High Sheriff of Cumberland
The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown.Formerly the 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 sheriff changes every April.The post of 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.Sheriffs of Cumberland have included:
sheriffCumberlandadministrativeceremonial or geographic countyCumbriaRobert de VauxWilliam FitzAldelmWilliam de StutevilleHugh BardulfRoger de LacyHugh de NevilleRobert de RosRobert de VieuxpontWalter MauclerkSir Thomas MoultonJohn BalliolRobert de Brus, 5th Lord of AnnandaleWilliam de Forz, 4th Earl of AlbemarleEustace de BalliolRoger de LeybourneRobert de ChauncyAndrew HarclayAnthony de LucyPeter TilliolRalph DacreSir John de DerwentwaterRoger de Clifford, 5th Baron de CliffordRichard RedmanSir Richard RedmanSir Peter TilliolSir Christopher CurwenThomas de la MoreThomas CurwenSir William ParrRichard, Duke of GloucesterArmathwaiteLowtherThomas WhartonSir Thomas WhartonEdward AglionbySt BeesSir Richard MusgraveLanercostHenry CurwenWilliam MusgraveSimon MusgraveSir Henry CurwenWilfred LawsonChristopher PickeringSir Wilfred LawsonSir Christopher PickeringWilliam HuddlestonMillomSir George DalstonRichard BarwisWilfrid LawsonSir Patricius Curwen, 1st BaronetChristopher LowtherSir Henry FletcherCharles HowardNawardWilliam BriscoeSir Wilfrid LawsonSir George Fletcher, 2nd BaronetSir John Lowther, 1st BaronetSir William DalstonRichard TolsonSir Richard Musgrave, 2nd BaronetHayton CastleSir William Pennington, 1st BaronetSir John Dalston, 2nd BaronetSir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd BaronetSir Charles Dalston, 3rd BaronetDalemainSir Richard Musgrave, 4th BaronetTallentireSir Richard Hylton, BtHylton CastleSir George Dalston, 4th BaronetDalston HallSir William Fleming, 3rd BaronetSkirwithKirkoswaldSir Wilfrid Lawson, 8th BaronetEwanriggSir Gilfrid Lawson, BtWatermillockSir Michael le Fleming, 4th BaronetHensinghamSnettlegarthJohn BriscoCroftonMirehouseJohn ChristianEdward KnubleySir James Graham, 1st BaronetNetherbySir Frederick Fletcher-Vane, 2nd BaronetHuttonArmathwaite CastleSir John Chardin Musgrave, 7th BaronetSir Wilfrid Lawson, 10th BaronetBrayton HallPenrithDovenby HallSir Henry Fletcher, 2nd BaronetSir Wastell Brisco, 2nd BaronetSir Philip MusgraveEden HallJohn MarshallWilliam JamesWilliam BlamireHenry HowardCorby CastleWorkington HallGreystoke CastleCalder AbbeySir Francis Fletcher-Vane, 3rd BaronetArmathwaite HallSir George Musgrave, 10th BaronetSalkeld HallGeorge Head HeadSir Henry Ralph Fletcher-Vane, 4th BaronetHutton in the ForestGamel Pennington, 4th Baron Muncaster