The Sheriff of Fife was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order in Fife, Scotland and bringing criminals to justice.
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.
Following a merger of the sheriffdoms, the office became the Sheriff of Fife and Kinross in 1881.[1]
In 1975 the sheriffdom was largely merged into the new sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife.
Sheriffs of Fife edit
- David de Wymess (c. 1170)
- Geoffrey de Inverkunglas (1213)
- John Hay of Naughton (1227-1228)
- Inghram de Balfour (1229)
- John Hay of Naughton (1233-1234)
- David de Wymess (1239)
- Ingram de Balliol (1240)
- David de Lochore (1264)
- Alexander Synton (1281)
- Hugh de Lochore (1289)
- Constantine de Lochore (1290)
- John de Valognes (1292)
- Hugh de Lochore (1293)
- David Barclay (1295)
- John de Valognes (1296)
- Duncan Balfour (-1298)
- John Balfour (1300)
- Constantine de Lochore (1304-1305)
- Richard Siward (1305)
- David Barclay (1306)
- Michael Balfour (1314-1315)
- David Barclay (1328)
- Patrick de Polwarth (1332)
- John Balfour (1344)
- David de Wymess (1358-1360)
- William Disshington (1370)
- David de Barclay (1372)
- Alan Erskine (1388)
- George Leslie (1396)
- John Lumsden of Glengirnock (1424)
- Henry of Wardlaw - 1439 - Deputy
- Robert Livingston of Drumry (1449)
- Andrew Lundy (1452)
- Andrew Sibbald (1456)
- Alexander Kennedy (1464)
- Andrew Lundy (1452)
- John Balfour (1475)
- Andrew Lundin of Balgonie (1497-1512)
- George Leslie, Earl of Rothes (1529-1540)
- John Murray, 2nd Earl of Atholl (1660)
- Sheriffs-Depute
- 1748–1761: Hon James Leslie of Mildeans [2]
- 1761–1780: James Dalgliesh of Scotscraig [2]
- 1780–1799: Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto[2]
- 1799–>1802: Neil Fergusson of Pitculle [2]
- 1807–1811: David Monypenny, Lord Pitmilly[3]
- 1811–:John Anstruther [3]
- c.1822–1838: Andrew Clephane
- 1838–1861: Alexander Earle Monteith
- 1861–1870: Donald Mackenzie[4]
- 1870–1881: James Arthur Crichton [4]
Sheriffs of Kinross edit
- John de Kinross (1264)
- John de Kinross (1290)
- Alan de Vipont (1328)
- John de Crichton (1360)
- Alan Erskine (1364)
- Robert Halket (1373)
Sheriffs of Fife and Kinross (1881) edit
- 1881–1886: James Arthur Crichton [5]
- 1886–1901: Aeneas James George Mackay[5]
- 1901–1905: Charles Kincaid Mackenzie[6]
- 1905–1906: Robert Tannahill Younger[7]
- 1906–1909: William James Cullen, Lord Cullen KC[8]
- 1909–1910 George Lewis MacFarlane KC [9]
- 1910–1913: Thomas Brash Morison[10][11]
- 1913–1926: James Alexander Fleming[11][12]
- 1926–1937: John Charles Fenton[12][13]
- 1937–1941: John Rudolph Wardlaw Burnet[13][14]
- 1941–1971: John Adam Lillie[14][15]
- 1971–1974: Charles Eliot Jauncey[15][16]
- In 1975 the sheriffdom was largely merged into the new sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Resignation of a Sheriff". Dundee Courier. 30 August 1881.
- ^ a b c d Sibbald, Robert. The history ... of the sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross. p. 239.
- ^ a b The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 73, Part 1. p. 235.
- ^ a b "No. 8078". The Edinburgh Gazette. 22 July 1870. p. 860.
- ^ a b Sheriff Courts. The Scottish law review and Sheriff Court reports, Volume 22. p. 11.
- ^ "No. 11783". The Edinburgh Gazette. 5 December 1905. p. 1257.
- ^ "No. 27864". The London Gazette. 15 December 1905. p. 9008.
- ^ "No. 11846". The Edinburgh Gazette. 13 July 1906. p. 750.
- ^ "No. 12162". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 July 1909. p. 797.
- ^ "No. 12295". The Edinburgh Gazette. 21 October 1910. p. 1093.
- ^ a b "No. 12545". The Edinburgh Gazette. 11 March 1913. p. 282.
- ^ a b "No. 14225". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 April 1926. p. 461.
- ^ a b "No. 34439". The London Gazette. 28 September 1937. p. 6016.
- ^ a b "No. 15797". The Edinburgh Gazette. 25 March 1941. p. 157.
- ^ a b "No. 19030". The Edinburgh Gazette. 28 September 1971. p. 757.
- ^ "SHERIFFS (SCOTLAND)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 21 May 1974. Retrieved 19 October 2017.