This is a list of High Sheriffs of Merseyside. The High Sheriff is the Queen's judicial representative in Merseyside, serving a one year term starting on 25 March. * 1974–1975: Kenneth Maxwell Stoddart, JP, DL, of 6 The Knowe, Willaston, Wirral, Cheshire * 1975–1976: , of Formby, Liverpool * 1976–1977: Stephen Minion of Liverpool * 1977–1978: Lieutenant Colonel George Fortnum Appleton of Shore House, Ainsdale, Southport * 1978–1979: Major Henry Bertram Chrimes of Bracken Bank, Heswall, Wirral * 1979–1980: Joseph Alexander Duncan of Home Farm, Landican, Birkenhead * 1980–1981: Colonel Herbert Gerrard Thomas McClellan of Westwood, Hightown, Liverpool * 1981–1982: , of Kandy, Eccleston, St. Helens * 1982–1983: Lieutenant Colonel Derek Isaac Heys of Fairway Cottage, West Kirby * 1983