Sheriff of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk
The Sheriff of Roxburgh was historically the royal official responsible for enforcing law and order in that area of 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.
The position of Sheriff of Roxburgh and Selkirk was created in 1868 following a merger of the position with that of Sheriff of Selkirk.
The combined sheriffdom was further enlarged in 1872 by its merger with part of the sheriffdom of Haddington and Berwick to create the sheriffdom of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk.[1] That resulting sheriffdom was dissolved in turn in 1975 with the creation of the current sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders.
Sheriffs of Roxburgh
- c.1120: Gospatric (First sheriff)
- 1199: Walter Corbet [2]
- 1202: Bernard de Hauben [2]
- 1235: Adam of Baggot [2]
- Nicholas de Sules (died 1264) [2]
- 1264: Hugh de Abernethy [2]
- Thomas Cauer [2]
- Thomas Randuph [2]
- 1285: Hugh de Peresby [2]
- William de Sules [2]
- 1328: Henry de Baliol [2]
- Geoffrey de Moubray [2]
- -1343: William de Feltoun [2]
- 1343: Sir Alexander Ramsey (killed by Sir William Douglas) [2]
- Sir William Douglas [2]
- 1347: John de Coupland [2]
- William Kareswell [2]
- 1355: Henry de Percy [2]
- 1359: Richard Tempest [2]
- 1364: Alan de Strother [2]
- 1376: Thomas de Percy [2]
- Sir Thomas Umfraville [2]
- Henry Percy (Hotspur) [2]
- 1396: Sir William Stewart of Jedforest [2]
- 1398: George of Angus [2]
- 1402: Sir David Biggar (killed by Douglases) [2]
- Archibald Douglas [2]
- 1488: Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus [2]
- Douglas family until 1747 [2]
- Sheriffs-Depute
- 1748-1753: Gilbert Eliot [3]
- 1753: William Scott of Woll [2]
- 1754-1769: Walter Pringle [2]
- 1769-: Patrick Murray of Cherrytrees [2]
- 1780–1807: William Oliver of Dinlabyre [2]
- 1807–>1852: William Oliver Rutherfurd of Edgerston [2]
Sheriffs of Roxburgh and Selkirk (1868)
Sheriffs of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk (1872)
- John Cheyne, 1885-1886 [4] (Sheriff of Ross, Cromarty and Sutherland, 1886-89)
- Andrew Jameson, 1886–1890[5]
- David Boyle Hope, 1890-1896 [5]
- Richard Vary Campdell, 1896–[6]
- Edward Theodore Salvesen, 1901–1905[6]
- John Chisholm, 1905– [6]
- William Ross MacLean, QC, –1955 [7] (Renfrew and Argyll, 1955–1960)
- John Jeffrey Cunningham, QC, 1955–1956 [7]
- Harald Robert Leslie, QC, 1956–1961 [8](Sheriff of Caithness, 1961–)
- George Gordon Stott, QC, 1961– [8]
- Robert Smith Johnston, 1964–1970 [9]
- David Brand, Lord Brand, 1970[10]
- Henry Keith, Baron Keith of Kinkel, QC, 1970–1971 [10]
- Ronald Alastair Bennett, QC, 1971– [9]
- Sheriffdom dissolved in 1975 and replaced by the sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders.
See also
References
- ^ "No. 23927". The Edinburgh Gazette. 10 December 1872. p. 6252.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Jeffrey, Alexande. The history and antiquities of Roxburghshire and adjacent districts.
- ^ "ELLIOT, Gilbert (1722-77), of Minto, Roxburgh". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "The Earldom of Orkney". Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ a b Sheriff Courts. The Scottish law review and Sheriff Court reports, Volume 22. p. 11.
- ^ a b c SCOTTISH LAW REVIEW AND SHERIFF COURT REPORTS. VOL. XXIL— 1906. p. 39.
- ^ a b "No. 17321". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 September 1955. p. 539.
- ^ a b "No. 42427". The London Gazette. 1 August 1961. p. 5682.
- ^ a b "SHERIFFS (SCOTLAND)". UK Parliament. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ^ a b "No. 18900". The Edinburgh Gazette. 24 July 1970. p. 635.