The Sheriff of Clackmannan was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order in Clackmannan, Scotland and bringing criminals to justice.
Following mergers the sheriff became the Sheriff of Clackmannan & Kinross in 1747 and the Sheriff of Linlithgow, Clackmannan & Kinross in 1865. Following further reorganisation in 1881 Clackmannan became part of the Sheriffdom of Stirling, Dumbarton & Clackmannan.[1]
Sheriffs of Clackmannan
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- Gille Muire (1164)
- Alexander (1207)
- William Bissett (1303-1304)
- Malcolm de Inverpefer (1304-1305)
- Henry de Anand (1305-1306)
- John de Stirling (1306)
- John de Monteith (1382)
- William Livingston (1631)
- Thomas Hope (1638-1643)
- Henry Bruce (1669)
- Robert Stewart (1698)
- William Dalrymple (1712-1742)
- William Dalrymple, Earl of Dumfries (1742-1747)
Sheriffs of Clackmannan and Kinross (1747)
- John Tait (c.1834) [2]
- Sir James Wellwood Moncreiff, 9th Baronet (1807–)
Sheriffs of Linlithgow, Clackmannan and Kinross (1865)
- Sheriffdom divided in 1881 between the three new sheriffdoms of The Lothians, Stirling, Dumbarton & Clackmannan and Fife & Kinross
See also
References
- ^ "Resignation of a Sheriff". Dundee Courier. 30 August 1881.
- ^ Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. p. 900.
