This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Suffolk.
The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually (in March) by the Crown. The Sheriff was originally the principal law enforcement officer in the county and presided at the Assizes and other important county meetings. Most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. There was a single Sheriff serving the two counties of Norfolk and Suffolk until 1576.
On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, the title of Sheriff of Suffolk was retitled High Sheriff of Suffolk."Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any reference in any enactment or instrument to a sheriff shall be construed accordingly in relation to sheriffs for a county or Greater London." ()
Sheriff
Pre-17th century
17th century
High Sheriffs from 1576 to 1845, The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk: volume 1 (1846), pp. XLII-XLVIII.Date accessed: 27 November 2010
18th century
19th century
20th century
High Sheriff
20th century
21st century
See also High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk
References British History Online-List of Sheriffs for Suffolk