The Sheriff of Stirling was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order in Stirling, Scotland and bringing criminals to justice. 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 mergers of the Scottish sheriffdoms the office became the Sheriff of Stirling & Dumbarton in 1871 [1] and the Sheriff of Stirling, Dumbarton & Clackmannan in 1881.

The sheriffdom was dissolved in 1975 when the current sheriffdoms of North Strathclyde and Tayside, Central and Fife were created.

Sheriffs of Stirling

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  • William Fitz Thorald (c.1130)
  • Dufoter (1153)
  • William de Stirling (1165)
  • Gilbert de Stirling (1170)
  • Alexander de Stirling (1189, 1195–1198, 1219)
  • Muireadhach II, Earl of Menteith (1226)
  • John de Stirling (1230)
  • Bernard Fraser (1226-1233)
  • Alexander de Stirling (1235)
  • John de Stirling (1241)
  • Gilbert Fraser (1258)
  • John Lamberton (1265-1266)
  • Patrick de Graham (1288-1289)
  • Andrew Fraser (1291-1293)
  • David Grant (1295-1296)
  • Richard Waldgrave (1296)
  • Alexander Livingstone (1304)
  • William Bisset (1304-1305)
  • Alexander Fraser (1328)
    • Richard Lachlan - 1328 - Deputy
  • Richard Lachlan (1329)
  • Robert Erskine (1360)
  • Andrew Murray (1367)
  • Thomas Erskine (1367)
  • Walter Oliphant (1368)
  • Thomas, Earl of Mar (1368)
  • Robert de Normanville (1373)
  • John Stewart (1407)
  • John Seton, 2nd Lord Seton (1436)
  • Malcolm Fleming (1470)
    • Alexander Bruce - 1470 - Deputy
  • Janes Schaw of Sanchie (1473)
  • Alexander Seton (1488)

Sheriffs-Depute of Stirling and Clackmannan (1748)

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Sheriffs-Depute of Stirling (1807)

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  • 1807 - Stirling separated from Clackmannan
  • David Williamson, 1807–1811 [5]
  • Ranald Macdonald of Staffa, 1811–1838
  • John Shaw Stewart, 1839–1840[6]
  • Robert Handyside, 1840–1853 [7]
  • Charles Baillie, 1853–1858
  • George Moir, 1858–1868 [8]
  • Robert Bogle Blackburn, 1868–1871

Sheriffs of Stirling and Dumbarton (1871)

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  • Robert Bogle Blackburn, 1871–1875

Sheriffs of Stirling, Dumbarton and Clackmannan (1881)

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Epitome of the News". Leicester Mercury. 30 December 1871. p. 2.
  2. ^ a b c d "Annual Register". Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  3. ^ Brunton, George. An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice. p. 540.
  4. ^ "Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  5. ^ Brunton, George. An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice. p. 548.
  6. ^ Lee, Thomas. Seekers of Truth: The Scottish Founders of Modern Public Accountancy. p. 170.
  7. ^ "Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  9. ^ a b c Sheriff Courts. The Scottish law review and Sheriff Court reports, Volume 22. p. 11.
  10. ^ a b "No. 30084". The London Gazette. 22 May 1917. p. 4941.
  11. ^ a b "No. 15016". The Edinburgh Gazette. 10 November 1933. p. 919.
  12. ^ a b "No. 34439". The London Gazette. 28 September 1937. p. 6016.
  13. ^ a b "No. 15918". The London Gazette. 22 May 1942. p. 215.
  14. ^ a b "No. 42427". The London Gazette. 1 August 1961. p. 5682.
  15. ^ a b "No. 18993". The Edinburgh Gazette. 25 May 1971. p. 387.
  16. ^ "SHERIFFS (SCOTLAND)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 21 May 1974. Retrieved 19 October 2017.