High Sheriff of Northumberland - 18th Century

18th Century

• 1700: William Wilkinson of Crossgate, Durham
• 1701: John Grey of Howick Hall
• 1702: Gawen Aynsley of Harnham and Little Harle Tower
• 1702: William Browne of Bolton
• 1703: Thomas Forster of Adderstone Hall
• 1703: Sir James Clavering, 2nd Baronet of Axwell House
• 1704: John Clennell of Clennell Hall
• 1705: Gabriel Hall of Otterburn
• 1706: Henry Ogle of Eglingham Hall
• 1707: Robert Lawson of Chirton Hall
• 1708: William Carr of Eshott Hall
• 1709: John Horsley of Milburn Grange, Ponteland
• 1710: George Fletcher of Thropton Spital
• 1711: Sir John Middleton Bt of Belsay Castle
• 1712: William Ord of Fenham and Newminster Abbey
• 1712: Henry Rawlings of Newcastle
• 1713: William Fenwick of Bywell Hall
• 1713: Mark Strother of Fowberry Tower
• 1714: John Johnson of Bebside
• 1715: John Rogers of East Denton
• 1716: Ralph Jenison of Elswick Hall
• 1717: Robert Shafto of Benwell Tower
• 1718: William Coatsworth of Gateshead Park
• 1720: Matthew White of Blagdon Hall
• 1721: Edward Delaval of Dissington Hall
• 1721: Isaac Allgood of Brandon
• 1722: William Charlton of Hesleyside Hall.
• 1723: Robert Mitford of Mitford Castle
• 1724: John Coatsworth of The Hermitage, St John Lee.
• 1725: Alexander Collingwood of Little Ryle.
• 1726: Robert Bewicke of Close House.
• 1727: Luke Clennell of Clennell Hall.
• 1727: John Fenwick of Bywell Hall
• 1728: Matthew Whitfield of Whitfield Hall
• 1729: Francis Blake Delaval of Ford Castle and Seaton Delaval Hall
• 1730: Thomas Watson of Grindon Ridge
• 1731: Walter Blackett formerly Calverley of Wallington Hall.
• 1732: John Reed of Bellingham and later Chipchase Castle
• 1733: John Ogle of Eglingham Hall
• 1734: Henry Ellison of Parkhouse and Hebburn Hall
• 1735-6: Henry Grey (later Sir Henry Grey Bt) of Howick Hall
• 1737: Henry Ogle of Causey Park House
• 1738: James Hargrave of Shawdon Hall
• 1738: William Errington of Walwick Grange (died in office, Mar 1739)
• 1739: John Blackett of Wylam
• 1740: George Shafto Delaval of Bavington Hall
• 1741: John Strother Kerr of Fowberry Tower
• 1742: Anthony Isaacson of Fenton
• 1743: Charles Loraine of Stanton
• 1744: James Carr of Black Heddon
• 1745: William Bacon of Staward Hall
• 1746: John Watson of Newham Hall, Ellingham
• 1746: Lancelot Allgood of Nunwick Hall
• 1747: William Ord of Fenham
• 1748: Nicholas Browne of Bolton
• 1749: Gawen Aynsley of Little Harle Tower, Kirkwhelpington
• 1750: William Carr of Etal Castle
• 1751: William Bigge of Benton House, Little Benton, Newcastle on Tyne
• 1752: William Fenwick of Bywell Hall
• 1753: Robert Fenwick of Lemmington Hall
• 1754: Robert Shafto of Benwell Hall
• 1755: John Swinburne of Wesgate
• 1756: Matthew White (later Sir Matthew White Bt) of Blagdon Hall
• 1757: Sir Edward Blackett, 4th Baronet of Matfen Hall
• 1758: William Wilkinson of Clennell Hall
• 1759: Abraham Dixon of Belford Hall
• 1760: Sir Robert Bewicke of Close House
• 1761: Alexander Collingwood of Unthank Hall
• 1762: Ralph Bates of Milbourne Hall
• 1763: John William Bacon of Staward Hall
• 1764: Christopher Reed of Chipchase Castle
• 1765: Matthew Forster of Bolton
• 1766: Henry Collingwood of Cornhill
• 1767: Hilton Lawson of Chirton
• 1768: Bryan Burrell of Broome Park
• 1769: Michael Pearson of East Matfen
• 1770: John Simpson of Horsley on the Hill
• 1771: Thomas Charles Bigge of Benton House, Little Benton, Newcastle on Tyne.
• 1772: Francis Blake of Crawley
• 1773: William Lowes of Ridley Hall
• 1774: Sir William Loraine Bt of Kirkharle Hall
• 1775:Walter Trevelyan of Netherwitton Hall
• 1776: John Askew of Pallinsburn House
• 1777: William Ord of Fenham of Whitfield Hall (son of William, HS 1747)
• 1778: Thomas Carr of Eshott Hall
• 1779: Daniel Craster of Craster Tower
• 1780: Andrew Robinson Bowes of Benwell Hall
• 1781: Charles Brandling of Gosforth House
• 1782: Calverley Bewicke of Close House
• 1783:William Hargrave of Shawdon Hall
• 1784: Sir Francis Blake Bt of Fowberry Tower
• 1785: Sir Henry George Liddell Bt of Eslington Park
• 1786: James Allgood of Nunwick Hall
• 1787: Edward Collingwood of Chirton Hall
• 1788; Davidson Richard Grieve of Swarland Hall
• 1789: Robert Lisle of Acton House
• 1790: John Lowes of Ridley Hall
• 1791: John Wood of Beadnell
• 1792: Ralph William Grey of Backworth
• 1793: Henry Collingwood of Lilburn Tower
• 1794: Charles John Clavering of Axwell House
• 1795: Cuthbert Shafto of Bavington Hall
• 1796: Adam Mansfeldt Lawson de Cardonnell of Chirton
• 1797: Matthew Bell of Woolsington
• 1798: Adam Askew of Ellington
• 1799: Sir John Edward Swinburne Bt of Capheaton Hall