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 Sheriff’s 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
1984 Malcolm Morgan Jones
1985 Lawrence Victor Rice
1986 Agnes Maria Dunbar
1987 Richard John Williams
1988 Peter Hughes Griffiths
1989 John Elfed Williams
1990 Thomas James Hurley
1991 Richard john Goodridge
1992 June Williams
1993 Kenneth Bryan Maynard
1994 Douglas Edmund Ynyr Richards Rose
1995 William Gwynoro Jones
1996 Margaret Elizabeth Evans
1997 Nia Rhiannon Griffith
1998 Douglas Edmund Ynyr Richards Rose
1999 Llyr Hughes Griffiths
2000 William Gwynoro Jones
2001 Mary Kathleen Davies
2002 Nerys Mair Defis
2003 Aled Prys Williams
2004 Philip Grice
2005 D. Jonathan Edwards
2006 Alan Speake
2007 Kennethe Lloyd
2008 Alan Speake
2009 Reverend Tom Talog Defis
2010 Philip Grice
2011 Alun Lenny
2012 Arwell Lloyd
2013 Diarmait Mac Giolla Chriost
2014 Wyn Thomas
2015 Dorothy Bere
2016 Emlyn Schiavone
2017 Phil Grice
2018 Angharad Jones Leefe
2019 Miriam Moules
2020 Wyn Thomas
2021 Wyn Thomas
2022 Emlyn Schiavone
2023 Heledd ap Gwynfor