The Sheriff of Aberdeen was a royal official who was responsible for enforcing justice in Aberdeenshire, 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-deputies, qualified advocates who were members of the Scottish Bar.

In 1870 the sheriffdom was merged with that of Kincardineshire to create the post of Sheriff of Aberdeen and Kincardine. The combined sheriffdom then absorbed Banffshire in 1882 to create the post of Sheriff of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Banff.

This sheriffdom was abolished in 1975 and replaced by the current Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland and Islands.

Sheriffs of Aberdeen

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Sheriffs-depute

Sheriffs of Aberdeen and Kincardine (1870)

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  • Andrew Jameson, 1865–1870 [1]
  • John Guthrie Smith, 1870–1882 [1]

Sheriffs of Aberdeen and Kincardine and Banff (1882)

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Catalog Search". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Edinburgh Magazine: Or Literary Miscellany, Volume 19. p. 156.
  3. ^ Accounts and Papers, Finance, Banks. Offices. Vol. XIII. p. 71.
  4. ^ "Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  5. ^ "History of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen". Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  6. ^ Sheriff Courts. The Scottish law review and Sheriff Court reports, Volume 22. p. 16.
  7. ^ "No. 12394". The Edinburgh Gazette. 29 September 1911. p. 965.
  8. ^ "No. 13560". The Edinburgh Gazette. 6 February 1920. p. 340.
  9. ^ a b "No. 33875". The London Gazette. 21 October 1932. p. 6626.
  10. ^ a b c "No. 19030". The Edinburgh Gazette. 28 September 1971. p. 757.
  11. ^ "SHERIFFS (SCOTLAND)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 21 May 1974. Retrieved 19 October 2017.