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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.
[1]
The sheriffdom was dissolved in 1975 and replaced by that of
Tayside, Central and Fife .
Sheriffs of Perth
Sheriffs of Perthshire (1747)
Patrick Haldane , 1747-1748
[2]
James Erskine , 1748–1754
[3]
John Swinton , 1754–1782 (died 1799)
William Nairne of Dunsinnan , 1783–
[4]
Archibald Colquhoun , 1793–1807
[5]
John Hay Forbes, Lord Medwyn , 1807–1824
[6]
Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay , 1824–1834
[7]
Adam Anderson , 1835–1841
[8]
Robert Whigham, 1841–1849
[9]
James Craufurd , 1849–1853
[10]
Edward Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn , 1858–1866
John Tait, 1866–1874
[11]
James Adam, 1874–1876
John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh , 1880–
William Gloag, Lord Kincairney , 1885–1889
[12]
Charles Pearson , 1889–1890
[13]
Andrew Graham Murray , 1890–1891
[13]
Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall , 1891–1905
[13]
[14]
Christopher Nicholson Johnston , KC, 1905–1916
[14]
John Wilson KC, 1917–1920
[15]
James Condie Stewart Sandeman KC, 1920–
[16]
Sheriffs of Perth and Angus (1934)
Daniel Patterson Blades , 1934-1945
[17]
[18] (
Solicitor General for Scotland , 1945)
James Frederick Strachan , KC, 1945–1948
[18]
[19]
Laurence Hill Watson , KC, 1948–1952
[19]
Thomas Blantyre Simpson, QC, 1952–1954
[20]
Christopher William Graham Guest , QC, 1954–1955
[20]
[21]
Sir James Randall Philip, QC, 1955–1957
[21]
[22]
Charles Shaw, Baron Kilbrandon , 1957–1958
[22]
[23]
Hector McKechnie, QC, 1958–1963
[23]
George Emslie, Baron Emslie , 1963–1966
[24]
Ian MacDonald Robertson, QC, 1966–1966
[24]
Margaret Henderson Kidd , QC, 1966–1974
[25]
William Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield , 1974–1975
Sheriffdom replaced in 1975 by the sheriffdom of
Tayside, Central and Fife .
See also
References
^ Sheriffdoms of Perth and Angus Order 1934 S.I. 1934/1299 (S.70)
^
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^
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"No. 13605" .
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"No. 34107" .
The London Gazette . 23 November 1934. p. 7531.
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"No. 37379" .
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"No. 16594" .
The Edinburgh Gazette . 12 November 1948. p. 489.
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"No. 17234" .
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"No. 17321" .
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"No. 41095" .
The London Gazette . 7 June 1957. p. 3432.
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"No. 41305" .
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"No. 43877" .
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^ Ewan, Elizabeth. The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women . p. 196.