The Sheriff of Stirling was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order in Stirling, Scotland and bringing criminals to justice. It became known as the Sheriff of Stirling & Dumbarton in 1871^[1] and the Sheriff of Stirling, Dumbarton & Clackmannan in 1881.

Sheriffs of Stirling

• William (c.1130)
• Dufoter (1153)
• Gilbert de Stirling (1170)
• Alexander (1198-1219)
• Muireadhach II, Earl of Menteith (1226)
• Bernard Fraser (1226-1233)
• Alexander de Stirling (1235)
• John de Stirling (1241)
• John Lamberton (1265)
• Patrick de Graham (1289)
• Andrew Fraser (1293)
• David Grant (1296
• William Bissett (1304-1305)
• Alexander Fraser (c.1300's)
• Walter Oliphant

Sheriffs of Dumbarton and Bute (1854)

Sheriffs of Stirling and Dunbarton (1871)

Sheriffs of Stirling, Dunbarton and Clackmannan (1881)

• James Muirhead (1895–)

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