About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Edward Coke, John Wilkes, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, Falkes de Breaute, Richard William Howard Vyse, William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough, Richard Basset, Sir John Donne, Gore Ouseley, Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, Osmond Barnes, R. C. Lehmann, John Peter Gandy, Sir Anthony de Rothschild, 1st Baronet, Mayer Amschel de Rothschild, Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen, Henry Hanmer, Ferdinand James von Rothschild, Philip Wroughton, Henry of Braybrooke, John Penn, Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, Samuel Sandars, Sir William Bowyer, 1st Baronet, Hubert Beaumont, Sir Herbert Samuel Leon, 1st Baronet, Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet, Arthur Lasenby Liberty, Philip Rose, John Fremantle, 5th Baron Cottesloe, Sir Thomas Temple, 1st Baronet, of Stowe, Sir John Aubrey-Fletcher, 7th Baronet, Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 8th Baronet, William Baring du Pre, Nathaniel Lambert, Walter of Pattishall, William de Beauchamp, William Dormer, Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham, Robert William Hudson, Abraham Darby IV, Nigel Mobbs, George Peckham, Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso, Robert Dormer, 1st Baron Dormer, Lewis Mordaunt, 3rd Baron Mordaunt, James Neild, John Darling Young, Sir John de Grey, Francis Fortescue. Excerpt: The High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times. The word Sheriff evolved from 'shire-reeve'. The title of High Sheriff is therefore much older than the other crown appointment, the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, which came about in 1535. Unlike the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, which is generally held from appointment until the holder's death or incapacity, the title of High Sheriff is appointed / reappointed annually. The High Sheriff is assisted by an Under-Sheriff of Bu...
