Carbrooke Hall
• 1994: Francis Cator, of The Old House, Ranworth
• 1995: John Birkbeck of Litcham Hall
• 1996: Ian Duncan Robertson MacNicol, of Stody Lodge, Melton Constable
• 1997: Lady Evans-Lombe, Marlingford Hall
• 1998: Andrew Edward Buxton
• 1999: Neil Foster of Lexham Hall

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