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Prior to 1889, was the county of Middlesex administered by a distinct sheriff separate from those of the City of London?
Answer: False
Explanation: The source indicates that from approximately 1131 to 1889, the role of Sheriff for Middlesex was combined with that of the City of London's sheriffs, meaning there was no distinct sheriff for Middlesex.
Was the privilege for the City of London's livery to elect two sheriffs for both London and Middlesex granted by a charter from King John?
Answer: False
Explanation: The charter granting the City of London's livery the privilege to elect two sheriffs for both London and Middlesex was issued by King Henry I, not King John.
Was an annual payment of 300 pounds to the Crown required from the City of London's livery for the right to elect sheriffs for London and Middlesex?
Answer: True
Explanation: The source confirms that the election of the two sheriffs for London and Middlesex by the City of London's livery was contingent upon an annual payment of 300 pounds to the Crown.
Are Esgar the Staller and Geoffrey de Mandeville recorded as sheriffs of Middlesex during the 13th century?
Answer: False
Explanation: Esgar the Staller (1044) and Geoffrey de Mandeville (1066) are recorded as early sheriffs of Middlesex, predating the 12th century, not the 13th century.
Were the sheriffs for Middlesex between 1131 and 1888 distinct individuals from those serving as the Sheriffs of London?
Answer: False
Explanation: Between 1131 and 1888, the sheriffs for Middlesex were the *same* individuals who served as the Sheriffs of London, not distinct ones.
Approximately how long did the administrative arrangement persist wherein the Sheriff of Middlesex was combined with the City of London's sheriffs?
Answer: From 1131 to 1889
Explanation: The source indicates that the arrangement where the Sheriff of Middlesex was combined with the City of London's sheriffs existed from approximately 1131 to 1889.
Which monarch issued the charter that authorized the livery of the City of London to elect two sheriffs for both London and Middlesex?
Answer: Henry I
Explanation: King Henry I granted the charter that allowed the livery of the City of London to elect two sheriffs for both London and Middlesex.
What was the stipulated annual payment from the City of London's livery to the Crown for the privilege of electing sheriffs for London and Middlesex?
Answer: 300 pounds
Explanation: The City of London's livery was required to pay an annual fee of 300 pounds to the Crown for the right to elect sheriffs for London and Middlesex.
Among the following, who is documented as one of the earliest recorded sheriffs of Middlesex prior to the 12th century?
Answer: Esgar the Staller
Explanation: Esgar the Staller is listed as one of the earliest recorded sheriffs of Middlesex, serving in 1044, well before the 12th century.
Did the Local Government Act 1888 result in the appointment of multiple High Sheriffs for Middlesex, as opposed to a single incumbent?
Answer: False
Explanation: The Local Government Act 1888, effective in 1889, led to the appointment of a *single* High Sheriff of Middlesex, standardizing the role.
Did the Local Government Act 1888 lead to the incorporation of Middlesex's most populated areas into the newly established County of London, which subsequently received its own separate high sheriff?
Answer: True
Explanation: The Local Government Act 1888 indeed incorporated densely populated areas of Middlesex into the new County of London, which then had its own distinct high sheriff.
Which significant legislative act facilitated the appointment of a single High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1889?
Answer: The Local Government Act 1888
Explanation: The Local Government Act 1888, which came into effect in 1889, led to the appointment of a single High Sheriff of Middlesex.
In addition to establishing a single High Sheriff for Middlesex, what other significant administrative alteration did the Local Government Act 1888 introduce concerning Middlesex?
Answer: It incorporated densely populated areas of Middlesex into the newly formed County of London.
Explanation: The Local Government Act 1888 also incorporated the most densely populated areas of Middlesex into the newly formed County of London, which then had its own separate high sheriff.
Was Colonel Edward John Stracey-Clitherow the inaugural High Sheriff of Middlesex appointed under the new system in 1889?
Answer: True
Explanation: Colonel Edward John Stracey-Clitherow was indeed the first High Sheriff of Middlesex appointed under the new system in 1889.
Did Sir John Gibbons, 5th Baronet, serve as the High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1898?
Answer: False
Explanation: Sir John Gibbons, 5th Baronet, served as High Sheriff in 1891. Irwin Edward Bainbridge Cox held the office in 1898.
Did Francis Augustus Bevan of Trent Park, Enfield, hold the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1899?
Answer: True
Explanation: Francis Augustus Bevan of Trent Park, Enfield, served as the High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1899.
Was Cory Francis Cory-Wright the High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1908?
Answer: False
Explanation: Cory Francis Cory-Wright served as High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1902. Sir George Barham held the office in 1908.
Did Edward Otter of Stanhope Park, Greenford, serve as the High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1909?
Answer: True
Explanation: Edward Otter of Stanhope Park, Greenford, served as the High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1909.
Did Philip William Poole Carlyon-Britton, High Sheriff in 1913, reside exclusively within Middlesex?
Answer: False
Explanation: Philip William Poole Carlyon-Britton, High Sheriff in 1913, had residences that included Hanham Court, Gloucestershire, and 43 Bedford Square, London SW, indicating he did not reside exclusively within Middlesex.
Did Stanley Marseille Dent, High Sheriff in 1918, reside at 13 Westbourne Street, Hyde Park, London W?
Answer: True
Explanation: Stanley Marseille Dent, High Sheriff in 1918, resided at 13 Westbourne Street, Hyde Park, London W.
Who served as the inaugural High Sheriff of Middlesex appointed under the new system in 1889?
Answer: Colonel Edward John Stracey-Clitherow
Explanation: Colonel Edward John Stracey-Clitherow was the first High Sheriff of Middlesex appointed under the new system in 1889.
Which individual held the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1891?
Answer: Sir John Gibbons, 5th Baronet
Explanation: Sir John Gibbons, 5th Baronet, served as the High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1891.
Who held the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1898?
Answer: Irwin Edward Bainbridge Cox
Explanation: Irwin Edward Bainbridge Cox held the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1898.
Francis Augustus Bevan, High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1899, resided at which notable historic estate?
Answer: Trent Park
Explanation: Francis Augustus Bevan of Trent Park, Enfield, served as the High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1899.
Which individual held the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1902?
Answer: Cory Francis Cory-Wright
Explanation: Cory Francis Cory-Wright was the High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1902.
In what year did Sir George Barham hold the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex?
Answer: 1908
Explanation: Sir George Barham held the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1908.
Edward Otter, who served as High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1909, resided in which specific location?
Answer: Stanhope Park, Greenford
Explanation: Edward Otter, High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1909, resided in Stanhope Park, Greenford.
Which High Sheriff of Middlesex, serving in 1913, maintained residences including Hanham Court, Gloucestershire?
Answer: Philip William Poole Carlyon-Britton
Explanation: Philip William Poole Carlyon-Britton, High Sheriff in 1913, had residences that included Hanham Court, Gloucestershire.
In what year did Stanley Marseille Dent hold the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex?
Answer: 1918
Explanation: Stanley Marseille Dent held the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1918.
Which individual held the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1919?
Answer: Edward Laurence Hamilton
Explanation: Edward Laurence Hamilton served as High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1919.
Did Edward Laurence Hamilton of The Cedars, South Mimms, serve as High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1923?
Answer: False
Explanation: Edward Laurence Hamilton served as High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1919. John Maitland held the office in 1923.
Was Colonel Sir Henry Ferryman Bowles, Baronet, of Forty Hill, Enfield, the High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1928?
Answer: True
Explanation: Colonel Sir Henry Ferryman Bowles, Baronet, of Forty Hill, Enfield, held the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1928.
Did Major Sir William Henry Prescott of Allington House, White Hart Lane, Tottenham, serve as High Sheriff in 1933?
Answer: False
Explanation: Major Sir William Henry Prescott served as High Sheriff in 1929. John Smyth Crone held the office in 1933.
Did Colonel Augustus Mervyn Owen Anwyl-Passingham hold the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1938?
Answer: True
Explanation: Colonel Augustus Mervyn Owen Anwyl-Passingham held the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1938.
Was George James Barnard Furness, High Sheriff in 1939, the son of the 1936 high sheriff?
Answer: True
Explanation: George James Barnard Furness, High Sheriff in 1939, was indeed the son of the 1936 high sheriff, George James Furness.
Was Group Captain Alan Sydney Whitehorn Dore the High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1948?
Answer: False
Explanation: Group Captain Alan Sydney Whitehorn Dore served as High Sheriff in 1944. Brevet-Colonel Maurice Browne held the office in 1948.
Did George Weston of 10 Sutherland Avenue, Paddington W9, serve as the High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1949?
Answer: True
Explanation: George Weston of 10 Sutherland Avenue, Paddington W9, served as the High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1949.
In what year did John Maitland of Blythwood, Enfield, serve as the High Sheriff of Middlesex?
Answer: 1923
Explanation: John Maitland of Blythwood, Enfield, was the High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1923.
Which individual served as High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1928?
Answer: Colonel Sir Henry Ferryman Bowles, Baronet
Explanation: Colonel Sir Henry Ferryman Bowles, Baronet, held the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1928.
In what year did Major Sir William Henry Prescott serve as the High Sheriff of Middlesex?
Answer: 1929
Explanation: Major Sir William Henry Prescott served as the High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1929.
In what year did John Smyth Crone, of Castlereagh, Cleveland Road, West Ealing W13, serve as the High Sheriff of Middlesex?
Answer: 1933
Explanation: John Smyth Crone was the High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1933.
Which individual held the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1938?
Answer: Colonel Augustus Mervyn Owen Anwyl-Passingham
Explanation: Colonel Augustus Mervyn Owen Anwyl-Passingham was the High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1938.
What notable family connection distinguished George James Barnard Furness, High Sheriff in 1939?
Answer: He was the son of the 1936 high sheriff.
Explanation: George James Barnard Furness, High Sheriff in 1939, was notable for being the son of the 1936 high sheriff, George James Furness.
Which individual held the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1944?
Answer: Group Captain Alan Sydney Whitehorn Dore
Explanation: Group Captain Alan Sydney Whitehorn Dore served as High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1944.
In what year did Brevet-Colonel Maurice Browne of the Middlesex Regiment hold the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex?
Answer: 1948
Explanation: Brevet-Colonel Maurice Browne of the Middlesex Regiment held the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1948.
In what year did George Weston of 10 Sutherland Avenue, Paddington W9, serve as the High Sheriff of Middlesex?
Answer: 1949
Explanation: George Weston of 10 Sutherland Avenue, Paddington W9, served as the High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1949.
Was the office of Sheriff of Middlesex abolished in 1965 primarily due to a national economic downturn?
Answer: False
Explanation: The office of Sheriff of Middlesex was abolished in 1965 as part of a broader reorganization of local government in the London area, coinciding with the dissolution of Middlesex as an administrative county, not due to an economic downturn.
Was William Reginald Clemens the High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1958?
Answer: False
Explanation: William Reginald Clemens served as High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1954. Sir Stanley Graham Rowlandson held the office in 1958.
Did Herbert Charles Nias, High Sheriff in 1959, reside in Fetcham, Surrey, outside the immediate county of Middlesex?
Answer: True
Explanation: Herbert Charles Nias, High Sheriff in 1959, resided in Fetcham, Surrey, which is outside the immediate county of Middlesex.
Was Frederick John Charles Ingram the final High Sheriff of Middlesex, appointed in 1965?
Answer: False
Explanation: Frederick John Charles Ingram was the last High Sheriff of Middlesex, but he was appointed in 1964, not 1965. The office was abolished in 1965.
Was 1964 the final year for which a High Sheriff of Middlesex was appointed?
Answer: True
Explanation: The final year for which a High Sheriff of Middlesex was appointed before the office ceased to exist was 1964.
In what year was the office of Sheriff of Middlesex officially abolished?
Answer: 1965
Explanation: The office of Sheriff of Middlesex was officially abolished in 1965.
Which individual held the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1954?
Answer: William Reginald Clemens
Explanation: William Reginald Clemens was the High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1954.
In what year did Sir Stanley Graham Rowlandson hold the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex?
Answer: 1958
Explanation: Sir Stanley Graham Rowlandson held the office of High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1958.
In which county did Herbert Charles Nias, High Sheriff in 1959, reside?
Answer: Surrey
Explanation: Herbert Charles Nias, High Sheriff in 1959, resided in Fetcham, Surrey.
In what year was Frederick John Charles Ingram, the final High Sheriff of Middlesex, appointed?
Answer: 1964
Explanation: Frederick John Charles Ingram, the last High Sheriff of Middlesex, was appointed in 1964.
What was the last year for which a High Sheriff of Middlesex was appointed prior to the office's cessation?
Answer: 1964
Explanation: The final year for which a High Sheriff of Middlesex was appointed before the office ceased to exist was 1964.
Following 1965, did the majority of the former Middlesex area come under the jurisdiction of the High Sheriff of Greater London?
Answer: True
Explanation: After the abolition of Middlesex in 1965, the majority of its former area indeed fell under the jurisdiction of the High Sheriff of Greater London.
From 1889 onward, were High Sheriffs typically appointed at a Privy Council meeting in February or March, serving until the corresponding meeting of the subsequent year?
Answer: True
Explanation: The source confirms that from 1889, High Sheriffs were typically appointed at a Privy Council meeting in February or March and served until the corresponding meeting the following year.
Did the High Sheriff of Greater London assume responsibilities for the former Middlesex area beginning in 1964?
Answer: False
Explanation: The High Sheriff of Greater London assumed responsibilities for the former Middlesex area after the office of Sheriff of Middlesex was abolished in 1965, not starting in 1964.
Subsequent to its abolition in 1965, which office assumed jurisdiction over the majority of the former Middlesex area?
Answer: The High Sheriff of Greater London
Explanation: After the abolition of Middlesex in 1965, the majority of its former area fell under the jurisdiction of the High Sheriff of Greater London.
From 1889 onward, how were the shrieval terms of office typically delineated for High Sheriffs?
Answer: They were appointed in February or March and served until the corresponding meeting the following year.
Explanation: From 1889, High Sheriffs were typically appointed at a Privy Council meeting in February or March and served until the corresponding meeting the following year.