The Sheriff of Roxburgh was historically the royal official responsible for enforcing law and order in that area of 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 position of Sheriff of Roxburgh and Selkirk was created in 1868 following a merger of the position with that of

Sheriff of Selkirk The Sheriff of Selkirk was historically a royal official responsible for enforcing justice in Selkirk, Scotland. Prior to 1748 most sheriffdoms were held on a hereditary basis. From that date, following the Jacobite uprising of 1745, the heredit ...

. The combined sheriffdom was further enlarged in 1872 by its merger with part of the sheriffdom of Haddington and Berwick to create the sheriffdom of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk. That resulting sheriffdom was dissolved in turn in 1975 with the creation of the current sheriffdom of

Lothian and Borders Lothian and Borders is an area in Scotland consisting of the East Lothian, City of Edinburgh, Midlothian, West Lothian areas (collectively known as Lothian) along with the Scottish Borders. The area constitutes a sheriffdom, and was also served ...

Sheriffs of Roxburgh

* Gospatric, c.1120 (first sheriff) *Walter Corbet, 1199 *Bernard de Hauben, 1202 *Adam of Baggot, 1235 *

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(died 1264), 1237, 1246 *Hugh de Abernethy, 1264-1266 *Thomas Cauer, 1266 *Thomas de Randuph, 1266 *Hugh de Peresby, 1285 *William de Sules, 1289 *Walter Tonk, 1295 *

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, 1299 *Robert Hastang, 1305 *Robert de Mauleye, 1306 *Robert de Maul, 1325 *Henry de Baliol, 1328 *Geoffrey de Moubray *Alexander Ramsay, 1342 *William de Feltoun, -1343 *

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, 1347 *William Kareswell *

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, 1355 *Richard Tempest, 1359 *Henry Kerr, 1359 *Alan de Strother, 1364 *Lawrence of Govan, 1373 * Thomas de Percy, 1376 *Thomas Umfraville *

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*Malcolm Drummond, c.1389 *William Stewart of Jedforest, 1396 *

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, 1397 *George of Angus, 1398 * David Fleming of Biggar, 1402-1405 (killed by Douglases) *Archibald Douglas *Archibald Douglas of Cavers, 1412 *William Douglas of Cavers *Archibald Douglas of Cavers, 1464 *William Douglas of Cavers and Cluny, 1470 **James Douglas, 1470 - Deputy *

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, 1488 *held by Douglas family until 1747 ;Sheriffs-Depute *1748-1753: Gilbert Eliot *1753: William Scott of Woll *1754-1769: Walter Pringle *1769-: Patrick Murray of Cherrytrees *1780–1807: William Oliver of Dinlabyre *1807–>1861: William Oliver Rutherfurd of Edgerston

Sheriffs of Roxburgh and Selkirk (1868)

Sheriffs of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk (1872)

* John Cheyne, 1885-1886 (

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, 1886–89) * Andrew Jameson, 1886–1890 * David Boyle Hope, 29 Nov 1890-1896 *

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, 15 Oct 1896–1901 *

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, 1901–1905 * John Chisholm, 1905– * William Ross MacLean, QC, –1955 ( Renfrew and Argyll, 1955–1960) * John Jeffrey Cunningham, QC, 1955–1956 * Harald Robert Leslie, QC, 1956–1961 (

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, 1961–65) * George Gordon Stott, QC, 1961–64 * Robert Smith Johnston, 1964–1970 *

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, 1970 *

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, QC, 1970–1971 * Ronald Alastair Bennett, QC, 1971– *

John Oswald Mair Hunter, Lord Hunter John Oswald Mair Hunter, Lord Hunter VRD (1913–2006) was a 20th-century Scottish advocate who served as a Senator of the College of Justice. He was known to friends as Jack Hunter. Life He was born in Edinburgh on 21 February 1913 the son o ...

QC 1972-1975 * ''Sheriffdom dissolved in 1975 and replaced by the sheriffdom of

''.

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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 Roxburgh

Sheriffs of Roxburgh and Selkirk (1868)

Sheriffs of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk (1872)

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