The Sheriff of Fife was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order in Fife, Scotland and bringing criminals to justice.

Prior to 1748 most sheriffdoms were held on a hereditary basis. From that date, following the Jacobite uprising of 1745, they were replaced by salaried sheriff-deputes, qualified advocates who were members of the Scottish Bar.

Following a merger of the sheriffdoms, the office became the Sheriff of Fife and Kinross in 1881.[1]

In 1975 the sheriffdom was largely merged into the new sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife.

Sheriffs of Fife

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Sheriffs-Depute

Sheriffs of Kinross

Sheriffs of Fife and Kinross (1881)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Resignation of a Sheriff". Dundee Courier. 30 August 1881.
  2. ^ a b c d Sibbald, Robert. The history ... of the sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross. p. 239.
  3. ^ a b The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 73, Part 1. p. 235.
  4. ^ a b "No. 8078". The Edinburgh Gazette. 22 July 1870. p. 860.
  5. ^ a b Sheriff Courts. The Scottish law review and Sheriff Court reports, Volume 22. p. 11.
  6. ^ "No. 11783". The Edinburgh Gazette. 5 December 1905. p. 1257.
  7. ^ "No. 27864". The London Gazette. 15 December 1905. p. 9008.
  8. ^ "No. 11846". The Edinburgh Gazette. 13 July 1906. p. 750.
  9. ^ "No. 12162". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 July 1909. p. 797.
  10. ^ "No. 12295". The Edinburgh Gazette. 21 October 1910. p. 1093.
  11. ^ a b "No. 12545". The Edinburgh Gazette. 11 March 1913. p. 282.
  12. ^ a b "No. 14225". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 April 1926. p. 461.
  13. ^ a b "No. 34439". The London Gazette. 28 September 1937. p. 6016.
  14. ^ a b "No. 15797". The Edinburgh Gazette. 25 March 1941. p. 157.
  15. ^ a b "No. 19030". The Edinburgh Gazette. 28 September 1971. p. 757.
  16. ^ "SHERIFFS (SCOTLAND)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 21 May 1974. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
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