Sheriff of Elgin

The Sheriff of Elgin was historically the royal official responsible for enforcing law and order in Elgin, Scotland. Prior to 1748 most sheriffdoms were held on a hereditary basis. From that date, following the Jacobite uprising of 1745, they were replaced by salaried sheriff-deputes, qualified advocates who were members of the Scottish Bar.

After a merger the sheriff became the Sheriff of Elgin and Nairn in 1747. After further mergers the sheriffdom became part of the sheriffdom of Banff, Elgin & Nairn in 1854, part of the sheriffdom of Inverness, Elgin & Nairn in 1882 and part of the sheriffdom of Inverness, Moray, Nairn & Ross & Cromarty in 1946.

Sheriffs of Elgin

  • Alexander Douglas (1226-1235)
  • Thomas Wiseman (1237-1249)
  • Alexander de Montfort (1261)
  • Reginald le Chen (1291-1297)
  • Willam Wiseman (1304-1305)
  • William de Strathbok (1337)
  • William de Valognes (1362)
  • Alexander Dunbar of Westfield (1446)
  • Alexander Dunbar (1470)
  • James Dunbar of Cumnock (c. 1497)

Sheriffs-Depute of Elgin and Nairn (1747)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Moray Register" (PDF). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Sheriffs Salaries". The Dundee Courier. 25 January 1854.
  • Taylor, Alice; The Shape of the State in Medieval Scotland, 1124-1290 (2016).