As High Sheriff of Derbyshire, I very much want to play a positive part in highlighting the outstanding heritage in our beautiful County. Living in Buxton, I feel that it is fitting to focus on a practical project of heritage building improvement. The much loved Buxton Opera House opened in Read more…
In 2022, Her Majesty The Queen will become the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, seventy years of service, having acceded to the throne on 6th February 1952 when Her Majesty was 25 years old. There will be year-long Platinum Jubilee celebrations throughout the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth Read more…
Statement by The High Sheriff of DerbyshireLouise Potter DL On behalf of the county of Derbyshire, the organisations of law and order,the police, emergency services and the judiciary, I send our condolences toher Majesty the Queen and her family. The Duke of Edinburgh lived a life of public service and will Read more…
To be appointed The High Sheriff of Derbyshire for 2021-2022 is a great honour for me. I will be the 10th Lady High Sheriff in the county and I am the first person from Buxton to be appointed in all the history of the Shrievalty, the previous closest was in Read more…
Please join this year’s High Sheriff’s Legal Service – for the first time available on-line. It will be a ‘Live Premiere’ on Derby Cathedral’s YouTube page at 2.30 pm on Sunday 31st January, and also available thereafter. To access the service please follow this link: bit.ly/derbycathedral In these unprecedented times Read more…
Over 4 days in September, 63 people joined the High Sheriff in walking the Peak Pilgrimage, 39 miles from Ilam to Eyam (the Plague Village) through the magnificent Derbyshire and East Staffordshire scenery. The walk, with some challenging ascents and descents, stopped at 12 churches and chapels on the way Read more…
I am walking the Peak Pilgrimage, 39 miles from Ilam to Eyam (the Plague Village), with friends and colleagues over four days in September, fundraising for ACE Youth Trust, a charity working with hard to reach, vulnerable and disadvantaged young people in the Ashbourne, Derbyshire Dales and East Staffordshire area. Read more…
I am honoured to have been appointed Vice-Chair of this newly created Board, supporting the Chair, Derbyshire County Council (DCC) Leader Barry Lewis. The Derbyshire Economic Recovery Board has been established at the initiative of DCC to quickly establish a county-wide strategy and coordination for the economic recovery needed following Read more…
I had the privilege to be involved with Ashbourne’s virtual VE Day 75 service on Friday 08 May 2020 where I gave a short opening message. I also want to share the impressive virtual service put together by Ashbourne Royal British Legion
On 2nd April 2020, the new High Sheriff was installed and sworn in virtually using Zoom. Never done before, this was attended virtually by HHJ Nirmal Shant (Honorary Recorder of the City of Derby), Peter Leatherland JP (Chair Southern Derbyshire Magistrates), William Burlington (retiring High Sheriff), Liz Fothergill CBE DL Read more…