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 hereditary sheriffs were replaced by salaried sheriff-deputes, qualified advocates who were members of the Scottish Bar.
Following mergers of the Scottish sheriffdoms in 1868 the position became the Sheriff of Roxburgh and Selkirk.
Sheriffs of Selkirk
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- Andrew Sinton (c.1214)
- Alexander Sinton (1265)
- Andrew Sinton
- Alexander Synton (-1293)
- Andrew Synton (1293-)
- Hugh of Eyland (1296)
- Isabella Synton (1305)
- Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke (1306)
- Edward Keith (1328)
- Robert de Manners (1334)
- William de Montacute (1335)
- John Turnbull (1360)
- John Turnbull (1364) - Deputy
- Thomas Erskyne (1373)
- Thomas Erskine (1469)
- John Murray (1503)
- Sheriffs-Depute
- George Sinclair, Lord Woodall, –1751
- Andrew Pringle, 1751–1755
- Walter Scott, 1799–1832
- Thomas Hamilton Miller, 1832–1844
- George Dundas, 1844–>1861
- For sheriffs after 1868 see Sheriff of Roxburgh and Selkirk.
See also
References
- The Scots Magazine, Volume 13. p. 109.
- Brunton, George. An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice. p. 523.
- "Moray Register" (PDF). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
