Welcome to the High
Sheriff of Gloucestershire
The current High Sheriff of Gloucestershire is Dame Fiona Reynolds CBE DBE.
Fiona’s Declaration was in Gloucester Cathedral on 22 March 2026.
For many years successive High Sheriffs have supported the following charities:
Getting court
School visits to
Gloucester Crown court
Crimebeat
Encouraging young people to get involved to create safer communities
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As a not-for-profit organisation, we rely heavily on the generosity of others to help us support our charities.
All donations received will go a long way to help our charities make the biggest impact they can.
Dame Fiona Reynolds CBE DBE – Current High Sheriff
Dame Fiona Reynolds is widely recognised as one of the UK’s most respected leaders in conservation, public service, and education. Over several decades she has shaped national thinking on heritage, landscape protection, and rural policy, and continues to play an influential role across public and charitable institutions.
She is currently Chair of the National Audit Office, the Governing Council of the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester, the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England and Cambridge University’s Botanic Garden. She was previously Director-General of the National Trust.
Fiona has lived in Coates, near Cirencester since 2002 with her husband Bob Merrill and their three daughters, who grew up there. She is Patron of New Brewery Arts in Cirencester and President of the hugely successful Cirencester History Festival which was founded in 2024. She is President of the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and a Vice-President of CPRE nationally and its Gloucestershire Branch.
Please feel free to contract the High Sheriff via her website – www.damefionareynoldsgloshighsheriff.com
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