Devon
Devon 2026/2027
Welcome to the home page of the Devon High Sheriff’s website.
High Sheriff
Mark Ansell DL
Pillhead House, Old Barnstaple Road, Bideford, Devon, EX39 4NF
Under Sheriff
Philip Wolfgang
Womble Bond Dickinson LLP, Ballard House, West Hoe Road, Plymouth, PL1 3AE
Deputy Under Sheriff: Richard Hedger
High Sheriff's Chaplain
Reverend Chris Painter
High Sheriffs Cadets
Haydn Ward & Bethany Priest
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2025/2026 High Sheriff
Caroline Harlow
2024/2025 High Sheriff
Commodore John Keith (Jake) Moores OBE DL
2023/2024 High Sheriff
The Rt Revd N H P McKinnel
2022/2023 High Sheriff
R D Youngman Esq
2021/2022 High Sheriff
Lady (Lucy) Studholme
2020/2021 High Sheriff
G W V Hine-Haycock Esq
2019/2020 High Sheriff
Captain S C Martin, LVO OBE RN
2018/2019 High Sheriff
Mrs G T Phillips
2017/2018 High Sheriff
Mrs H Lindsay-Fynn
2016/2017 High Sheriff
Mrs A M Gilbert
2015/2016 High Sheriff
Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent KCB CBE
2014/2015 High Sheriff
The Hon John Rous
2013/2014 High Sheriff
John A T Lee Esq OBE
Crediton
2012/2013 High Sheriff
R P Barlow Esq DL
Newton Abbot
2011/2012 High Sheriff
The Hon Mrs S V Lopes
Plymouth
2010/2011 High Sheriff
The Hon Mrs E d’Erlanger
Hensleigh, Tiverton
2009/2010 High Sheriff
E D Fursdon Esq
Cadbury
2008/2009 High Sheriff
The Lady Clifford of Chudleigh
Chudleigh