The Sheriff of Lanark or Sheriff of Lanarkshire was historically the royal official responsible for enforcing
law and order
In modern politics, law and order is the approach focusing on harsher enforcement and penalties as ways to reduce crime. Penalties for perpetrators of disorder may include longer terms of imprisonment, mandatory sentencing, three-strikes laws a ...
and bringing criminals to justice in
Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark ( gd, Siorrachd Lannraig; sco, Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the central Lowlands of Scotland.
Lanarkshire is the most populous county in Scotlan ...
, 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 of Lanarkshire was dissolved in 1975 when it was replaced by the current sheriffdom of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway.
Sheriffs of Lanarkshire
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Baldwin of Biggar
Baldwin of Biggar was a mid-12th century Scottish magnate. He was granted the lordship of Biggar, and was made Sheriff of Lanark/Clydesdale by David I, King of Scotland.
Baldwin and Herbert, Bishop of Glasgow commanded the Scottish forces at ...
(1154)
*Waldeve of Biggar (1170s)
*Hugh, son of Sir Reginald (ca.1196-1200)
*William de Hertisheved (1225)
*Richard de Coulter (1226)
*Alexander Uvieth (Oviot) (1266)
*Nicholas de Biggar (1273-1278)
*Hugh de Dalzell (1288-1290)
*Hugh de Balliol (1290)
*Henry St Clair (1293)
*Godfrey de Ros (1294)
*Andrew Livingstone (1295-1296)
*William Heselrig (1296-1297)(assassinated by
William Wallace
Sir William Wallace ( gd, Uilleam Uallas, ; Norman French: ; 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence.
Along with Andrew Moray, Wallace defeated an English army a ...
)
*Walter Logan (1301)
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Walter de Burghdon
Sir Walter de Burghdon, also known as Walter de Burdon, acted as the Constable of Carstairs Castle, the Sheriff of Lanark during 1301-1303 and joint Justiciar of Galloway
The Justiciar of Galloway was an important legal office in the High Medie ...
(1302)
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Robert de Brus
Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Scottish Gaelic: ''Raibeart an Bruis''), was King of Scots from 1306 to his death in 1329. One of the most renowned warriors of his generation, Robert eventuall ...
(1303)
**Magnus de Stratherne - 1303 - Deputy
**Nicholas de Benhathe - 1303 - Deputy
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Henry St Clair (1305)
*William Fleming
*Robert de Barde (1329)
*William Douglas (c. 1345)
*William Livingston (1359)
*Robert Dalzell (1360)
*James Lindsay (1373)
**Hugh Aldistoun - 1373 - Deputy
*William Newbyggyng (1387)
**William Somerville - 1387 - Deputy
**Thomas Fitzmartin - 1387 - Deputy
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James Douglas of Bavany (1432)
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Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde (1454)
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James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton
James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, 6th Laird of Cadzow (c. 1415 – 6 November 1479) was a Scottish nobleman, scholar and politician.
Early life
James Hamilton was the son of James Hamilton of Cadzow, 5th Laird of Cadzow. He was born at Cadz ...
(1470)
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Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus (c. 1449October 1513), was a Scottish nobleman, peer, politician, and magnate. Tradition has accorded him the nickname Archibald 'Bell-the-Cat' due to his association with the 1482 rebellion against Jam ...
(1489)
*James Livingstone
*John Speddy (c. 1552)
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William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton
William Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton, KG, PC (24 December 1634 – 18 April 1694), also known as Lord William Douglas and the Earl of Selkirk, was a Scottish nobleman and politician. He was the eldest son of The 1st Marquess of Douglas by ...
(1683)
;Sheriffs-Depute (1748)
*Robert Sinclair, 1775–1786
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Sir William Honyman, 1st Baronet, 1786–1797
* Robert Hamilton, 1797–1822
*William Rose Robinson, 1822–1834
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Archibald Alison, 1834–1867
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Henry Glassford Bell
Henry Glassford Bell (5 November 18037 January 1874) was a Scottish lawyer, poet and historian.
Life
Born in Glasgow, the son of advocate James Bell, he received his education at the Glasgow High School and at Edinburgh University.
As a poet ...
, 1867–1874
[
*William Gillespie Dickson, 1874–1876 ][ ]
*Francis William Clark, 1876–1886[ ]
*Robert Berry, 1886–1903 [
*William Guthrie, 1903–
*Alastair Oswald Morison Mackenzie, 1917-1933
*Sir Archibald Campbell Black, KC, 1937–1952 ][ ]
* ''Sheriffdom replaced in 1975 by the sheriffdom of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway
The Sheriff Principal of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway is the head of the judicial system of the sheriffdom of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway, one of the six sheriffdoms covering the whole of Scotland. The sheriffdom employs ...
''.
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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