This is a list of high sheriffs of Bedfordshire.

Pre-Conquest

pre-1042: Aelfstan 1042–1066; Godric, Ralph Talgebose Bondi the Staller

1066–1125

From 1125 through the end of 1575, appointees to the shrievalty held the joint office of High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

1575–1599

• 15 November 1575: George Rotheram • 13 November 1576: John Barnardiston • 27 November 1577: George Kensham • 17 November 1578: John Spencer • 23 November 1579: Nicholas Luke • 21 November 1580: Henry Butler • 27 November 1581: John Thomson • 5 December 1582: Richard Conquest (1st term) • 25 November 1583: Lewis Dyve • 19 November 1584: John Rowe • 29 August 1585: Richard Charnocke (1st term) • 22 November 1585: Oliver St John • 14 November 1586: Richard Charnocke (2nd term) • 4 December 1587: William Butler • 29 November 1588: Ralph Astrye • 24 November 1589: Oliver St John, of Stanfordburgh • 24 November 1590: George Rotheram • 25 November 1591: Christopher Hoddesdon • 16 November 1592: William Duncombe • 26 November 1593: Nicholas Luke • 21 November 1594: John Dyve • 27 November 1595: William Gostwick • 22 November 1596: Richard Conquest (2nd term) • 25 November 1597: Thomas Cheyney • 28 November 1598: Edward Radclyffe • 2 December 1599: William Butler, of Biddenham

1600–1699

• 24 November 1600: Sir John Crofts • 2 December 1601: Richard Charnock (3rd term) • 7 December 1602: George Francklin • 1 December 1603: Sir John Dyve • 5 November 1604: John Lee • 2 February 1606: Sir Edwin Sandys • 17 November 1606: Sir Francis Anderson • 9 November 1607: Sir Thomas Snagge • 12 November 1608: Edmund Mordaunt • 1609: Thomas Austell • 6 November 1610: Sir Francis Ventris • 1611: Sir Robert Sandy, 1st Baronet • 1612: William Beecher • 1613: Richard Saunders • 1614: Sir Edward Duncombe • 6 November 1615: Sir William Plomer • 11 November 1616: Roger Burgoyne • 6 November 1617: Sir Oliver Luke • 9 November 1618: Sir Edmund Conquest • 1619: George Skeynsham • 6 November 1620: Sir Francis Staunton • 1621: William Briars • 7 November 1622: William Hawkins • 1623: Sir Francis Clarke • 1624: Matthew Denton • 1625: John Wingate • 1626: Sir Edward Gostwick, 2nd Baronet • 6 November 1627: John Moore, of Layton • 1628: Sir Anthony Chester, 1st Baronet • 1629: Michael Grigge • 7 November 1630: William Cater • 1631: Edmund Anderson • 1632: James Beverley • 10 November 1633: Onslow Winch • 5 November 1634: Humphrey Monoux • 1635: Richard Gearye • 3 October 1636: Henry Chester • 30 September 1637: John Charnock • 9 October 1637: William Boteler, of Biddenham • 4 November 1638: William Plomer • 1639: Richard Child • 1640: John Burgoyne • 1641: Sir Thomas Alston, 1st Baronet • 30 December 1643: William Duncombe, of Battlesden • 20 January 1644: Humphrey Fishe • 2 December 1644: Nicholas Denton • 6 February 1647: Thomas Daniell • 9 March 1647: Matthias Tailor • 29 November 1647: William Allen • 23 November 1648: William Duncombe • 7 November 1649: Robert Lovett • 7 November 1650: Sir William Bryers • 4 November 1651: Thomas Bromsall • 12 November 1652: John Huxley • 10 November 1653: Henry Pigott • 1654: Robert Stanton • 1655: John Welles • 1657: Owen Bromsall • 5 November 1660: Edmund Wilde, of Howton • 1661: Sir Roger Burgoyne, 2nd Baronet • 1662: Francis Wingate • 1663: George Wyan • 1664: Sir Edward Cater • 12 November 1665: Thomas Snagge • 7 November 1666: Sir John Huxley • 6 November 1667: Sir Henry Massingberd, 1st Baronet • 6 November 1668: Sir Ralph Bovey, 1st Baronet • 25 November 1668: De Lawney • 9 December 1668: Sir Thomas Brounsell, of Biggleswade • 11 November 1669: Sir Ralph Bovey, 1st Baronet • 3 November 1670: Richard Wagstaffe • 9 November 1671: Henry Brandreth • 11 November 1672: Thomas Bromsall, of Blunham • 12 November 1673: Matthew Denis • 5 November 1674: Robert Bell • 15 November 1675: Samuel Reynardson • 1675: Francis Dodsworth • 10 November 1676: Thomas Arnold, of Ampthill • 15 November 1677: Samuel Reynardson • 14 November 1678: Thomas Snagge • 13 November 1679: Sir William Gostwick, 4th Baronet • 4 November 1680: Villiers Chernock • 10 November 1681: George Abbott • 13 November 1682: Sir James Astrey or Astry • 12 November 1683: William Daniel • 20 November 1684: Humphrey Fish • 30 November 1685: Thomas Halpenny or Halfpenny • 25 November 1686: John Crosse, of Breminger • 5 December 1687: John Wagstaffe • 8 November 1688: Ralph Bromsall • 25 November 1689: Samuel Cater • 27 November 1690: William Boteler • 14 December 1691: John Neale • 17 November 1692: John de la Fontaine • 28 November 1692: Sir Samuel Thompson • 16 November 1693: John Eston • 6 December 1694: Sir Stephen Anderson, 1st Baronet • 20 December 1694: Sir William Massingberd, 2nd Baronet • 5 December 1695: William Millard • 3 December 1696: Robert Bell • 16 December 1697: Sir John Burgoyne • 30 December 1697: John Hinde • 21 January 1698: John Spencer • 22 December 1698: John de la Fontaine • 20 November 1699: Sir John Burgoyne, 3rd Baronet

1700–1799

• 28 November 1700: William Hillersden • 1 January 1702: Maurice Abbott • 12 January 1702: Thomas Bromsall • 19 January 1702: Thomas Bromsall, of Roxton • 3 December 1702: Sir Pynsent Chernock, 3rd Baronet • 14 December 1702: Thomas Johnson • 2 December 1703: Samuel Ongley • 21 December 1704: Edward Duncombe • 3 December 1705: Edward Snagg • 14 November 1706: John Huxley • 20 November 1707: Morgan Hinde • 18 December 1707: John Clarke • 29 November 1708: John Wright • 1 December 1709: William Chew • 24 November 1710: Ralph Brumsell • 14 June 1711: William Nicholls • 14 June 1711: John Harvey • 10 January 1712: Thomas Boswell, of Dean • 11 December 1712: John Vaux • 30 November 1713: Thomas Emerton • 14 November 1714: Thomas Bromsall • 22 November 1715: John Livesay • 12 November 1716: Sir Theophilus Napier, 5th Baronet • 21 December 1717: Sir William Smith • 21 December 1718: Nicholas Luke • 7 January 1720: Robert Hind • 3 January 1721: Richard Orlebar • 14 December 1721: Henry Brandreth • 11 December 1722: Robert Abbott • 7 January 1724: Thomas Aynscombe • 10 December 1724: Thomas Garth • 13 January 1726: Joseph Johnson • 29 November 1726: Theophilus Dillingham • 16 December 1727: William Coleman, of Cranfield • 18 December 1728: Benjamin Rhodes • December 1729: Sir John Napier, 6th Baronet • 14 December 1730: William Lamb • 9 December 1731: George Blundell • 14 December 1732: Henry Southouse, of Ravendon • 11 January 1733: Edmund Morgan, of Carrington • 20 December 1733: Hillersden Franks • 19 December 1734: Thomas Groome, of Dunstable • 18 December 1735: John Crawley • 19 January 1737: Francis Jessop, of Bedford • 12 January 1738: David Willaume, of Tingrith • 21 December 1738: Oliver Edwards, of Carrington • 27 December 1739: John Franklin, of Great Barford • 29 January 1741: John White, of Ewe Green • 31 December 1741: John Lawson the younger, of Barton • 19 January 1743: John Coppin, of Market Street • 7 February 1743: John Miller the younger, of Dunstable • 5 January 1744: Richard Brown, of Eggington • 2 February 1744: Andrew Crosse, of Westoning • 20 February 1744: Hammond Crosse • 10 January 1745: Richard Bell, of Bedford • 16 January 1746: Robert Ashwell, of Leighton Buzzard • 15 January 1747: William Gary, of Bushmead • 14 January 1748: John Hill, of Bedford • 11 January 1749: Thomas Crawley, of Dunstable • 17 January 1750: Thomas Cave, of Bedford • 6 December 1750: Harry Johnson, of Milton Bryan • 14 January 1752: Thomas Gilpin • 7 February 1753: Francis Herne, of Luton • 31 January 1754: David James, of Ampthill • 29 January 1755: Thomas Vaux, of Whipsnade • 27 January 1756: Thomas Smyth, of Streatley • 4 February 1757: John Capon, of Leighton Buzzard • 27 January 1758: William Cole, of Sundon • 2 February 1759: Dennis Farrer Hillersden, of Helvestow • 1 February 1760: Baker Coleman, of Cranfield • 28 January 1761: Robert Butcher, of Cople • 15 February 1762: Simon Taylor, of Woburn • 4 February 1763: Sir Philip Monoux, 5th Baronet, of Sandy • 10 February 1764: William Pym, of Hasell Hall • 1 February 1765: Richard Edwards, of Ardesley • 17 February 1766: Philip Field, of Barton • 13 February 1767: Charles Chester, of Tilsworth • 15 January 1768: John Cater, of Kempston • 27 January 1769: William Farrer, of Kempston • 9 February 1770: John Franklin, of Northill • 6 February 1771: Charles Barnett, of Stratton • 17 February 1772: Sir Gillies Payne, 2nd Baronet, of Tempsford • 8 February 1773: John Howard, of Cardington • 7 February 1774: John Crawley, of Stockwood • 6 February 1775: George Paunceforth, of Ampthill • 5 February 1776: Christopher Tower, of Houghton Regis • 31 January 1777: John Sayer Weal Renal, of Eggington • 28 January 1778: John Beeches, of Hoobury • 1 February 1779: Sir Rowland Alston, 6th Baronet, of Odell • 2 February 1780: William Thornton Astell, of Everton • 5 February 1781: John Harvey, of Northill • 1 February 1782: Robert Thornton, of Moggerhanger • 10 February 1783: John Dilley, of Southill • 13 February 1784: William Goldsmith, of Strently • 7 February 1785: William Gibbard, of Sharnbrook • 13 February 1786: Matthew Rugeley, of Potton • 12 February 1787: Joseph Partridge, of Cranfield • 8 February 1788: William Lee Antonie, of Colworth House • 29 April 1789: Samuel Boydon, of Milton Ernest • 24 February 1790: James Metcalfe, of Roxton House • 4 February 1791: Francis Pym, of Hasell Hall • 3 February 1792: Sir John Buchanan Riddell, 9th Baronet, of Sundon • 6 February 1793: Thomas Crosse, of Bramingham • 5 February 1794: Edward Nicoll, of Studham • 11 February 1795: John Harvey, of Ickwell • 5 February 1796: George Brooks, of Flitwick • 1 February 1797: John Higgins the elder, of Turvey • 7 February 1798: John Fox, of Dean • 1 February 1799: Robert Trevor, of Flitwick

1800–1899

• 5 February 1800: Sir John Everitt, of Westoning • 11 February 1801: Stephen Raymond, of Potton • 3 February 1802: John Higgins the younger, of Turvey • 3 February 1803: Godfrey Thornton, of Moggerhanger • 1 February 1804: George Edwards, of Henlow Grange • 6 February 1805: John Polhill, of Renholt • 1 February 1806: William Long, of Kempston • 4 February 1807: Sir Philip Monoux, 6th Baronet, of Sandy • 3 February 1808: Richard Orlebar, of Puddington • 6 February 1809: Robert Garstin, of Harrold • 31 January 1810: Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, of Battlesden • 8 February 1811: Joseph Howell, of Market Street • 24 January 1812: John Cooper, of Toddington • 10 February 1813: Richard Parkes, of Luton • 4 February 1814: Stephen Thornton, of Moggerhanger • 13 February 1815: Robert Hibbert, of East Hyde • 12 February 1816: Henry Brandreth, of Houghton Regis • 12 February 1817: Samuel Crawley, of Stockwood • 24 January 1818: John Pedley, of Eaton Bray • 10 February 1819: Hon. Samuel Henley-Ongley, of Sandy • 12 February 1820: Sir John Burgoyne, 9th Baronet, of Sutton • 22 February 1820: Charles Barnett, of Stratton Park • 6 February 1821: John Thomas Brooks, of Flitwick • 4 February 1822: Peter Augustus Lautour, of Little Staughton • 31 January 1823: Thomas Charles Higgins, of Turvey • 31 January 1824: Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, of Milton Bryan • 2 February 1825: Samuel Bedford Edwards, of Arlesey • 30 January 1826: Robert Elliott, of Goldington • 5 February 1827: George Nigel Edwards, of Henlow Grange • 13 February 1828: George Musgrave, of Shillington • 11 February 1829: William Dodge Cooper Cooper, of Toddington • 2 February 1830: John Thomas Dawson, of Chapham • 31 January 1831: Samuel Charles Whitbread, of Cardington • 6 February 1832: Thomas Potter Macqueen, of Ridgmont • 22 February 1832: Abram Edward Gregory, of Biggleswade • 4 February 1833: George Pearse, of Harlington • 3 February 1834: Joseph Morris, of Ampthill • 7 February 1835: Charles James Metcalfe, of Roxton • 3 February 1836: Francis Green, of Bedford • 28 January 1837: William Henry Whitbread, of Southill • 1 February 1838: John Harvey, of Ickwell • 4 February 1839: Levi Ames, of East Hyde • 29 January 1840: William Frederick Brown, of Dunstable • 5 February 1841: Arthur Macnamara, of Eaton Bray • 2 February 1842: Robert Lindsell, of Fairfield House • 1 February 1843: William Sutcliffe, of Great Bramingham • 31 January 1844: George James Sullivan, of Leagrave • 3 February 1845: William Bartholomew Higgins, of Turvey • 30 January 1846: William Stuart, of Aldenham Priory • 4 February 1847: Robert Newland, of Kempston • 11 February 1848: Thomas Abbott Green, of Pavenham • 13 February 1849: Humphrey Brandreth, of Houghton Regis • 5 February 1850: Richard Thomas Gilpin, of Hockliffe Grange • 11 February 1851: Charles Gillies Payne, of Blunham • 2 February 1852: Sir John Burgoyne, 9th Baronet, of Sutton • 7 February 1853: Henry Littledale, of Kempston Grange • 30 January 1854: Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner, of Howbury Hall • 8 February 1855: John Shaw Leigh, of Luton Hoo • 30 January 1856: Talbot Barnard, of Kempston • 2 February 1857: Sir George Robert Osborn, 6th Baronet, of Chicksands Priory • 3 February 1858: John Sambrook Crawley, of Stockwood • 2 February 1859: Richard Longuet Orlebar, of Hinwick House, Hinwick • 23 January 1860: Charles Longuet Higgins, of Turvey Abbey • 4 February 1861: Joseph Tucker, of Pavenham • 5 February 1862: Crew Alston, of Odell • 3 February 1863: Benjamin Helps Starey, of Milton Ernest Hall, Milton Ernest • 3 February 1864: Robert Henry Lindsell, of Biggleswade • 4 February 1865: Lionel Ames, of East Hyde • 3 February 1866: Charles Livius Grimshawe, of Aspley Guise • 2 February 1867: William Cooper Cooper, of Toddington • 30 January 1868: Sir John Montagu Burgoyne, 10th Baronet, of Sutton • 4 February 1869: Henry Francis Cockayne Cust, of Cockayne Hatley • 5 February 1870: John Nathaniel Foster, of Sandy Place • 8 February 1871: Edward Henry Frederick Dawkins, of Moggerhanger Park • 5 February 1872: William Francis Higgins, of Turvey House • 5 February 1873: Harry Thornton, of Kempston • 2 February 1874: Salusbury Gillies Payne, of Blunham (claiming to be Sir Salusbury Gillies Payne, Baronet) • 21 February 1874: John Gerard Leigh of Luton • 4 February 1875: Colonel William Stuart, of Tempsford Hall • 12 February 1876: George Sowerby, of Putteridge Bury, Luton • 7 February 1877: Charles Magniac, of Colworth, Sharnbrook • 22 February 1878: James Howard, of Clapham Park • 22 February 1879: Thomas Bagnall, jnr., of Milton Ernest • 16 February 1880: Major John Hatfield Brooks, of Manor House, Flitwick, Ampthill • 2 March 1881: Joseph Shuttleworth, of Warden, Biggleswade • 27 February 1882: Francis Bassett, of the Heath, Leighton Buzzard • 3 March 1883: Julius Alington, of Little Barford • 4 March 1884: Edward King Fordham, of Ashwell • 5 March 1885: James Francis Hatfeild Harter, of Cranfield Court • 8 March 1886: John Edmund Audley Harvey, of Ickwell, Bury, Biggleswade • 7 March 1887: James Poole Wagstaff, of Manor House, Potton • 17 March 1888: Theodore Harris, of Leighton Buzzard • 6 April 1889: George William Francis Sackville Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, of Oakley House • 21 March 1890: Henry Hilton Green, of Felmersham Grange, Bedford • 20 March 1891: Frank Shuttleworth, of Old Warden Park, Biggleswade • 16 March 1892: Col. Thomas Joseph Sunderland, of Ravensden Grange • 15 March 1893: Anthony Henry Wingfield, of Ampthill House • 10 March 1894: Edward Earnest Dymond, of Oaklands, Aspley Guise • 8 March 1895: Capt. Hugh Edmond Browning, of Clapham Park, Bedford • 6 March 1896: Maj. Charles Villiers Somerville Downes, of Aspley House, Aspley Guise • 26 February 1897: George James Gribble, of Henlow Grange, Biggleswade • 7 March 1898: Henry Chernocke Gibbs Brandreth, of Houghton Hall, Houghton Regis • 7 March 1899: James Harold Howard, of Kempston Grange, Bedford

1900–1999

• 1900: Algernon Mercer, of Morhanger Park, Sandy • 1901: Arthur Macnamara, of Billington Manor, Leighton Buzzard • 1902: William Clarence Watson, of Colworth House, Sharnbrook • 1903: Francis Pym, of Hasells Hall, Sandy • 1904: William Henry Allen, of Bromham House, Bedford • 1905: William Long Fitzpatrick, of Woodlands, Clapham, Bedford • 1906: John William Green, of The Larches, Luton • 1907: Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Howard, of Highfield, Bedford • 1908: Waller George Halfield Harter, of Kempston Bury, Bedford • 1909: Sir Algernon Kerr Butler Osborn, Bt., of Chicksands Priory, Shefford • 1910: Albert Edward Bowen, of Colworth House, Sharnbrook • 1911: Charles Robert Salusbury Payne, of Blunham House, Sandy • 1912: John Edward Howard, of Clapham Park • 1913: Frederick George Lomax, of Cockayne Hatley, Potton • 1914: Thomas Henry Barnard, of The Hoo, Kempston • 1915: Charles Edmund Argentine-Alington, of Little Barford House, St. Neots • 1916: Cyril Gurney, of Henlow Grange, Biggleswade • 1917: Alexander Rowland Alston, of The Tofte, Sharnbrook • 1918: Howard Spensley, of Westoning Manor, Ampthill • 1919: John Arnold Whitchurch, of Great Barford House, near Sandy • 1920: Herbert Owen Williams, of Farley Lynches, Luton • 1921: Richard William Allen, of The Woodlands, Clapham • 1922: Robert Edmund Campbell, of Cranfield Court, Wbburn Sands • 1923: John George Murray, of Wrest Park, Silsoe • 1924: Sir George Lawson Johnston, 1st Baron Luke of Pavenham Bury, Pavenham • 1925: Harold Gwynne Allen, of The Dene, Woburn Sands, Bletchley • 1926: Dealtry Charles Part of Houghton Hall, Houghton Regis • 1927: Lieut.-Col. Harold Augustus Wernher, of Luton Hoo • 1928: Major Charles Ernest Wells, of Turvey Abbey, Turvey • 1929: Henry Charles Thomas Hambro, of The Hyde, Luton • 1930: Horace Stanley Deacon, of Kempston Croft • 1931: Herbert Brent Grotrian of Knolls, Leighton Buzzard • 1932: Christopher William Gurney, of Henlow Grange, Biggleswade • 1933: Ronald Willie Gandar-Dower, of Clifton House, Shefford • 1934: Brigadier – General William Brooke Thornton, of St. John's, Mogerhanger, Sandy • 1935: William Alfred Lailey Rowland, of The Heath, Leighton Buzzard • 1936: Harry Arnold, of The Downs, Luton • 1937: Robert Skinner, of Bromham Hall, Bromham • 1938: John Henry Staddon, of Withycombe, Ludlow Avenue, Luton • 1939: Frank William Crossley-Holland, of Oakwell Park, Dunstable • 1940: Cyril Claud Dillingham, of 25, Lansdowne Road, Luton • 1941: Sir (Percy) Malcolm Stewart, 1st Baronet, of The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, Baronet • 1942: Vyvian Edwin Goodman, of Samares, Dunstable, Bedfordshire • 1943: Allan Fergusson Wood, of Mill House, Milton Ernest • 1944: Lieut.-Colonel Robert Adolphus Lyall, of Flitwick Manor, Flitwick • 1945: Major-General Thomas Cochrane Newton, of Blunham House, near Bedford • 1946: Lieutenant-Colonel Mervyn Lyde Chute, of Whipsnade, Dunstable • 1947: Major Simon Whitbread, of Southill, near Biggleswade • 1948: Captain Stephen Helps Starey, of Home Farm House, Milton Ernest • 1949: Thomas Wyatt Bagshawe, of Dunstable • 1950: Thomas George Breadalbane Morgan-Grenville, of Wootton House • 1951: Maj. Leigh Pemberton Stedall, of Billington Manor • 1952: Arthur Thomas Worboys, of Westray • 1953: Herbert Robert Waller of Barton-in-the-Clay • 1954: Sir Ronald Stewart, 2nd Baronet, of Maulden Grange • 1955: Horace Richard Neate of Bedford • 1956: Richard Charles Oakley of Luton • 1957: Christopher Herbert Renny Reeves, of Manor Farm, Podington • 1958: William Kenneth Gwynne Allen, of The Old Manor, Aspley Guise • 1959: Sir (Archibald) Douglas Gordon, of Buttercups • 1960: Harold George Brightman, of Whitehill Avenue, Luton • 1961: Hugh de Beauchamp Lawson-Johnston, of Melchbourne Park, Bedford • 1962: Humphrey Whitbread, of Howard's House, Cardington • 1963: William Walter Samuel Robertson, of Oakley House, Oakley • 1964: Sir (James) Reginald Pearson, of "Wyvern," Bloomfield Road, Harpenden, Herts. • 1965: Lieut.-Colonel Hanmer Cecil Hanbury, of Turvey House, Turvey • 1966: James Francis Robinson, of Bridge House, Great Barford • 1967: Leslie George Bowles, of " Queensfield," Silsoe • 1968: Stanley Broughton, of Bedford Road, Luton • 1969: Arthur Charles St John Lawson Johnston, 3rd Baron Luke of Odell Manor, Odell • 1970: Wing Cdr. Oliver J. Wells of Ickwell Grange, Ickwell, Biggleswade • 1971: Brian Stewart Porter of Holme Lodge, Biggleswade • 1972: John Lawrence Dickinson of The Old Rectory, Higham Gobion, near Hitchin, Herts • 1973: Samuel C. Whitbread (H.M.Lord Lieutenant), of Southill Park, Biggleswade • 1974: Colonel Charles Richard Randall • 1975: Ronald George Gale (Deceased) • 1976: David H.C. Harland (Deceased) • 1977: Dudley William Reeves • 1978: Edward Dudley Moleworth Peacock (Deceased) of Biddenham, Bedford • 1979: Peter Wardill (Deceased) • 1980: John Dandy, of 10 Riverside Towers • 1981: Michael J Davison • 1982: James Bristow, Ramsmede Close, Biddenham, Bedford • 1983: Gilbert Cecil White Beazley, of Bartlemas Farm • 1984: Stuart Charles Yalden Farmbrough, of Poynders End, Preston, Hitchin, Hertfordshire • 1985: The Hon. Pearl Lawson-Johnston OBE, of Woodleys Stud House, Melchbourne • 1986: Lady Grace Odell of Campton, Shefford • 1987: Major William Powers, of Toddington Manor. • 1989: John Hayward Wells of Shelton, Kimbolton, Huntingdon • 1990: Robin Forbes Willmott of Biddenham, Bedford • 1991: Mrs John Skelton of Sharnbrook, Bedford • 1992: George Phillip Henry James, of Luton • 1993: Eric Dudley Fountain, OBE (Deceased) • 1994: Brian Edward Howard of the Glebe House, Cople(deceased) • 1995: Brian Guy Woodrow of Clifton, Bristol • 1996: John James Maxwell Glasse, of The Old Rectory, Milton Bryan, Milton Keynes • 1997: Charles Terence Lousada of Crawley Park, Husborne Crawley • 1998: Geoffrey Richard Dudley Farr, of Streatley, Luton. • 1999: Christopher Richard Kilroy, of Oakley House, Oakley

2000–present

• 2000: Thomas Franey Wells, of Felmersham • 2001: The Hon. Mrs. Fiona Chapman, of Milton Bryan, Milton Keynes • 2002: Colonel Colin Rees Mason, of Hall End, Wootton • 2003: Andrew James Rayment of Westoning • 2004: Clifton Jon Claude Ibbett, of Milton House, Milton Ernest • 2005: Angela Priscilla Farnbrough • 2006: Richard Lewin Banks • 2007: Dr Vaughan Robert Southgate • 2008: Nazir Jessa • 2009: Cynthia Mary Gresham • 2010: Daniel Thomas Cecil Hanbury • 2011: Andrew Michael Slack • 2012: Jack Sapsworth • 2013: Deborah Inskip • 2014: Colin Osborne • 2015: Isabelle, Countess of Erroll of Woodbury Hall, Everton, Sandy • 2016: Charles Whitbread • 2017: Vinod Bhagwandas Tailor of Luton • 2018: Arthur Julian George Polhill of Renhold • 2019: Mrs Cora Meryl Dolling of Luton • 2020: Susan Jane Lousada of Oakley • 2021: Eric Masih of Bedford • 2022: Lady Clifford of Ampthill • 2023: Russell Alan Beard • 2024: Bhavesh Shah