The High Sheriff of North Yorkshire is a current High Sheriff title which has existed since 1974. For around 1,000 years the entire area of Yorkshire was covered by a single High Sheriff of Yorkshire. After the Local Government Act 1972 the title was split to cover several newly created counties, including North Yorkshire. Below is a list of the sheriffs.

List of High Sheriffs

• 1974–75 Montague Charles Warcop Peter Consett • 1975–76 David Rimington Tetley • 1976–77 Nigel Colin Forbes Adam • 1977–78 Frank Wilson Furness • 1978–79 Robert Edward John Compton of Newby Hall • 1979–80 Lord Martin Fitzalan Howard • 1980–81 Peter Noel Leetham Terry • 1981–82 Francis Edward Hudson • 1982–83 Sir Marcus Worsley, 5th Baronet of Hovingham Hall • 1983–84 Peter Bell • 1984–85 Anthony Thomas Preston • 1985–86 Michael Thomas Barstow • 1986–87 Marmaduke Charles Astey Wyvill • 1987–88 John Harold Vick Sutcliffe • 1988–89 Edward Christopher York • 1989–90 Richard Nicholas Crossley • 1990–91 Valerie Anne Worthington • 1991–92 Sir John Bruce Woollacott Ropner, 2nd Baronet • 1992–93 Sir Richard Storey, 2nd Baronet • 1993–94 Michael David Abrahams • 1994–95 Richard Edward Howard-Vyse • 1995–96 The Hon. Simon Bartholomew Geoffrey Howard • 1996–97 John Leslie Charles Pratt • 1997–98 Anthony Guy Swaine Chisenhale-Marsh • 1998–99 Lady Clarissa Collin • 1999–2000 Andrew Vavasour Hudson • 2000–01 Gerald Christopher Turton • 2001–02 David Nelson • 2002–03 Mark Singleton Evans • 2003–04 Air Commodore Simon Bostock • 2004–05 Caroline Gardner (Thornton-Berry) • 2005–06 Elise Mackinlay • 2006–07 Viscountess Downe • 2007–08 Philip William Ingham • 2008–09 Christopher W. Robson of Richmond • 2009–10 Francesca A. Horsfield of Brandsby • 2010–11 Richard Compton of Ripon< • 2011–12 Alexandra Holford of York • 2012–13 Major Peter Geoffrey Scrope of Great Ayton. • 2013–14 Reverend Rachel Candia Benson of Westow. • 2014–15 Thomas James Ponsonby Ramsden of Old Sleningford Hall, North Stainley, Ripon. • 2015–16 Charles David Forbes Adam of Skipwith Hall, Selby, York. • 2016–17 John Wilson Furness of Kirby Knowle, Thirsk. • 2017–18 Simon Murrough Wrightson of Darlington. • 2018–19 Christopher John Charles Legard of Scampston Hall, Malton. • 2019–20 Linda Lee Fenwick of Terrington, York. • 2020–21 David Arnold Kerfoot of Ainderby Steeple. • 2021–22 Venetia Anne Wrigley of Ganton, Scarborough. • 2022–23 James Scott Lambert, of Tunstall, Richmond. • 2023–24: Clare Deborah Granger