High Sheriff Of Cumberland
The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The High Sheriff changes every April.
The post of High Sheriff of Cumberland existed from the creation of the county in the twelfth century up until 1974 when the administrative and ceremonial or geographic county of Cumberland became part of Cumbria.
Read more about High Sheriff Of Cumberland: List of High Sheriffs, 1100-1199, 1200–1299, 1300–1399, 1400–1499, 1500–1599, 1600–1699, 1700–1799, 1800–1899, 1900–1973
Famous quotes containing the words high and/or sheriff:
“His valors shown upon our crests today
Have taught us how to cherish such high deeds
Even in the bosom of our adversaries.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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—Robert M. Fresco. Jack Arnold. Sheriff Jack Andrews (Nestor Paiva)