Sheriff of Banff
The Sheriff of Banff was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order and bringing criminals to justice in Banff, Scotland.
Prior to 1748 most sheriffdoms were held on a hereditary basis. From that date, following the Jacobite rising of 1745, the hereditary sheriffs were replaced by salaried sheriff-deputes, qualified advocates who were members of the Scottish Bar.
Following a merger of sheriffdoms it became the Sheriff of Banff, Elgin & Nairn in 1854[1] and the Sheriff of Aberdeen, Kincardine & Banff in 1882.[2]
Sheriffs of Banff
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- Richard de Strathewan (1264)
- John Comyn (1290)
- Walter de Berkeley (1305)
- George Baird (died 1642)
- Sheriffs-Depute
- Robert Pringle, Lord Edgefield, 1748–1754 [3]
- George Cockburn Haldane, 1756–1763 [4] ( Sheriff of Stirling and Clackmannan, 1764–70)
- James Urquhart, 1794–>1818
- Alexander Currie, <1839–1854 [5] (Sheriff of Forfar, 1854–)
Sheriffs of Banff, Elgin and Nairn (1854)
- Sheriffdom divided in 1882 between the sheriffdoms of Aberdeen, Kincardine & Banff and Inverness, Elgin and Nairn.
See also
References
- ^ "Sheriffs Salaries". Dundee Courier. 25 January 1854.
- ^ "The Resignation of Sheriff Bell". Dundee Courier. 28 March 1882. p. 8.
- ^ Kay, John. A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings, Volume 2, Part 2. p. 289.
- ^ Milne, Hugh. Boswell's Edinburgh Journals: 1767-1786.
- ^ "Scotland". Morning Chronicle. 14 January 1854.
- ^ "Sheriffs Salaries". The Dundee Courier. 25 January 1854.
- ^ "The Resignation of Sheriff Bell". The Dundee Courier. 28 March 1882. p. 8.
