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)
* John de Hastinkes, Lord of Dun (1163-1178)
* Robert de Inverkeilor (c. 1198)
* Robert Senescald (1214-1225)
* Philip de Melville, Lord of Mondynes (1222-1240)
* John Wishart (1230)
*
Reginald le Chen (1263)
* Robert le Chen (1263-1266)
* Reginald le Chen (1266)
* Reginald le Chen (1290)
*
Alexander de Abernethy
Alexander de Abernethy (after 1271 – c. 1315) was a Scottish baron. He was a son of Hugh de Abernethy and Maria de Ergadia. Alexander was a descendant of abbots of Abernethy; his great-grandfather Laurence, great-grandson of Gillemichael, Ea ...
(1305)
* Richard de Dummor (1305)
* Alexander de Stratoun, Lord of Lauriston (1328)
*
Alexander Fraser (1330)
* Simon Fraser (1337)
* Robert de Keith (1348-1358)
* William de Keith (1359-1391)
**Robert Burnard - Deputy (1391)
* Robert de Keith, Lord of Troup (1406-1407)
* William Keith (1442)
**Alexander Ogilvy of Inverquharity - Deputy (1443)
**Patrick Barclay - Deputy (1448)
* John de Melville of Glenbervie (1420)
* William Keith, 1st Earl Marischal (1470)
* William Keith, 2nd Earl Marischal (1483)
* William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal (1492)
* William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal (1525)
* William Keith, Lord Keith (1621)
;Sheriffs-Depute
* Arthur Sheppard, 1728–1748?
[ ]
*
Francis Garden, Lord Gardenstone
Francis Garden, Lord Gardenstone of Troup FRSE FSA (24 June 1721 – 22 July 1793) was a Scottish lawyer and judge. He was joint Solicitor General for Scotland from 1760 to 1764, when he became a Senator of the College of Justice.
Early l ...
, 1748–1760?
[ ]
* James Burnet, 1760–1767?
[
* ]Walter Campbell of Shawfield
Walter Campbell, 3rd of Shawfield and Islay and 9th of Skipness (29 December 1741 – 19 October 1816) was a Scottish landowner, advocate and Rector of Glasgow University.
Early life
Campbell was born on 29 December 1741 into the Clan Campbell o ...
, 1767–1777
* John Scott, 1777–1780? [
* John Ramsay, 1780–1783 ][
* Alexander Gordon, 1784–1806?
* Adam Gillies, 1806–1811
* George Douglas, 1812–1847?
* Archibald Davidson, 1847–1848 (]Sheriff of Aberdeen
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 ...
, 1848) [
* John Cowan, 1848–1851 ][ ]
* John Montgomerie Bell, 1852–1862 [ (]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 ...
, 1869-1872}
*''For sheriffs after 1870 see Sheriff of Aberdeen and Kincardine.''
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 ...
Citations
References
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Sheriff courts
Aberdeenshire
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1870 disestablishments in Scotland