Sheriffs of NSW - Colonial to current

There have been 24 Sheriffs, including the current Sheriff and three acting Sheriffs in New South Wales since 1824.

Date Sheriff
1824–1827 John Mackanass
1828 William Carter
1829–1841 Thomas Macquoid
1842 William Hustler
1843–1849 Adolphus William Young
1849–1854 Gilbert Eliot
1855–1860 John O'Neill Brenan
1861–1864 George Richard Uhr
1864–1874 Harold Maclean
1874–1896 Charles Cowper
1896–1917 Cecil Edmunds Bridgewater Maybury
1917–1920 Charles Richard Walsh
1920–1925 Walter William Crockford
1925–1939 George Francis Murphy
1939–1945 Harry Charles Lester
1945–1960 Roland Oliver Elliot
1960–1968 Donald Mercer Richardson
1968–1974 Thomas Alexander Woodward
1974–1985 George Francis Hanson
1985–1997 David Michael Lennon
1997–1998 Nerida Johnston (Acting)
1998–2002 Bruce Kelly
2002–2003 Kenneth Holdgate (Acting)
2003–2007 Gary Byles
2007–2008 Reg Kruit (Acting)
2008–2011 Christopher Benjamin Allen
2012– Tracey Hall

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