Sheriff of Kincardine

The Sheriff of Kincardine, also known as The Mearns, was historically a royal appointment, held at pleasure, which carried the responsibility for enforcing justice in Kincardine, Scotland. 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 a general merger of the sheriffdoms in 1870 the position became the Sheriff of Aberdeen and Kincardine.

Sheriffs

• Osbert Olifard (c. 1160)[1]
• John de Hastinkes, Lord of Dun (1163-1178)[1]
• Robert de Inverkeilor (c. 1198)
• Robert Senescald (1214-1225)[1]
• Philip de Melville, Lord of Mondynes (1222-1240)[1]
• John Wishart (1230)
• Reginald le Chen (1263)
• Robert le Chen (1263-1266)[1]
• Reginald le Chen (1266)
• Reginald le Chen (1290)
• Alexander de Abernethy (1305)
• Richard de Dummor (1305)[1]
• Alexander de Stratoun, Lord of Lauriston (1328) [1]
• Alexander Fraser (1330)
• Simon Fraser (1337)
• Robert de Keith (1348-1358)[1]
• William de Keith (1359-1391)[1]
  • Robert Burnard - Deputy (1391)
• Robert de Keith, Lord of Troup (1406-1407)[1]
• William Keith (1442)[1]
  • Alexander Ogilvy of Inverquharity - Deputy (1443)[2]
  • Patrick Barclay - Deputy (1448)
• John de Melville of Glenbervie (1420)[3]
• William Keith, 1st Earl Marischal (1470)
• William Keith, 2nd Earl Marischal (1483)[2]
• William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal (1492)[2]
• William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal (1525)[2]
• William Keith, Lord Keith (1621)[2]

Sheriffs-Depute

[2]

• Francis Garden, Lord Gardenstone, 1748–?1760 [4]
• Walter Campbell of Shawfield, 1767–1777
• Alexander Gordon, 1784–>1801 [5]
• Adam Gillies, 1806–1811 [6]
• George Douglas, c.1800–>1840 [7][8]
• John Cowan, 1848–1851 [9]
• John Montgomerie Bell, 1852–1862 [10]
• Alexander Burns Shand, 1862–1869 [10] (Sheriff of Haddington and Berwick, 1869-1872}

• For sheriffs after 1870 see Sheriff of Aberdeen and Kincardine.

See also

• Historical development of Scottish sheriffdoms

Citations

1. Jervise 1861, p. 9. sfn error: no target: CITEREFJervise1861 (help)
2. Jervise 1861, p. 10. sfn error: no target: CITEREFJervise1861 (help)
3. Jervise 1861, p. n9. sfn error: no target: CITEREFJervise1861 (help)
4. "Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
5. Parliament, Great Britain. The Parliamentary Register. p. 539.
6. Brunton, George. An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice. p. 548.
7. Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. p. 861.
8. Accounts and Papers, Finance, Banks. Offices. Vol. XIII. p. 71.
9. Lee, Thomas. Seekers of Truth: The Scottish Founders of Modern Public Accountancy. p. 163.
10. "No. 7278". The Edinburgh Gazette. 25 November 1862. p. 1805.

References

• Jervise, Andrew. Memorials of Angus and the Mearns: Being an Account, Historical, Antiquarian, and Traditionary, of the Castles and Towns Visited by Edward I, and of the Barons, Clergy, and Others, Who Swore Fealty to England in 1291-6, Also, of the Abbey of Cupar, and ..... Adam & Charles Black, 1861.