Sheriff of Perth
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The Sheriff of Perth was historically a royal official, appointed for life, who was responsible for enforcing justice in Perth, 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 consecutive reorganisations of the Scottish sheriffdoms the position became the Sheriff of Perthshire in 1747 and the Sheriff of Perth & Angus in 1934.Sheriffdoms of Perth and Angus Order 1934 S.I. 1934/1299 (S.70)
The sheriffdom was dissolved in 1975 and replaced by that of Tayside, Central and Fife.
Sheriffs of Perth
- Kenneth (1164)
- Roger de Mortimer of Aberdour (1209)
- John de Moray (1210)
- Geoffrey de Inverkunglas (1219)
- John Hay of Naughton (1226-1228)
- William Blund (1228)
- Malcolm of Moray (1236)
- Adam de Lochore
- William de Munfichet (1245)
- John Hay of Naughton (1246)
- William de Lauder (1251)
- David de Lochore (1255)
- Gilbert de la Hay (1262)
- John Cameron (1264)
- George de Cambrun (1266)
- Christian de l'Isle (1280)
- Nicholas de la Haye (1289)
- Walter de Burghdon (1295)
- John de Inchmartin (1305)
- Alexander de Abernethy (1305)
- John de Stirling (1334)
- Andrew Buthirgask (1344)
- John Denniston (1355)
- Harry de Fotheringay (1357)
- Hugh de Ros (1362)
- Andrew Buthirgask (1365)
- Robert Stewart of Innermeath (1369)
- Alexander Abercrombie (1370)
- Thomas de Wanchope (1373)
- Walter Stewart of Ralston (1381)
- Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl (1433)
- John Spence - 1433 - Deputy
- Archibald Stewart - 1439 - Deputy
- Patrick Charteris (1440)
- John de Haddington (1441)
- William Ruthven (1443)
- Patrick Charteris (1446)
- Patrick Graham, Lord Graham (1459)
- William Graham (1465)
- Laurence Oliphant, 1st Lord Oliphant (1470)
- Robert Abercromby (1478)
- William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven (at 1545){{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Keith |title=Order: for payment of tax arrears, 4 October 1545 |website=The Records of the Parliament of Scotland to 1707 |url=http://www.rps.ac.uk/trans/1545/9/28/33 |publisher=University of St Andrews |access-date=27 September 2024}}
- John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl (1695–1724)
- James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl (1724-1748)
Sheriffs of Perthshire (1747)
- Patrick Haldane, 1747-1748 {{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/haldane-patrick-1683-1769|title=HALDANE, Patrick (c.1683-1769), of Bearcrofts, Stirling.|publisher=History of Parliament Online|accessdate=11 April 2018|archive-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412082338/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/haldane-patrick-1683-1769|url-status=live}}
- James Erskine, 1748–1754 {{cite book|title=Boswell's Edinburgh Journals: 1767-1786|first=Hugh|last= Milne}}
- John Swinton, 1754–1782 (died 1799)
- William Nairne of Dunsinnan, 1783– {{cite web|url=https://www.rse.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|publisher=Royal Society of Edinburgh|accessdate=26 October 2017|archive-date=23 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923000102/http://www.rse.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=live}}
- Archibald Colquhoun, 1793–1807{{cite web|url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146642175/|title=Archibald Colquhoun was Campbell of Clathwick|publisher=UCL Department of History|accessdate=19 October 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202210542/https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146642175|url-status=live}}
- John Hay Forbes, Lord Medwyn, 1807–1824 {{cite book|title=An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice|first=George|last=Brunton|page=551}}
- Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay, 1824–1834 {{cite web|url=https://www.rse.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|publisher=Royal Society of Edinburgh|accessdate=26 October 2017|archive-date=23 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923000102/http://www.rse.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=live}}
- Adam Anderson, 1835–1841 {{cite book|title=Accounts and Papers, Finance, Banks. Offices. Vol. XIII|page=71}}
- Robert Whigham, 1841–1849 {{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 49|page=597}}
- James Craufurd, 1849–1853 {{cite web|url=http://www.electricscotland.com/history/records/russellsmorayshi1852elgi.pdf|title=Moray Register|accessdate=10 April 2018|archive-date=10 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410202144/http://www.electricscotland.com/history/records/russellsmorayshi1852elgi.pdf|url-status=live}}
- Edward Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn, 1858–1866
- John Tait, 1866–1874 {{cite web|url=http://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/archive/89722979?mode=transcription|title=Annual Register|accessdate=7 April 2018|archive-date=8 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408074028/http://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/archive/89722979?mode=transcription|url-status=live}}
- James Adam, 1874–1876
- John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh, 1880–
- William Gloag, Lord Kincairney, 1885–1889 {{cite book|title=Sheriff Courts. The Scottish law review and Sheriff Court reports, Volume 22|page=11}}
- Charles Pearson, 1889–1890{{cite book|title=Sheriff Courts. The Scottish law review and Sheriff Court reports, Volume 22|page=13}}
- Andrew Graham Murray, 1890–1891
- Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall, 1891–1905
- Christopher Nicholson Johnston, KC, 1905–1916 {{London Gazette|issue=11683|city= E|page=89|date=27 January 1905}}
- John Wilson KC, 1917–1920Who Was Who 1929–1940, p. 40.
- James Condie Stewart Sandeman KC, 1920– {{London Gazette|city=e|issue=13605|page=1453|date=15 June 1920}}
Sheriffs of Perth and Angus (1934)
- Daniel Patterson Blades, 1934-1945 {{London Gazette|issue=34107|page=7531|date=23 November 1934}} (Solicitor General for Scotland, 1945)
- James Frederick Strachan, KC, 1945–1948 {{London Gazette|issue=37379|page=5951|date=7 December 1945}}
- Laurence Hill Watson, KC, 1948–1952 {{London Gazette|city=E|issue=16594|page=489|date=12 November 1948}}
- Thomas Blantyre Simpson, QC, 1952–1954 {{London Gazette|city=E|issue=17234|page=600|date=16 November 1954}}
- Christopher William Graham Guest, QC, 1954–1955
- Sir James Randall Philip, QC, 1955–1957 {{London Gazette|city=E|issue=17321|page=539|date=2 September 1955}}{{London Gazette|issue=41095|page=3432|date=7 June 1957}}
- Charles Shaw, Baron Kilbrandon, 1957–1958
- Hector McKechnie, QC, 1958–1963 {{London Gazette|issue=41305|page=850|date=7 February 1958}}
- George Emslie, Baron Emslie, 1963–1966 {{London Gazette|issue=43877|page=666|date=18 January 1966}}
- Ian MacDonald Robertson, QC, 1966–1966
- Margaret Henderson Kidd, QC, 1966–1974 {{cite book|title=The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women|first= Elizabeth|last= Ewan|page=196}}
- William Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield, 1974–1975
- Sheriffdom replaced in 1975 by the sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife.