Sheriff of Kincardine
The Sheriff of Kincardine, also known as The Mearns, was historically a royal appointment, held at pleasure, which carried the responsibility for enforcing justice in Kincardine, Scotland. Prior to 1748 most sheriffdoms were held on a hereditary basis. From that date, following the Jacobite uprising of 1745, the hereditary sheriffs were replaced by salaried sheriff-deputes, qualified advocates who were members of the Scottish Bar.
Following a general merger of the sheriffdoms in 1870 the position became the Sheriff of Aberdeen and Kincardine.
Sheriffs
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- Osbert Olifard (c. 1160)[1]
- John de Hastinkes, Lord of Dun (1163-1178)[1]
- Robert de Inverkeilor (c. 1198)
- Robert Senescald (1214-1225)[1]
- Philip de Melville, Lord of Mondynes (1222-1240)[1]
- John Wishart (1230)
- Reginald le Chen (1263)
- Robert le Chen (1263-1266)[1]
- Reginald le Chen (1266)
- Reginald le Chen (1290)
- Alexander de Abernethy (1305)
- Richard de Dummor (1305)[1]
- Alexander de Stratoun, Lord of Lauriston (1328) [1]
- Alexander Fraser (1330)
- Simon Fraser (1337)
- Robert de Keith (1348-1358)[1]
- William de Keith (1359-1391)[1]
- Robert Burnard - Deputy (1391)
- Robert de Keith, Lord of Troup (1406-1407)[1]
- William Keith (1442)[1]
- Alexander Ogilvy of Inverquharity - Deputy (1443)[2]
- Patrick Barclay - Deputy (1448)
- John de Melville of Glenbervie (1420)[3]
- William Keith, 1st Earl Marischal (1470)
- William Keith, 2nd Earl Marischal (1483)[2]
- William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal (1492)[2]
- William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal (1525)[2]
- William Keith, Lord Keith (1621)[2]
- Sheriffs-Depute
- Francis Garden, Lord Gardenstone, 1748–?1760 [4]
- Walter Campbell of Shawfield, 1767–1777
- Alexander Gordon, 1784–>1801 [5]
- Adam Gillies, 1806–1811 [6]
- George Douglas, c.1800–>1840 [7][8]
- John Cowan, 1848–1851 [9]
- John Montgomerie Bell, 1852–1862 [10]
- Alexander Burns Shand, 1862–1869 [10] (Sheriff of Haddington and Berwick, 1869-1872}
- For sheriffs after 1870 see Sheriff of Aberdeen and Kincardine.
See also
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Jervise 1861, p. 9.
- ^ a b c d e f Jervise 1861, p. 10.
- ^ Jervise 1861, p. n9.
- ^ "Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ Parliament, Great Britain. The Parliamentary Register. p. 539.
- ^ Brunton, George. An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice. p. 548.
- ^ Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. p. 861.
- ^ Accounts and Papers, Finance, Banks. Offices. Vol. XIII. p. 71.
- ^ Lee, Thomas. Seekers of Truth: The Scottish Founders of Modern Public Accountancy. p. 163.
- ^ a b "No. 7278". The Edinburgh Gazette. 25 November 1862. p. 1805.
References
- Jervise, Andrew. Memorials of Angus and the Mearns: Being an Account, Historical, Antiquarian, and Traditionary, of the Castles and Towns Visited by Edward I, and of the Barons, Clergy, and Others, Who Swore Fealty to England in 1291-6, Also, of the Abbey of Cupar, and ..... Adam & Charles Black, 1861.
