Sheriff of Kincardine
The Sheriff of Kincardine 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 & Kincardine.
Sheriffs
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- Reginald le Chen (1263)
- Alexander de Abernethy (1305)
- Alexander Fraser (c.1300's)
- Sheriffs-Depute
- Francis Garden, Lord Gardenstone, 1748–?1760 [1]
- Walter Campbell of Shawfield, 1767–1777
- Alexander Gordon, 1784–>1801 [2]
- Adam Gillies, 1806–1811 [3]
- George Douglas, c.1800–>1840 [4][5]
- John Cowan, 1848–1851 [6]
- John Montgomerie Bell, 1852–1862 [7]
- Alexander Burns Shand, 1862–1869 [7] (Sheriff of Haddington and Berwick, 1869-1872}
- For sheriffs after 1870 see Sheriff of Aberdeen and Kincardine.
See also
References
- ^ "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.
