Sheriff of Ross, Cromarty and Sutherland

The Sheriff of Ross, Cromarty and Sutherland was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order in Ross-shire, Cromarty and Sutherland, Scotland and bringing criminals to justice.

Original known as the office of the Sheriff of Cromarty it became known, following mergers of the Scottish sheriffdoms, as the Sheriff of Ross & Cromarty in 1747 and the Sheriff of Ross, Cromarty & Sutherland in 1870.^[1] Following a further merger in 1946 it became the Sheriff of Inverness, Moray, Nairn & Ross & Cromarty.

Sheriffs of Cromarty[]

The position of the sheriff of Cromarty was a heritable position.

William de Monte Alto (1266)
William de Monte Alto (1296-1304), (1305-?)
William III, Earl of Ross (c. 1345)
Adam Urquhart (1365)
William Urquhart (c.1470)
Alexander Urquhart (1497)

Sheriffs of Ross[]

1493: Hugh Ross of Balnagowan
1499: David Ross of Balnagowan
1706–1722: Hugh Rose of Kilravock ^[2]
1725–1729: Sir Robert Munro of Foulis ^[3]
1729–1732: Hugh Rose of Kilravock ^[2]
1732–1734: Hugh Rose, jnr (resigned) ^[3]

Sheriffs of Ross and Cromarty (1747)[]

1747–1772: Hugh Rose of Geddes ^[4]
1773–1774: William Mackenzie of Balmaduthy ^[4]
1774–1833: Donald Macleod of Geanies ^[4]
1835–1850: John Jardine ^[4]^[5]
1850–1851: George Deas^[4]
1851–1855: Thomas Mackenzie^[6]
1855–1859: George Moir ^[4]
1859–1869: Alexander Shank Cook ^[4]
1869–1870: Alexander Moncrieff ^[4]

Sheriffs of Ross, Cromarty and Sutherland (1870)[]

1870–1874: George Dingwall Fordyce ^[4]
1875–1876: John Macdonald^[7]^[8]
1877–1881: John Pettigrew Wilson ^[4]
1881–1886: William Mackintosh ^[4]
1886–1889: John Cheyne, KC ^[9]
1889–1890: Alexander Low^[9]
1890–1891: Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall ^[10] (Sheriff of Perth, 1891)
1891–1898: Henry Johnston ^[10] (Sheriff of Angus, 1898–1905)
1898–1900: William Charles Smith, KC ^[11]
1900-1907: Charles John Guthrie, KC ^[11]^[12]
1907–1912: John Alexander Reid, KC ^[12]^[13]
1912–1940: James Mackintosh, KC ^[13]
1946: Ross and Cromarty merged into the new sheriffdom of Inverness, Moray, Nairn & Ross & Cromarty. Sutherland merged into Sheriffdom of Caithness, Sutherland, Orkney & Zetland

References[]

^ "No. 8087". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 August 1870. p. 1001.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "ROSE, Hugh I (1663-1732), of Kilravock, Nairn". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Rose, Hugh. A Genealogical Deduction of the Family of Rose of Kilravock. p. 408.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Sheriffs of Ross, Cromarty and Sutherland". Dornoch Historylinks. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
^ Commons, House of. ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS-Volume 33. p. 216.
^ "Moray Register" (PDF). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
^ "No. 24232". The London Gazette. 30 July 1875. p. 2817.
^ "Biographies of Candidates: Scotland". The Times. London. 30 June 1886. p. 8. Retrieved 8 June 2016 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Sheriff Courts. The Scottish law review and Sheriff Court reports, Volume 22. p. 11.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Sheriff Courts. The Scottish law review and Sheriff Court reports, Volume 22. p. 13.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b SCOTTISH LAW REVIEW AND SHERIFF COURT REPORTS. VOL. XXIL— 1906. p. 39.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "No. 27991". The London Gazette. 1 February 1907. p. 737.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "No. 12433". The Edinburgh Gazette. 13 February 1912. p. 147.

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[1] "No. 8087". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 August 1870. p. 1001.

[HoP-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "ROSE, Hugh I (1663-1732), of Kilravock, Nairn". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

[FR-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Rose, Hugh. A Genealogical Deduction of the Family of Rose of Kilravock. p. 408.

[pic-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Sheriffs of Ross, Cromarty and Sutherland". Dornoch Historylinks. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

[5] Commons, House of. ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS-Volume 33. p. 216.

[6] "Moray Register" (PDF). Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[7] "No. 24232". The London Gazette. 30 July 1875. p. 2817.

[times-1886-06-30-candidate-biog-scot-8] "Biographies of Candidates: Scotland". The Times. London. 30 June 1886. p. 8. Retrieved 8 June 2016 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[SLR11-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b Sheriff Courts. The Scottish law review and Sheriff Court reports, Volume 22. p. 11.

[SLR-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b Sheriff Courts. The Scottish law review and Sheriff Court reports, Volume 22. p. 13.

[SLR1-11] Jump up to: ^a ^b SCOTTISH LAW REVIEW AND SHERIFF COURT REPORTS. VOL. XXIL— 1906. p. 39.

[Gaz27991-12] Jump up to: ^a ^b "No. 27991". The London Gazette. 1 February 1907. p. 737.

[Gaz12433-13] Jump up to: ^a ^b "No. 12433". The Edinburgh Gazette. 13 February 1912. p. 147.

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