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In 1445 Robert Capps was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset and High Sheriff of Somerset.
After 1494 Edward Redman Lord Harewood [aged 39] was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In 1519 John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath [aged 20] was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset and High Sheriff of Somerset.
In 1528 John Russell 1st Earl Bedford [aged 43] was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In 1548 John Thynne [aged 33] was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset and High Sheriff of Somerset.
In 1567 Maurice Berkeley [aged 61] was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset and High Sheriff of Somerset.
In 1597 Thomas Freke [aged 33] was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In 1611 Thomas Freke [aged 47] was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In 1612 John Melbury Sampford Strangeways [aged 26] was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In January 1636 John Freke [aged 45] was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset which office he held until Oct 1636.
In 1772 John Smith 1st Baronet [aged 27] was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In 1800 Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor [aged 37] was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In 1817 William Oglander 6th Baronet [aged 48] was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
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John Melbury Sampford Strangeways was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.