Historic Suffolk

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Lord Lieutenants of Suffolk.

Incomplete list from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Suffolk''

• Sir Anthony Wingfield 1551–1552 jointly with
• ? 1551–?
• Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex 1557–1583
• Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon 3 July 1585 – 23 July 1596
• Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk 3 July 1605– 28 May 1626
• Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk 15 June 1626 – 3 June 1640
• James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk 16 June 1640 – 1642 jointly with
• Sir Thomas Jermyn 16 June 1640 – 1642
• James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk see above 25 July 1660 – 12 March 1681
• Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington 12 March 1681 – 6 May 1685
• Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton 6 May 1685 – 28 March 1689
• Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis 28 March 1689 – 29 April 1698
• Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis 14 June 1698 – 16 June 1703
• Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of Dysart 16 June 1703 – 25 April 1705
• Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton 25 April 1705 – 6 May 1757
• Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton 4 December 1757 – 10 February 1763
• Charles Maynard, 1st Viscount Maynard 10 February 1763 – 1 June 1769
• Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton see above 1 June 1769 – 3 July 1790
• George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton 3 July 1790 – 19 January 1844
• John Rous, 2nd Earl of Stradbroke 19 January 1844 – 27 January 1886
• Frederick Hervey, 3rd Marquess of Bristol 17 February 1886 – 7 August 1907
• Sir William Brampton Gurdon 21 October 1907 – 1910
• Sir Courtenay Warner, 1st Baronet 8 July 1910 – 15 December 1934
• George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke 4 February 1935 – 20 December 1947
• John Rous, 4th Earl of Stradbroke 2 April 1948 – 24 April 1978
• Sir Joshua Rowley, 7th Baronet 24 April 1978 – 11 February 1994
• John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead 11 February 1994 – 30 June 2003
• Timothy Tollemache, 5th Baron Tollemache 30 June 2003 – present

Sheriff/High Sheriffs of Suffolk

Incomplete list extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Suffolk'' On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, the title of Sheriff of Suffolk was retitled High Sheriff of Suffolk

Pre-17th century

Sheriffs

• 1066: Norman
• Roger Bigod (1st term)
• Robert Malet
• Roger Bigod (2nd term)

Before 1576 - See High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk

• 1576: Robert Ashfield, of Stowlangtoft
• 1577: John Heigham of Barrow and Bury St Edmund's
• 1578: Sir William Spring, of Lavenham, Kt.[
• 1579: Sir Robert Jermyn, of Rushbrook, Kt.
• 1580: Sir Philip Parker, of Arwerton, Kt.
• 1581: Sir Thomas Barnardiston, of Kedington, Kt.
• 1582: Sir Nicholas Bacon of Redgrave [
• 1583: Sir William Drury of Hawstead Place, Kt.
• 1584: Sir Charles Framlingham of Crow Hall [
• 1585: John Gurdon of Assington
• 1586: George Colt of Cavendish
• 1587: William Clopton, of Kentwell Hall
• 1588: Francis Jermy, of Brightwell
• 1589: Philip Tilney, of Shelley
• 1590: Sir William Waldegrave, of Smallbridge, Kt.
• 1591: Thomas Rous, of Henham
• 1592: Nicholas Garneys, of Kenton
• 1593: Sir Lionel Tollemache of Helmingham[
• 1594: Robert Ford, of Butley
• 1595: Thomas Crofts, of Saxham
• 1596: Sir William Spring, of Pakenham, Kt.
• 1597: Thomas Eden of Sudbury
• 1598: Sir Anthony Wingfield of Letheringham, Kt.
• 1599: Henry Warner of Mildenhall

17th century

• 1600: Anthony Felton, of Playford
• 1601: Edward Bacon of Shrubland Hall [
• 1602: Sir Edmund Withipol, of Ipswich
• 1603: Thomas Estotevile, of Dalham
• 1604: Sir Nicholas Bacon, of Redgrave
• 1605: Edmund Bokenham, of Great Thornham
• 1606: Sir Thomas Playters, of Sotterley Hall[
• 1607: Anthony Penning, of Ipswich
• 1608: John Wentworth, of Somerleyton
• 1609: Sir Lionel Tollemache of Helmingham (1st term)
• 1610: Sir Thomas Wingfield, of Letheringham
• Sir George Le Hunt, of Bredfield
• 1611: Thomas Tilney, of Shelley
• 1612: Sir Calthrop Parker of Arwerton
• 1613: Sir Martin Estotevile, of Dalham
• 1614: Sir Robert Brooke, of Yoxford
• 1615: Sir Robert Barker of Trimley
• 1616: Thomas Clench of Holbrooke
• 1617: Sir Lionel Tollemache, 1st Baronet of Helmingham (2nd term)
• 1618: Sir Edward Lewknor of Denham
• 1619: Sir John Wentworth of Somerleyton
• 1620: Sir Henry North, of Wickham Brook
• 1621: Sir William Spring of Pakenham
• 1622: William Whettle, of Ampton
• 1623: Robert Brooke, of Nacton
• 1624: Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston of Kedington
• 1625: Geoffrey Pitman, of Woodbridge
• 1626: Samuel Aylmer, of Claydon
• 1627: Sir John Prescot, of Hoxne
• 1628: Maurice Barrow, of Barningham
• 1629: Brampton Gurdon of Assington
• 1630: Sir Henry Bokenham of Great Thornham
• 1631: John Acton, of Bramford
• 1632: Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet of Chilton
• 1633: Sir William Soame, of Thurlow
• 1634: Sir Edmund Bacon, 2nd Baronet of Redgrave
• 1635: Sir John Barker, 1st Baronet of Trimley
• 1636: Sir John Rous of Henham
• 1637: Sir Philip Parker, of Erwarton
• 1638: Sir Anthony Wingfield, Baronet of Letheringham
• Edward Duke, of Benhall
• 1639: John Clench, of Creeting
• 1640: Sir Symonds D'Ewes, of Stowlangtoft
• 1641: Sir William Spring, 1st Baronet, of Pakenham
• 1642: Sir William Castleton Bt of Bury
• 1643: Maurice Barrow, of Barningham,
• 1644: John Colton, of Earl Soham
• 1645: Sir Arthur Jenney, of Knodishall
• 1646: Thomas Bloss, of Belstead
• 1647: Thomas Kerridge, of Shelley
• 1648: Robert Wright, of Wangford
• 1649: Sir Wiseman Bokenham, of Thornham
• 1650: Sir William Hervey, of Hengrave
• 1651: Edward Clarke, of East Bergholt
• 1652: Sir Robert Coke of Huntingfield (died 1653)
• 1652: Edward Wennieve, of Brettenham
• 1653: Robert Cordell of Long Melford
• 1654: Sir John Barker, Baronet of Trimley
• 1655: Martin Salter, of Battisford
• 1656: James Calthorpe, of Ampton
• 1657: Thomas Baker, of Fressingfield
• 1658: John Wyard, of Brundish
• 1659: John Wyard, of Brundish
• 1660: Sir John Castleton, of Bury
• 1661: Renold Williams, of Stoke
• 1662: Joseph Brand of Edwardston
• 1663: Francis Theobald, of Barking
• 1664: John Bence, of Ringsfield
• 12 November 1665: Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Baronet, of Redgrave [
• 1666: Sir Samuel Barnardiston, 1st Baronet of Brightwell [
• 1667: Jeoffrey Howland, of Covehithe
• 6 November 1668: John Clerke[
• 25 November 1668: Samuel Blackaby, of Stowmarket[
• 1669: Sir Robert Dicer, 1st Baronet of Ipswich
• 1670: John Clarke, of Bury
• 1672: John Risby, of Thorp Morieux
• 1673: William Soame
• 1673: Francis Sherwin (replaced November 1673 by William Sherington)
• 1674-75: Joseph Warner, of Sudbury
• 1676: William Gibbs of Stoke
• 1676: George Sterling of Charsfield
• 1677: John Acton, of Bramford
• 1678: Sir Willoughby D'Ewes, Bt of Stowlangtoft
• 1679: Sir John Rous, Baronet of Henham
• 1680: Sir Robert Brooke, of Yoxford
• 1682: Thomas Waldegrave, of Smallbridge
• 1683: Thomas Waldegrave, of Smallbridge
• 1684: Jacob Garrett, of Creeting St. Mary
• 1685: Sir John Cordell, Baronet of Melford
• 1686: Jeoffery Nightingale
• 1687: Sir John Castleton, Baronet of Bury
• 1688: John Clerke, of Bury
• 1689: Edmund Sheppard, of Campsey Ash
• 1690: Sir Dudley Cullum, 3rd Baronet of Hardwick House, Hawstead
• 1691: Sir Joseph Brand, of Edwardston
• 1692: George Goodday, of Fornham
• 1693: John Hammond
• 1694: William Cooke, of Linstead
• 1695: Daniel Browning
• 1697: John Pack, of Stoke Ash
• 1698: John Cornwallis, of Wingfield
• 1699: Thomas Aldrich, of Hessett

18th century

• 1700: Samuel Warner, of Parham
• 1701: Henry Cooper, of Yoxford
• 1702: John Scrivener, of Sibton
• 1703: Sir Richard Allen, of Somerleyton, Bt.
• 1704: Richard Phillips of Ipswich and Edwardstone
• 1705: Thomas Kerridge, of Shelley
• 1706: Leicester Martin of Christchurch, Ipswich
• 1707: Thomas Macro, of Bury
• 1708: Richard Norton, of Ixworth Abbey
• 1709: John Sheppard, of Campsey Ash
• 1710: Stephen Bacon
• 1711: Thomas Bloss, of Burstall
• 1712: Francis Coleman, of Hacheson
• 1713: John Ewer, of Chediston
• 1714: John Sheppard, of Campsey Ash
• 1715: Jonathan Myles
• 1716: Joseph Chaplin, of Bergholt
• 1717: John Inwood
• 1718: Edward Clarke, of Bergholt
• 1719: Nicholas Jacob
• 1720: Bartholomew Young, of Bradfield
• 1721: John Pitt of Great Bealings
• 1722: Sir Jasper Cullum, 4th Baronet, of Hardwick House
• 1723: John Boggas, of Great Finborough
• 1724: Gregory Coppinger
• 1725: Hustings Wilkinson
• 1726: Thomas Driver, of Earl Stonham
• 1727: Robert Goodrich
• 1728: Sir John Playters, of Sotterley Hall, Bt.
• 1729: Tobias Bloss, of Belstead
• 1730: Sir Thomas Allen, of Somerleyton, Bt.
• 1731: Nathaniel Acton, of Hemingston
• 1732: George Dashwood
• 1733: Alexander Bence, of Thorington
• 1734: John Eldred
• 1735: John Reynolds
• 1736: John Corrance, of Rougham
• 1737: Reginald Rabett, of Bramfield
• 1737: John Cooper of Shimsfield
• 1738: Sir William Barker, of Ipswich, Bt.
• 1739: William Acton of Bramford Hall
• 1740: Edmund Jenney of Bredfield House
• 1741: Samuel Lucas, of Chelmondiston
• 1742: Baron Prettyman, of Bacton
• 1743: Sir John Barker, of Sproughton, Bt.
• 1744: Robert Leman, of Wickham Market
• 1745: Charles Scrivener, of Sibton
• 1746: Philips Colman, of Ipswich
• 1747: Robert Edgar, of Ipswich
• 1748: Lamb Barry, of Syleham
• 1749: Thomas White, of Tattingstone
• 1750: Richard Oneby, of Lowdham
• 1751: George Goodday, of Fornham
• 1752: William Naunton, of Letheringham
• 1753: Robert Sparrow, of Brandiston
• 1754: William Jennens (or William Jennings), of Acton
• 1755: Cooke Freeston, of Mettingham
• 1756: John Canham, of Milden
• 1757: Henry Moore, of Kentwell Hall Melford
• 1758: Robert May, of Sutton
• 1759: Sir John Rous, of Henham, Bt.
• 1760: Thomas Thorowgood, of Kersey
• 1761: Thomas Moseley, of Ousden
• 1762: Shadrach Brice, of Clare
• 1763: Ezekiel Sparke, of Walsham-le-Willows
• 1764: Sir John Blois, of Yoxford
• 1765: John Golding, of Thorington
• 1766: Gabriel Trusson, of Kelsall
• William Wollaston, of Great Finborough
• 1767: Sir William Chapman, 3rd Baronet of Loudham
• 1768: Osborn Fuller, of Carlton
• 1769: Hutchinson Mure, of Great Saxham
• 1770: Eleazor Davy, of Ubbeston
• 1771: John Freston Scrivener, of Sibton
• 1772: Nathaniel Acton, of Bramford
• 1773: Thomas Maynard, of Wrentham
• 1774: Edmund Tyrell, of Gipping
• 1775: Richard Moore, of Kentwell Hall
• 1776: John Frere of Bacton
• 1777: Robert Sparrow of Worlingham
• 1778: Reginald Rabett, of Bramfield
• 1779: John Sheppard, of Campsey Ash
• 1780: Samuel Rush, of Benhall
• 1781: Sir Charles Kent, 1st Baronet of Fornham
• 1782: William Middleton of Crowfield
• 1783: Robert Trotman, of Ipswich
• 1784: John Wennieve, of Brettenham
• 1785: Sir Thomas Gooch, 4th Baronet, of Benacre
• 1786: James Sewell, of Strutton
• 1787: John Meadows Theobald of Henley
• 1788: Sir Thomas Charles Bunbury, of Barton, Bt.
• 1789: Nathaniel Lee Acton, of Livermere
• 1790: Miles Barne of Sotterley Hall
• 1791: Sir William Rowley, of Stoke
• 1792: Alexander Adair, of Flixton
• 1793: George Doughty, of Leiston
• 1794: Charles Purvis, of Darsham
• 1795: Jacob Whitbread, of Loudham
• 1796: John Clayton, of Sibton
• 1797: Chaloner Arcedeckne of Glemham
• 1798: John Sheppard, of Campsey Ash
• 1799: George Rush, of Benhall

19th century

• 1800: William Beaumaris Rush, of Raydon
• 1801: Charles Streynsham Collinson, of Sproughton
• 1802: Thomas Cocksedge, of Bury
• 1803: Sir Harry Parker, of Melford, Bt.
• 1804: Sir Robert Pocklington, of Chelmsworth, Knt.
• 1805: George Nassau, of Trimley
• 1806: Michael William le Heup, of Bury.
• 1807: Thomas Mills, of Great Saxham
• 1808: John Vernon, of Nacton
• 1809: John Dresser, of Blyford
• 1810: Joshua Grigby, of Drinkstone
• 1811: Roger Pettiward, of Great Finborough
• 1812: Richard Moore, of Melford
• 1813: Harry Spencer Waddington, of Cavenham
• 1814: Edward Hollond, of Benhall
• 1815: Charles Tyrrell of Gipping
• 1816: Sir Charles Blois, of Yoxford, Bt.
• 1817: Sir Robert Harland, 2nd Baronet of Nacton
• 1818: Charles Berners of Woolverstone Hall
• 1819: Andrew Arcedeckne of Glevering Hall, Hacheston
• 1820: George Thomas, of Woodbridge
• 1821: Philip Bennett, of Rougham
• 1822: Ambrose Harbord Steward, of Stoke
• 1823: Henry Usborne, of Branches
• 1824: John Fitzgerald of Bredfield
• 1825: Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, of Barton
• 1826: John Payne Elwes, of Stoke by Clare
• 1827: John Francis Leathes, of Herringfleet
• 1828: Hart Logan, of Kentwell Hall
• 1829: John Ruggles Brice, of Clare
• 1830: John Wilson Sheppard, of Campsey Ash
• Sir William Middleton, of Shrubland, Bt.
• 1831: John Read, of Primrose Hill, Holbrook
• 1832: Joseph Burch Smith, of Stoke Hall, Ipswich
• 1833: Sir Thomas Gooch, 5th Baronet, of Benacre
• 1834: John Garden, of Redisham
• 1835: Robert Sayer, of Sibton Park
• 1836: Edward Bliss, of Brandon
• 1837: Sir Hyde Parker, 8th Baronet, of Long Melford
• 1838: Thomas Hallifax the elder, of Chadacre Hall
• 1839: Arthur John Brooke, of Horningsheath
• 1840: George St Vincent Wilson, of Redgrave
• 1841: Sir Josias Rowley, Bt, of Tendring Hall
• 1842: Edward Bridgman, of Coney Weston
• 1843: William Long, of Saxmundham
• 1844: Sir Philip Broke, 2nd Baronet, of Nacton
• 1845: Henry Wilson, of Stowlangtoft
• 1846: Sir Robert Adair, Bt, of Flixton
• 1847: Henry James Oakes, of Nowton Court
• 1848: Charles Vanneck, 3rd Baron Huntingfield, of Haveningham Hall
• 1849: Rt. Hon. John Henniker-Major, 4th Baron Henniker, of Thornham Hall, replaced by Thomas James Ireland, of Ousden Hall
• 1850: Sir Thomas Rokewode-Gage, 8th Baronet, of Hengrave Hall
• 1851: Frederick Barne, of Sotterley Hall
• 1852: James Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther, of Hintlesham Hall
• 1853: Rt. Hon. John Henniker-Major, 4th Baron Henniker, of Thornham Hall
• 1854: Windsor Parker, of Clopton Hall
• 1855: John Josselyn, of St Edmund's Hill, Bury St Edmunds
• 1856: Andrew Arcedeckne, of Glevering Hall, Hacheston
• 1857: John George Weller Poley, of Boxted Hall
• 1858: Peter Robert Burrell, of Stoke Park, Ipswich
• 1859: John George Sheppard, of Campsey Ash
• 1860: Thomas Thornhill, of Riddlesworth
• 1861: Edward Robert Starkie Bence, of Kentwell Hall, Melford
• 1862: Sir John Blois, 8th Baronet, of Cockfield Hall, Yoxford
• 1863: John William Brooke, of Sibton Park
• 1864: Sir George Broke-Middleton, 3rd Baronet, of Nacton
• 1865: John Page Reade, of Stutton
• 1866: William Gilstrap, of Fornham St. Greneveve
• 1867: Robert John Pettiward, of Great Finborough Hall
• 1868: Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury
• 1869: Frederick William Schreiber, of Melton
• 1870: Frederick William Thellusson, Lord Rendlesham, of Rendlesham Hall
• 1871: Thomas Richard Mills, of Great Saxham
• 1872: Henry Alexander Starkie Bence of Thorington Hall
• 1873: Fuller Maitland Wilson, of Stowlangtoft Hall
• 1874: Thomas Barbot Beale, of Brettenham Park
• 1875: Sir Robert Affleck, 6th Baronet of Dalham Hall
• 1876: Harry Spencer Waddington, of Cavenham Hall
• 1877: George Holt Wilson, of Redgrave Hall
• 1878: Sir Francis Robert Sherlock Lambert Gooch, of Benacre, 8th Baronet
• 1879: William Beeston Long, of Hurt's Hall, Saxmundham
• 1880: George Henry Pocklington, of Chelsworth
• 1881: Robert Emlyn Lofft, of Troston Hall
• 1882: Edward Phillippe Mackenzie
• 1883: John George Weller-Poley, of Boxted Hall
• 1884: Walter Thomas Brown, of Brent Eleigh
• 1885: Sir Alfred Sherlock Gooch, 9th Baronet of Benacre Hall
• 1886: Herbert Bulkley Praed, Ousden Hall
• 1887: William Edmund Image of Herringswell
• 1888: George Gery Milner-Gibson-Cullum of Hardwick House, Hawstead
• 1889: John Paley, of Ampton Hall
• 1891: Arthur Heywood, of Sudbourne Hall
• 1897: Edward Walter Greene of Nether Hall, Pakenham
• 1898: Thomas Henry Tacon, of Bed House, Eye
• 1899: Edwin James Johnstone, of Rougham Hall

20th century

Sheriffs

• 1901: John Dupuis Cobbold of Holywell
• 1902: Henry Edmund Buxton, of Fritton, Great Yarmouth
• 1903: The Honourable Stanhope Alfred Tollemache, of Bentley and Northleigh, Ipswich
• 1904: Lieutenant - Colonel Alfred George Lucas, of Lowestoft
• 1905: Ralph Barrett Macnaghten Blois, 9th Baronet of Cockfield Hall, Yoxford
• 1906: George Arthur Paley, of Ampton Hall, near Bury St. Edmunds
• 1907: Duncan Parker, of Clopton Hall, Rattlesden, near Bury St. Edmunds
• 1908: Sir Henry Charles John Bunbury, Bt.
• 1909: Almeric Paget of Brandon Park
• 1910: Sir Frederick Adair, Bt
• 1911: Sir Thomas Vere Sherlock Gooch, Bt
• 1912: Frederick Charles Ulick Vernon-Wentworth, CB of Black Heath, Friston, Saxmundham
• 1913: Arthur Maitland Wilson, of Stowlangtoft, near Bury St. Edmunds
• 1914: William Evelyn Long, of Hurts Hall, Saxmundham
• 1915: George Espec John Manners, of Fornham Park, Bury St. Edmunds
• 1916: The Rt. Hon. Frederick Archibald Charles, 6th Baron Rendlesham, of Rendlesham Hall
• 1917: Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie, of Sizewell Hall, near Leiston
• 1918: Charles Pettiward of Finborough Hall
• 1922: Sir George William Agnew, Bt of Rougham Hall
• 1931: Sir Arthur Churchman, Bt
• 1936: Sir Charles Henry Napier Bunbury, Bt.
• 1943: James Archibald Innes of Harringer Manor
• 1950: Sir Robert Eric Sherlock Gooch, 11th Bt. of Benacre Hall
• 1951: John Gibson Jarvie, Gedding Hall, Suffolk
• 1956: Brian Sherlock Gooch
• 1972: Sir John William Napier Bunbury, Bt.
• 1973: Alastair Ernest Henderson of Tostock Place, Tostock, Bury St. Edmunds.

20th century

High Sheriffs

• 1974: The Hon. Peter Algernon Strutt, M.C., of Stutton Hall, Stutton, Ipswich.
• 1975: Richard Stephen Ryder of Great Bradley Hall, Newmarket.
• 1976: The Hon. Charles Brodrick Amyass Bernard, C.B.E., of By the Crossways, Kelsale, Saxmundham.
• 1977: David Rutherfurd Dickson, Esq., of Barrow Lodge,Bury St. Edmunds
• 1978: Lieut-Colonel James Michael Heigham Royce Tomkin, M.C., of The Red House, Wissett, Halesworth.
• 1979: Air Commodore The Hon. Sir Peter Beckford Rutgers Vanneck, G.B.E., C.B., A.F.C., A.E., of White Lodge, Waldringfield, Woodbridge
• 1980: Lieut-Colonel Richard Harlackenden Carwardine Probert, O.B.E., of Bevills, Bures.
• 1981: Captain Robin John Sheepshanks, of The Rookery, Eyke, Woodbridge.
• 1982: Roger Hewitt Paul, of Brundish Lodge, Woodbridge
• 1983: Major Walter John Blencowe Bridge, of Broom Hall, Bradfield St. George, Bury St Edmunds. 2
• 1984: Nicholas Longe of Grange Farm, Hasketon,Woodbridge.
• 1985: Captain Christopher Baldwin Hughes Wake-Walker, RN, of East Bergholt Lodge, East Bergholt
• 1986: Henry Francis Arnold Engleheart of The Priory, Stoke-by-Nayland.
• 1987: Hugh Ludlow Philbrick of The Cottage, Great Bealings, Woodbridge.
• 1988: Robin James Upton, Esq., of Park Farm, Herringswell,Bury St. Edmunds.
• 1989: Rodney John Derek Blois, of Cockfield Hall, Yoxford near Saxmundham
• 1990:
• 1992: William Le Grand Jacob, of Woodbridge
• 1999: Colonel David Henry Charles Gordon Lennox, Saxham Hall,Great Saxham, Bury St Edmunds
• 21st century
• 2000: John Clement of Tuddenham Hall
• 2001: David William Barclay, Desnage Lodge, Higham, Bury St. Edmunds
• 2002: Robert Rous of Dennington Hall.
• 2003: John Geoffrey Thurlow
• 2004: Clare, Countess of Euston
• 2005: Major Philip Hope-Cobbold, of Glenham Hall
• 2006: Sir Michael William Bunbury Bt. KCVO
• 2007: Air Marshal Sir Richard John Kemball KCB CBE
• 2008: Diana Hunt JP, DL
• 2009: James Kennedy Buckle
• 2010: Tessa Frances Innes
• 2011: Stephen Miles

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