The Sheriff of Berwick was historically a royal official, who was responsible for enforcing justice in

Berwickshire Berwickshire ( gd, Siorrachd Bhearaig) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-eastern Scotland, on the English border. Berwickshire County Council existed from 1890 until 1975, when the area became part of th ...

, 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. The sheriffdom was merged into the new sheriffdom of Haddington and Berwick in 1856.

Sheriffs of Berwick

*Norman (1147) * Walter de Lindsay (1206) *Robert of Upsettlington (1220) *Ingram de Balliol (1228) *

William de Lindsay Sir William de Lindsay (died c.1200), Lord of Ercildum, Crawford, Baron of Luffness, Justiciar of Lothian was a 12th-century Scottish noble. Life Lindsay was a son of Walter de Lindsay. William inherited half moiety of the barony of Cavendis ...

(c. 1230) *David de Graham (1236) *John Maxwell *

David de Graham Sir David de Graham of Dundaff was a 13th-century Scottish noble. David was the son of Patrick de Graham. He served Patrick, Earl of Dunbar, and was the deputy justiciar of Lothian in 1248. He was Sheriff of Berwick by 1264. He died c.1272. Fa ...

(1264) *Hugh de Berkeley (1266) *John de Soulis (1288) *William Lindsay * Richard Fraser *Osbert of Spaldington (1295-1297) * John de Burdon (1300-1302) *

Edmund Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings Edmund Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (died 1314), Lord of Inchmahome, was an Anglo-Scottish noble. He served as Governor of Perth, Governor of Berwick, Constable of Dundee and Sheriff of Berwick. He was killed during the Battle of Bannockburn agai ...

(1312) *

John FitzWalter, 2nd Baron FitzWalter John FitzWalter, 2nd Baron FitzWalter (Fitzwalter or Fitz Wauter; 131518 October 1361) was a prominent Essex landowner best known for his criminal activities, particularly around Colchester. His family was of a noble and ancient lineage, with c ...

(1325) *Hugh Gifford (1329) *Robert Lauder (1330) *John I Preston, Baron of Craigmillar (c. 1420) *Patrick Nesbit (1437) * Walter de Halyburton *John de Halyburton (1447) **Alexander Hume (1447) - Deputy * Patrick Hepburn of Dunsyre (1450) *

Adam Hepburn, Master of Hailes Adam Hepburn, Master of Hailes (after 1432 – 1479) was Sheriff of Berwickshire in April 1467, and had a charter of confirmation of Dunsyre in the sheriffdom of Lanarkshire, dated 13 October 1475, being thereafter designated 'of Dunsyre'. Family ...

(1470) *

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(1480) *

Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell (born c. 1492, died 9 September 1513) was a Scottish nobleman, who succeeded his father Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell in 1508. Prior to that, he was known by one of his territorial designations, Adam He ...

(1511) *Patrick Hume, Earl of Marchmont (1690–1710) *Alexander, Earl of Home (1710-1715) *Patrick Hume, Earl of Marchmont (1715-1724) *Alexander, Earl of Marchmont (1724-) ;Sheriffs-Depute *

George Ker George "Geordie" Ker (born in Glasgow) was a Scottish footballer of the 1870s and 1880s. Ker played for ''Queen's Park Juniors'', ''Kerland FC'', and Alexandra Athletic before joining Queen's Park in 1877. Until 1878, Ker had played as a de ...

, 1755– (first Sheriff-depute of modern era) * David Hume of Ninewells, 1783–1793 (Sheriff of Linlithgow, 1793–1811) *John Swinton, 1793–1809 * David Douglas of Reston, 1809–1813 *William Boswell, <1819–1840 *Robert Bell 1841–1856 (

Sheriff of Haddington and Berwick The Sheriff of Haddington, or Sheriff of East Lothian, was historically the royal official responsible for enforcing law and order in Haddington, Scotland. Prior to 1748 most sheriffdoms were held on a hereditary basis. From that date, following t ...

, 1856) * ''For sheriffs after 1856 see

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sheriff A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated. There is an analogous, although independently developed, office in Iceland that is commonly transla ...

Sheriffs of Berwick

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