The Sheriff of Fife was historically the office responsible for enforcing
law and order
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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.
In 1975 the sheriffdom was largely merged into the new sheriffdom of
Tayside, Central and Fife.
Sheriffs of Fife
*David de Wymess (c. 1170)
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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)
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David Barclay (1295)
*John de Valognes (1296)
*Duncan Balfour (-1298)
*John Balfour (1300)
*Constantine de Lochore (1304-1305)
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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)
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George Leslie, Earl of Rothes (1529-1540)
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John Murray, 2nd Earl of Atholl (1660)
;Sheriffs-Depute
*1748–1761: Hon James Leslie of Mildeans
*1761–1780: James Dalgliesh of Scotscraig
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*1780–1799: Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto][
*1799–>1802: Neil Fergusson of Pitculle ][
*1807–1811: David Monypenny, Lord Pitmilly][
*1811–:John Anstruther ][
*1870–1881: James Arthur Crichton ]
Sheriffs of Kinross
*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)
* 1881–1886: James Arthur Crichton [
* 1886–1901: Aeneas James George Mackay]Charles Kincaid Mackenzie
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Life
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William James Cullen, Lord Cullen
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Early life
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See also
* Historical development of Scottish sheriffdoms
A sheriffdom is a judicial district of Scotland. Originally identical to the Shires of Scotland, from the eighteenth century many counties were grouped to form "sheriffdoms".
By 1975 there were 12 sheriffdoms, with only Lanarkshire not groupe ...
References
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Perth and Kinross
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