High Sheriff of Bedfordshire

This is a list of high sheriffs of Bedfordshire.

Pre-Conquest
pre-1042: Aelfstan

1042–1066; Godric, Ralph Talgebose Bondi the Staller

1066–1125

 * 1066-c.1084: Ansculf de Picquigny
 * Ralph Taillebois
 * c. 1080 Hugh de Beauchamp
 * 1124 Richard of Winchester

From 1125 through the end of 1575, appointees to the shrievalty held the joint office of High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

1575–1599
• 15 November 1575: George Rotheram

• 13 November 1576: John Barnardiston

• 27 November 1577: George Kensham

• 17 November 1578: John Spencer

• 23 November 1579: Nicholas Luke

• 21 November 1580: Henry Butler

• 27 November 1581: John Thomson

• 5 December 1582: Richard Conquest (1st term)

• 25 November 1583: Lewis Dyve

• 19 November 1584: John Rowe

• 29 August 1585: Richard Charnocke (1st term)

• 22 November 1585: Oliver St John

• 14 November 1586: Richard Charnocke (2nd term)

• 4 December 1587: William Butler

• 29 November 1588: Ralph Astrye

• 24 November 1589: Oliver St John, of Stanfordburgh

• 24 November 1590: George Rotheram

• 25 November 1591: Christopher Hoddesdon

• 16 November 1592: William Duncombe

• 26 November 1593: Nicholas Luke

• 21 November 1594: John Dyve

• 27 November 1595: William Gostwick

• 22 November 1596: Richard Conquest (2nd term)

• 25 November 1597: Thomas Cheyney

• 28 November 1598: Edward Radclyffe

• 2 December 1599: William Butler, of Biddenham

1600–1699
• 24 November 1600: Sir John Crofts

• 2 December 1601: Richard Charnock (3rd term)

• 7 December 1602: George Francklin

• 1 December 1603: Sir John Dyve

• 5 November 1604: John Lee

• 2 February 1606: Sir Edwin Sandys

• 17 November 1606: Sir Francis Anderson

• 9 November 1607: Sir Thomas Snagge

• 12 November 1608: Edmund Mordaunt

• 1609: Thomas Austell

• 6 November 1610: Sir Francis Ventris

• 1611: Sir Robert Sandy, 1st Baronet

• 1612: William Beecher

• 1613: Richard Saunders

• 1614: Sir Edward Duncombe

• 6 November 1615: Sir William Plomer

• 11 November 1616: Roger Burgoyne

• 6 November 1617: Sir Oliver Luke

• 9 November 1618: Sir Edmund Conquest

• 1619: George Skeynsham

• 6 November 1620: Sir Francis Staunton

• 1621: William Briars

• 7 November 1622: William Hawkins

• 1623: Sir Francis Clarke

• 1624: Matthew Denton

• 1625: John Wingate

• 1626: Sir Edward Gostwick, 2nd Baronet

• 6 November 1627: John Moore, of Layton

• 1628: Sir Anthony Chester, 1st Baronet

• 1629: Michael Grigge

• 7 November 1630: William Cater

• 1631: Edmund Anderson

• 1632: James Beverley

• 10 November 1633: Onslow Winch

• 5 November 1634: Humphrey Monoux

• 1635: Richard Gearye

• 3 October 1636: Henry Chester

• 30 September 1637: John Charnock

• 9 October 1637: William Boteler, of Biddenham

• 4 November 1638: William Plomer

• 1639: Richard Child

• 1640: John Burgoyne

• 1641: Sir Thomas Alston, 1st Baronet

• 30 December 1643: William Duncombe, of Battlesden

• 20 January 1644: Humphrey Fishe

• 2 December 1644: Nicholas Denton

• 6 February 1647: Thomas Daniell

• 9 March 1647: Matthias Tailor

• 29 November 1647: William Allen

• 23 November 1648: William Duncombe

• 7 November 1649: Robert Lovett

• 7 November 1650: Sir William Bryers

• 4 November 1651: Thomas Bromsall

• 12 November 1652: John Huxley

• 10 November 1653: Henry Pigott

• 1654: Robert Stanton

• 1655: John Welles

• 1657: Owen Bromsall

• 5 November 1660: Edmund Wilde, of Howton

• 1661: Sir Roger Burgoyne, 2nd Baronet

• 1662: Francis Wingate

• 1663: George Wyan

• 1664: Sir Edward Cater

• 12 November 1665: Thomas Snagge

• 7 November 1666: Sir John Huxley

• 6 November 1667: Sir Henry Massingberd, 1st Baronet

• 6 November 1668: Sir Ralph Bovey, 1st Baronet

• 25 November 1668: De Lawney

• 9 December 1668: Sir Thomas Brounsell, of Biggleswade

• 11 November 1669: Sir Ralph Bovey, 1st Baronet

• 3 November 1670: Richard Wagstaffe

• 9 November 1671: Henry Brandreth

• 11 November 1672: Thomas Bromsall, of Blunham

• 12 November 1673: Matthew Denis

• 5 November 1674: Robert Bell

• 15 November 1675: Samuel Reynardson

• 1675: Francis Dodsworth

• 10 November 1676: Thomas Arnold, of Ampthill

• 15 November 1677: Samuel Reynardson

• 14 November 1678: Thomas Snagge

• 13 November 1679: Sir William Gostwick, 4th Baronet

• 4 November 1680: Villiers Chernock

• 10 November 1681: George Abbott

• 13 November 1682: Sir James Astrey or Astry

• 12 November 1683: William Daniel

• 20 November 1684: Humphrey Fish

• 30 November 1685: Thomas Halpenny or Halfpenny

• 25 November 1686: John Crosse, of Breminger

• 5 December 1687: John Wagstaffe

• 8 November 1688: Ralph Bromsall

• 25 November 1689: Samuel Cater

• 27 November 1690: William Boteler

• 14 December 1691: John Neale

• 17 November 1692: John de la Fontaine

• 28 November 1692: Sir Samuel Thompson

• 16 November 1693: John Eston

• 6 December 1694: Sir Stephen Anderson, 1st Baronet

• 20 December 1694: Sir William Massingberd, 2nd Baronet

• 5 December 1695: William Millard

• 3 December 1696: Robert Bell

• 16 December 1697: Sir John Burgoyne

• 30 December 1697: John Hinde

• 21 January 1698: John Spencer

• 22 December 1698: John de la Fontaine

• 20 November 1699: Sir John Burgoyne, 3rd Baronet

1700–1799
• 28 November 1700: William Hillersden

• 1 January 1702: Maurice Abbott

• 12 January 1702: Thomas Bromsall

• 19 January 1702: Thomas Bromsall, of Roxton

• 3 December 1702: Sir Pynsent Chernock, 3rd Baronet

• 14 December 1702: Thomas Johnson

• 2 December 1703: Samuel Ongley

• 21 December 1704: Edward Duncombe

• 3 December 1705: Edward Snagg

• 14 November 1706: John Huxley

• 20 November 1707: Morgan Hinde

• 18 December 1707: John Clarke

• 29 November 1708: John Wright

• 1 December 1709: William Chew

• 24 November 1710: Ralph Brumsell

• 14 June 1711: William Nicholls

• 14 June 1711: John Harvey

• 10 January 1712: Thomas Boswell, of Dean

• 11 December 1712: John Vaux

• 30 November 1713: Thomas Emerton

• 14 November 1714: Thomas Bromsall

• 22 November 1715: John Livesay

• 12 November 1716: Sir Theophilus Napier, 5th Baronet

• 21 December 1717: Sir William Smith

• 21 December 1718: Nicholas Luke

• 7 January 1720: Robert Hind

• 3 January 1721: Richard Orlebar

• 14 December 1721: Henry Brandreth

• 11 December 1722: Robert Abbott

• 7 January 1724: Thomas Aynscombe

• 10 December 1724: Thomas Garth

• 13 January 1726: Joseph Johnson

• 29 November 1726: Theophilus Dillingham

• 16 December 1727: William Coleman, of Cranfield

• 18 December 1728: Benjamin Rhodes

• December 1729: Sir John Napier, 6th Baronet

• 14 December 1730: William Lamb

• 9 December 1731: George Blundell

• 14 December 1732: Henry Southouse, of Ravendon

• 11 January 1733: Edmund Morgan, of Carrington

• 20 December 1733: Hillersden Franks

• 19 December 1734: Thomas Groome, of Dunstable

• 18 December 1735: John Crawley

• 19 January 1737: Francis Jessop, of Bedford

• 12 January 1738: David Willaume, of Tingrith

• 21 December 1738: Oliver Edwards, of Carrington

• 27 December 1739: John Franklin, of Great Barford

• 29 January 1741: John White, of Ewe Green

• 31 December 1741: John Lawson the younger, of Barton

• 19 January 1743: John Coppin, of Market Street

• 7 February 1743: John Miller the younger, of Dunstable

• 5 January 1744: Richard Brown, of Eggington

• 2 February 1744: Andrew Crosse, of Westoning

• 20 February 1744: Hammond Crosse

• 10 January 1745: Richard Bell, of Bedford

• 16 January 1746: Robert Ashwell, of Leighton Buzzard

• 15 January 1747: William Gary, of Bushmead

• 14 January 1748: John Hill, of Bedford

• 11 January 1749: Thomas Crawley, of Dunstable

• 17 January 1750: Thomas Cave, of Bedford

• 6 December 1750: Harry Johnson, of Milton Bryan

• 14 January 1752: Thomas Gilpin

• 7 February 1753: Francis Herne, of Luton

• 31 January 1754: David James, of Ampthill

• 29 January 1755: Thomas Vaux, of Whipsnade

• 27 January 1756: Thomas Smyth, of Streatley

• 4 February 1757: John Capon, of Leighton Buzzard

• 27 January 1758: William Cole, of Sundon

• 2 February 1759: Dennis Farrer Hillersden, of Helvestow

• 1 February 1760: Baker Coleman, of Cranfield

• 28 January 1761: Robert Butcher, of Cople

• 15 February 1762: Simon Taylor, of Woburn

• 4 February 1763: Sir Philip Monoux, 5th Baronet, of Sandy

• 10 February 1764: William Pym, of Hasell Hall

• 1 February 1765: Richard Edwards, of Ardesley

• 17 February 1766: Philip Field, of Barton

• 13 February 1767: Charles Chester, of Tilsworth

• 15 January 1768: John Cater, of Kempston

• 27 January 1769: William Farrer, of Kempston

• 9 February 1770: John Franklin, of Northill

• 6 February 1771: Charles Barnett, of Stratton

• 17 February 1772: Sir Gillies Payne, 2nd Baronet, of Tempsford

• 8 February 1773: John Howard, of Cardington

• 7 February 1774: John Crawley, of Stockwood

• 6 February 1775: George Paunceforth, of Ampthill

• 5 February 1776: Christopher Tower, of Houghton Regis

• 31 January 1777: John Sayer Weal Renal, of Eggington

• 28 January 1778: John Beeches, of Hoobury

• 1 February 1779: Sir Rowland Alston, 6th Baronet, of Odell

• 2 February 1780: William Thornton Astell, of Everton

• 5 February 1781: John Harvey, of Northill

• 1 February 1782: Robert Thornton, of Moggerhanger

• 10 February 1783: John Dilley, of Southill

• 13 February 1784: William Goldsmith, of Strently

• 7 February 1785: William Gibbard, of Sharnbrook

• 13 February 1786: Matthew Rugeley, of Potton

• 12 February 1787: Joseph Partridge, of Cranfield

• 8 February 1788: William Lee Antonie, of Colworth House

• 29 April 1789: Samuel Boydon, of Milton Ernest

• 24 February 1790: James Metcalfe, of Roxton House

• 4 February 1791: Francis Pym, of Hasell Hall

• 3 February 1792: Sir John Buchanan Riddell, 9th Baronet, of Sundon

• 6 February 1793: Thomas Crosse, of Bramingham

• 5 February 1794: Edward Nicoll, of Studham

• 11 February 1795: John Harvey, of Ickwell

• 5 February 1796: George Brooks, of Flitwick

• 1 February 1797: John Higgins the elder, of Turvey

• 7 February 1798: John Fox, of Dean

• 1 February 1799: Robert Trevor, of Flitwick

1800–1899
• 5 February 1800: Sir John Everitt, of Westoning

• 11 February 1801: Stephen Raymond, of Potton

• 3 February 1802: John Higgins the younger, of Turvey

• 3 February 1803: Godfrey Thornton, of Moggerhanger

• 1 February 1804: George Edwards, of Henlow Grange

• 6 February 1805: John Polhill, of Renholt

• 1 February 1806: William Long, of Kempston

• 4 February 1807: Sir Philip Monoux, 6th Baronet, of Sandy

• 3 February 1808: Richard Orlebar, of Puddington

• 6 February 1809: Robert Garstin, of Harrold

• 31 January 1810: Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, of Battlesden

• 8 February 1811: Joseph Howell, of Market Street

• 24 January 1812: John Cooper, of Toddington

• 10 February 1813: Richard Parkes, of Luton

• 4 February 1814: Stephen Thornton, of Moggerhanger

• 13 February 1815: Robert Hibbert, of East Hyde

• 12 February 1816: Henry Brandreth, of Houghton Regis

• 12 February 1817: Samuel Crawley, of Stockwood

• 24 January 1818: John Pedley, of Eaton Bray

• 10 February 1819: Hon. Samuel Henley-Ongley, of Sandy

• 12 February 1820: Sir John Burgoyne, 9th Baronet, of Sutton

• 22 February 1820: Charles Barnett, of Stratton Park

• 6 February 1821: John Thomas Brooks, of Flitwick

• 4 February 1822: Peter Augustus Lautour, of Little Staughton

• 31 January 1823: Thomas Charles Higgins, of Turvey

• 31 January 1824: Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, of Milton Bryan

• 2 February 1825: Samuel Bedford Edwards, of Arlesey

• 30 January 1826: Robert Elliott, of Goldington

• 5 February 1827: George Nigel Edwards, of Henlow Grange

• 13 February 1828: George Musgrave, of Shillington

• 11 February 1829: William Dodge Cooper Cooper, of Toddington

• 2 February 1830: John Thomas Dawson, of Chapham

• 31 January 1831: Samuel Charles Whitbread, of Cardington

• 6 February 1832: Thomas Potter Macqueen, of Ridgmont

• 22 February 1832: Abram Edward Gregory, of Biggleswade

• 4 February 1833: George Pearse, of Harlington

• 3 February 1834: Joseph Morris, of Ampthill

• 7 February 1835: Charles James Metcalfe, of Roxton

• 3 February 1836: Francis Green, of Bedford

• 28 January 1837: William Henry Whitbread, of Southill

• 1 February 1838: John Harvey, of Ickwell

• 4 February 1839: Levi Ames, of East Hyde

• 29 January 1840: William Frederick Brown, of Dunstable

• 5 February 1841: Arthur Macnamara, of Eaton Bray

• 2 February 1842: Robert Lindsell, of Fairfield House

• 1 February 1843: William Sutcliffe, of Great Bramingham

• 31 January 1844: George James Sullivan, of Leagrave

• 3 February 1845: William Bartholomew Higgins, of Turvey

• 30 January 1846: William Stuart, of Aldenham Priory

• 4 February 1847: Robert Newland, of Kempston

• 11 February 1848: Thomas Abbott Green, of Pavenham

• 13 February 1849: Humphrey Brandreth, of Houghton Regis

• 5 February 1850: Richard Thomas Gilpin, of Hockliffe Grange

• 11 February 1851: Charles Gillies Payne, of Blunham

• 2 February 1852: Sir John Burgoyne, 9th Baronet, of Sutton

• 7 February 1853: Henry Littledale, of Kempston Grange

• 30 January 1854: Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner, of Howbury Hall

• 8 February 1855: John Shaw Leigh, of Luton Hoo

• 30 January 1856: Talbot Barnard, of Kempston

• 2 February 1857: Sir George Robert Osborn, 6th Baronet, of Chicksands Priory

• 3 February 1858: John Sambrook Crawley, of Stockwood

• 2 February 1859: Richard Longuet Orlebar, of Hinwick House, Hinwick

• 23 January 1860: Charles Longuet Higgins, of Turvey Abbey

• 4 February 1861: Joseph Tucker, of Pavenham

• 5 February 1862: Crew Alston, of Odell

• 3 February 1863: Benjamin Helps Starey, of Milton Ernest Hall, Milton Ernest

• 3 February 1864: Robert Henry Lindsell, of Biggleswade

• 4 February 1865: Lionel Ames, of East Hyde

• 3 February 1866: Charles Livius Grimshawe, of Aspley Guise

• 2 February 1867: William Cooper Cooper, of Toddington

• 30 January 1868: Sir John Montagu Burgoyne, 10th Baronet, of Sutton

• 4 February 1869: Henry Francis Cockayne Cust, of Cockayne Hatley

• 5 February 1870: John Nathaniel Foster, of Sandy Place

• 8 February 1871: Edward Henry Frederick Dawkins, of Moggerhanger Park

• 5 February 1872: William Francis Higgins, of Turvey House

• 5 February 1873: Harry Thornton, of Kempston

• 2 February 1874: Salusbury Gillies Payne, of Blunham (claiming to be Sir Salusbury Gillies Payne, Baronet)

• 21 February 1874: John Gerard Leigh of Luton

• 4 February 1875: Colonel William Stuart, of Tempsford Hall

• 12 February 1876: George Sowerby, of Putteridge Bury, Luton

• 7 February 1877: Charles Magniac, of Colworth, Sharnbrook

• 22 February 1878: James Howard, of Clapham Park

• 22 February 1879: Thomas Bagnall, jnr., of Milton Ernest

• 16 February 1880: Major John Hatfield Brooks, of Manor House, Flitwick, Ampthill

• 2 March 1881: Joseph Shuttleworth, of Warden, Biggleswade

• 27 February 1882: Francis Bassett, of the Heath, Leighton Buzzard

• 3 March 1883: Julius Alington, of Little Barford

• 4 March 1884: Edward King Fordham, of Ashwell

• 5 March 1885: James Francis Hatfeild Harter, of Cranfield Court

• 8 March 1886: John Edmund Audley Harvey, of Ickwell, Bury, Biggleswade

• 7 March 1887: James Poole Wagstaff, of Manor House, Potton

• 17 March 1888: Theodore Harris, of Leighton Buzzard

• 6 April 1889: George William Francis Sackville Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, of Oakley House

• 21 March 1890: Henry Hilton Green, of Felmersham Grange, Bedford

• 20 March 1891: Frank Shuttleworth, of Old Warden Park, Biggleswade

• 16 March 1892: Col. Thomas Joseph Sunderland, of Ravensden Grange

• 15 March 1893: Anthony Henry Wingfield, of Ampthill House

• 10 March 1894: Edward Earnest Dymond, of Oaklands, Aspley Guise

• 8 March 1895: Capt. Hugh Edmond Browning, of Clapham Park, Bedford

• 6 March 1896: Maj. Charles Villiers Somerville Downes, of Aspley House, Aspley Guise

• 26 February 1897: George James Gribble, of Henlow Grange, Biggleswade

• 7 March 1898: Henry Chernocke Gibbs Brandreth, of Houghton Hall, Houghton Regis

• 7 March 1899: James Harold Howard, of Kempston Grange, Bedford

1900–1999
• 1900: Algernon Mercer, of Morhanger Park, Sandy

• 1901: Arthur Macnamara, of Billington Manor, Leighton Buzzard

• 1902: William Clarence Watson, of Colworth House, Sharnbrook

• 1903: Francis Pym, of Hasells Hall, Sandy

• 1904: William Henry Allen, of Bromham House, Bedford

• 1905: William Long Fitzpatrick, of Woodlands, Clapham, Bedford

• 1906: John William Green, of The Larches, Luton

• 1907: Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Howard, of Highfield, Bedford

• 1908: Waller George Halfield Harter, of Kempston Bury, Bedford

• 1909: Sir Algernon Kerr Butler Osborn, Bt., of Chicksands Priory, Shefford

• 1910: Albert Edward Bowen, of Colworth House, Sharnbrook

• 1911: Charles Robert Salusbury Payne, of Blunham House, Sandy

• 1912: John Edward Howard, of Clapham Park

• 1913: Frederick George Lomax, of Cockayne Hatley, Potton

• 1914: Thomas Henry Barnard, of The Hoo, Kempston

• 1915: Charles Edmund Argentine-Alington, of Little Barford House, St. Neots

• 1916: Cyril Gurney, of Henlow Grange, Biggleswade

• 1917: Alexander Rowland Alston, of The Tofte, Sharnbrook

• 1918: Howard Spensley, of Westoning Manor, Ampthill

• 1919: John Arnold Whitchurch, of Great Barford House, near Sandy

• 1920: Herbert Owen Williams, of Farley Lynches, Luton

• 1921: Richard William Allen, of The Woodlands, Clapham

• 1922: Robert Edmund Campbell, of Cranfield Court, Wbburn Sands

• 1923: John George Murray, of Wrest Park, Silsoe

• 1924: Sir George Lawson Johnston, 1st Baron Luke of Pavenham Bury, Pavenham

• 1925: Harold Gwynne Allen, of The Dene, Woburn Sands,Bletchley

• 1926: Dealtry Charles Part of Houghton Hall, Houghton Regis

• 1927: Lieut.-Col. Harold Augustus Wernher, of Luton Hoo

• 1928: Major Charles Ernest Wells, of Turvey Abbey, Turvey

• 1929: Henry Charles Thomas Hambro, of The Hyde, Luton

• 1930: Horace Stanley Deacon, of Kempston Croft

• 1931: Herbert Brent Grotrian of Knolls, Leighton Buzzard

• 1932: Christopher William Gurney, of Henlow Grange, Biggleswade

• 1933: Ronald Willie Gandar-Dower, of Clifton House, Shefford

• 1934: Brigadier – General William Brooke Thornton, of St. John's, Mogerhanger, Sandy

• 1935: William Alfred Lailey Rowland, of The Heath, Leighton Buzzard

• 1936: Harry Arnold, of The Downs, Luton

• 1937: Robert Skinner, of Bromham Hall, Bromham

• 1938: John Henry Staddon, of Withycombe, Ludlow Avenue, Luton

• 1939: Frank William Crossley-Holland, of Oakwell Park, Dunstable

• 1940: Cyril Claud Dillingham, of 25, Lansdowne Road, Luton

• 1941: Sir (Percy) Malcolm Stewart, 1st Baronet, of The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, Baronet

• 1942: Vyvian Edwin Goodman, of Samares, Dunstable, Bedfordshire

• 1943: Allan Fergusson Wood, of Mill House, Milton Ernest

• 1944: Lieut.-Colonel Robert Adolphus Lyall, of Flitwick Manor, Flitwick

• 1945: Major-General Thomas Cochrane Newton, of Blunham House, near Bedford

• 1946: Lieutenant-Colonel Mervyn Lyde Chute, of Whipsnade, Dunstable

• 1947: Major Simon Whitbread, of Southill, near Biggleswade

• 1948: Captain Stephen Helps Starey, of Home Farm House, Milton Ernest

• 1949: Thomas Wyatt Bagshawe, of Dunstable

• 1950: Thomas George Breadalbane Morgan-Grenville, of Wootton House

• 1951: Maj. Leigh Pemberton Stedall, of Billington Manor

• 1952: Arthur Thomas Worboys, of Westray

• 1953: Herbert Robert Waller of Barton-in-the-Clay

• 1954: Sir Ronald Stewart, 2nd Baronet, of Maulden Grange

• 1955: Horace Richard Neate of Bedford

• 1956: Richard Charles Oakley of Luton

• 1957: Christopher Herbert Renny Reeves, of Manor Farm, Podington

• 1958: William Kenneth Gwynne Allen, of The Old Manor, Aspley Guise

• 1959: Sir (Archibald) Douglas Gordon, of Buttercups

• 1960: Harold George Brightman, of Whitehill Avenue, Luton

• 1961: Hugh de Beauchamp Lawson-Johnston, of Melchbourne Park, Bedford

• 1962: Humphrey Whitbread, of Howard's House, Cardington

• 1963: William Walter Samuel Robertson, of Oakley House, Oakley

• 1964: Sir (James) Reginald Pearson, of "Wyvern," Bloomfield Road, Harpenden, Herts.

• 1965: Lieut.-Colonel Hanmer Cecil Hanbury, of Turvey House, Turvey

• 1966: James Francis Robinson, of Bridge House, Great Barford

• 1967: Leslie George Bowles, of " Queensfield," Silsoe

• 1968: Stanley Broughton, of Bedford Road, Luton

• 1969: Arthur Charles St John Lawson Johnston, 3rd Baron Luke of Odell Manor, Odell

• 1970:	Wing Cdr. Oliver J. Wells of Ickwell Grange, Ickwell, Biggleswade

• 1971:	Brian Stewart Porter of Holme Lodge, Biggleswade

• 1972:	John Lawrence Dickinson of The Old Rectory, Higham Gobion, near Hitchin, Herts

• 1973:	Samuel C. Whitbread (H.M.Lord Lieutenant), of Southill Park, Biggleswade

• 1974:	Colonel Charles Richard Randall

• 1975:	Ronald George Gale (Deceased)

• 1976:	David H.C. Harland (Deceased)

• 1977:	Dudley William Reeves

• 1978:	Edward Dudley Moleworth Peacock (Deceased) of Biddenham, Bedford

• 1979:	Peter Wardill (Deceased)

• 1980: John Dandy, of 10 Riverside Towers

• 1981: Michael J Davison

• 1982: James Bristow, Ramsmede Close, Biddenham, Bedford

• 1983: Gilbert Cecil White Beazley, of Bartlemas Farm

• 1984: Stuart Charles Yalden Farmbrough, of Poynders End, Preston, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

• 1985: Pearl Lawson-Johnston

• 1986: Lady Grace Odell

• 1987-1988: Major William Powers,

• 1989: John H. Wells

• 1990: Robin F Willmott

• 1991: John Skelton

• 1992: George Phillip Henry James

• 1993: Eric D Fountain (Deceased)

• 1994: Brian E Howard (deceased)

• 1995: Brian G Woodrow

• 1996: John James Maxwell Glasse

• 1997: Charles T Lousada

• 1998: Geoffrey R D Farr

• 1999: Christopher R Kilroy

2000–present
• 2000: Thomas F Wells

• 2001: Fiona Chapman

• 2002: Colonel Colin R Mason

• 2003: Andrew J. Rayment

• 2004: Clifton J Ibbett

• 2005: Angela P Farmbrough

• 2006: Richard Lewin Banks

• 2007: Dr Vaughan Robert Southgate

• 2008: Nazir Jessa

• 2009: Cynthia Mary Gresham

• 2010: Daniel T C Hanbury

• 2011: Andrew M. Slack

• 2012: Jack Sapsworth

• 2013: Deborah Inskip

• 2014: Colin Osborne

• 2015: Isabelle, Countess of Erroll of Woodbury Hall, Everton, Sandy

• 2016: Charles Whitbread

• 2017: Vinod Bhagwandas Tailor of Luton

• 2018: (Arthur) Julian George Polhill of Renhold

• 2019: (Cora) Meryl Dolling of Luton

• 2020: Susan Jane Lousada of Oakley

• 2021: Eric Masih of Bedford

• 2022: Lady Clifford of Ampthill

• 2023: Russell Alan Beard