Sheriff of Edinburgh
The Sheriff of Edinburgh was historically the royal official responsible for enforcing law and order and bringing criminals to justice in Edinburgh, 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.
In 1872, following mergers, the sheriffdom became known as the sheriffdom of Midlothian and Haddington [1] After further reorganisations it became part of the sheriffdoms of The Lothians in 1881 and The Lothians and Peebles in 1883.
Sheriffs of Edinburgh
- Norman (1143–1147)
- Geoffrey de Melville (1153)
- Robert (1162–1165)
- Henry de Brade (1165–1214)
- Thomas de Lastalrie (1210)
- John de Vallibus (1214–1249)
- John de Graham (1225)
- Roger de Mowbray (1263)
- William de St Clair (1264)
- Hugh de Lowther (1292-1296)
- Walter de Huntercombe (1296)
- John de Kingston (1300)
- Ebulo de Montibus (1303)
- Ivo de Aldeburgh (1305)
- Piers de Lombard (1313)
- Robert de Menzies (1328)
- John de Kingston (1334)
- John de Strivelyn (1335)
- Laurence Preston (1337)
- Gilbert Fouler (1358)
- William Ramsay
- Archibald Douglas, Earl of Douglas (1361-1364)
- Robert de Dalyell (1366)
- Simon de Preston (1367)
- Thomas de Erskyne (1371)
- Malcolm Fleming (1374)
- John Lyon of Glamis (1380)
- Adam Forrester (1382)
- William Lindsay (1390–1406)
- Henry Preston (1435)
- William de Crechtoun (1438)
- John Logan (1444)
- John Haldane (1460)
- Alexander Hepburn (1482)
- Patrick Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell (1488-1508)
- Adam Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell (1508-1513)
- Patrick Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell (1513–?1556)
- George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen (1682–1684) [2]
- James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth (1684–1689) [2]
- No appointment (1689–1710) [2]
- William Ramsay, 5th Earl of Dalhousie (1703–1710) [2]
- Charles Maitland, 6th Earl of Lauderdale (1718–1744) [2]
- James Maitland, 7th Earl of Lauderdale (1744–1748) [2]
- Charles Maitland of Pittrichie, 1748 [2] sheriff depute
- Hon Walter Sandilands, 8th Lord Torpichen, 1748– [3] sheriff depute
- Archibald Cockburn, 1765–1790 [4]
- John Pringle, 1790–1793 [5]
- James Clerk, 1793–1809 [6]
- William Rae, 1809–1819 [7]
- Adam Duff, 1819–1840 [8][9]
- Robert Cunningham Graham Spiers, 1840–1847 [5]
- John Thomson Gordon, 1848–c.1852 [10]
- Archibald Davidson of Slateford, <1870–>1886> [11]
Sheriffs of Midlothian and Haddington (1872)
- For sheriffs after 1881 see the Sheriff of the Lothians and Peebles
References
- "No. 23927". The Edinburgh Gazette. 10 December 1872. p. 6252.
- Chalmers, George. Caledonia, Or an Account, Historical and Topographical, of North ..., Volume 2. p. 578.
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- The Scots Magazine, Volume 52. p. 259.
- "Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- Edinburgh Magazine: Or Literary Miscellany, Volume 19. p. 156.
- The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 71. p. 476.
- Accounts and Papers, Finance, Banks. Offices. Vol. XIII. p. 71.
- Parliamentary Papers, Volume 7. p. 94.
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- "Scottish Post Office Directories > Scotland > 1882-1915 - Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Scotland > 1886 - Slater's (late Pigot and Co's) Royal national commercial directory and topography of Scotland". Scottish Post Office Directories. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- Extracts From the Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh, 1403-1528, ed. J D Marwick (Edinburgh, 1869), 'Appendix: Sheriffs of the shire of Edinburgh'
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