Sheriff of Clackmannan
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The Sheriff of Clackmannan was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order in Clackmannan, 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 the sheriff became the Sheriff of Clackmannan & Stirling in 1747, Sheriff of Clackmannan & Kinross in 1807 and the Sheriff of Linlithgow, Clackmannan & Kinross in 1865. Following further reorganisation in 1881 Clackmannan became part of the Sheriffdom of Stirling, Dumbarton & Clackmannan.[1]
Sheriffs of Clackmannan[]
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- Gille Muire (1164)
- Alexander de Stirling (1200-1207)
- William Bissett (1303-1304)
- Malcolm de Inverpefer (1304-1305)
- Henry de Anand (1305-1306)
- John de Stirling (1306)
- Henry de Anand (1328)
- John de Monteith (1353-1382)
- William Menteith (1382)
- John Menteith (1470)
- John Schaw of Alweth (1489)
- William Menteith of Kers (1489)
- William Livingston (1631)
- Thomas Hope, 1638-1651
- Protectorate
- Sir Alexander Hope, 1662-66 (resigned) [2]
- Henry Bruce, 1668-1674 [2]
- David Bruce, 1674–c.1693 (deprived as Jacobite) [2]
- Robert Stewart, 1698 [2]
- William Morrison, 1698-1700 [2]
- no record, 1700-1712 [2]
- William Dalrymple, 1712–1742 [2]
- William Dalrymple, Earl of Dumfries, 1742–1747)
Sheriffs of Clackmannan and Stirling (1747)[]
- 1748 - Clackmannan combined with Stirling
- David Walker, 1748–1761 [3]
- Robert Bruce, 1761–1764 [3]
- George Cockburn (later Haldane), 1764–1770 [3]
- Alexander Abercromby, Lord Abercromby, 1770–1780 [4]
- John Pringle, 1780–1790 [3]
- William Tait, 1790–1797 [3]
- David Williamson (later Robertson Ewart), 1797–1807 [3] )
Sheriffs of Clackmannan and Kinross (1807)[]
- Clackmannan separated from Stirling and combined with Kinross
- Sir James Moncreiff, Lord Moncrieff, 1808–1829
- John Tait, 1830–1865 [5]
Sheriffs of Linlithgow[]
- William St. Clair (1264)
- William St. Clair (1290)
- James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, 1600–
- Sir William Hope of Grantown, 1682–1702
- Charles Hope, 1702–1742
- John Hope, 1742–1747
- Sheriffs-Depute (1748)
- John Gillon of Wellhouse, 1748–
- William Baillie, 1772–1793 [6]
- David Hume, 1793–>1808 [7]
- Joshua Henry MacKenzie, 1811–?1822 [8]
- John Cay, 1822–1865
Sheriffs of Linlithgow, Clackmannan and Kinross, (1865)[]
- John Tait, 1865–1866
- George Monro, 1866–1881 [3]
- Sheriffdom divided in 1881 between the three new sheriffdoms of The Lothians, Stirling, Dumbarton & Clackmannan and Fife & Kinross
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Resignation of a Sheriff". Dundee Courier. 30 August 1881.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g https://archive.org/stream/sheriffdomclack00wallgoog/sheriffdomclack00wallgoog_djvu.txt
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Annual Register". Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. p. 900.
- ^ Milne, Hugh. Boswell's Edinburgh Journals: 1767-1786.
- ^ Parliament, Great Britain. The Parliamentary Register. p. 539.
- ^ Brunton, George. An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice. p. 550.
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