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{{Short description|Titular position of authority for a year}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
The '''Sheriff of Madras''' was an apolitical titular position of authority bestowed for one year on a prominent citizen of Madras. The post was abolished in 1998.

The position of Sheriff of Madras was created in the Madras Charter of 1726 which came into force on 17 August 1727. As the executive arm of the Jurisdiction the sheriff was sworn in for a period of one year to carry out such duties as the summoning of people to the High Court, the provision of jurors, the attaching and sealing of properties and, if required, the arranging of their auction. The sheriff had an office and staff and in the order of precedence ranked just below the mayor. From the mid-1800s the position lost its powers and responsibilities and became primarily ceremonial.<ref name= ONM>{{cite book|title=Tales of Old and New Madras|first=s|last=Muthiah}}</ref>

[[Sheriff of Mumbai|Mumbai]] (Bombay) and [[Sheriff of Kolkata|Kolkata]] (Calcutta) continue (2017) to maintain their similar posts.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

==Some Sheriffs of Madras==

*1727 August Nicholas Morse, first sheriff<ref name= ONM/>
*1746-53 ''No Sheriffs''<ref name= ONM/>
*1770 Hon [[Edward Monckton]]<ref name= VOM/>
*1776 Hon [[Basil Cochrane]]<ref name= VOM>{{cite book|title=Indian Records Series Vestiges of Old Madras|page=556}}</ref>
*1779 William Jackson<ref name= ONM/>
*1805 John Oakes<ref>{{cite book|title=The Asiatic annual register|page=85}}</ref>
*1824 John Savage<ref>{{cite book|title=The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign ..., Volume 18}}</ref>
*1828 George Lys<ref>{{cite book|title=The Oriental Herald and Journal of General Literature, Volume 17|page=366}}</ref>
*1831 Patrick Grant<ref>{{cite book|title=A Synopsis of the Members of the English Bar|first=James| last=Wishaw|page=1832}}</ref>
*1843-45 [[John Bruce Norton]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2022%20No%2011/luminaries-of-our-high-court.html|title=Luminaries of our High Court|publisher=Madras Musings|access-date= 25 July 2017}}</ref>
*1845: John Findley McKennie<ref>{{cite book|title=The East-India Register and Army List for 1845|page=118|first=F.|last=Clark}}</ref>
*1846 Leonard Cooper, solicitor<ref>{{cite book|title=Allen's Indian Mail|page=44}}</ref> (died 1852)
*1854 Captain [[Christopher Biden]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The East-India Register and Army List for 1854|page=118|first=F.|last=Clark}}</ref>
*1885-86 John Henry Taylor<ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Indian Biography|page=416}}</ref>
*1886, 1887 Rajah Sir [[S. Ramaswami Mudaliar|Savilai Ramaswamy Mudaliar]], 158th Sheriff of Madras and first Indian Sheriff<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/mp/2004/10/11/stories/2004101100190300.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=The Rajah Forgotten|access-date= 24 July 2017}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
*1888, 1889 Abel Joshua Higginbotham, bookseller<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/08/13/stories/2003081300140300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115141216/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/08/13/stories/2003081300140300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 November 2017|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Printers' ink on Mount Road |access-date= 24 July 2017}}</ref>
*1892 [[Pundi Runganadha Mudaliar]], writer, educationist and politician
*1893 Cawasji Edulji Panday, first Parsi Sheriff<ref name=MM/>
*1896 [[Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur]], first Muslim Sheriff<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inc.in/organization/53-Nawab-Syed-Mohammed-Bahadur/profile|title=Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur|publisher=Indian National Congress|access-date= 24 July 2017}}</ref>
*1909 December 7 - Rao Bahadur M. Venkatasawmy Naidu Garu <ref>Fort St. George Gazette, order no.666, No.49, page1310 dated 7 December 1909</ref>
*1922 [[M. Ct. Muthiah Chettiar|Muthiah Chettiar]], banker<ref name=MM/>
*1924 December 20 to 1925 December 19 - Dewan Bahadur Saravana Bhavanandam Pillai, playwright<ref name=MM/><ref>Law Department order no.742 dated 1924 December 09,Published in Fort St. George Gazette, No.64, page1452 dated 9 December 1924</ref>
*1925 December 20 - C.E.Wood <ref>Law Department Order no.838, dated 12 December 1925; Published in Fort St. George Gazette, dated 15 December 1925, No.50 Page2363</ref>
*193n [[W. W. Ladden|William Wallace Ladden]], businessman<ref name=MM/>
*1933 Khan Bahadur Mohammed Musa Sait, businessman<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.madrasmusings.com/vol-25-no-10/madras-week/|title=Madras Week « Madras Musings | We Care for Madras that is Chennai|date=3 September 2015}}</ref>
*1935 [[Ghulam Mohiuddin Khan]] Bahadur, 6th Prince of Arcot<ref name= Arcot>{{cite web|url=http://www.princeofarcot.org/princes.html|title=Princes of Arcot|access-date=24 July 2017}}</ref>
*1938 [[G. A. Natesan|Ganapathi Agraharam Annadhurai Ayyar Natesan]]
*1940 December 20 -Diwan Bahadur V. Shanmuga Mudaliyar <ref>Fort St. George Gazette, order no.1359 dated 1940 December 12, No.50, page1565 dated 17 December 1940</ref>
*1949-50 [[R. Ramanathan Chettiar]], member of Lok Sabha<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1321.htm|title=Third Lok Sabha- Members Bioprofile|access-date= 24 July 2017}}</ref>
*1952 P.V.S. Vencatachellum, businessman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2002/12/21/stories/2002122100800901.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=dated December 21, 1952: Businessman new Sheriff of Madras |access-date=24 July 2017}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
*1955-56 R.E. Castell<ref name= Hindu/>
*1956-57 Mrs [[Mary Clubwala Jadhav]]<ref name= Hindu>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/dated-december-20-1956-new-sheriff-of-madras/article3035875.ece|title=dated December 20, 1956: New Sheriff of Madras |work=The Hindu|date=20 December 2006 |access-date= 24 July 2017}}</ref>
*1960 C.S. Loganatha Mudhaliar, industrialist
*1961 R.M. Dave, philanthropist and mayor<ref>{{cite book|title= The Rotarian June, 1961|page=52}}</ref>
*1964 T.S. Narayanaswami, industrialist<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.istampgallery.com/t-s-narayanaswami/|title = T. S. Narayanaswami|date = March 2016}}</ref>
*1967-1968 Maruthai Pillai, industrialist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Industrialist-Maruthai-Pillai-dead/articleshow/1494660078.cms|title = Industrialist Maruthai Pillai dead | website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref>
*1969-70 [[A. Sivasailam|Anantharamakrishnan Sivasailam]], industrialist
*1973-74 [https://web.archive.org/web/20210511011454/http://buhari.co.in/history A.M. Buhari], restaurateur
*1974-75 [[R. Ramakrishnan|Rangaswami Ramakrishnan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=PREE.BO&officerId=1513630|title=Ramakrishnan, R. |publisher= Reuters| access-date= 24 July 2017}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
*1978 A.B. Ananthakrishnan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamilchamber.org/calendar-events.html?token=1&page=5|title=SEVEN DECADES OF DEDICATION NOTABLE EVENTS THRU' THE YEARS|publisher= The Tamil Chamber of Commerce|access-date= 25 July 2017}}</ref>
*1980-81 Dr.P.M.Rex Pinheiro.
*1983 [[Sarojini Varadappan]], social worker<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/veteran-social-activist-sarojini-varadappan-passes-away/article5244412.ece|title= Veteran social activist Sarojini Varadappan passes away |work= The Hindu|date= 17 October 2013 | access-date= 24 July 2017}}</ref>
*1984-85 Nawab [[Muhammed Abdul Ali]]<ref name= Arcot/>
*1985-87 [[M. Saravanan (producer)]]
*1988 Nawab [[Muhammed Abdul Ali]]<ref name= Arcot/>
*1989-91 [[Narayanaswami Srinivasan]], industrialist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/sports/icc-contro-srinivasan/#.mlskjlg9n|title=Here are 10 Lesser Known Facts About The Highly Controversial ICC President N Srinivasan|date=30 March 2015|publisher= Scoopwhoop|access-date= 25 July 2017}}</ref>
*1992-93 [[Suresh Krishna (businessman)|Suresh Krishna]], businessman<ref name=MM>{{cite book|title=Madras Miscellany|first=S|last=Muthiah}}</ref>
*1997 K. Chockalingam, surgeon (last sheriff)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/Dr.-Chockalingam-passes-away/article14816787.ece|title=Dr. Chockalingam passes away |work= The Hindu|date=16 August 2007 |access-date= 24 July 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Sheriff of Mumbai]]
*[[Sheriff of Kolkata]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cite book|title=Indian Records Series Vestiges of Old Madras|first= Henry|last= Love|page=555|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h2nkEiSSDaYC&q=sheriff+of+madras+1728&pg=PA555}} Sheriffs from 1727 to 1800

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