The Sheriff of Perth was historically a royal official, appointed for life, who was responsible for enforcing justice in
Perth
Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...
, 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.
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)
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Geoffrey de Inverkunglas
Geoffrey de Inverkunglas was a 12th-13th century Scottish noble who was the Sheriff of Perth, Crail and Fife.
Geoffrey was the son of Richard, the Steward of Kinghorn. Geoffrey was active during the later stages of the reign of King William the ...
(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)
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Gilbert de la Hay (1262)
*John Cameron (1264)
*George de Cambrun (1266)
*Christian de l'Isle (1280)
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Nicholas de la Haye
Nicholas is a male name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek , . It originally derived from a combination of two Greek words meaning 'victory' and 'people'. In turn, the name ...
(1289)
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Walter de Burghdon (1295)
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John de Inchmartin (1305)
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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)
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Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, Strathearn and Caithness (c. 1360 – 26 March 1437) was a Scottish nobleman, the son of Robert II of Scotland. Stewart advocated for the ransom and return to Scotland of the future king in exile, James I, in 1424. ...
(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)
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Laurence Oliphant, 1st Lord Oliphant (1470)
*Robert Abercromby (1478)
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William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven
William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven (died December 1552) was a Scottish nobleman. He served as an Extraordinary Lord of Session and Keeper of the Privy Seal.
Life
The 2nd Lord Ruthven was the son of William, Master of Ruthven (who was known as ...
(at 1545)
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John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl (1695–1724)
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James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl
James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl, (28 September 16908 January 1764), styled Marquess of Tullibardine between 1715 and 1746, was the Lord of Mann, a Scottish peer, and Lord Privy Seal.
Life
Atholl was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and was the ...
(1724-1748)
Sheriffs of Perthshire (1747)
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Patrick Haldane, 1747-1748
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James Erskine James Erskine may refer to:
*James Erskine, 6th Earl of Buchan (died 1640)
*James Erskine, 7th Earl of Buchan (died 1664), Earl of Buchan
*Sir James Erskine, 2nd Baronet (c. 1670–1693), of the Erskine baronets
*James Erski ...
, 1748–1754
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John Swinton, 1754–1782 (died 1799)
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William Nairne of Dunsinnan, 1783–
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Archibald Colquhoun, 1793–1807
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John Hay Forbes, Lord Medwyn
John Hay Forbes, Lord Medwyn (19 September 1776 – 25 July 1854) was a British judge.
Life
Forbes was born in Edinburgh on 19 September 1776 the second son of Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet, and his wife Elizabeth Hay.
He studied law at Edin ...
, 1807–1824
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Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay, 1824–1834
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Adam Anderson, 1835–1841
*Robert Whigham, 1841–1849
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James Craufurd, 1849–1853
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Edward Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn
Edward Strathearn Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn, (10 April 1814 – 21 August 1879) was a Scottish judge and politician.
Early life and education
Gordon was born on 10 April 1814. He was educated at Inverness Royal Academy, Royal High S ...
, 1858–1866
*John Tait, 1866–1874
*James Adam, 1874–1876
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John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh, 1880–
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William Gloag, Lord Kincairney, 1885–1889
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Charles Pearson, 1889–1890
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Andrew Graham Murray, 1890–1891
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* Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall, 1891–1905][
* Christopher Nicholson Johnston, KC, 1905–1916 ]
Sheriffs of Perth and Angus (1934)
* Daniel Patterson Blades, 1934-1945 [ (]Solicitor General for Scotland
His Majesty's Solicitor General for Scotland () is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Lord Advocate, whose duty is to advise the Scottish Government on Scots Law. They are also responsible for the Crown Office and P ...
, 1945)
* James Frederick Strachan, KC, 1945–1948 [
* Laurence Hill Watson, KC, 1948–1952 ][
*Sir James Randall Philip, QC, 1955–1957 ][
*Hector McKechnie, QC, 1958–1963 ][
* Margaret Henderson Kidd, QC, 1966–1974 ]
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 grouped ...
References
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History of Perth, Scotland