High Sheriff of Lancashire

It was in 1908 under King Edward VII of the United Kingdom that the Lord Lieutenant position became more senior than the High Sheriff.

Unlike other counties, apart from Merseyside and Greater Manchester, the honour in Lancashire is bestowed by the monarch in their role as Duke of Lancaster, by pricking the Lites.

This page lists persons to have held the position, and is divided by sovereign state and Royal house.

Another list of sheriffs of Lancashire from 1087 to 1886 is compiled in Edward Baines's "History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster".

[2] In April 2015 Amanda Parker of Browsholme Hall, Clitheroe, became High Sheriff and launched a website to promote the office: highsheriffoflancashire.co.uk.

John of Gaunt was the Sheriff of Lancashire in the years 1362–1371.