{"id":3552,"date":"2021-07-15T11:59:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T10:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/176.32.230.17\/merseysidelieutenancy.co.uk\/?page_id=3552"},"modified":"2023-04-24T09:33:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T08:33:13","slug":"the-office-of-high-sheriff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/176.32.230.17\/merseysidelieutenancy.co.uk\/the-office-of-high-sheriff\/","title":{"rendered":"The Office of High Sheriff new"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The current High Sheriff of Merseyside is Dr Ruth Hussey CB OBE DL, whose\u00a0period of office began in April 2023 and lasts for one year.\u00a0 Dr Hussey became a Deputy Lieutenant in\u00a02020.\u00a0<\/span>

The Office of High Sheriff is an independent, non-political\u00a0Royal appointment for a single year.\u00a0\u00a0The origins of the Office date back to Saxon times, when the ‘Shire\u00a0Reeve’ was responsible to the King for the maintenance of law and order within\u00a0the Shire, or County and for the collection and return of taxes due to the\u00a0Crown.\u00a0 Today, there are 55 High\u00a0Sheriffs serving the Counties of England and Wales each year. (see\u00a0High\u00a0Sheriff’s Association<\/a>\u00a0web pages for further\u00a0information).
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Since 1399, when The Duchy of Lancaster became associated with\u00a0the Crown, reigning monarchs have appointed the High Sheriff of Lancashire.\u00a0 As a result of the Local Government Act 1972, the Duchy now appoints High Sheriffs in Lancashire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester.\u00a0 Today, The King ‘pricks’ the names of the three High Sheriffs ‘on the Lites’ (on the list)\u00a0with a bodkin, in the presence of the Chancellor of the Duchy of\u00a0Lancaster.

In terms of protocol,\u00a0the\u00a0High Sheriff comes next in precedence after the Lord-Lieutenant.

High Sheriffs receive no remuneration and no part of the expense of a High Sheriff\u2019s year falls on the public purse.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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You can contact the High Sheriff at: highsheriffmerseyside23@btinternet.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Office of High Sheriff The current High Sheriff of Merseyside is Dr Ruth Hussey CB OBE DL, whose\u00a0period of office began in April 2023 and lasts for one year.\u00a0 Dr Hussey became a Deputy Lieutenant in\u00a02020.\u00a0 The Office of High Sheriff is an independent, non-political\u00a0Royal appointment for a single year.\u00a0\u00a0The origins of the Office […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3552","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.17\/merseysidelieutenancy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.17\/merseysidelieutenancy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.17\/merseysidelieutenancy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.17\/merseysidelieutenancy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.17\/merseysidelieutenancy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.17\/merseysidelieutenancy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.17\/merseysidelieutenancy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}