The Sheriff of Carmarthen is a ceremonial position in the town of Carmarthen, Wales. The position formerly had significant judicial responsibilities, but gradually lost those functions. The post was created in 1604 when the town was given the right to appoint its own two sheriffs, making it a county corporate, independent from the jurisdiction of the Sheriff of Carmarthenshire. The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 led to the number of sheriffs in Carmarthen being reduced from two to one.
In 2017 Carmarthen Town Council hosted the annual meeting of the National SheriffâÂÂs Association of the Cities and Towns of England and Wales.
Carmarthen is one of only two towns in Wales that have a Town Sheriff, the other being Haverfordwest.
List of town sheriffs
- 1984ÃÂ Malcolm Morgan Jones
- 1985ÃÂ Lawrence Victor Rice
- 1986ÃÂ Agnes Maria Dunbar
- 1987ÃÂ Richard John Williams
- 1988ÃÂ Peter Hughes Griffiths
- 1989ÃÂ John Elfed Williams
- 1990ÃÂ Thomas James Hurley
- 1991ÃÂ Richard john Goodridge
- 1992ÃÂ June Williams
- 1993ÃÂ Kenneth Bryan Maynard
- 1994ÃÂ Douglas Edmund Ynyr Richards Rose
- 1995ÃÂ William Gwynoro Jones
- 1996ÃÂ Margaret Elizabeth Evans
- 1997ÃÂ Nia Rhiannon Griffith
- 1998ÃÂ Douglas Edmund Ynyr Richards Rose
- 1999ÃÂ Llyr Hughes Griffiths
- 2000ÃÂ William Gwynoro Jones
- 2001ÃÂ Mary Kathleen Davies
- 2002ÃÂ Nerys Mair Defis
- 2003ÃÂ Aled Prys Williams
- 2004ÃÂ Philip Grice
- 2005ÃÂ D. Jonathan Edwards
- 2006ÃÂ Alan Speake
- 2007ÃÂ Kennethe Lloyd
- 2008ÃÂ Alan Speake
- 2009ÃÂ Reverend Tom Talog Defis
- 2010ÃÂ Philip Grice
- 2011ÃÂ Alun Lenny
- 2012ÃÂ Arwell Lloyd
- 2013ÃÂ Diarmait Mac Giolla Chriost
- 2014ÃÂ Wyn Thomas
- 2015ÃÂ Dorothy Bere
- 2016ÃÂ Emlyn Schiavone
- 2017ÃÂ Phil Grice
- 2018ÃÂ Angharad Jones Leefe
- 2019ÃÂ Miriam Moules
- 2020ÃÂ Wyn Thomas
- 2021ÃÂ Wyn Thomas
- 2022ÃÂ Emlyn Schiavone
- 2023 Heledd ap Gwynfor
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